NC LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES

NRMPS EDUCATORS: Last summer the NC General Assembly enacted several new pieces of legislation affecting education and the manner in which schools operate across the state.  Regardless of your political persuasion, these changes have sparked strong feelings from teachers, parents, and both supporters and detractors of traditional public education.  It is clear that a new conversation is necessary regarding how we educate students...

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AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE: THE SOUL OF A TEACHER

NRMPS Educators: I ran across this article and thought I would share.  Enjoy. The Soul of a Teacher By CYNTHIA HUGHES From Community Works Journal In a recent chat, a teacher told me he was concerned that the soul of teaching was disappearing. He felt it sinking under the weight of standards, testing, standardized curriculum, and what he called the McDonald’s phenomenon that is sweeping the country unifying and smoothing out regional differences and making sure we’re all on the same page (literally).Well, souls have always interested...

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PRINCIPAL APPRECIATION MONTH

October is Principal Appreciation Month in the state of North Carolina.  Please join me in saluting all of our school-based principals and assistant principals for the outstanding leadership they provide each day at each of our school sites.  This week I had the opportunity join our principals at their monthly NRMPAPA meeting to share congratulatory remarks.  Each principal and assistant principal was presented a small token of appreciation...

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STATE OF OUR SCHOOLS ADDRESS

NRMPS  STATE OF OUR SCHOOLS ADDRESS I would like to take this opportunity to personally invite each of you to our first annual STATE OF OUR SCHOOLS address to be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 5:30 pm.  The event will be held at Nash Community College in the Brown Auditorium.   The program will serve to open our annual CTE Showcase.  We will be sharing updates on major initiatives underway in the district.  We...

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iCONNECT - WHY THE TRANSITION TO DIGITAL LEARNING IS IMPORTANT TO NRMPS

October 10, 2013 Greetings, This school year, as a school district, we are blazing a trail into instructional territory new to students, parents, teachers and our community.  As a part of our long-range strategic vision for the district, we are intentionally implementing a focused plan to introduce cutting-edge technology into our classrooms, transition students to the use of digital resources and provide structured support and training to teachers to effectively teach in a digitally infused environment. As we do so, we are confident...

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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,...

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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...

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