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NC Educators Taking Leadership Roles to Improve Education

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Friday, March 23, 2012   

WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. – North Carolina educators say they're doing more in their school districts than standing in front of their classroom chalkboards. Many are stepping up and taking leadership positions.

After two years of tough budget cuts at the local and state levels, educators like Virginia Hoover say they want to use their hands-on experience to make positive policy decisions. Hoover has just accepted a position on the Rockingham County School Board.

"I'm a firm believer: 'Stop complaining, let's do something.' And that was another reason why I took advantage of this opportunity. There are so many things I would like to see done."

Taking leadership positions is one item educators are discussing today and Saturday at the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) annual convention in Winston-Salem.

Too often, says NCAE President Sheri Strickland, people elected to school boards have little or no education experience, other than attending public schools themselves. In her view, it's time to change that.

"Where that opportunity is not being given to us, or asked of us, then we've got to figure out how we can make it happen."

Strickland hopes policymakers and teachers can bridge what she calls a disconnect, between theories that sound like good policy, but don't work when put into practice.

"Teachers need to be asked what it is they need to do their job well – and then, elected officials and administrators need to be about the business of making that happen."

The convention began on Thursday, at the Benton Convention Center, 425 N. Cherry St., Winston-Salem.



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