Professional Learning PAGE Assistant Principal Teacher Leadership Academy
Student-Centered Instruction Promotes Engagement and Learning By Ricky Clemmons, PAGE Professional Learning
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s a result of the PAGE Assistant Principal Teacher Leadership Academy, Marilark Murray of Ashworth Middle School in Gordon County now spends her days differently. “I changed directions and made instruction my No. 1 focus,” says the assistant principal of the northwest Georgia school. “I had been trying
to get the ‘yucky’ stuff done so that I would be free. But then I admitted to myself that the paperwork wasn’t going anywhere. From running more focused meetings to planning lessons with specific design qualities in mind, the APTLA process focuses on teaching and learning.” Now, Ashworth teachers routinely empha-
‘I changed directions and made instruction my No. 1 focus. I had been trying to get the ‘yucky’ stuff done so that I would be free. But then I admitted to myself that the paperwork wasn’t going anywhere.’ – Marilark Murray, Assistant Principal Ashworth Middle School (Gordon)
‘Our school is now laser focused on motivating students to want to learn. We emphasize our students’ real world, right here, right now.’ – Monicca Bohannon, Assistant Principal Metter Middle School (Candler)
‘Discipline referrals decreased consistently over the two-year period of implementation. CRCT scores increased as well.’ – Karen Wild, Principal Carrollton Elementary School, in reference to her former school, Ithica Elementary (Carroll)
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