Monday, August 13, 2012
Superintendent Starr reorganizes staff and wants to give principals a direct line to him, the Gazette reports.
It's Dr. Joshua Starr's second full year as superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools and he's making changes. The Gazette reports that he reorganized parts of his staff in an effort to reach out to school principals. Back in April, former Northeast Consortium community superintendent Beth Schiavino-Narvaez was picked to head the newly created Office of School Support and Improvement, formerly the Office of School Performance. The office will "better align and coordinate direct services to schools and principals," according to a statement from the district. She will report directly to Starr, the Gazette reports, which is a shift from the previous position that served under a deputy superintendent. Starr told the newspaper that he…
Friday, June 1, 2012
Dr. Myra J. Smith previously served MCPS as a principal and central office leader.
About a month after Beth Schiavino-Narvaez was promoted to a central office position with Montgomery County Public Schools, the school board approved Dr. Myra J. Smith as the new community superintendent for the Northeast Consortium and Sherwood clusters. Prior to Smith's April 30 appointment, she served as the acting community superintendent for the clusters before and after Schiavino-Narvaez's hiring. According to her biography, Smith joined MCPS 12 years ago as principal of Strathmore Elementary in Aspen Hill. Beginning her career in the Baltimore area, she worked as an elementary school teacher in Baltimore City and as a special education teacher, assistant principal and principal in Baltimore County public schools. The community …
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Beth Schiavino-Narvaez will serve as the deputy superintendent for the new Office of School Support and Improvement.
East Montgomery County schools are once again on the hunt for a new leader. Community superintendent Beth Schiavino-Narvaez, who heads East County's 31 schools, has been appointed to a newly created position as deputy superintendent for the Office of School Support and Improvement, according to a release from Montgomery County Public Schools. The office will "better align and coordinate direct services to schools and principals," reads the release. Replacing the current office of school performance, the school support and improvement office will oversee community superintendents and provide professional development and leadership development. Schiavino-Narvaez will begin the new position on April 1. In the interim, an acting community …
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Beth Schiavino-Narvaez became community superintendent of the Northeast Consortium and Sherwood High clusters last month.
About a month after beginning her tenure as community superintendent of the Northeast Consortium and Sherwood clusters, Patch spoke with the Montgomery County transplant about her first few weeks on the job, why she chose this area and the Choice Program. Dr. Ursula Hermann previously held the position for five years. This is part two of the interview. (Read part one.) Colesville Patch: What drew you to Montgomery County and why did you want to apply for this position? BSN: As I mentioned before, Montgomery County is a system that I have studied and respected and in my work in other school systems, I’ve looked to Montgomery County as an exemplar. So that was one of the reasons I was drawn to this community. The second reason is, I’m …
Monday, October 10, 2011
Beth Schiavino-Narvaez became community superintendent of the Northeast Consortium and Sherwood cluster last month.
About a month after beginning her tenure as community superintendent of the Northeast Consortium and Sherwood cluster, Patch spoke with Beth Schiavino-Narvaez, a Montgomery County transplant, about her first few weeks on the job, why she chose this area and the Choice Program. Dr. Ursula Hermann previously held the position for five years. This is part one of the interview. (Read part two.) Colesville Patch: What have been the first few things that you’ve tackled since taking the job? Beth Schiavino-Narvaez: The first thing that I tackled and the most important thing to me was going to my schools, visiting the principals and starting to build a relationship with them, getting to know them and getting to know their buildings and the …
B Allen
2:49 pm on Monday, August 27, 2012
What MCPS needs to do is get rid of the unions that drive the costs up, cut back on the number of "administrators", reduce the cost of doing business to allow more money to go to the education of our children. Also, if they get rid of the unions then those that are forced to join can put that money in an IRA or 401k instead of helping the union bosses getting their nice big incomes and them using… more ›