Kevin Jones has started the new school year as principal of Winston Dowdell Academy, the school system’s high school alternative school.
Jones – who has been Assistant Principal at East Coweta High School for the past two years – was named by the Board of Education in August to the position.
Jones is a graduate of the University of Georgia, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in education. He earned his master’s degree in educational leadership in special education from Jacksonville State University, and his specialist degree in educational leadership from Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee.
Jones began his career in 1989, as a special education teacher and coach at Alps Road Middle School, in Athens, Georgia. He also worked as a teacher and coach at Central High School in Carrollton, Temple High School and Douglas County High School, and at Callaway High School in Hogansville, Georgia, where he also served as head baseball coach.
Jones’ administrative career began as the assistant principal of the New Horizons Alternative School in Carrollton, Georgia – a school which he helped open – from 2000 to 2004. He served as an assistant principal of Callaway High School from 2004 to 2007, and then as the school’s Principal from 2007 to 2011.
He also served as the assistant principal of the Hope Academy in LaGrange from 2011-12, before coming to Coweta County Schools as an assistant principal at East Coweta High School in 2012.
During his career, Jones has also served as a social worker with the Burwell Center, as an alcohol and drug prevention counselor (and as a West Georgia RESA workshop leader for alcohol and drug prevention in schools), as a GED instructor with Carroll Technical College (now West Georgia Technical College) and as an adjunct professor at LaGrange College. Jones has also owned and operated the Alliance DUI/Defensive Driving School in Newnan for 21 years.
Jones said that alternative education is his passion, and he is currently working towards his doctorate from Argosy University with that topic as his dissertation.
“Kids can make a mistake, but the question is how quickly they get up from that mistake,” he said. “Effective alternative schools can put students on the right path towards success in school and graduation.”
Jones – who has been Assistant Principal at East Coweta High School for the past two years – was named by the Board of Education in August to the position.
Jones is a graduate of the University of Georgia, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in education. He earned his master’s degree in educational leadership in special education from Jacksonville State University, and his specialist degree in educational leadership from Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee.
Jones began his career in 1989, as a special education teacher and coach at Alps Road Middle School, in Athens, Georgia. He also worked as a teacher and coach at Central High School in Carrollton, Temple High School and Douglas County High School, and at Callaway High School in Hogansville, Georgia, where he also served as head baseball coach.
Jones’ administrative career began as the assistant principal of the New Horizons Alternative School in Carrollton, Georgia – a school which he helped open – from 2000 to 2004. He served as an assistant principal of Callaway High School from 2004 to 2007, and then as the school’s Principal from 2007 to 2011.
He also served as the assistant principal of the Hope Academy in LaGrange from 2011-12, before coming to Coweta County Schools as an assistant principal at East Coweta High School in 2012.
During his career, Jones has also served as a social worker with the Burwell Center, as an alcohol and drug prevention counselor (and as a West Georgia RESA workshop leader for alcohol and drug prevention in schools), as a GED instructor with Carroll Technical College (now West Georgia Technical College) and as an adjunct professor at LaGrange College. Jones has also owned and operated the Alliance DUI/Defensive Driving School in Newnan for 21 years.
Jones said that alternative education is his passion, and he is currently working towards his doctorate from Argosy University with that topic as his dissertation.
“Kids can make a mistake, but the question is how quickly they get up from that mistake,” he said. “Effective alternative schools can put students on the right path towards success in school and graduation.”
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