About Dr. Tim Smith

In his 28th year as an educator, Dr. Tim Smith serves as the Director of Information Technology Services for the Red Lion Area School District. In this role, he oversees the technology department, providing leadership and implementing both short- and long-term technology strategies. Dr. Smith began his career as a computer skills teacher at Eastern York Middle School. He later returned to his alma mater, Red Lion, to teach high school social studies and coach football and track & field. Dr. Smith entered school administration in 2010 as an assistant principal at Larry J. Macaluso Elementary and then served in the same capacity at the Red Lion Area Junior High from 2014 to 2016. In 2016, he also served as the interim principal of Clearview Elementary.

 

Dr. Smith is a Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL), a Google for Education certified trainer, and currently sits on the national Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Council. In 2023, he received the Pennsylvania Chief Technology Officer Award from PAECT. Dr. Smith also serves as an adjunct professor at York College of Pennsylvania and is the director of the Educational Leadership graduate program.

 

Tim is a 1994 graduate of the Red Lion Area School District and lives in the District with his wife, Samantha (also a Red Lion Graduate), their two sons - Owen, Class of '23 and Evan, Class of '27, and two French Bulldogs - DeeDee and Apollo.

 

 

	Social Studies/History, B.S.Ed, 1998
	Educational technology, M.Ed., 2007
	Administrative certificate: K-12 administrator, 2009
	Instructional technology specialist, 2015
	Leadership and Administration, Ed.D., 2023