Instructional Leadership

Michael S. Roberts

ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT
Working to support positive learning environments that provide exemplary instruction to our students

Experiences Include:

* System Strategic Planning       *School Improvement        *Professional Learning

* Special Education                    *Federal Programs              *Leadership Development

* ESOL & Migrant Education    *Hospital Homebound        *Policy Development
* Human Resources

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EXPERIENCED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Proven educator with a commitment to student achievement, character development, and academic excellence 

• A passionate and caring professional educator who has experience in leading students, faculty, and staff at a K-5 elementary school and a 6-8 middle school.
• Focus on quality balanced achievement and high expectations.
• Proven track record of increasing student achievement within a positive school culture.

Areas of Experience:
* Student Achievement                * Fiscal Management                  * Community Partnerships
* Instructional Leadership            * Data Analysis                           * Data-Driven Decision Making
* Performance Evaluation            * Professional Development         * Parental Involvement

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Heard County Schools, Franklin, Georgia - 2011 to present

Principal, Heard County Middle School - 2011 to 2015

Manage daily activities and lead faculty to ensure continuous improvement at this 6-8 rural middle school. Administer the school budgets and expenditure authorization. Set high expectations for academic and social growth of students. Leading a leadership team that develops and implements a school improvement plan with targeted performance goals aligned with the system's goals. Leading on-site professional learning that focuses on research-based practices for instruction and school organization.

Delivered Results:

Examples of High Student Achievement:

 

 

 

Carroll County Schools, Carrollton, Georgia - 2004 to 2011
Principal, Ithica Elementary School - 2006 to 2011
Delivered Results:

• Shifted school performance from below state average to significantly above the state average; 20% above the state average in some areas.
• Increased the number of students exceeding standards
• Restructured schedule to develop a much needed focus on English Language Arts as well as double dosing for at-risk students.
• Initiated Saturday Tutoring for students significantly below grade level in Reading and/or Mathematics.
• Initiated After School Tutoring for English Language Learners.
• Led ELA Vertical Team to develop school-wide informational writing rubrics.
• Designed and implemented an instructional calendar in order to connect grade level instruction to Special Education, Early Intervention, and ELL instruction.
• Instituted systematic spiral reviews for Mathematics and English Language Arts; School-wide review day set for the last instructional day of each month.
• Implemented school-wide discipline plan; Reduced office referrals and special education placements by 10% each year.
• 2010 Title I Distinguished School
• Ithica Elementary was recognized as a 2011 Highest Performing School by the Governor's Office of Student Achievement.

 

Earlier Roles: Assistant Principal at Temple Elementary School 2004-2006, Assistant Principal at Cedartown Middle School 2002-2004, Special Education Teacher at Carrollton High School 2000-2002, Special Education and Social Studies Teacher at Heard County High School 1997-2000.

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EDUCATION

Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama

Ed.S., Secondary Education, Concentration in Social Sciences, Certificate in Ed. Leadership

Published in Journal of Reading Improvement

Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama

M.Ed., Secondary Education, Concentration in Social Sciences

Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama

B.A. in Psychology and Political Science

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   SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Georgia School Superintendents Association Facilities and Capital Outlay Management Institute 

Tregoe Decision Making Analysis 

Monitoring for Achievement

Leadership, Balanced Achievement and Accountability

Standards-Based Classrooms

Learning-Focused Strategies

Learning-Focused Vocabulary

Marzano's Academic Vocabulary

Guided Reading

Balanced Literacy

Catching Kids Up

Scaffolding Grade Level Learning

Differentiated Assignments