David Morris began his career in School District 11 as an elementary teacher in August 1999.
     David Morris was born in Fullerton (Orange County), California.  He graduated from Marina High School in 1983.  David is a 1993 graduate of University of Colorado, where he majored in Geographical Information Systems with a minor in environmental science.  He received a Masters in Elementary Education at The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1994 and is currently working toward his Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership from the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
     Mr. Morris’ fifteen plus years in education includes eleven years of classroom teaching in grades 2 through university level in both public and private schools in Colorado, Kobe-Japan, and Luanda-Angola. He mentored teacher candidates and taught elementary school children at the Colorado College Summer Gifted Program for over six years. Mr. Morris co-created and taught on-line courses for the Gifted Education Specialist Certification at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.  He spent three years at District 11 Central Office as the Director of Gifted Education, and three years as an elementary school principal at Howbert Elementary School.
     Mr. Morris’s professional affiliations include the Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE), Phi Delta Kappa (PDK), American Association of School Administrators (AASA), and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).  Mr. Morris volunteers as an at-large member of the Rock Ledge Ranch Living History Association Board of Directors.
     David Morris is married to Becca Williams, a kindergarten teacher at Stratton Elementary School in Colorado Springs.  They have two daughters, Brynn Linnea 2 years old, and Ava Noel 4 months young.