Commitments
Ted is a strong advocate for local control of schools because he believes that local governance teams best understand the unique needs and priorities of their students and educators. By empowering local leadership, we ensure that decisions are made with each community’s best interests at heart, creating an environment where our schools can flourish, and our children can thrive.
As a successful educational leader for more than three decades, Ted is committed to:
- Collaborating with teachers, parents, administrators, board members and other partners to improve our educational system through bold leadership, courageous advocacy and effective governance;
- Displaying a relentless determination to closing our access and achievement gap; ensuring strong networks of support for each child and believing in high expectations for every student;
- Increasing high school and college graduation rates;
- Fostering and strengthening community trust in public education by sharing a common vision for our children focused on preparing them for success;
- Investing resources to create and promote model programs for state preschool, special education and alternative education students;
- Championing the innovative and effective uses of technology to accelerate student learning;
- Being a broker of excellence - creating collaborative systems across all sectors to identify best practices, facilitating professional development for teachers and administrators, and engaging parents and families to be active partners to ensure student achievement and;
- Proactively and strategically responding to district needs determined to ensure success of instructional priorities for all students.