Evaluation Of The Forrest County School District

I was chosen to sit on the committee due to my many years of service in the education system. I bring 15 years of experience as an educator, coach, mentor and supervisor. This experience in the k-12 setting has allowed me to work with hundreds of teachers and administrators. During my tenor with the school district I have been asked to sit on dozens of committees, from curriculum, book adoption, finance, to diversity just to name a few. I hold two masters degrees in education; which has afforded me the knowledge and wherewithal to prefect my craft.

The Washoe County School District recognizes the importance of sustainability and how sustainability will allow for our stakeholders to have a successful future. As a district we believe in implementing sustainable values in each person that we come into contact with by leading lives that are reflective of creating a sustainable future. The WCSD defines sustainability as: creating an environment that promotes learning, civic engagement, and collaboration in ways that create mindful citizens that are aware of how the choices we make today impact our current conditions and have ripple effects that carry into our future.

Clay Country Schools are located in the southwest corner of North Carolina. The school district is currently the only that serves the county providing all grade levels, Pre-K through 12th Grade located on one campus. The campus consists of Hayesville Elementary School, Hayesville Middle School, and Hayesville High School. Historically Clay County Schools has not always been the only public school system to serve the county. Below is a case study of the history of the schools in Clay County and the demographic and fiscal characteristics of the current school system along with statewide comparisons and a recent North Carolina school lawsuit.

The School Board of Seminole County regulates schools. From that point delegation of power is shard based on job categorization. The school boards have attorneys for any legal impediments. Superintendent‘s are over all school principal and may have other responsibilities depending on the size of the district. The principal’s report directly to the superintendent who in turn relays information back to the school board. The school board is comprised of several members who have a committee decision-making process.

I teach in the Westside Consolidated Number Five School District in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The school district is a consolidation of three small rural town school districts Bono, Egypt, and Cash, Arkansas in 1968. I met with my mentor Mr. Scott Gaunt the school district superintendent on January 18, 2017 between meetings with district leaders and countywide superintendents. We met and discussed the community relations plan and identified the two most important issues for our district as identified in the poll by the Phi Delta Kappan and the Gallop poll. The issues were the lack of financial support for the school district to provide an adequate education for students and the testing and regulations imposed on school districts that lower educational time for students while in school.

Why do you believe your background and experience make you the best fit for Fluvanna County Public Schools?

After analyzing the attached comparison chart, the Spokane School District compares to the other districts as for absences. However, Spokane’s population and number of certified staff is greatly fewer than that of Belton and Neosho district. The areas of significant differences are; number of sick and personal days allowed to be accumulated and number of days available for funeral/death leave.

The Wylie Independent School District, the Dallas Independent School District and the Mesquite School district all have in common the expectations for the appearance of their employees. Some of the rules include clothing that should fit appropriately, suitable for business setting and modest. It is important to follow these guidelines because the image of the district is reflected in its employees.

The Washington County School District organizational strategies that are in place for teachers has increased academic student growth in my classes. Throughout year, I participate in professional development activities that enhance my teaching skills and increase student learning. During the summer, I collaborate with district data analysis and colleagues to disaggregate student data, correctly identify the lowest benchmarks that students scored based on FSA performance and Washington County School District Progress Monitoring Program (three assessments from the previous year). After which, we develop an "Order of Instruction” for content areas based on data from various student measures that have been assimilated throughout the school year.

Educational policies guide professional practice. By developing policies, agencies determine appropriate courses of action to aid individuals in applying a set of procedures in a systematic and equitable manner. My essay describes the Spotsylvania County Public School’s (SCPS) policy on Teacher Evaluation and traces its roots through the various levels of regulatory entities. In order to provide a rich context, pertinent case law and applicable literature in terms of the topic is also presented within the essay.

Currently, the Southeast Corridor is districted for Lincoln Elementary School, Crestwood Middle School, and Tuscarora High School (Office of the County Executive, 2017). The County has set a goal of keeping countywide school capacity at 90%. However, under the county's Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance, any schools that service new development areas must have school enrollment 100% under capacity for all phases of development. The Tuscarora High School will need an additional 60 to cope with future development but is it anticipated to be solved by redistricting through the Board of Education. Unfortunately, Lincoln Elementary School has an anticipated deficit of 620 seats with all current development projects, meaning another elementary school will need to be built at a rough price of $42 million for more redevelopment to be approved.

The Oak Park School District is a suburban district. Our student population consist of students who qualify for the free and reduced lunch program. Also, 45% of the student population is bused in from the surrounding communities. Oak Park has been in recent years, describe as the melting pot of Oakland County Michigan.

Polk county school district is the eighth largest in Florida and the thirteenth in the country. There are more than one hundred and fifty public school and more than one hundred thousand students. This makes Polk county the largest employer of over thirteen thousand employees. Polk county has a large diversity of students including “43.9 percent white, 20.7 percent black, 30.2 percent Hispanic, 1.6 percent Asian, 0.5 percent American Indian or Alaskan Native, 3 percent two or more races and 0.1 percent native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. There are more than 10,600 students whose primary language is other than

In recent years, the homeschooled population in Spotsylvania County Public Schools (SCPS) has continued to grow. Due to state regulations, the governing body of the division, the Spotsylvania County School Board (SCSB) developed a policy to address the procedures and protocols necessary to guide homeschooling options in the division: Policy LBD (2015) (See Appendix A). According to L. Binion, Guidance Director for SCPS, currently the division has 1,036 registered and 31 pending homeschooled students in grades K-12 (personal communication, November 13, 2015). Further, although the division has generally averaged 3-4 additional requests weekly, requests have skyrocketed to 1-2 per day for the past several weeks. The spike is likely connected to two recent negative events associated with the division—a thwarted mass shooting plan, and a case of severe hazing at a high school, (L. Binion, personal communication, November 19, 2015).

As the acting administrator, it would be difficult learning about the actions of Mrs. Wright. In my school I want my students to feel respected and safe and what she is accused of isn’t allowing Julie to feel that way. “We believe it is the function of the Franklin County Community School Corporation to educate our students for a life that will be satisfying and meaningful to them as persons and will contribute to the improvement of their community, state, and nation. The educational system shall be student-centered, addressing their needs and potential so they may be more adequately prepared vocationally, socially, intellectually, and morally” (Franklin Handbook, 2014, pg. 2). If the allegations are true then she is violating our mission as a corporation and should be punished accordingly. I think it is important that we investigate these accusations before jumping to conclusions, but this is issue is a serious matter and she has been looked at in a negative light from the school board. As the administrator, I will investigate to see if she is discriminating Julia and further investigate her attitude to her peers as well as myself. In Franklin County Community School Corporation we are given one year contracts so at the end of this investigation I will have to determine if we should offer Mrs. Wright a contract the following year. I will look into her evaluations and conduct with the staff to determine if she is the right fit for our staff. Having a