As Field Services Director at WestEd, Charles (Huck) Fitterer oversees work with schools and districts in Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, and California to improve the quality of instruction and increase the academic performance of students.

Since starting at WestEd in 1999, Fitterer has developed leadership and teaching skills of staff at numerous schools and districts throughout the western United States, leading to improved academic achievement for thousands of students.

One of Fitterer’s responsibilities included facilitating the Five-Year Strategic Plan for Casa Grande (AZ) Elementary School District. During this time, the district marked a 42% increase from 2002 to 2007 in students who performed at grade level in mathematics and a 16% in reading.

Currently, Fitterer co-directs the Creighton (AZ) School District Five-Year Project to increase student achievement performance in Reading-Language Arts. From 2008 to 2010, the district has had a 15.5% increase in students who perform at grade level in reading-language arts while the state average was only 5.5% during this same period of time.

As WestEd Director of Field Services, Fitterer oversees and provides technical assistance services to schools participating in the District and School Assistance Intervention Teams in California; Yuma Professional Learning and Networking project in Arizona; and district restructuring and school improvement services in Colorado and Hawaii.

In addition, Fitterer directs the Teach for Success project and supports activities of the Southwest Comprehensive Center to address the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

From 2001 to 2003, Fitterer served as the Project Director for the school improvement services that WestEd provided to Calexico (CA) Unified School District. During that time, the average Academic Performance Index for all of the district's 10 schools increased 124 points.

Prior to joining WestEd, Fitterer served as an international consultant, elementary school principal, staff development teacher trainer, and classroom teacher.

He received a BS in elementary education from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and an MA in educational administration and supervision from Arizona State University.