Dr. Anna Battle

Dr. Anna Battle recently served as the Superintendent of Casa Grande Union High School District. Prior to this, she served as Head of Schools (Superintendent) at ASU Preparatory Academy. ASU Prep schools had 98-100% graduation rates. She has a strong track record of developing school leadership and establishing a culture of “Excellence through Performance” in pursuit of post-secondary opportunities for every student.

Dr. Battle served the Tempe Union High School District for thirty-three years. As the Assistant Superintendent of Operations, she supervised the Alternative to Discipline program, student affairs, athletics/activities, safety, transportation, maintenance, and the sustainability department. Prior to Assistant Superintendent, she was the principal of Desert Vista High School from 2006 until 2014 and was awarded 2011 NASSP Arizona Principal of the Year. She was Tempe High School’s principal from 2002 until 2006. While she was an English and Reading high school teacher for twelve years, she coached volleyball, basketball, softball, track & field, and cross-country and sponsored many student clubs; such as BSU, SAR (Students Against Racism), Step Club, and served on many district and site academic teams.

Dr. Battle was an NCAA Division I student-athlete who received ful athletic scholarships to ASU, as a member of ASU Women’s Basketball and Track & Field teams. She was an NCAA All-American and competed in the 1984 T&F Olympic Trials, while completing her BA in Special Education. She immediately completed her M.Ed. in Secondary Education with a Reading Specialist endorsement, and an Ed. D at ASU, Administration and Supervision. She was an adjunct instructor for ASU, GCU, and NAU.  She published her dissertation, Trust in Leadership, and co-authored The Principal as Student Advocate, September 2011.

In 1987, she married Greg Battle. She and her husband have been married for 35 years and are proud parents of four wonderful young men and have 2 beautiful grandchildren. They have been members of Mountain Park Church since 1986. Greg is the Outreach Pastor at Mountain Park Church. As much as possible, she joins her husband and Mountain Park members on mission trips to Mexico and will be going to a mission trip to Uganda this summer.

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