The superintendent review for Dr. Barry Martin has been completed and finalized. The process started in April and was totally completed by May 30, 2015. The review process chosen this year for Dr. Martin’s review consisted of two components. Component (A) was a group discussion on the five core topics and goals as determined by the Board of Education including Dr. Martin for the 2014/2015 school year. These topics continue to be aligned and developed with the Monroe Public Schools improvement plan as developed by Dr. Martin and his administrative staff. Component (B) consisted of each Board Member providing comments and feedback on Dr. Martin’s general skill sets as he performs his daily task of running the district. Specifically, the skill set related to Dr. Martin’s interactions with both our internal and external customers of the district. The combination A and B have been utilized to complete Dr. Martin’s 2014/2015 superintendent review and evaluation.
Please find below a brief explanation and discussion on both component A and B. Let me begin with the five core goals and describe the format used to evaluate Dr. Martin.
The five core goals were discussed in a variety of meetings over the last 12 months. The five core goals discussed regularly included:
• Student Achievement
• Finance
• Environment
• Administrative Structure
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Martin and the Board of Education. Dr. Martin provided progress reports, time frames and the status of each core goal on a regular and ongoing basis. It was discussed that while the Board of Education is seeing progress on many of the core goals, continued improvement is needed. Board Members continue to ask questions and be supportive of the many tools used for improvements in the district. The Board discussed their overall satisfaction with Dr. Martin and encouraged him to continuing taking the necessary steps for providing satisfactory and measurable results for Monroe Public
asked Ms. Tomcala to give a status report regarding his request to have some influence on appointments to the Board. Mr. Brownstein, Board Chair, suggested that a meeting be scheduled with the Board of Supervisors to suggest that at least one physician be appointed to the Board. Ms. Lew and Mr. Brownstein agreed to meet with Dr. Wenner to discuss the process moving forward. Mr. Brownstein also agreed to call Supervisor Wasserman’s office to set a meeting to inquire about Dr. Wenner’s reappointment. Ms. Tomcala also commented that Linda Williams has requested to be reappointed to the Board and that her position falls under District 3, Supervisor Cortese’s.
In MISD, the district shapes campus budgets based on snapshot data from the previous school year. In her second year as Mansfield Summit’s principal, Dr. Charlotte Ford next works closely with the Campus Leadership Team (CLT) and the Site Based Decision Making Committee (SBDM) in spending of allotments. In MISD, the district controls salaries, however salaries purchased by Title 1 funds can be controlled at the campus level. Once the district assigns campus monies,
Superintendent Elliott made some errors in this situation. A couple of the errors were responding to the parent complaint without referring him to the proper level and failing to listen to the principal. The complaint that was made by the parent is something that should have been handled by the building principal. Instead of trying to take care of the situation himself the superintendent he should have led the parent to the correct building level channel first to come to allow them the chance to come to a solution. The building principal should have been able to build a stronger school community relation with this parent by being honest and handling his mistake.
Our district is very focused on increasing our technology. Our district’s mission statement says: “The vision of the Warrior Run School District is to create an environment where students are able to recognize their highest potential. This will be achieved through a process of continual review of our defined goals in accordance with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards. As a district we will prepare students to meet the various challenges they will encounter throughout their lives. Our achievements will become an avenue for the ongoing development of a highly successful school district as we advance towards the demands of the 21 century.”
The Waynesboro Middle School’s vision is moving the accountability result from a “D’ to a “C”. The data are collected from the 2013-2014 Mississippi Department of Education Accountability results. The action is put in place based on the student data. The action plan is a four step process that includes: hiring quality teachers, improving retention rate, professional development, and providing resources. Developing a teachers’ abilities to educate students is at the core of successful professional development.
Essay 2 Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College High School Program is the only program in my knowledge that allow students to graduate with both an AA degree and a high school diploma. I am interested in this program because I will have to opportunity to grow academically and learn from the older students who attend Polk State. Since I have problems with socializing, I feel that attending college with mature students would help me become comfortable speaking to others and making new friends.
