Reply With QuoteIt appears that Supt. Olsen wants to keep a focused team on the field.Originally Posted by Robo
He should be complimented.
What is the cause and the effect of turnover in school administrators?
We are having a lot of turnover in school administrators recently. Why is this happening and what will the effects be in the school system?
(1) Asst. Supt Tacconi-Moore is leaving in July to become Supt. of a district in NH. This apprears to be for her own personal growth but what will the effect be on the curriculum?
(2) Blanchard School Principal Jessica Huizenga suddenly resigns on Monday with 2 weeks remaining to go in the school year. Supt. Olsen claims that she is leaving to pursure further education but their is seemingly more to this story. She certainly could have waited until the year was out to resign.
(3) Stony Brook School will have yet another Asst. Principal next year which will make three different Asst. Principal's in three years. Why is there a high-turnover at Stony Brook and what is the effect on the students?
Last edited by Robo; 06-10-2010 at 07:41 PM. Reason: grammar fix in title
It appears that Supt. Olsen wants to keep a focused team on the field.
He should be complimented.
Don't forget that one of these Asst Principals actually became the Principal at Crisafulli this year.
1) Given the curriculum currently in use, I'd say it's darn near impossible for the curriculum to suffer any worse without her than it did with her. Unless of course a certain Math CC is "promoted from within" to LT-M's position, then our kids are all screwed and better started budgeting for Kumon again. Sick of our students being guinea pigs for the abject failure that is constructivism.
Abbot can only benefit from Mr. Umbro moving up there full time. It's a great decision as far as I am concerned.
Last edited by Amber; 06-16-2010 at 05:23 PM.
What is your presumption? That Supt Olsen is forcing these turnovers? For what purpose? Is this just speculation or do you know more?
I agree with you that a lot of the school decisions don't seem to be based on data but rather seem like experiments. However, the MCAS scores in the district have been strong which at least indicates the curriculum is well aligned for that purpose.
I do not assume or presume. I have known Supt. Olsen for 24 years and he is an individual who formulates a plan of action with staff input.
If at anytime in the implementation of the plan, one or more staff members are unable to carry out their assigned tasks, IMHO Supt. Olsen would be negligent if he did not change the composition of the team.
Last edited by Tony1941; 06-22-2010 at 03:15 PM.
Westford's strong MCAS scores indicate the socioeconomic status and overall high value placed on education in Westford households. Studies have shown these factors more strongly influence academic performance, as does students coming from homes where they are exposed to more than one language (another Westford trait). Also, last time I checked the local Kumon centers are VERY busy, filled with Westford students whose well-educated parents have become disgusted at the quality and depth of the elementary math program in particular. I guess if we want more concrete data on what influences Westford's MCAS scores, we should start looking at the number of outside tutoring programs, educational supplementation, and home instruction currently being done to assuage the damage of Everyday Math.
Despite the ridiculous assertions of the few, the existence of a community center is most likely NOT the main reason people choose to move to Westford. I'm guessing it has far more to do with the reputation of the schools, and a relatively low crime rate.
Performance in Westford School
All the studies in the world regarding what factors create an improved environment for education miss what the real estate industry has known for years. As the number of family with two college educated parents increase so does performance in the schools. Smarter parents develop smarter children. It is not Darwinian just focus on education and its importance in society.
As to how our education system is performing, without strong parental influence it is not. Check out the inner cities where the State spends twice as much as rural communities on a per student basis and the average parental education level is 9th grade. No child left behind has become no child excels. No child left behind coupled with MCAS has resulted in a program in which they added a significant word problem component to math to allow girls, which were generally scoring lower in math and much higher in reading, to better compete with boys which tended to be the opposite. Instead of bring up the girls they lowered the boys performance by adding a reading component. To be politically correct in our technology driven world they pushed performance down to appease the AFLCIO.
Bottom line is that our school systems have become a laboratory and our children the test subjects. Never forget, we went to the moon on good old reading, writing and arithmetic. It wasn’t broken it was just not politically correct.
If you don't have direct knowledge of Supt. Olsen's actions; I would state that you have either assumed or presumed that he has forced these turnovers based on your expectations from your longstanding relationship with him.
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