Mr. Chisam received a B.A. degree from University of North Texas in Industiral Arts in 1974. He earned a Master of Science from the University of North Texas in 1981 and completed his Mid-Management Certification in 1987 and his Superintendent Certification in 1993.
Mr. Chisam began his teaching career with the Dallas I.S.D., teaching in both middle school and high school. He started with L.I.S.D in 1978 teaching industiral arts at Delay Middle School. He served as an assistant principal at Delay from 1989 to 1994. Mr. Chisam left Delay to become high school principal at Muenster High School in 1994. He returned to L.I.S.D. as a teacher at Griffin Middle School and became assistant principal at Lakeview in 1998.