tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post4363307717757632255..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: New Org Chart - New Titles - New People - Same Old ProblemsMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-54395749573782780112011-04-21T12:29:12.860-07:002011-04-21T12:29:12.860-07:00Here's the great value-added for Cordell Carte...Here's the great value-added for Cordell Carter...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/53563867" rel="nofollow">Cordell's work product...?</a>SPSLeakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714933035660195471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-84467322282074820522011-04-21T09:29:19.447-07:002011-04-21T09:29:19.447-07:00Apparently, a Broadie still monitors the SSS comme...Apparently, a Broadie still monitors the SSS comments because the Broadie Reunion page was taken off the Broad Academy site : )<br /><br />Oh well, check out FSG.org. Brad's a consultant. They are out to help venture philanthropists change the world!mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-6198365144090785042011-04-20T14:17:43.912-07:002011-04-20T14:17:43.912-07:00WTH is an "social impact consultant"? F...WTH is an "social impact consultant"? FSG? Talk about money-hungry vultures... Glad to Seattle is not on the client list, YET!mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83296717741580881162011-04-20T14:10:49.490-07:002011-04-20T14:10:49.490-07:00Hey! I found where Brad Bernatek ended up! See p...Hey! I found where Brad Bernatek ended up! See pg 6<br /><br /><a href="http://portal.broadcenter.org/resource/resmgr/tbr_reunion_2011_docs/agenda__20assignments__20att.pdf" rel="nofollow">It's a Broadie Reunion!</a>mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-42893313622589511892011-04-20T00:08:56.935-07:002011-04-20T00:08:56.935-07:00Anonymous said...
Has anyone bothered to repo...<i>Anonymous said...<br /><br /> Has anyone bothered to report the extremely high salary being paid to Leslie Rogers, the "communications chief"?<br /><br /> A taxpayer</i><br /><br />How much is she getting paid?gavrochehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336376340965305696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17872200209842197862011-04-18T15:41:14.733-07:002011-04-18T15:41:14.733-07:00Trouble is Biily Kegg that is most of these blogge...Trouble is Biily Kegg that is most of these bloggers have just accepted the status quo on central's gravy train.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120359550438503094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44926893342957388832011-04-18T06:59:35.567-07:002011-04-18T06:59:35.567-07:00Charlie,
Yes, I hear that the Internal Auditor wi...Charlie,<br /><br />Yes, I hear that the Internal Auditor will report directly to the Audit & Finance Committee and they'll have hire/fire/evaluation responsibilities. I believe they are currently hiring for the Internal Auditor and the job description states a direct report to the committee.<br /><br />A friend to SeattleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-47018647539062941882011-04-17T08:17:28.428-07:002011-04-17T08:17:28.428-07:00Yes, Cordell Carter has been ousted and will be go...Yes, Cordell Carter has been ousted and will be gone at the end of August. His final departure date probably has something to do with his original "contract" when he was hired.<br /><br />Considering all the changes everyone would like to see made to "central admin" - maybe the best thing to do is to stop hiring administrators with a butt load of degrees listed after their name. Hire administrators, who only have a standard college degree listed after their name, and love administrating, plus would be willing to do it for, oh say maybe no more than $60,000 a year?Cap'n Billy Keghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862060355758376752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-81064368421097233392011-04-16T16:00:12.594-07:002011-04-16T16:00:12.594-07:00Seems like the District just accepts being loaded ...Seems like the District just accepts being loaded in Central which is a huge part of their problem. I bet they over the last 15 years that I know of they could have spent an additional 200 million in the classroom if it were not for an overburdensome Central. The public and its school employees ought to demand a real accounting of the Central Beast. This cannot continue and should not be allowed for another year. Our kids cannot afford it. If Enfield and Board do not fix it then they ought to be all given the boot. But I guess my thinking is like talking to the rocks.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120359550438503094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-24401288359322017232011-04-16T12:48:06.558-07:002011-04-16T12:48:06.558-07:00Has anyone bothered to report the extremely high s...Has anyone bothered to report the extremely high salary being paid to Leslie Rogers, the "communications chief"?