Outstanding Accomplishments
ACCOMPLISHMENT
OR IMPLEMENTED PROGRAM
All program initiatives for the Mid-East Council evolve from strategic planning sessions.
DATE IMPLEMENTED OR COMPLETED
PROGRESS
TO GOAL
Facilitated the development of two local councils
Hamblen – 2004
Claiborne – 2005
Complete
Established the Mid-East TN Regional P-16 Council Scholarship that partially supports 500+ students each year to take the Freshman Experience – transition to college course.
Spring 2004
Fall 2004 – 502 students served
Fall 2005 – 562 students served
Fall 2006 – 397 students served
Formed partnership with HC*EXCELL (local education foundation), Kiwanis, Hamblen County Public Library, Hamblen County P-16 and the U.S. Post Office to deliver the Imagination Library to 1500+children ages birth – five.
Summer 2004
Delivered 1,624 books to preschoolers -
January 2007
Delivered 1,606 books to preschoolers –
February 2007
Utilized WSCC Channel 7 to broadcast Imagination Library Story time every Friday evening at 8:00 p.m.
Spring 2005
Ongoing
Hosted FOCUS – Finding Opportunities for Children’s Uninterrupted Success - 95 childcare center directors and kindergarten teachers to receive a presentation from Connie Kasha, and Sandra Williamson form the TN DOE on the new TN Early Childhood Early Learning Standards
Spring 2005
Complete
Created and maintain http://www.p16.org web site for communication and awareness of P16 efforts in our region.
Summer 2005
Ongoing
Supported bringing two (one private and one public) 2+2 B.S. in elementary education programs; a M.S in Education; an Ed.S. in educational administration to the WSCC Campus in Morristown through a partnerships with ETSU and LMU.
Fall 2005
The ETSU B.S. cohort is in the process of selecting the 2nd class of students. LMU Ed.S. cohort is complete. ETSU Ed.D. is in progress and a 2nd ED. D. cohort is about to begin. LMU B.S. cohort suspended due to lack of interest.
Hosted regional workshop Bringing Subject Area Teachers: A Math ACT Workshop – Speaker Dr. Joe Dell Brasel Senior Consultant from ACT Atlanta field office.
Fall 2005
Attended by 65 public education 9-12 grade math teachers and curriculum coordinators, 5 WSCC math faculty (collaborative consultants), 2 WSCC administrators to learn about the ACT College Readiness Standards.
Hosted 3-day College Readiness Math Summer Institute and best classroom practices to meet ACT transition skills addressing using assessment in the classroom, college readiness ACT standards.
Summer 2006
Attended by 45 area high school math teachers and 5 college math faculty
Began partnership with local industry (MAHLE Inc., AAA, and TN Driver Improvement Inc.) to deliver Pre-permit Driver Safety course to high school freshman in the region. We will be meeting with the Director of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program for statewide possibilities in September 2006.
Spring 2006
Ongoing
Served 1000+ high school students
Hosted a two day workshop in conjunction with Tech Prep for high school information technology teachers in HTML and web page design. (19 participants representing 7 of 10 counties.)
Spring 2007
19 participants representing 7 counties.
Held a strategic planning session at the February meeting.
Spring 2007
Identified four focus areas for the coming year: Math, Reading, Economic Development and an Educational Forum
High School Counselors Academic College Readiness Information Session
Planning
Spring 2007
March/April 2007
Regional Educational Forum
Spring 2007
May 17, 2007 – Dr. Paul Ruiz, Principal Partner, Education Trust and John Morgan, State Comptroller of the Treasury
Hosted Reading Workshop featuring Dr. Tim Shanahan
Spring 2007
91 attendees – May 22, 2007
Summer workshop for teachers
Summer 2007
Math Workshop for High School Teachers, June 26, 2007 using TI84+ projection calculators