Amy Heavin will join Trine University as director of the new Transition to Teaching program within the university's Franks School of Education this fall.

In her role at Trine, Heavin will help develop and implement the university's Transition to Teaching program, an accelerated program that will help career professionals who hold bachelor's degrees earn the credentials to teach.

Heavin comes to Trine from Ryan Park Elementary School in Angola, where she had served as principal since 2013. During her time at Ryan Park, she was honored as Indiana Association of School Principals District 3 Elementary Principal of the Year (2018).

Before coming to the Metropolitan School District of Steuben County, Heavin worked in the East Noble School Corporation, serving as seventh- and eighth-grade language arts/Pre-AP ELA Teacher, principal of the corporation's Alternative Learning Center and corporation curriculum coordinator, and principal of Rome City Elementary School.

She also holds a master of education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a Bachelor of Musical Arts from DePauw University.

Heavin served as an English teacher and literacy coach for Pasadena Unified School District in Pasadena, California and is a candidate for a Ph.D. in educational leadership from Indiana State University, with completion expected in October 2022.