LEADERSHIP SETS THE STAGE...TEACHERS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

On September 17,  two outstanding educators from our ranks were selected as Principal and Teacher of the Year respectively.  These individuals were selected by their peers, and submitted information espousing their philosophies of education and exemplars of their commitment to the profession, students, the school district and the community.

This is always a special time for us.  I want to personally congratulate Mr. Gary Majors, principal, at Parker Middle School, our NRMPS 2013-2014 Principal of the Year, and Mrs.Dana Williamson, AIG Facilitator, at Southern Nash Middle School, our NRMPS 2013-2014 Teacher of the Year.  Both are excellent examples of the many outstanding professionals who serve our students everyday in classrooms across our school district.  We are proud of them as well as all of the school-level teachers of the year and our other two finalists for principal of the year.

Please join me in saluting all of our wonderful professionals.  I challenge each of you to find a way to make each and every teacher in our community feel valued, respected and honored.  All of our teachers should feel as if they have been selected as teacher of the year because of the impact they are make each and every day. No Limits... Possibilities 2.0! We celebrate all of the 21st Century professionals in our district who are making the difference!

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WELCOME TO IN THE LOOP WITH THE SUPT

Welcome to the 2013-2014 school year and to my new blog “In the Loop with the Supt”.  I plan to use this blog to share information with you about educational issues, initiatives and innovations in the Nash-Rocky Mount Public School System. 

As an educational professional with 25 years experience, I have learned that as a system, we must develop ways to increase our engagement in the many conversations in the many sectors related to our profession and the real work we do on behalf of the 16,000+ students every day in our 29 schools.  We must develop varied opportunities and multiple mediums to share real-time information relative to those issues that are challenging us with our supporters, as well as those who are not friends of public education. 

I believe that to gain the necessary buy-in and transparency to effectively do our our work, we must be willing to have open and honest dialogue about the direction of our system, our new and innovative programs and areas in which we need assistance.  We have to be willing to celebrate our accomplishments and equally accept and be accountable for the things that are not going well.  

Finally, I believe that it is time for all of us to embrace the fact that we have a professional, ethical and moral responsibility to be voices in the public discourse. We can no longer allow misinformation or skewed rhetoric to go unchecked.  In short, as proud public educators, we must become unabashed, unashamed, vocal advocates for our school system, our teachers, our parents and most of all our students. It is my goal to use this forum, "In the Loop with the Supt," to do just that.  

Sincerely,

Dr. Anthony Jackson
Superintendent
Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools



9/27/2013

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