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A number of observers say that it would be best if the next superintendent is from Maryland but that it is more important to have a great leader who is a quick study. They also listed a set of priorities that include focusing on reducing the achievement gap of students of color and low-income students, figuring out ways to be innovative within the constraints of tight economic times, working collaboratively with the teachers unions and higher education, and making science and math a priority.and:
Robert C. Embry, president of the Abell Foundation, said the state board will have to first decide what their agenda will be for the coming years. It may be, he said, that Marylanders are happy with the status quo and will not want to embrace a more radical agenda that might lead to a change in the often-criticized charter school law or the practice of getting rid of teachers based on seniority. "I don't know what the present school board has as its priorities. There are a lot of very controversial issues nationally," he said.
But more importantly, experts also said, the state school board should focus on the next superintendent's personality and background as much as the agenda.
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller would like to see that in the next superintendent. "We need someone with a great deal of teaching experience and supervisory experience," he said, adding that the next leader also must place children first and draw authority from the assumption that student needs are behind all of their actions.To read the full story, go here.
"She transcended politics. Her loyalty was always to the students," Miller said of Grasmick.
Jerry Weast can step right in to this position.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Louisville, Kentucky!
ReplyDeleteWe are in the middle of a superintendent search and our state commissioner of education, Terry Holliday, is trying to bully our board of education to hire his pal, Jerry Weast, as a consultant for the super search. Weast's price is $5000 per day for a max of 40 days.
Does his contract with MCPS allow him to perform consulting work like this? Isn't he still employed as the MCPS superintendent? If so, doesn't this fellow have enough work to do?
What gives?
@EducationVoodoo
ReplyDeleteYou have to understand, we have a terrible budget crisis here. Jerry Weast is not going to get the budget INCREASE that he wants. So he is cutting media specialists, counselors and teachers all over the county to make the parents mad. Parents are to demand tax increases and then the County can INCREASE the school systems budget.
Jerry Weast ia ALWAYS on travel, but he makes no money. Just check out his financial disclosure forms. This is what is so great about him. Always traveling around the country, donating his time.
If he makes any money on this gig we are sure he will donate it ALL to the kids. Because it is all about the kids, you know.