<br /><br />Rogers has some background but her pay is ridiculous and ...why not give this position to a Teach For America rookie? They seem gifted in any skill.<br /><br />A taxpayerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-40000744923290225222011-04-16T12:37:07.757-07:002011-04-16T12:37:07.757-07:00Happy to be of inspiration Charlie - that's qu...Happy to be of inspiration Charlie - that's quite a list ;o)<br /><br />ReaderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-47033170958057616582011-04-16T11:56:01.183-07:002011-04-16T11:56:01.183-07:00I am wondering how much time writers and readers o...I am wondering how much time writers and readers of this blog have given to learning more about their central office by talking to people who work there as opposed to reading this blog or talking with people “who know people down there.” <br /><br />It appears as though people writing and commenting here, have many misconceptions around "what people do" at central office. <br /><br />For example, have readers ever asked to shadow and Ed Director for a couple of hours and listen to what sorts of conversations take place between the Ed Directors and the people they support? <br /><br />Another example is the idea that institutional history is absent among central office leaders. I believe Dr. Thompson's children attended SPS and she was SPS literacy coach and a principle of two different schools in our district. She has years of institutional knowledge from several different perspectives. <br /><br />Additionally, alignment has been and will continue to happen under Teaching and Learning. It has been happening in Instructional Services for three years--under Dr. Thomposon’s leadership. Ed Directors are not responsible for alignment and never have been. Many of the teachers involved in alignment could tell you this themselves. <br /><br />I always appreciate the critical questions asked by writers on this blog, but often the questions seem to come from a place of unwillingness to actually talk with people at the Stanford Center for the purpose of understanding what is happening down there.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892229717615783348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28157891433607902202011-04-16T11:45:00.289-07:002011-04-16T11:45:00.289-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892229717615783348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-10200152406088362082011-04-16T11:08:00.535-07:002011-04-16T11:08:00.535-07:00"I don't know if this gives the Board hir..."I don't know if this gives the Board hiring and firing authority over them, but I think it is supposed to afford them some independence from the superintendent."<br /><br />I heard this was discussed at the last finance committee meeting. Anyone go to that meeting?Guichonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-64161351591344484712011-04-16T11:07:08.304-07:002011-04-16T11:07:08.304-07:00Melissa,
That might be true for everyone except f...Melissa,<br /><br />That might be true for everyone except for the hapless victims in the NW Cluster! Brrrr, gives me the shivers.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-37409025362545881822011-04-16T11:05:43.504-07:002011-04-16T11:05:43.504-07:00I sure hope Cordell Carter is gone. You couldn...I sure hope Cordell Carter is gone. You couldn't tell that he "resigned" a couple months ago since he has been at work and in his office every day since that rumor started. In fact, he was in his office all day on Friday. So, will somebody please confirm that he is really leaving!?!Guichonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-49939233508129776882011-04-16T10:33:30.336-07:002011-04-16T10:33:30.336-07:00"Given our current budget situation, I want t..."Given our current budget situation, I want to stress that the process of restructuring our central office has a near zero budget impact.."<br /><br />Gee, I would have thought that a goal of restructuring would have been to SAVE MONEY!<br /><br />OompahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-1240690610576656332011-04-16T10:12:02.681-07:002011-04-16T10:12:02.681-07:00Reader,
Yes. A number of things can make me happy...Reader,<br /><br />Yes. A number of things can make me happy. A number of things have made me happy and I have written about them here.<br /><br />Here's a quick list of things that could make me happy:<br /><br />1. The District fulfills its commitments to community engagement by posting Strategic Plan documents to the District web site.<br /><br />2. The District fulfills its commitments to the communities that were split, moved, or dissolved in the Capacity Management project.<br /><br />3. The District complies with the Policy that requires annual reports on all schools and programs.<br /><br />4. The District fulfills its commitment to update the School Reports with regard to the measure of student growth on state tests and the demographic information on advanced learners.