McGraw-Hill Education

Special Feature

Discussion:

Critical Trends in

K-12 Education

LeiLani Cauthen,
Center for Digital Education

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Topic: A Discussion on Critical Trends in K-12 Education

Join us for this informative interview with Mr. Peter C. Davis, president of McGraw-Hill Education, as he discusses the digital transformation taking place in the education industry and how it will increasingly affect elementary and high schools nationwide.

Our host LeiLani Cauthen, publisher of ConvergeMag.com, and Mr. Davis also discuss the National Education Technology Plan and Common Core Standards, as Mr. Davis comments on McGraw-Hill Education’s point of view and the company’s strategy to incorporate the technology plan and the standards into assessment and curriculum resources.

Topics in this episode include

• Educational change in Action
• Educational Technology needs
• Response to Intervention (RtI) opportunities
• Impact of the Race to the Top on these trends
• And much more.

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Biographical Background:

Peter C. Davis
President
McGraw-Hill Education
The McGraw-Hill Companies

As President of McGraw-Hill Education, Peter C. Davis is responsible for leading one of the world’s top educational publishers, serving teachers, students and individuals in a range of professions across virtually every aspect of the growing global education market from pre-K through professional learning.

Peter has spearheaded a range of important growth initiatives for McGraw-Hill Education, including developing strategies to help the company’s Pre-K through 12 education group compete effectively in the elementary and high school market, helping improve marketing and sales for its testing and assessment services business, and devising strategies to enter the career educational services markets internationally. He also is leading McGraw-Hill Education’s efforts to develop effective digital learning platforms and tools that are customized to the needs of each student and designed to generate positive learning outcomes at virtually every level of education.

He is on the board of directors of the James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute Foundation for Educational Leadership and Policy, and he is a member of the President’s Policy Council of the Alliance for Excellent Education.

Peter joined The McGraw-Hill Companies in 2006 as Executive Vice President of Global Strategy, where he worked closely with the Corporation’s senior management team to build global business opportunities, strengthen its presence in existing markets, and develop partnerships and new business opportunities for the company’s Education, Financial Services and Information & Media businesses.

Earlier in his career, Peter was a managing director at Novantas LLC and was senior partner at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he led global client relationship development and delivery for the banking, brokerage and asset management segments.

Peter holds a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, NJ, where he was a Henry Rutgers Scholar, and earned his master’s degree in business administration from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University.

Leilani Cauthen
Publisher, Converge Magazine
VP Sales, Center for Digital Education
divisions of e.Republic, Inc.

LeiLani Cauthen is the Publisher of Converge magazine, a national media and events organization providing context and content for education change using technology for the policy levels in both K-12 and Higher Education. LeiLani manages the Center for Digital Education, helping hundreds of IT companies with sales strategy, research and the Center’s advisory services. In 1987, LeiLani was part of the original team to launch Government Technology magazine for e.Republic, Inc., the first national publication devoted to technology solutions in state and local government. From 2000-late 2003, LeiLani handled marketing and sales at Entrust Software for the eight western States, SLED segment, and worked with individual government agencies, Community Colleges and Universities. LeiLani rejoined e.Republic in the Center for Digital Government in 2003 and was later promoted to Publisher and Vice President of Sales in the Center for Digital Education. LeiLani has more than 18 years of experience in assisting companies to understand, sell and market to state/local government and education, and is a frequent speaker at various market association conferences and vendor sales conferences.

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Mr. Thomas Brady Interview, Superintendent of Providence, RI Public Schools.

Leading a School Community to Success through Change

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Topic: Leading a School Community to Success through Change

Join us to listen as we interview Mr. Thomas Brady, the superintendent for Providence Public Schools, Providence, RI. What makes us the leaders we are? How do our life experiences surface when we serve as public school superintendents?

