Eric Poullard has served Fort Worth ISD school communities as a classroom teacher, athletic coach, and administrator for over twenty-three years. He began his educational career at R.L. Paschal High School in 2001 where he taught English and Professional Communications. Eric transitioned to campus leadership in 2003, working as an assistant principal intern along with teaching and debate coaching duties. Eric was promoted to assistant principal a year later in 2004. On an accelerated career path, Eric Poullard’s background in organizational communications and talent development made him the puzzle piece that revitalized the school community with his promotion to high school in 2007. Eric points to the synergy amongst staff and the determination to make a real difference as the drivers for heightening stakeholder engagement, relationship-building, results-focused training and development, and business partnerships that not only joined in celebrating teachers and students, but provisioned exposure opportunities necessary to add value to their educational journey. Eric’s most notable artifacts was his role in establishing a “we” culture at Polytechnic High School and channeled the collective efficacy to deliver double-digit gains in student performance in Math and ELA. Adding to the transformative work that continued through 2010, Polytechnic High School students and staff were treated to unprecedented community support. Eric believes “getting the way we do business right” is the precursor to academic achievement. The conditions changed. Stakeholder Interactions promoted the prerequisite trust and confidence that accelerates growth. The shared aim ‘to be the difference’ fueled results.  

Eric and his wife Precious, also a FWISD administrator, and their children, Christian and Victoria, moved to Fort Worth in 2001. Prior to the move to Fort Worth, Eric was excited to begin a career in training and development in Author Anderson’s consulting division. Destiny had other plans, rerouting Eric to a role that directly impacts children who experience similar challenges that Eric overcame through grade school in route to a professional career in education. Eric Poullard earned his master's in educational leadership at Texas Christian University.  Today, the icing on the cake is his work as an educational consultant for Deloitte’s Courageous Principals Initiatives where school leaders from around the world explore leadership approaches that facilitate desired outcomes. ‘In twenty-three years, I’ve experienced the best and worst campus-level approaches. Deloitte launches me into the conversation with educational leaders from school districts around the US looking for transformational approaches that answer performance-inhibiting challenges. From the meeting tables, classroom instruction, to the conversations in the hallway and front office, years of front-line experience evolved Eric’s belief that conditions for campus-level success starts with one quality interaction at a time.