<br /><br />5. The District fulfills ANY of the commitments it has made to students and families. There is a long list of broken promises.<br /><br />6. The District begins to reliably deliver early and effective interventions to students working below grade level.<br /><br />7. The District implements an honest capacity management plan and program placement that considers non-geographic communities and right-sizes Spectrum programs to meet the demand.<br /><br />8. The District acts on its commitment to provide equitable access to programs and services.<br /><br />9. The District fulfills its commitment to students with IEPs.<br /><br />10. The District makes data-based decisions instead of politically motivated ones.<br /><br />11. Just a little candor. From anyone at any time. Right now Dr. Libros is pretty much the only person in the District leadership who speaks frankly. The rest of them are slippery people.<br /><br />Thanks for this opportunity, Reader. It was fun to write this list. You'll notice that there is nothing on this list that the District didn't freely promise to do. I'm not asking them to do anything more than they said they would do.<br /><br />I'm not hard to please at all; just do what you say you're going to do - or at least let me know why you can't.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-927459977088516542011-04-16T09:56:26.794-07:002011-04-16T09:56:26.794-07:00With all due respect to your long history of watch...With all due respect to your long history of watchdogging the district Charlie, I've come to the conclusion that there is nothing anyone at SPS can do to make you happy. Damned if they do, damned if they don't. Is this reorg perfect - nope - but it a D-R-A-F-T - that means tweaking, changes, test runs to work out the glitches. But I get the feeling that whatever shakes out won't make you happy either. Can anything? <br />Respectfully, <br />ReaderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-45269196867459268282011-04-16T09:06:52.209-07:002011-04-16T09:06:52.209-07:00I'm thinking that Dr. Thompson isn't going...I'm thinking that Dr. Thompson isn't going to be responsible for curricular alignment. She can't be. No one who does that work reports to her.<br /><br />That responsibility is going to move to the Executive Directors of Schools. How is that going to work? Since they are regional, how can they assure that World History II at Roosevelt teaches the same things and uses the same grading scale as World History II at Rainier Beach? They can't.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-75344682485966115872011-04-16T08:38:26.627-07:002011-04-16T08:38:26.627-07:00I think the issue of Dr. Thompson not managing the...I think the issue of Dr. Thompson not managing the Ex Directors makes sense. I never got the impression she was much of a leader and I think have a direct line between the Ex Directors and the Superintendent is good. (That is as long as they are not acting as snoops at the schools instead of giving guidance. I keep hearing that one Ex Director seems to function as a tattle-tail to the point where teachers at one school had a sit-down with her to clear the air.) <br /><br />As for institutional history, you're right about it not being there at headquarters. But there are plenty of us who have been around a long time and will be glad to help jog some memories or fill in the gaps.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-24748387153287551442011-04-16T08:33:42.283-07:002011-04-16T08:33:42.283-07:00Charlie did you look at the org chart memo FINAL.d...Charlie did you look at the org chart memo FINAL.docx?<br /><br />In "org chart memo FINAL.docx" intro page, paragraph three, Super Enfield, states, "Given our current budget situation, I want to stress that the process of restructuring our central office has a near zero budget impact..."<br /><br />For me that is all that needs to be said to reinforce my firm opinion that it's Deja-vu all over again. We have a looming 40-50 million short fall the coming budget cycle and Susan, PhD is proud of herself for reshuffling titles, hiring more downtown staff, that "has a near zero budget impact."<br />ken berryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-55147997155872506322011-04-16T08:32:17.990-07:002011-04-16T08:32:17.990-07:00Exactly Paul, what do a lot of those people do dow...Exactly Paul, what do a lot of those people do down there? Most people can tell you what goes on in the schools but most do not know a thing about the farm team that is central admin.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120359550438503094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-36100111396370530692011-04-16T08:16:21.338-07:002011-04-16T08:16:21.338-07:00And the only way you can tell Cordell Carter is go...And the only way you can tell Cordell Carter is gone is that his office is dark.<br /><br />What DID he do anyway?<br /><br />Except act as a snitch for a currupt administration who ruled by fear and deafness.Paulnoreply@blogger.com