Angie Besendorfer
Angie Besendorfer serves as assistant superintendent of Joplin Schools, a position she has held since 2007. Her areas of oversight include: curriculum, instruction & accountability, special education, technology and 21st Century learning. Since May’s tornado she has taken on roles related to the lease of temporary facilities, the plan and design for the four permanent buildings and education of the Joplin public for the passage of our recent bond issue.
Besendorfer served previously as superintendent for Reeds Spring School District; was elementary principal at Mill Creek Elementary in Independence and Columbian Elementary in Carthage, Missouri. She’s worked as director of Special Services in Holden, Missouri, was assistant director of the Central Regional Professional Development Center, and an elementary teacher in the Nevada Missouri District where she was instrumental in the establishment of the Storefront School for academically at-risk students. She has been a STARR teacher and has won the Miliken Family Foundation Award.
She received her bachelor’s in education from Missouri Southern State University, her Master of Science in Elementary Administration from Central Missouri State University and her PhD in Education Leadership from University of Missouri.
Besendorfer lives in Joplin with her husband Ron and their two daughters, Karlie and Maddie.
