National Education Leaders Visit MISD to
See College, Career, Life Readiness in Action
For decades, test
makers have sold a theory
that test scores create a
comprehensive picture
of a student’s potential.
A national group led by
school superintendents
and educational leaders
met in Mansfield ISD last
month to help dispel that
theory by taking a first-
hand look at what college,
career and life readiness
really looks like.
David R. Schuler, the
2018 American Association
of School Administrators
(AASA) National
Superintendent of the
Year® and superintendent
of Township High School
District 214 in Arlington
Heights, Ill., served as lead
teacher during the cohort
Educational leaders from across the nation visit Mansfield ISD to explore how college, career and
meeting.
life-readiness is embedded into learning beginning in student’s earliest years.
“We have a moral
obligation as school
with our kids and see they programs
administrators to plant new dreams
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they study there.”
in our kids’ heads, and that’s exactly
to watch a video
The leadership program,
about the AASA
what we’re
launched three years ago by the
visit to Mansfield
trying to do,” said Schuler. “We’re
AASA, introduces new research-
ISD.
also trying to provide hope and
based metrics to more appropriately
opportunity and get students
assess whether students are ready
to think beyond high school
to pursue their lifelong goals and
graduation.”
dreams following post-secondary
Nearly 75 members of the AASA
education.
Redefining Ready! initiative met in
“The tour of Ben Barber was
Mansfield ISD to tour Ben Barber
amazing,” said Dr Tina Plummer,
Innovation Academy and the Dr.
The tour of Ben Barber was
assistant superintendent of the
Sarah K. Jandrucko Academy for
amazing.
Pattonville School District in St Louis,
Early Learners, gathering ideas and
~ Dr Tina Plummer,
MO. “I saw programs that allow
best practices to bring back to their
assistant superintendent
all students to get some type of a
districts, which spread across the
of the Pattonville School
certification, which allows them
nation.
District in St. Louis, MO
to be employable the minute they
“AASA and Redefining Ready!
walk out of high school.”
chooses one district a year across
To learn more about The Dr.
the country to tour and we are
Sarah K. Jandrucko Academy for
very grateful that they chose to
Early Learners, call 817-299-7650.
come to Mansfield ISD,” said MISD
To learn more about The Ben
Superintendent Dr. Jim Vaszauskas.
Barber Innovation Academy, visit
“They were blown away by Ben
bbcta.mansfieldisd.org.
Barber and the opportunity to visit
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