These and many other questions are answered in a stirring discussion and retrospect of Mr. Thomas Brady’s current career in public education. Our host Arthur Griffin and Mr. Brady discuss the challenges Mr. Brady has faced in the more than ten years he’s been working in public education, and the intersection and differences among his experiences in Philadelphia and Fairfax, VA.

In a unusual twist, listeners will also discover how Brady’s extensive military career has helped shape and prepare him for the unique challenges he has faced as a public education leader in the current educational climate. From making the tough decisions, to monitoring performance and finding the right management style, this episode provides compelling inspiration, thoughtfulness and support for educational leaders.

Key topics covered include:

• Leadership styles building upon prior life experience (military)
• Building a core curriculum – A school district takes ownership and action
• Change process perspective and strategies
• Parents as partners in the learning process
• Special education needs
• Student achievement
• Tough decisions: Resource allocation
• Race to the Top: RI experience and comments

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Biographical Background:

Mr. Thomas Brady was appointed Superintendent for Providence Public Schools in March 2008. He officially assumed the role of Superintendent on July 14, 2008.

Before that, Brady served as Interim Chief Executive Officer for the School District of Philadelphia, the eighth largest school system in the country. He also served the Philadelphia district as Chief Operating Officer.Brady actually began his affiliation with Fairfax County as a parent leader, serving as President of the Hayfield Secondary School Parent-Teacher-Student Association for four years.

Prior to his nearly 10 years of service in public education administration, Brady had a distinguished 25-year career in the United States Army where he attained the rank of Colonel. He was the commanding officer at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and oversaw a $770 million budget, $660 million payroll, $94 million in contracts, and over 20,000 residents and military personnel.

Brady is a 2004 Fellow of the prestigious Broad Urban Superintendents Academy. The Academy is a rigorous 10-month executive management training program designed to prepare CEOs and senior executives from business, non-profit, military, government and education backgrounds to lead urban public school systems.

Brady holds a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor’s degree in Education and Social Sciences from Niagara University.

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Interview with Ms. Eileen Cooper Reed, Cincinnati School Board

The School Board’s Role in Decision Making: Insights from the President

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The School Board’s Role in Decision Making: Insights from the President

Elaine Cooper Reed, Cincinnati School Board President, discusses issues facing public schools today with host Mr. Arthur Griffin. Ms. Reid discusses the challenges she has faced with school funding and downsizing, as well as many other issues. This episode is revealing and helpful as she shares with us many insights she’s garnered over years as a member of the governance team.

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Biographical Background

After practicing clinical social work for several years, Eileen Cooper Reed attended the University of  Cincinnati College of Law, graduating in 1984. Her Administrative Law Team won 1st place in the National Administrative Law Competition. She was awarded the Shmieg-Weil Award for being the Outstanding Moot Court Competitor in 1984.

After Law School, Eileen became a staff attorney for the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati. She served as a Hamilton County Assistant Prosecutor before being tapped as a Juvenile Court Referee. During her stint at Juvenile Court, Eileen spent three years handling truancy cases in Juvenile Court. These cases were heard at the school site and it was there that she developed a thorough understanding of attendance issues in the Cincinnati Public School system.

In 1992, then Mayor Dwight Tillery appointed Eileen to the Mayor’s Commission on Children. While serving on the Commission, she opened and became Director of Children’s Defense Fund in Cincinnati. For the next 11 years, Eileen advocated for children in Cincinnati and eventually, became the Director of the Children’s Defense Fund, Ohio advocating for children across the state. She and her staff documented the needs of Cincinnati and Ohio children in child health, child welfare, early childhood care and education, and K-12 education and used those statistics to propose sound policies to legislators from the local to the federal level.

Eileen was appointed to both the Ohio Department of Education’s Achievement Gap Task Force and the Early Childhood Task Force. While serving on those bodies, she learned about educational issues across the state and noted how Cincinnati did in comparison to other areas of the state. Under former CPS Superintendent Steven Adamowski, Eileen became the only community member of the CPS Redesign Team where she developed a thorough understanding of the CPS method of assessing school and student achievement. During that time, she and her staff at the Children’s Defense Fund were responsible for engaging parents and community in both the academic redesign process and, subsequently, the CPS community learning center and facilities programs.

