Superintendent's Background

Superintendent's Resume

Michael P. Bull, Ph.D. is in his fourth year as superintendent of the Glynn County School System. The first years of his administration saw major accomplishments in the governance of the system and in student achievement. Working with the Board of Education, Dr. Bull's administration focused on administrative transparency and student achievement in the classroom.  He implemented a proven four-step model for improving student achievement called "M.A.G.I.C." - Making Achievement Gains In Classrooms. The processes and results of the M.A.G.I.C. program are posted on this web site and on the web sites of individual schools in the system

With three years of  M.A.G.I.C., the positive results experienced by Glynn County students are being recognized throughout the state.  In September 2008, the Governor's Office of Student Achievement highlighted the exceptional gains that middle school students have made on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) since 2006.  Click here for a static snapshop of the web site featuring Glynn County's results.  Also in 2008, for the second consecutive year, Glynn County students placed in the top 25 in the state in SAT scores.  Click here to see how Glynn County SAT scores compared with those of neighboring counties. 

Dr. Bull came to Glynn County from Gainesville, Ga., where he was the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction for Gainesville City School System. He has been a Principal of two schools, a Director of Mathematics, and Director of a South Carolina Regional Math and Science Center. Prior to all these experiences he was a classroom teacher and head basketball coach for years. He received his Bachelor of Science from Clemson University in 1975, two master's degrees from the University of South Carolina in 1977 and 1978, and a PH.D. degree from the University of South Carolina in 1993.

Dr. Bull has been an adjunct professor for the College of Charleston, The Citadel, The University of South Carolina, Montana State and Cambridge College in Boston. He enjoys teaching teachers and helping them make a positive difference in students' lives.

Michael is married to Nancy Bull, who has been an educator for more than 20 years. She received her master's degree from Ball State University in Indiana and served as the literacy coach at Enota Elementary School in Gainesville, Georgia before coming to Glynn County. Most recently, she coordinated the Grade 8.5 program for the Glynn County Schools.  Nancy was honored as the South Carolina State Middle School Teacher of the Year in 1996. As a result of that award she was involved in a teacher exchange program on the West Coast of Australia. Nancy taught 10th grade mathematics while in the outback and enjoyed being 21 steps from the Indian Ocean. In addition, Nancy has had the unique experience of teaching 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students (all in one room) on Daufuskie Island, the same school made famous in Pat Conroy's The Water Is Wide. The couple also spent two years in an apartment over the Napi Gymnasium on the Blackfeet Native American Reservation near the Canadian border in Montana from 1999 - 2001.  Nancy is now retired and enoys being a grandmother.

Michael and Nancy have five children: a former F-16 fighter pilot who now flies for Continental Airlines, a sound design specialist in New York, a pharmacist in Bluffton, S.C., a son working as a chef with the The Cliffs retirement community in Greenville, S.C., and a daughter aiming for her masters degree in occupational therapy at Brenau University in Gainesville, Ga. Michael and Nancy reside on Saint Simons Island with their beloved Labrador, Josh.