Email Tina Curtis
Phone (210) 619-4250

Tina Curtis didn’t originally see herself as a teacher and certainly not as a school principal at Barbara C. Jordan Intermediate School, where she is entering her 11th year at the helm. Curtis envisioned herself as a television reporter, chasing down big stories and conducting interviews with powerful movers and shakers. It took one mass media class in college to dissuade her of that idea, and Curtis was left wondering where her career journey would take her, until she stumbled upon it.
“I was giving roller skating lessons to young children, and a parent said to me, ‘You should be a teacher,’” Curtis said. “The rest is history.”

Thirty years later, Curtis has run the gamut from fourth-grade teacher to assistant principal, and since 2006, as principal at Schertz Elementary School and now, Jordan Intermediate. Her motivation has not changed since she entered the profession. 

"No matter what has happened in the course of a day, I have impacted a student or adult in a positive way,” Curtis says. “It’s a servant’s field and I may never know how or when, but a difference is made daily.”

Those reminders reinforce that her career choice has been the correct one. “Every time I run into a student I served and they share something they remember about me, whether they were in my classroom or if it was something I said, or a nickname I called them,” she says.

Curtis received her Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from UTSA and a Master’s degree in Education Administration from Trinity University. She is the mother of two children: a son and daughter who both graduated from Samuel Clemens High School. 

Email Erin Holladay
Phone (210) 619-4250

This is Erin Holladay's 11th year as the Assistant Principal at Jordan Intermediate. Her career started in Lubbock, Texas and she is proud to be a Red Raider from Texas Tech University! When she was a Freshman at Tech, her sister, brother, sister-in-law, and cousin were all there as well, which is why she says that Texas Tech feels like home. Holladay has a degree in Elementary Education, a minor in Science, and a Master's degree in Language and Literacy. She worked in Lubbock ISD schools for 4 years as a 1st grade teacher and also taught in Ingram ISD. In 2000, she moved to SCUC ISD to be the Reading teacher at Watts Elementary. Before coming to Jordan, Holladay worked at the district level in the Special Education department.

Fun Fact: Education runs in Holladay's family—She is a legacy educator, as both of her parents were teachers who served as amazing role models. Her sister also became a teacher, so teaching is truly in their blood. Holladay is married and has a daughter, who is also a Jordan Eagle! She describes her daughter as the light of her life. When Holladay is not at school, she enjoys lots of hobbies which include; sewing, baking, decorating cakes, crocheting, watching her daughter play soccer, traveling, and reading. She is also very active in her church.

Holladay says her favorite things about her job are the relationships with teachers, students, and families. She says, "I love to be the first smiling face that kids see in the morning, and the last to wave them goodbye at the end of the day."