Ted Ogden joined Avenues as an associate division head in the Upper Division for seven years before stepping into his current role as Director of Teaching and Learning in 2024.

Prior to Avenues, Ted spent fifteen years working at the middle and high school levels, first at Brunswick School in Greenwich, CT, and later at Landon School in Bethesda, MD. During these years he designed courses ranging from middle school English and non-Western history to advanced electives in American Studies and Creative Nonfiction; coached five sports; and served as an advisor and 6th-grade dean.

Ted earned a B.A. in English Literature from Middlebury College; M.A. degrees in the humanities from The University of Chicago and educational leadership from Teachers College at Columbia University; and an M.B.A from Columbia Business School. He has also completed graduate work in film, storytelling, and theater through Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English.