Several VASSP Board members and Dr. Randy Barrack, Executive Director/CEO of VASSP, met on Thursday, December 6th for a discussion of issues facing schools and how the Governor’s office could assist schools with programs and initiatives. While the issues discussed were significant, nothing “new” came from the dialog with the Governor’s Education Staff. The meeting …
December 2012 archive
Dec 10
2013 Virginia School Principals Week Proclamation
Dr. Patricia I. Wright, Superintendent of Public Instruction announced on Friday, December 7, 2012 the signing of a Certificate of Recognition declaring January 20-26, 2013 Virginia School Principals Appreciation Week. In her comments, Dr. Wright noted “Our principals work diligently to help students and teachers excel, and their leadership and hard work are essential to the …
Dec 06
Term Limits for Principals
A recent blog caught my attention regarding the question, “Should Principals Have Term Limits?” My initial response was who wrote this piece and why? The author has written her blog from a teacher’s perspective and the premise for her question centers on her thoughts of administrators not keeping in touch/up-to-date with current educational practices. The …
Dec 03
State Board Develops SOQ Requests
The Virginia State Board of Education met on Thursday, November 27th to finalize the requests for the Standards of Quality for the 2013 General Assembly. Listed below is a segment of this request which contains the three policy and staffing recommendations. These should be of interest to Virginia principals as a request for aditional administrators is part …
Dec 03
Lower Graduation Rates Reported
A new common metric used by the U. S. Department of Education for the first time has shown a disparity from previously calculated and reported graduation rates. The new statistics, released on November 26, 2012, show the rate at which first-time ninth-grade students earn a high school diploma within four years. The calculation shows lower …
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