Duncan MacDougal, a graduate of Bay Shore High School’s class of 2001, taught English in the Bay Shore School District for fourteen years before becoming a Bay Shore administrator. An experienced educator, Mr. MacDougal has presented at NCTE’s Annual Conference (2012), LILAC’s Annual Conference (2019 & 2020), and Molloy College’s Suffolk Center (2018) discussing innovative instructional practices, educational technologies, and building relationships during periods of remote instruction. In the summer of 2020, Mr. MacDougal oversaw the Bay Shore School District’s first ever Virtual Summer School Program, helping a number of students to earn high school diplomas despite COVID lockdowns and disruptions to in-person learning. Mr. MacDougal received his School District Leader and School Building Leader certifications through Stony Brook University’s Educational Leadership Program in 2021, and since then has worked as Assistant Principal of Mary G. Clarkson School, Fifth Avenue School, and South Country School. Mr. MacDougal is passionate about the ways that literacy development helps to bolster students’ power of expression and self discovery. He is also a proud father and semi-decent guitar player.