THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, August 27, 1995 TAG: 9508260120
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Back to School
LENGTH: Long : 121 lines
The school administration still is in the process of assigning principals for the upcoming academic year. More assignments will be announced at Thursday's School Board meeting.
Principals, including several reassigned from the central office, already named include the following:
Carroll R. Bailey Jr.
Hunt-Mapp Middle School
Age: 49
g1vvprin Bailey Previous work experience: Principal at the former Secondary Education Center; director of special education and services; director of instruction.
Goals for your school: To continue to develop the magnet aerospace theme on a schoolwide basis; to encourage 67 percent of the teachers to use the aerospace theme in daily instruction; to help all students pass every part of the Literacy Passport Test; to significantly improve the instructional climate; to help Hunt-Mapp acquire its own ultralight airplane by the end of the school year; to secure flight training for at least six students; to build community involvement and recreational usage of the school for students' benefit.
Betty Bartlett
Churchland Elementary School
Age: 57
Previous work experience: Elementary school principal, most recently at Hodges Manor Elementary; language arts specialist.
Goals for your school: Bartlett said she needed more time to review school data and talk with the school's staff and parents before setting specific goals. But she said her goals would center on improving academic achievement and the school's overall climate, working to prevent students from dropping out later in school and expanding the Continuous Progress program. Generally speaking, that program allows students to learn at their own pace. Fast learners can easily move on to material normally taught in the next traditional grade level. Students having trouble get more time to catch on.
Valerie Harding Brown
Mt. Hermon Elementary
Age: 49
Previous work experience: Teacher; assistant principal; principal of the former Mount Hermon Elementary Education Center for students g2vvprin Brown with special needs. She will remain at Mt. Hermon, which was converted to a regular elementary school under the community schools plan.
Goals for your school: To emphasize cooperative learning and the use of portfolio assessment; to work closely with parents and the community; to empower students to be responsible learners. (Note: Generally speaking, ``portfolio assessment'' is the evaluation of students' knowledge based on work that demonstrates their understanding of concepts and skills.)
Stephanie Denise Bailey Johnson
Emily Spong Elementary
Age: 43
g4vvprin Johnson Previous work experience: Kindergarten teacher; teacher in the gifted-and-talented program. Assistant principal at Highland-Biltmore, James Hurst, Shea Terrace, Simonsdale, Hodges Manor, John Tyler, Olive Branch, Port Norfolk and Park View elementary schools; quality trainer for the district from 1993-95.
Goals for your school: To recruit and retain quality teachers and staffers; to expose students to careers in math, science and technology; to provide a positive learning environment; to promote team work, as well as leadership and decision-making skills.
Edgar M. Morgan Jr.
Cradock Middle School
Age: 52
Previous work experience: Elementary, middle and high school principal, most recently at William E. Waters Middle; coordinator of transportation.
Goals for your school: To continue g5vvprin Morgan efforts to improve student performance in reading, writing and math; to increase the communication between Cradock Middle and the elementary schools that feed students to it; to decrease the number of students who miss more than 10 days of school; to establish new partnerships to increase community support for the school; to involve more parents in school activities.
Daisy M. Murphy
S.H. Clarke Community Academy
Age: 48
g6vvprin Murphy Previous work experience: Reading teacher; teacher of ungraded students; language arts specialist; principal; district director of elementary education/programs and instruction.
Goals for your school: To support students in the acquisition of the knowledge, skills and attitudes put forth in the basic curriculum; to help students connect school learning with success in life; to captivate students' interest through activities that motivate them to develop their potential; to assist students in the consistent utilization of appropriate behavioral practices through conflict resolution, team building and social-skills training.
Claude C. Parent Jr.
Churchland Academy Elementary School
Age: 51
g7vvprin Parent Previous work experience: Elementary school principal; Instructional Resources Center coordinator; staff development and communications director; director of special education and services; director of instruction.
Goals for your school: To increase parental involvement through the PTA and community housing contacts; to improve academic achievement in math, reading and writing; to increase student involvement in their own learning; to involve students in school-improvement team activities; to continue and expand the Continuous Progress program. (Note: Generally speaking, that program allows students to learn at their own pace.) ILLUSTRATION: Photos
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