Adryanne Warren became superintendent in LaRue County on July 1. Submitted photo
With a business degree and a job in a hospital, Adryanne Warren never expected that she would become a teacher, much less a superintendent.
But that is just what she did.
Warren has been in education for the past 11 years. She started her career in education as a 5th-grade writing teacher, moved to a curriculum specialist and then to a middle school principal. She became superintendent of the LaRue County school district on July 1.
“I’m just excited to be given this role and serve the community and school in this way,” said Warren.
Before she started down her current career path in education, Warren received a bachelor’s degree in business from Western Kentucky University. She worked for what is now Abound Credit Union as well as Baptist Health Hardin.
As time went on, she felt drawn to do something else; something that she felt she could have more of an effect.
“I was tugged in a different direction,” said Warren. “I needed a little more, like I was making a bigger impact.”
She went back to school to get her master’s degree in elementary education from the University of the Cumberlands. She earned her principal certification and her superintendent certification from Asbury University.
Warren credits her sister, a middle school science teacher, for pushing her to go back to school to become an educator. Warren said she was skeptical, but she is glad that she did.
“I didn’t want to go back to school, you know?” she said. “Long story short, that’s what I did, and it has been an absolute blessing since then.”
She got her degree in elementary education and never imagined she would be working with middle school students. When a position opened at the middle school, she took it. She was asked if she would try it out for a year, and it turned out to be something she loved.
Having the experience of being a teacher, curriculum specialist and principal has given her the opportunity to see what it really takes for a school system to run all the ends and outs
“Your perspective changes a little bit when you have to look at it through a different lens,” Warren explained. “So, I’m going to take it slow this first year and let my perspective change.”
As superintendent, she wants to make sure her decisions are not only right for the students but will also support the teachers and faculty in her district. It is important to Warren that she has the correct information necessary to make these decisions and execute her plans.
Living in a small town, Warren knows that her decisions not only affects the schools, but a large part of her community. She wants people to know she has seen the daily impact that working in education has on a community, but also the impact a supportive community has on a district.
With this support, Warren is grateful and excited to step into this new role.
“I am all in,” she said. “I am a truly passionate person about education.”
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