The Mississippi Open Meeting Act was developed by legislators to ensure that all public bodies, state and local, hold open meetings on public matters. The Ethics Commission is given authority to hold hearings and issue orders subsequent to complaints alleging violations of the Open Meetings Act. School administrators should know about notices, agendas, and executive sessions in regards to the Mississippi open Meetings Act. The act’s first important point that a school administrator should know is that notice of any meetings shall be provided at least five days in advance of the date scheduled for the meeting. The notice shall include the date, time, place and purpose for the meeting and shall identify all locations for the meeting available to the general public.
The district wide data system allows teachers to compile data by classroom and content areas to identify patterns in performance. The district’s purpose in gathering data is to identify trends and gaps and to determine student and staff learning needs in light of our district’s annual student achievement goals. The data is utilized by the district’s Curriculum and Instruction team to identify where need and support is needed and to review curriculum. My school’s building leadership team, including my principal, instructional coach, and Instructional Leadership Team (ILT), analyzes our own building’s data in light of the district’s student improvement goals to look for areas that need improvement and to create annual student improvement goals for our building. This data is then presented to our building staff.
In most great schools, assessment is at the heart of educating students. Not only is assessment used to support students in their learning, but it is also leveraged by Boards, administrators and teachers to certify the level of student learning. During the 2014-15 school year, there were many assessment-related changes. Some schools transitioned to administering the Northwest Evaluation Association Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP) for the first time, other schools enhanced their skills in using the Performance Series assessment, and all schools made a successful transition to the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP).
The monitoring part of the Consent Decree was created to make sure the program is running as it should. Monitoring include a periodic review of program compliance, equal access under the Florida Educational Equity Act, and review of program effectiveness (“Consent Decree”, 1990). Schools must be ready, if asked, to show proper documentation of the program and of each student in order to prove that it is functioning properly. Finally, the sixth and last component of the Consent Decree, the outcome measures. The document lists the requirements for evaluation.
In 1848 The Massachusetts Board viewed education as important. Specifically, Horace Mann reported that intelligence is the grand condition which shows the standards people had in this time period. “In 2012, the national average for full-time students at 4-year degree-granting institutions was 59 percent.” Today, education seems more like a chore than a privilege. You will need reading and writing skills in every aspect of your life, education is crucial to our society no matter the extent of it.
Present: Ed Caron, Chair; Jeanice Garfield, Member; Mike Griffin, Vice Chair; Steve Karaffa, Clerk; Troy Palmer, Member; Zach McLaughlin, Superintendent; Steve Hier, Director of Fiscal Services; David Cohn, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment; and Judy Spaulding, Recording Secretary. Presenters: Zach McLaughlin, Superintendent; Ed Caron, Chair Audience: There were no audience members present Springfield School District had a school board meeting on Monday, March 12, 2018. After the Pledge of Allegiance, Mr. McLaughlin reviewed the process of reorganizing the new board. Ed Caron was nominated to be Chair and all the board members were in favor of this vote.
Using this model would allow Mr. Miller to review the mission of the school, determine whether ability grouping is aligned with the mission, and select an alternative that reflects the mission. 3. What action, if any, should Principal Miller take to demonstrate that he is an educational leader who treats people fairly, equitably, and with dignity and respect? Following Standard 3, Principal Miller should involve families and other stakeholders in the decision-making process. Mr. Miller should select and utilize a group decision technique will allow the opinions of the groups of parents, as well as other individuals and groups, to be heard and present their point of
Lastly, I would advise them to contact administration if any additional concerns arise. Educators, administrators, and support school personnel have the great honor of serving today’s youth. We must always protect the students, ensuring their safety as if they were our own, and we must listen to the concerns of all key stakeholders for we serve the
The third question in the survey asked if the student agreed that having a school resource officer was a good thing, and why. The feelings from this question were very clear cut. Out of the one-hundred students, ninety-six said that they think school resource officers like officer Pederson. By far the most common reason for this answer was because they make the school safer, and are able to respond right away. Having this many students agree with this is also another good thing for the school, because students can have a better relationship with the school resource officer, and feel more comfortable with them around.