Having previously served on numerous boards, Eileen currently chairs the SC Ministry Foundation Board of Trustees, is a Director of the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati and is a member of the Xavier University President’s Advisory Council.

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Related Web Links:

• Cincinnati Public Schools web site

• CPS Board President Page (Eileen Cooper Reed)

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Interview with Dr. Eugene G. White, Supt. Indianapolis Public Schools

Handling the Tough Decisions: Preserving Student Achievement during Budget Cuts

Handling the Tough Decisions: Preserving Student Achievement during Budget Cuts

Dr. Eugene G.White, Superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) in Indiana discusses difficult choices in district leadership with host Mr. Arthur Griffin. An accomplished author and recipient of 2009 Indiana Superintendent of the Year award (also in 2002). Having experience through the ranks from school principal through medium to large urban districts, he has much to share on leadership and coping with the difficult decisions faced in these roles.

Dr. White has authored two books for school leaders including Leadership Beyond Excuses: The Courage to Hold the Rope.

Specific topics included in this interview with Dr. White:

• Most difficult decisions faced across 30 years of school and district leadership
• Coping with large budget cuts while maintaining educational excellence
• Describing priorities, equity, and negotiation during process of budget cuts
• Effective strategies to promote student achievement
• Role of early childhood education
• Challenges facing district leaders today

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Biographical Background

Dr. Eugene G. White was born in Phenix City, AL, to a single 17-year-old mother in December 1947. He was the first person in his family’s history to graduate from high school. He grew up in a time of segregation and Jim Crow practices in Southeast Alabama. In high school, he excelled in football, basketball, and baseball. His mother, grandmother and athletic coaches heavily influenced him. He was a starting member of the 1966 Alabama State Championship Basketball Team and accepted a basketball scholarship to Alabama A&M University. He graduated with academic honors and set career scoring marks at Alabama A&M University.He was a teacher, coach and school administrator in the Fort Wayne Community Schools for 19 years. He was the first African American high school principal in the Fort Wayne Community Schools, where he served as principal of Wayne High School from 1985 to 1990. In 1990 he became the first African American high school principal of North Central High School in Indianapolis, serving until 1992. He was Deputy Superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools from July 1992 to January 1994. He served as Superintendent of the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township for 11 years. In 2005, Dr. White was named Superintendent of the state’s largest school district, IPS.

Dr. White has served in a large number of leadership capacities over the years, most recently as President of the American Association for School Administrators in 2006-07.

Dr. White has received a wide variety of honors over his career, including:

• 2002 and 2009 Indiana Superintendent of the Year
• 2007 National Association of Black School Educators (NABSE) Superintendent of the Year
• 2006 Modern Red Schoolhouse Distinguished Service Award
• 2001 Alabama A&M University Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
• 1997 Indiana Music Educators Association Outstanding Superintendent of the Year
• 1995 Center for Leadership Development Education Award
• 1992 named by Redbook magazine as a “visionary leader” as principal of one of America’s  Best Schools

Dr. White is the author of the book, “Leadership Beyond Excuses: The Courage to Hold the Rope.”  He co-wrote a second book, “Leading Schools of Diversity.”

He received an Ed.D. in Education Administration and Supervision from Ball State University in 1982, an Ed.S. in Superintendency from Ball State University in 1977, an M.S. in School Health from the University of Tennessee in 1971, and a B.S. in Social Studies, Health and Physical Education from Alabama A & M University in 1970.  He is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

Dr. White is married to Jetties White and has two children: Reginald E. White, Dean of Students and Head Girls Basketball Coach, Arsenal Tech High School in IPS, and Kimberly R. White, a teacher and coach at John Marshall Community High School in IPS.

