2011 VAAA – Lakeview Elementary School

First Place, West Division, Elementary Schools Dr. Susie Lee Hodge, Principal 5132 Jonetta St Memphis, TN 381092 Memphis City Schools Visit website Recipe For Success: Organizing and Scheduling The organization of the school day includes scheduling, assignments of duties and responsibilities, and establishment of professional learning communities, (PLC’s). The principal works with teachers to develop duties and responsibilities that support a climate conducive to teaching and learning. Teacher and staff expectations are communicated in written and verbal form. … Read More

Why Tennessee Won: Tennessee’s Watershed RTTT Reforms and the Race for the Rest

By J.E. Stone, Ed.D. President Education Consumers Foundation April 7, 2010 On March 29, the U.S. Department of Education announced that Tennessee was one of just two states to receive a Race to the Top (RTTT) grant in the first phase of the competition. Within minutes – before reviewers’ scoring notes had even been released – pundits proclaimed that stakeholder buy-in, particularly union buy-in, was the determining factor. Their take and their skepticism were not unwarranted. In our … Read More

2012 VAAA – Little Milligan

Third Place, East Division, K-8/Middle Schools JR Campbell, Principal 4226 Highway 321 Butler, TN 37640 Carter County Schools Visit website Reporting on the Award: Johnson City Press,Elizabethton Star Recipe For Success: Little Milligan Elementary is a Pre-K – 8 school in rural Carter County.  Of the 155 students, 88% are economically disadvantaged.  Our goal is to prepare our students to be life long learners so they will be able to meet the challenges of a quickly changing world. The success … Read More

2012 VAAA – Fairview Middle School

Third Place, Middle Division, K-8/Middle Schools Brian Bass, Principal 7200 Cumberland Drive Fairview, TN 37062 Williamson County Schools Visit website  Recipe For Success: Henry Ford once said, “A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.” This award recognizes the continued success of Fairview Middle School to sustain value-added achievement over a number of years. However, the chief aim of our school will never be test scores. Rather, we are … Read More

2012 VAAA – South Side Elementary School

[custom_frame_left shadow=”on”][/custom_frame_left] Third Place, West Division, K-8/Middle Schools Neal Wright, Principal 29855 Highway 104, South Reagan, TN 38368 Henderson County Schools Visit website Recipe For Success: The secret to our success at South Side Elementary School is willing students that are eager to learn and  a dedicated staff that strive to provide a positive, encouraging and productive environment that enhances learning.  Our staff works closely together to share new learning skills that will benefit our students.  Test scores are … Read More

2012 VAAA – Newport Grammar School

[custom_frame_left shadow=”on”][/custom_frame_left] Second Place, East Division, K-8/Middle Schools Sandra Burchette, Principal 301 College Street Newport, TN 37821 Newport Schools Visit website  Recipe For Success: Sandra W. Burchette is the principal at Newport Grammar School (NGS), a pre-K through eighth grade school with approximately 800 students. NGS owes part of its success on being the only school within the Newport City district. This allows the director, principal, and board to focus their attention solely on the needs of a single … Read More

2012 VAAA – Bridgeforth Middle School

Second Place, Middle Division, K-8/Middle Schools JB Smith III, Principal 1051 Bridgeforth Crossing Pulaski, TN 38478 Giles County Schools Visit website  

2012 VAAA – West Carroll Junior High School

[custom_frame_left shadow=”on”][/custom_frame_left] Second Place, West Division, K-8/Middle Schools Lex Suite, Principal 760 Highway 77 Atwood, TN 38220 West Carroll Special School District  Visit website  Recipe For Success: West Carroll is both humbled and honored to have been selected by ECF as a Highly Effective School for the 6th time. Our recipe for success has always been based on good ingredients: Our teachers. Our 7 th and 8 th grade teachers have worked together as an effective team for … Read More

2012 VAAA – Normal Park Museum Magnet School

[custom_frame_left shadow=”on”][/custom_frame_left] First Place, East Division, K-8/Middle Schools Jill Levine, Principal 1219 West Mississippi Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37405 Hamilton County Schools Visit website Reporting on the Award: Chattanoogan, WRCB TV  

2012 VAAA – Thurman Francis Elementary

First Place, Middle Division, K-8/Middle Schools Dr. Andra Helton , Principal 221 Todd Lane Smyrna, TN 37167 Rutherford County Schools Visit website Reporting on the Award: Daily News Journal  

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