About

Paul G. Young, Ph.D., is a graduate of the Ohio University School of Music (Athens, OH). He has worked more than 45 years as a music teacher and school administrator (high school band director, private instructor, college lecturer, elementary principal, and more). He is a past president of the Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). He is also retired as President and CEO of the National AfterSchool Association (NAA). He is a member of the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and a frequent clinician at state and national conferences for music teachers, principals, and afterschool professionals. In addition to professional work in public schools, he served as an adjunct professor of music and education at Ohio University Lancaster. He is the author of Enhancing the Professional Practice of Music Teachers: 101 Tips that Principals Want Music Teachers to Know and Do (Rowman & Littlefield Education) and several other books for principals and afterschool professionals. His works maybe be found on Amazon.com

Education

• Ohio University
• Ohio University
• Ohio University
• Fairfield Union

Favorite saying

• "Do what you say you are going to do when you say you are going to do it."