Tim Kotch, Sr.

Tim Kotch, Sr. is a 1974 graduate of Norwin High School. He has a long record of service to the Norwin School District, including serving as the Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education since 2015, Norwin High School’s assistant principal (2003-11) and later principal (2013-15), teaching mathematics and computer science at Norwin High School from 1999 until 2003, and teaching mathematics at Norwin Middle School East from 1994 until 1999.

Prior to returning home to the Norwin School District, Kotch taught mathematics at Estill High School in Estill, South Carolina from 1989 to 1994. In 1993, he was awarded with the honor of being selected as a Department of Energy Teacher Research Associate at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

Kotch has authored numerous grants for Norwin, including many that brought Palm Pilots, Vernier science lab equipment, graphing calculators, Lego and Vex Robotics to District students. Most recently he authored a PAsmart Grant for a K-12 Computer Science program for District students.

He served on active duty in the United States Army as a Military Policeman from 1975-1981 and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal before his honorable discharge in 1981.

Kotch is also a Board Member of ASSET STEM Education, a national education improvement nonprofit based in Pittsburgh. He also volunteers his time as a Board Member of the Norwin Teachers Federal Credit Union, where he serves as President and is a member of the Norwin Rotary receiving the Paul Harris Fellow Award and Norwin Rotary Club Service Award in 2017.