Not exact matches
Some 615
school districts in 44 states have used VAL - ED since it became available commercially in 2009, according to Hardin Daniel, vice president of Discovery Education Assessment, which
handles its distribution.37 In a 2011 - 12 pilot project involving 50 of its 200
principals, Prince George's County, Md., began using VAL - ED
as a supplemental source of information about strengths and weaknesses in
school leadership.
Guided by tools such
as a high - tech calendar that charts the time the
principal is spending with teachers and others, the SAM or SAM team meets regularly with the
principal to schedule instructional leadership time, reflect on whether and how changes in time allocations are affecting instruction, and designate other
school staff members to tend to busing or other matters that don't need to be
handled in most cases by the
principal.
But the district faces a $ 304 million budget shortfall and
as many
as 3,500 layoffs this fall — including nearly every assistant
principal — raising questions about whether
school principals will be able to
handle the time - intensive evaluation process.
For example, the district's central office manages things such
as delivering an effective curriculum to
schools and
handling operational and logistical functions so that
principals can focus on what's most important — teaching and learning.
Traditionally, the AP was most often delegated to
handling bus routes and discipline issues, but
as the need for new
principals increases, APs are being tapped to take on
school leadership roles with fewer years experience
as teachers or in administrative roles.
Handle the tasks of assisting the
principal in supervising the overall educational activities
as well
as support the activities and staff of the
school
All of the reviews for this
school are correct it is a top notch
school the assistant
principal is the only person that I have met in this
school who I don't care for but the
principal Carrol Wicker White is superb she takes
as much time
as necessary to speak and meet with parents and addresses their concerns.The teacher our son had this year is exceptional she is caring compassionate and very smart and
handles challenges very well.Parents are very involved and kids are well taken care of and happy.We want to move to Carroll isd for high
school but we will not leave this elementary
school until our son finishes fourth grade because
as great
as the
schools are in Carroll the elementary
schools can not compare to this one this
school truly is remarkable.