Interview with Waterbury CT Superintendent
Dr. David Snead
Mobility and Poverty: Urban Education and the Role of the Superintendent

Key Topics include: Leadership | High Stakes Testing | Teacher Training |  Vocational Education | ARCHIVE | Trends in Education | Urban Education |  Making the Tough Decisions |  Improving Student Performance |  Professional Development

Dr. David Snead, Superintendent of the Waterbury (CT) Public Schools, joins host Ed Milliken for an interview which discusses vital topics effecting schools, superintendents, students and society today. They particularly focus this session on the topics of pupil achievement from the perspectives of poverty and mobility. In just one example of the depth and relevance of this interview, Dr. Snead emphasizes and explains how standards level performance is difficult to achieve when students live in an environment of poverty and children and families are very mobile. This school leader calls for curricular consistency as a powerful way enable students to progress in a learning sequence. He also points out that many of these same strategies are available to assist struggling students as they are available to educators and school districts, however additional resources are needed.

Join the District Leader’s Podcast for this 20 minute segment of refreshment and encouragement. Reaching out to superintendents, school leaders and school board members around the world, this series provides support, refreshment, resources, insight and encouragement.

Dr. Snead is optimistic about the future for the next generation of school superintendents and educational leaders. Listen in as we discuss curricular issues, leadership challenges, poverty, racism and teacher professional development within the reality of our schools and society.

Biographical Background

David Snead, Ph.D., is currently the Superintendent of the Waterbury (CT) Public Schools; a position he has held since August, 2000. The district, a department of the City of Waterbury, serves nearly 18,000 students (27% African American, 40% Hispanic, 31% white) with an annual budget of $123.5 million.

After teaching in Detroit, he served as a Detroit high school principal and named Principal of the Year. He became Superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools in 1994, and named Superintendent of the Year in Michigan in 1995. Since his arrival at in Connecticut, the Waterbury Public School district has undergone major changes, including the implementation of K-12 curriculum revisions, the updating of outdated textbooks, the initiation of new staff evaluation procedures, the establishment of diversity training for staff, the opening of a Family Intake Center for new student registrations, among other things. The district has a new inter-district magnet middle / high school for fine and performing arts and created e-mail accounts for all staff along with an extensive web site for parents and the community. Under his leadership, test scores rose significantly across the district. Due to the schools’ scholastic improvement, Waterbury received the “Outstanding Academic Leadership Award” from the Connecticut Association of Urban Superintendents in 2002-03. The district has begun closing the achievement gap between minority and majority students.

On numerous occasions, Dr. Snead has been recognized for his excellence in education. He was named one of the top ten Administrators in the United States by the National Council of School Safety, “School Administrator of the Year” by the Michigan Alliance for Arts Education, “Executive Educator of the Year” by the IBM Corporation and the Executive Educator Journal, and “Michigan Superintendent of the Year” by the Michigan Association of School Administrators. He is also the recipient of the Septima Clark National Education Award from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Related Web Links:

• Waterbury (CT) Public Schools
• Connecticut Association of Urban Superintendents
• National Council of School Safety

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Interview with Superintendent of Enlarged City School District of Troy New York, Fadhilika Atiba-Weza
Urban Education: Challenges and Success Strategies

Key Topics include: High Stakes Testing · Career and Technical Education · Leadership · Improving Student Performance · Making the Tough Decisions · Urban Education

This exciting episode of the District Leader’s Podcast features an interview with Superintendent Fadhilika Atiba-Weza and podcast host Ed Milliken. They discuss the great challenges facing superintendents and real strategies for success in serving populations of students with performance disparities. Listen in as this school leader shares insight on balancing the needs for assessment, accountability and evaluation. This exciting discussion also delves into the role of the superintendent in reaching out to the community and parents.

Don’t miss Episode 10 of The District Leader’s Podcast and the chance to join your colleagues as they consider these examples of managing, leading and coping with some of the most critical topics of school leadership.

