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March 19, 2008
Dear Nominating Committee,
Please consider my
nomination of Jean Smith for
the Faculty Service Award.
Jean has been the 4th
grade teacher at University
School for nine years and
has been an educator for
thirty years. She is
tenured by ETSU and is also
Nationally Board Certified.
Jean will be retiring at the
end of this term.
Jean’s outstanding service
has been in the area of
school improvement. She
coauthored University
School’s current innovative
school improvement plan and
has dedicated untold hours
toward implementation of the
plan over the last four
years. This has involved
working with a variety of
faculty cohorts,
coordinating with the
administration, attending
inservice training,
documentation of progress,
and presentations to both
local and national
audiences.
The vision for the plan is
that student achievement at
University School will
continually improve over the
next five years enabling us
to accomplish our goal of
becoming an exemplary
school. Jean’s efforts and
motivational techniques made
a significant impact on
University School’s
outstanding gains in student
academic success.
Below is a chart showing
University School TVAAS
ratings over the four years
that the plan has been in
effect. These ratings
reflect collective student
growth rates in the five
content areas. Please
notice the exceptional
growth in the ratings.
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2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
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Math |
C |
A |
A |
A |
A |
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Reading |
B |
C |
A |
A |
A |
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Language Arts |
D |
C |
A |
A |
A |
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Social Studies |
C |
B |
A |
A |
A |
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Science |
F |
D |
B |
A |
A |
In addition, The Education
Consumers Foundation rates
Tennessee schools according
to effectiveness in raising
individual student
achievement. For 2007,
University School was rated
the top Middle/K-8
school in this region.
(See the attached chart.)
This is a first for
University School and is a
direct reflection of the
exemplary work Ms. Smith has
done in leading the school
improvement initiative.
Ms. Smith has dedicated many
weekends, late nights, and
vacation days over the past
four years to help this
initiative achieve the
positive results listed
above. Please give careful
consideration to her work
when determining who will
receive the Service Award.
She is very deserving of
this honor.
Sincerely,
Patricia Jungkeit
Interim Assistant Director
University School
Jungkeit@etsu.edu
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