Columbia to have "An Evening with C. J. Huff"

Joplin R-8 Superintendent C. J. Huff will be the featured, in fact, only speaker Thursday, February 20, when the Columbia Council of PTAs holds "An Evening with C. J. Huff."

The event is part of the organization's Founders Day Celebration.

Huff's appearance is advertised with this wording from his Washington Speakers Bureau page:

“After one of the most devastating tornadoes on record destroyed a third of Joplin, Missouri, Dr. C.J. Huff, Superintendent of Schools, led his community in an amazing effort to rebuild - transforming this disastrous tragedy into the town’s finest hour. Huff’s demonstrated leadership helped Joplin schools and the community literally emerge from the rubble. In his speeches, Huff shares how teamwork, leadership and a focus on the future can help overcome any challenge. His presentation is filled with moving anecdotes of the personal triumphs to which he bore witness and inspires audiences to realize the power of a team working in partnership—no matter what obstacles confront them.” - 
Washington Speakers Bureau 

The event's advertising also notes that Huff is a 2011 People Magazine Heroes Among Us recipient and the 2013 Missouri Superintendent of the Year.

"An Evening with C. J. Huff is free and open to the public and will be held in the Performing Arts Center at Rock Bridge High School. The doors will open at 7 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7:15 p.m.

2013 in Review: Board approves blueprint on how Facebook, C. J. Huff speeches, can make Joplin Schools number one

(From July 2013)

For those who thought life could not get better in the Joplin R-8 School District, the best is yet to come.

During its June 25 meeting, the R-8 Board of Education approved a plan which includes having Superintendent C. J. Huff deliver annual State of the District messages as part of an effort to make Joplin schools the place where everyone wants to come.

No word was mentioned on whether the state legislature and Missouri Supreme Court members would be invited.

The Comprehensive School Improvement Plan approved at the June 25 Joplin R-8 Board of Education meeting details how R-8 administrators plan to use a combination of social media, positive stories from the traditional media and "satisfaction surveys" to make Joplin "the school district of choice in southwest Missouri by demonstrating annual improvement in overall patron, parent, and student satisfaction."