Meet the Trustees
The Trustees of Frederick Community College are engaged community leaders who bring a range of experiences and perspective to their service. Read below to learn more about each Trustee, including their background, highlights of their service, and what they value most about FCC and the Frederick community.
Theodore M. Luck
Current Term: 2021 - 2031
What makes Frederick County special?
I moved my family to Frederick County more than forty years ago, shortly after accepting a teaching assignment here. Initially, I was stuck by the sheer natural beauty of the county and I felt this would be a great place to live and raise a family. As I learned more about the school system and the community, my first impressions of Frederick County were well supported. When you care about your community, you commit to serving it and that is exactly what we did as a family in a variety of ways over the years.
I am most proud to say that my entire career in education was spent servicing this community. The first time I stepped into a classroom as a junior high school social studies teacher, I knew I was in the right place to follow my passion for learn and teaching. My first eighteen years were spent doing something I absolutely loved, teaching. From the classroom, I moved into administration as a middle school assistant principal and later a central office administrator leading Frederick County Public School’s Gifted Education initiatives and Multicultural education efforts. I also had the honor of teaching a graduate level course at Hood College. This course was designed to help classroom teachers better address the diverse cultural and academic needs of their students.
What makes Frederick Community College special?
Our Community College plays a critical role this community. Exposure is fundamental to education. FCC provides opportunities for students to receive critical academic and technical skills at an affordable cost. The College’s traditional and alternative learning environment exponentially increases opportunities for those seeking to improve their life through education and skills building.
It has been inspiring to watch the College access, adjust and expand to better meet the needs of our growing community. A strong and viable community college is an invaluable asset to its community. Frederick County Community College is exactly that.
Bio
Theodore (Ted) Luck is originally from Washington D.C. He has had a long career in education, first with Frederick County Public Schools as a classroom teacher and a building level administrator before moving to a supervisory position in the school system’s central office as Supervisor of Gifted and Talented Education and Education That is Multicultural. Luck was responsible for the development and delivery of diversity training for school system personnel including classroom teachers, bus drivers and cafeteria workers.
Luck is a former adjunct instructor in the Educational Leadership program in the Graduate School at Hood College. For eleven years he taught a course entitled, ‘Educational Philosophy in a Diverse Society’. Educators from multiple school districts took advantage of this course designed to provide classroom teachers with critical pedagogical skills necessary to improve their cultural proficiencies as they work with increasingly diverse student populations.
After retiring from Frederick County Public Schools, Luck accepted a staff position at Hood College, Director of Student Success and Outreach. In this position he chaired a committee focused on student retention.
Luck has served in various capacities on numerous nonprofit boards in Frederick County including The United Way of Frederick County, Advocates for Homeless Families, Maryland Sheriff Youth Ranch and Frederick Memorial Hospital. He is currently serving in various capacities with The Community Foundation of Frederick County, the Frederick Arts Council, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Lambda Lambda Chapter and the Rotary Club of Frederick.
Luck earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a minor in Art at the District of Columbia Teacher’s College in Washington, D. C. and a Masters of Arts in School Administration and Supervision from Hood College. He received the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Award for Outstanding Administrator in Gifted Education as well an Award from MSDE for Outstanding Contributions to Minority Student Achievement.
Luck lives in Frederick County with his wife, Alyce, of 48 years. They have a daughter Tracie and a son T.J. (deceased).
He enjoys acrylic painting, photography and traveling.