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Key Topics include: Improving Student Performance · Urban Education · Leadership ·Teacher Training
Dr. Earl Watkins, Superintendent of Jackson Public Schools, Mississippi (2002- Aug. 2008) provides an inspirational interview with host Arthur Griffin. Dr. Watkins addresses issues of the difficult challenges of urban education and shares his vision of schools as an opportunity for student transformation. This podcast illustrates the dynamic relationship and impact which authentic leadership can have on student performance and their schools. Bringing all efforts to bear on this purpose can have dramatic results. Don’t miss this vibrant exchange which provides strategies from his experience for leadership, improved student performance, teacher training and school change.
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Biographical Background
Dr. Earl Watkins, Superintendent of Jackson Public Schools, (2002- Aug., 2008) is a native Mississippian. He was raised in the heart of the Delta and attended the public schools in Belzoni. He has degrees from Mississippi
He brings a wealth of experience to this post. He has served JPS as a teacher, a math curriculum coordinator, an assistant principal, a middle school principal, a high school principal and as executive principal for the Jim Hill feeder pattern. He has also been an adjunct professor at
With Dr. Watkins serving as superintendent of Jackson Public Schools June 2002 - August 2008, he became the district’s youngest superintendent in recent history.
In addition to being a dedicated employee of JPS, Dr. Watkins also is active in the community. Besides serving on several boards for educational entities, he has also been vitally involved in his home church, World Overcomers Ministries Church, where he serves as a lay minister and a board member. He and his wife, Cassaundra, have founded an organization called, Up From the Ashes, a faith-based organization (ministry) that was developed to provide services to people who need help in areas such as education, Biblical teaching, and personal development.
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