Biographical Background
Fadhilika Atiba-Weza is the Superintendent of Schools of the Enlarged City School District of Troy, New York. The City of Troy is on New York’s Hudson River, across from Albany, the Capital of the Empire State. Prior to his appointment as superintendent of the Troy schools, Atiba-Weza was the superintendent of Long Island’s Central Islip School District. Like the Troy School District, the Central Islip School District enrolls a diverse population of students.

Atiba-Weza began his educational career as a New York City school teacher. Over his eleven year tenure, he taught social studies, mathematics, and technology courses. Subsequent to his teaching experience, he was appointed as Principal of Western Suffolk County’s (NY) vocational high school.

Related Web Links:

• The Enlarged School District of Troy, New York

TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
A small urban school district with approximately 4,300 students, we have programs housed in nine buildings. Troy has achieved remarkable progress in recent years. Our school improvement efforts have not only raised expectations, but also resulted in measurable changes across the district. The district’s public schools continue to serve as a vital part of the city of Troy’s revitalization. Troy is one of the largest school districts in the Capital Region. The personalized nature of being a small city school district empowers students to excel in an environment that encourages and supports lifelong learning.
(From the School District web site 3/08)

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Superintendent of Beaumont Texas Independent School District Dr. Carrol Thomas:
Vision in Leadership: Urban Education, Improving Student Performance

Key Topics include: Leadership · Improving Student Performance · Urban Education · Teacher Training · ARCHIVE ·

Dr. Carrol Thomas, Superintendent of schools for 19 years and president-elect for the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) is interviewed by Sheryl Neal about his successful work in closing the gap of student performance. This informative interview provides firsthand insight into the strategies used in the Beaumont Texas Independent School District to make them among the TOP 50 schools in student improvement.

From adopting inclusion methods, to data gathering, multiple teaching strategies to teacher instructional feedback and direction, Dr. Thomas fills this podcast interview full of concrete examples of approaches district leaders may explore for consideration to close the student achievement gap. No doubt this is part of the reason he has been successful in his quest and is now best known in Texas for turning around one the lowest performing school districts in Texas in one year. Superintendent Thomas does not shy away from the hard questions of race, special education tracking, nor parent and civic responsibility; however we also hear his vital vision for education of every child to be understood as a civil right.

Tune in to this interview for a very different look at

leadership in our schools on the District Leader’s Podcast.

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Biographical Background

Dr. Carrol Thomas has served as the Superintendent of Schools for the Beaumont Independent School District since July 11, 1996. Dr. Thomas came to Beaumont from North Forest Independent School District in Houston, Texas, where his work earned him the Texas Superintendent of the Year in 1999. Under Thomas’ leadership, North Forest I.S.D. was the first and only school district to move from “Accredited Warned”, the lowest level the State places on a district, to “Fully Accredited” in one year.

When Dr. Thomas came to BISD, the district was one of the lowest performing districts in the state. BISD is now ranked among the top school districts in Texas for improving student performance. The district has gone from only one campus receiving state recognition in 1996, to over one-third of the 32 sites receiving either recognized or exemplary status in recent years. The district also had 12 campuses to receive the prestigious Successful School Award granted by the Texas Education Agency.

Dr. Thomas is the President-Elect for the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE). Thomas will serve as NABSE leader for the two-year term that starts this fall, followed by a two-term presidency from 2009-2011.

Related Web Links:

• ISD Beaumont, Texas
• National Alliance of Black School Educators

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Former Superintendent of Jackson Mississippi Public Schools Dr. Earl Watkins:
Urban Education, Leadership, Student Success: Schools as Transformation Opportunities

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.

Join us for this episode of Vision and Action from

the District Leader’s Podcast.

Leading today for success tomorrow.

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 Valley State University and Jackson State University.

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 Jackson State University in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership since August 2000.

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.

