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High Schools That Work

NEWS RELEASE (January 3, 2008)

Contact:     Michael Milteer
Nansemond River.
757-923-4101

Nansemond River High School has confirmed its commitment to increasing student achievement and the number of students graduating well-prepared for college and careers by joining the Southern Regional Education Board’s High Schools That Work (HSTW) network.  HSTW is an effort-based school improvement initiative founded on the conviction that most students can master rigorous academic and career/technical studies if school leaders and teachers create an environment that motivates students to make the effort to succeed.

HSTW is the nation’s first large-scale effort to engage state, district, and school leaders in partnerships with teachers, students, parents, and the community to raise student achievement in high school and the middle grades. It is based on the simple belief that most students become “smarter” through effort and hard work.

Schools that join the HSTW network agree to increase the rigor and relevance of their classroom instruction.  They work toward this goal by supporting their academic and career/technical teachers with professional development, materials, and time to work together; by promoting student participation in a system of school- and work-based learning that integrates academics with applied learning; and by promoting a vision of high achievement for all students among faculty and staff, parents, students, and community members.

The Southern Regional Education Board is a multi-state compact for education, founded in 1948.  High Schools That Work is the largest high school improvement effort in the United States, with more than 1,100 school sites in 32 states.  High Schools That Work is supported by member states and grants from organizations, such as the Wallace Foundation, Goldman Sachs Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Whitehead Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Mission Statement

The mission of schools in the HSTW network is to prepare high school students for both postsecondary edudation and a career by having students complete a solid academic core and either an academic, a career/technical or a blended concentration. High standards in the workplace and growing numbers of high school graduates seeking postsecondary educarion are primary factors in the need for most students to complete a challenging program of study.

Key Practices

Setting Higher Expectations
Revising Vocational/Technical Studies
Revising Academic Studies
Implementing a Challenging Program of Study
Helping Teachers Work Together
Changing the Instructional Process
Providing Guidance and Advisement
Providing Extra Help and Extra Time
Implementing Work - Based Learning
Using Assessment and Evaluation
 

Team Members

Michael Milteer, Co-Chairperson
Janice Bibbo, Co-Chairperson

Amy Hatfield, Social Studies Teacher
Joleen Miller, Fine and Performing Arts Teacher
Kimberly Seavey, Foreign Language Teacher
Eva Goodrich, Foreign Language Teacher
Tara Baker-Britt, Special Education Compliance Specialist
Robert Brennan, English Teacher
Inga Francis, Social Studies Teacher
Tina Paul, Career & Technical Education Teacher
David Mitnick, Guidance Counselor
Officer Weaver, School Resource Officer
Nancy Young, PSTA President/Parent
Ken DeLoatch, Business Partner
B. J. Willie, Business Partner
Leroy Skinner, Special Education Teaching Assistant
Nicole Featherson, Student

Focus Teams

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION OF DATA TEAM
Co-Chairpersons: Don Bunch, English Teacher
Maude Hall, Math Teacher
Cheryl Bowe, Math Teacher
Robin Hirsch, Teaching Asst.
David Lawson, Special Ed Teacher
Deborah Williams, Guidance Counselor
Lillie Whitley, Custodian
Neil Holcomb, Math Teacher
Alice Dozier, Secretary
Wayne Goin, Social Studies Teacher
Trudy Austin, Special Ed. Teacher Asst.
Cleo Dickinson, Sign Language Teacher
Debra Young, English Teacher
Corrine Yahn, Science Teacher
Cheryl Bowe, Math Teacher

INVOLVING ALL STAKEHOLDERS TEAMS
Co-Chairpersons: Michael Milteer, Assistant Principal (HSTW)
Brian Collins, Social Studies Teacher
Linda Handy, English Teacher
Jennifer Stone, Science Teacher
Renee Parker, Teaching Asst.
Susan Chaney, Bookkeeper
Ken DeLoatch, Business Partner
Don Horne, CTE Teacher
B.J. Willie, Business Partner
Michele Duncan, CTE Teacher
Ricky Evans, Custodian
Sarah Smith, PE Teacher
William Flythe, Math Teacher
Diane Glover, Math Teacher

INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM
Co-Chairpersons: Amy Hatfield, Social Studies Teacher (SACS)
Mona Duck, Special Education Teacher (HSTW)
Daniel Dotse, Science Teacher
Brian Maus, PE Teacher
Sandra Champion, Special Ed Teacher
Mildred Jones, Secretary
Lacrecia Riddick, Special Ed Teacher
Constance Casper, Custodian
Stephen Wesner, Special Ed Teaching Asst.
Thomas Lowe, Math Teacher
Deborah Creekmur, CTE Teacher
Annie Patterson, Library Media Specialist
Steve Plude, Social Studies Teacher
Jacqueline Brown, Spanish Teacher
Cory Benson, Special Ed Teacher

RAISING EXPECTATIONS TEAM
Co-Chairpersons: Joleen Miller, Fine and Performing Arts Teacher
Kimberly Seavey, Foreign Language Teacher
Amy Newsome, English Teacher
Deneen Addison, Special Ed Teacher Asst.
Janice Haney, Special Ed Teacher
Paulette Sollers, Cafeteria Manager
Barbara Uzzle, Driver’s Ed. Teacher
Cheryl Bowe, Math Teacher
Paula Payton, Guidance Counselor
Dawn Rountree, CTE Teacher
Sandra Alston, Library Asst.
Calvin Mason, Special Ed. Teaching Asst.
Lenora Reid, Custodian
Harold Downs, Plant Engineer
JoAnn Toomer, Special Ed Teaching Asst.
Jenna Silvio, Social Studies Teacher
Trinita Porter, Guidance Counselor
Paula Dubique-Myers, Biology Teacher

CHALLENGING PROGRAMS TEAM
Co-Chairpersons: Eva Goodrich, Foreign
Language Teacher (SACS)
Tara Britt, Special Education Compliance Specialist (HSTW)
Paul Hall, Social Studies Teacher
Nancy Richey, PE Teacher
Carol Ficklen, Science Teacher
Dora Pearson, Transition Specialist
McEll Costen, CTE Teacher
Jennifer Davis, Math Teacher
Dotty Ault, Social Studies Teacher
Shannon Krall, English Teacher
Tracey Goodman, Secretary
Derrick Bryant, CTE Teacher
Christine Cowling, English Teacher
Cecil Avery, CTE Teacher

EXTRA HELP TEAM
Co-Chairpersons: Robert Brennan, English Teacher (SACS)
Inga Francis, Social Studies Teacher (SACS)
Carrie Tew, English Teacher
Carolyn Bushey, Library Media Specialist
Gloria Boone, Special Ed Teacher
Annette Desch, Special Ed Teacher
Edward Woodis, Band Director
Wendy Langston, Secretary
Aretha Jessie-Porter, CTE Teacher
Erma Carrington, Foreign Lang. Teacher
Deborah Gyoker, Science Teacher
Edward Young, PE Teacher
Michael Neller, Chemistry Teacher
Kim Beverly, Special Ed Teacher
Christina Gordon, English Teacher
Rosemary Jones, CTE Teacher

GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING TEAM
Co-Chairpersons: David Mitnick, Guidance
Counselor (SACS)
Tina Paul, Career & Technical Education Teacher (SACS)
Jane McLemore, English Teacher
Carol Mann, Math Teacher
Diego Zarate, Foreign Language Teacher
Master Sgt. Young, ROTC Instructor
Pamela TooToo, Special Ed Teacher
Jennifer Hazel, CTE Teacher
Richard French, Art Teacher
Pamela Scott-Darden, CTE Teacher
Delores Graves, Cafeteria Staff
Allison Ridley, Office Asst.
Vida McCall, Secretary
Ramona Harrell, ITRT
Holly Saunders, Social Studies Teacher
James Dildy, Math Teacher
Bridget Love, CTE Teacher
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