Josh Kauffman

josh.kauffman@hardinnorthern.org

Josh is a 2005 graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Human Development and Family Science, a 2007 graduate of Urbana University with a license in Middle Childhood Education, and a 2014 graduate of the University of Dayton earning a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership. Josh currently serves as the 7-12 principal at Hardin Northern Local Schools in Hardin County, Ohio. (Go Bears!) Prior to Hardin Northern, Josh was the middle school principal at Bluffton Middle School for 4 years and was the principal at Piqua Central Intermediate School in Piqua Ohio for 5 years. His teaching career began at Benjamin Logan Middle School, followed by Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg, NC, before returning to Ohio to teach at Pandora-Gilboa Local Schools. He has taught Language Arts and Social Studies in every grade at the middle level 5-8. Josh has also served in the role of an athletic director, transportation director, bus driver, and multi-sport coach. Josh currently resides in his country home outside of Mount Cory with his wife Bethany, who teaches STEAM at Hardin Northern, and his three children Evelyn, twin sons Ezekiel and Emerson, and their therapy dog, Daisy Mae.