Related Web Links:

• Jackson Public Schools
• Jackson State University

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Interview with Rockville Centre, New York, School District, Superintendent
Dr. William Johnson
Improving Student Achievement and Teacher Professional Development Recommendations

Key Topics include: Teacher Training · Improving Student Performance · Urban Education ARCHIVE ·

Podcast host Ed Milliken engages Dr. William Johnson in an informative and moving interview about critical issues that continue to face schools across the world. With 22 years as a school Superintendent and a successful student and school improvement record Dr. Johnson provides compelling insight into the potential for all students to succeed. In this episode of the District Leader’s Podcast listeners also hear strategies for success working with large districts, diverse student populations, poverty, seeming student learning gaps, and effective teacher professional development to meet these needs at the Rockville Centre School District, New York. This interview does not shy away from the difficult questions. Listen in as Dr. Johnson and our podcast host Ed Milliken bring more support, insight and stirring discussion always, Leading Today for Success Tomorrow.

(Note to our listeners: please the excuse background noise for which we needed to compensate; however, we believe this is a very valuable resource for school leaders.)

Biographical Background

Dr. William Johnson has served as Superintendent of Schools for the Rockville Centre, New York School District, since 1986. During his years as Superintendent, the Rockville Centre School District has continued to grow in excellence and prestige. It has been part of virtually every list of “best schools and/or districts” at the regional, State and national level. South Side High School became an all Regents high school seven years before New York State Standards for School Excellence were announced. In addition, South Side High School, an International Baccalaureate school with its rigorous educational program, has achieved a Regents graduation rate of over 97%.

Dr. Johnson was named New York State’s Superintendent of the Year in 2005. He is past-president of the Nassau County and New York State (NYS) Council of School Superintendents and is currently co-chairperson of the NYS Council of School Superintendents Curriculum Committee. He served on the Salerno Commission on Financial Reform and was appointed by the Governor to serve as a member of the Governor’s Education Reform Commission.

He is also a speaker and lecturer to various state and regional associations concerning teaching, curriculum and instruction, social and emotional learning, and financing public schools, he serves on numerous regional and statewide committees. He has been a member of the Commissioner of Education’s Advisory Council for more than ten years. He is currently an adjunct professor at Teachers’ College, Columbia University. Named Educator of the Year by the Hofstra University Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa and received the Distinguished Service Award from the School Boards Association of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

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Interview with Nassau BOCES District Superintendent
Dr. James Mapes
Career Education Programs

Key Topics include: ARCHIVE · Trends in Education · Improving Student Performance · Urban Education

Dr. James Mapes shares the challenges and provides recommendations regarding the role as superintendent not only with students but also in developing community relationships in his interview with District Leader’s Podcast host Dr. Ed Milliken. With a career, that has spanned over two decades in education, Dr. James Mapes Long Island’s Nassau BOCES District Superintendent is uniquely prepared to offer valuable insight and suggestions to school leaders. This compelling interview also includes Dr Mapes sharing his experience with Career Education Programs, dealing with No Child Left Behind and focusing on closing the learning gap.

Biographical Background

Dr. Mapes, is the Interim District Superintendent for Western Suffolk BOCES. He was appointed to this interim position by the NYS Commissioner of Education. The Chief Executive Officer and District Superintendent is a salaried educator serving both the State Education Department and the Board of Cooperative Educational Services. As the regional representative of the Commissioner of Education, the District Superintendent often called upon to assist in the implementation of NYS Education Law and interpretation of the Regulations of the Commissioner and the rules of the Board of Regents. The District Superintendent has responsibility for providing support and direction for local implementation of statewide school improvement initiatives. The Commissioner of Education may also designate the District Superintendent to represent SED on special assignments.

In the capacity of Chief Executive Officer, the responsibilities include planning, administering, supervising and evaluating regional education programs and support services, provided at the request of the component school districts.

The URL for Long Islands Nassau BOCES District is www.nassauboces.org

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