He currently teaches content literacy and teaching methods courses in the secondary program sequence. His education career spans 35 years. He has been an elementary and high school teacher and administrator. In 1999 he received the ISBE Those Who Excel Excellence Award as a high school assistant principal. Ducett has worked in rural public schools, the ISU laboratory schools, and alternative schools in Bloomington-Normal. He is an instructor and clinical supervisor at the ISU/Peoria Woodruff Professional Development School. He lives in Normal with his wife Diana. His daughter Colleen is an ISU student, and his son Michael is a high school English teacher in Wisconsin.