He was named one of Georgia’s High Performance Principals by then Governor Sonny Purdue. Tyson the “Pied Piper of Educational Technology.” He served the students in the Cobb County School District for over 20 years, where, before his retirement, he was the principal of Mabry Middle School. Because he executed a remarkable vision for technology implementation into the whole of the school plan as a principal, The School Library Journal called Dr. Tim worked in the field of education for over 35 years as a music teacher (at the middle school, high school, and college levels), an administrator, a motivational speaker, and a consultant.

Yes, these experiences were to have a significant impact on his career as an educator. These then-burgeoning technologies naturally led him to form a lasting love for technology as a tool with the potential for profound creativity and empowerment. This was on the cusp of the development of the music instrument digital interface (MIDI), sampling, synthesis, and sequencing, and he dove into these courses for the sheer joy of learning. While teaching at the University of Illinois and working on his doctorate, he could also take as many courses as he wanted for free. In the early 1980s he was among the first to adopt emerging digital technology in the field of music. This fact actually had profound implications for his work as an educator. In fact, in addition to his main career path in public education, Tim also worked as a church music director for over 30 years. Music has always been central to his life. Most of his education colleagues don’t know that, as a young man, Tim was an avid composer, arranger, performer, and recording artist.

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