News: Potomac Falls Asst. Principal Dolson President-Elect of VATE

Special to VivaLoudoun via Loudoun County Public School

Sterling (Aug. 2, 2011) - Kirk Dolson, an assistant principal at Potomac Falls High School, will become president-elect of the Virginia Association of Teachers of English (VATE) in October.

Dolson, who has just completed his first four-year term on VATE’s Executive Board, will serve as the organization’s president for the 2012-2013 school year.


VATE is a state affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). It is dedicated to excellence in the teaching of English and language arts. Membership is open to all Virginia English teachers and anyone in the state dedicated to the advancement of the English and language arts curricula.

A native of Northern Virginia, Dolson began his career in education as an English teacher in Fulton County, Ga., where he taught from 1999 to 2002. He then returned to Northern Virginia to teach English at Park View High School from 2002 to 2004. In 2004, he left the classroom and entered school administration as the seventh grade dean at Eagle Ridge Middle School.

 In 2005, he served as the school assistance and remediation programs coordinator in the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Department of Instruction. Since November 2010, he has been serving as an assistant principal at Potomac Falls High School.

Dolson became an active member of the Virginia Association of Teachers of English in 2005 and served as the Elementary Member At-Large for the association for 2009 and 2010. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, both from Virginia Tech.