Critical elements of an academic culture: a Missouri district's game plan for raising the bar and helping staff and students clear it.
School Administrator › Vol. 66 Nbr. 4, April 2009
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Critical elements of an academic culture: a Missouri district's game plan for raising the bar and helping staff and students clear it.
In fall of 2003, W.L. Sanders became superintendent in Farmington, Mo., a 3,700-student district located 70 miles south of St. Louis, after eight years as a superintendent in Texas. Upon arrival, he discovered the Farmington School District had a solid foundation built on competent administration, talented teachers and a supportive board of education and community.
However, due to looming, more strenuous state and federal accountability requirements and anticipated demands from the 21st-century job market, the Farmington school board asked the new superintendent to project extraordinary standards, especially for academic achievement, and to hold all parties to lofty expectations. The board wanted the bar raised. Over ...See the full content of this document
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