2016-2017
Superintendent’s
Welcome
A photo from Norwin's
Extended School Year
program held this summer.
From Left:
Jackie Cecconello, aide;
Taylor Krnaich and
Quinn Kopas, students;
Casey Ragan, teacher;
Wendy Gogets, aide; and
Cheyenne Anderson,
student.
“Through quality educational experiences, the Norwin School District will prepare students
to become productive and responsible citizens in an ever-changing global society.”
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n behalf of the Board of Education and the
Administration, it is my pleasure to welcome you
to an exciting new school year!
The Norwin School District is committed to enhancing
its quality educational system, noting that our Board,
Administration, Faculty, and Support Staff are fully
committed to building on the tradition and many
successes of our premier School District.
The School District has an outstanding reputation for its
educational programs and services, career and technical
educational opportunities, hard-working students,
talented and gifted teachers, caring and involved parents/
guardians, and a community that values education.
Thanks to that commitment and dedication of the school
community, our parents and families, and the greater
Norwin community, the School District is strategically
positioned to build a world-class education system.
Consistent with the research by the National Center on
Education and the Economy, the following strategies are
shared for building a world-class education system:
1.
Provide strong supports for children and their
families before students arrive at school
2.
Provide more resources for at-risk students
3.
Develop world-class, highly coherent
instructional systems
4.
Create clear gateways for students through the
system, set to global standards, with no dead
ends
5.
Assure an abundant supply of highly qualified
teachers
6.
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9.
Redesign schools to be places in which teachers
will be treated as professionals, with incentives
and support to continuously improve their
professional practice and the performance of
their students
Create an effective system of career and
technical education and training
Create a leadership development system that
develops leaders at all levels to manage such
systems effectively
Institute a governance system that has the
authority and legitimacy to develop coherent,
powerful polices and is capable of
implementing them at scale
The Board of Education and Administration have
a strong desire “to meet the challenges of a greatly
changed global economy and swiftly evolving digital
technologies” by making an already great School
District an extraordinary School District. To that end, the
School District has a priority goal and core belief that all
students will have access and equity for K-12 educational
programs and services through the collective efforts of
the greater Norwin community.
Please take time to visit the Norwin School District
website at www.norwinsd.org and learn more about
how “Norwin is moving forward from great to
extraordinary!”
– Respectfully,
William H. Kerr, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
References | Tucker, M. and Brown-Ruzzi, B., 9 Building Blocks for a World-Class Education System, Center on International Education Benchmarking (2016) www.ncee.org/cieb
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