Eric Doss will be taking over the role of principal of the Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences starting June 1st. Before accepting the role of principal, he worked as the band and orchestra director as well as a computer teacher at TSAS for 8 years. During his tenure, he created the jazz bands and orchestra, which have developed into award winning programs that have received superior ratings at local and state contests. He also worked at Clinton Middle School in Tulsa, and began his career at McMath Middle School in Denton, Texas.
Eric was raised in Tulsa and graduated from Edison High School in 1993. While at Edison, he was selected to participate in a pilot jazz program under the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. After graduation, he left Tulsa to study at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, OK and was a member of the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, and Orchestra. He earned a Bachelor’s of Music Education in 1999 and began teaching immediately. Eric is currently working on a Masters of Education at the University of Oklahoma and expects to graduate in December of 2010.
Eric is a member of the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association, the Oklahoma Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education, and is a board member of the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Association. He is married to Rachel Doss (also a teacher at TSAS) and has two daughters, Brady and Harper.
Eric believes that every student deserves the opportunity to succeed and that public education must continually improve to meet the needs of our students.
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