I met with my site-supervisor on Friday, Sept. 16 at 10:00 AM in my office. I expected the meeting to last about 45 minutes, but we were still talking at noon. This meeting gave us an opportunity to review my plan in detail and to talk about the superintendent program at Lamar. Dr. Kenner, Assistant Superintendent, has been in education for over 30 years and she has a wealth of knowledge that she shares so willing with me.
One of her concerns she had was the ability to address all of the 38 activities and how many of the activities were outside of my responsibilities. Therefore, in reviewing the activities she made several recommendations that made the plan pertinent to our district and to give me opportunities that I had not thought of. For example, she invited me to a meeting of COMPASS (Community Performing Arts Series at the Summit) where our choir will be asking to perform in January. This will give the opportunity to be more involved with the community and to assist the choir director when the choir performs in January.
Another change we made was the review of discipline referrals. We looked at the Performance Based Monitoring Report and an area of concern is the discipline referrals of special education students. I will be researching the discipline data, gathering information from campuses, and share the findings with the district leadership team.
Dr. Kenner was impressed with the activities I have already completed or in progress. I did several professional development presentations to our county of five districts and our district in August. I also collaborate and assist with planning for all of our district professional development. I do requisitions for testing materials and services often with my present position. I was able to obtain donations for a family night our Elementary School hosted this past Friday.
Dr. Kenner believes this plan will give me a good glimpse into about every area of district. She pointed me in the right direction on a few activities and offered advice how to accomplish others. The most important thing I valued from our meeting was having the opportunity to reflect on several issues facing education and sharing our view points on overcoming these obstacles. One of the main benefits I will receive during this internship is having a mentor that will help guide me into new leadership roles this program may bring my way. This is indeed an exciting time for me as I pursue my superintendent certification.
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Very well written, Annette. I was not surprised to see PBMAS pop up in your conversatin. I think many of our districts are struggling with Special Education discipline referrals. Let me know if you find anything we can use. I am also completing the same type of activity.
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