District News

Always learning, growing and improving, principals and other administrators in Walton County School District had the opportunity to participate in a specialized leadership training workshop on Monday, June 25, 2018, led by Dr. Rosemarye Taylor from University of South Florida. Her specialty is systematic leadership to improve student achievement prekindergarten through university doctoral programs. As part of the workshop, Dr. Taylor emphasized coaching and feedback techniques and strategies.

Dr. Taylor has published seven books and numerous articles in respected journals such as Kappan, Educational Leadership, Middle School Journal, The National Staff Development Journal, Educational Research Service Spectrum, International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice, and International Journal of Education Management. Also, she is editor of the International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation and co-editor for Higher Education Skills and Workplace Learning Special Issue on Professional Doctorates (April 2014).

Advance CTE’s newest video provides an overview of how Career Technical Education (CTE) prepares learners for their futures while closing the skills gap for employers across the country. Use this video with critical stakeholders, from families to employers, to continue to combat false perceptions of what CTE is and who it is for. This video is designed to help you make the case for CTE in your community and demonstrate the many benefits of today's CTE! We hope that you will watch and share! https://careertech.org/campaign-video @CTEWorks

Pictured L to R:

Michael Stombelline, Lindsey Lawrence, Leslie Hulion, Kaitlyn Brodie, Kelcie Lawrence, Alicia Cook, Meredith Ness and Amie Kelly

Submitted by Elizabeth Gaither

Congratulations to the ECMS Advertising Design Team for placing 3^rd at the Jr. Beta Club National Convention held in Savannah, Georgia! We are so proud of you! Go Stingrays!!!

Team members (from L to R): Lauren Broussard, Ava Razavi, Sydney Rushing and Dylan Speicher.

Submitted by Candy Bodie

FMS students spent the first week of summer bridge having fun remediating their math skills via an escape room Monday – Wednesday and Glow Math Games on Thursday.

Submitted by Sharie Smith

Walton County School District provides tips to help parents strengthen their child's academic success. This video dealing with the importance of 15 to 20 minutes of reading every day was produced by West DeFuniak Elementary School, DeFuniak Springs.

In early June, Laurie Langford, Allie Spiva, and Katie Moore attended professional development through Instructional Partners. This PD opportunity provided the attendees time to develop content as facilitators for the Instructional Partners Standards Boot Camps across Florida. Standards Boot Camp attendees will dig deeper into content (what to teach) and content pedagogy (how to teach that particular content). We look forward to hosting our own Instructional Partners Standards Boot Camp here in Walton County.

Submitted by Katie Moore

WCSD Secondary math teachers attended Math Boot Camp on June 13^th and 14^th at the Carlene H Anderson Training Center. Teachers worked collaboratively with their peers from across the district to strengthen math instruction and curriculum utilization. On the second day, Christine Petersen shared digital resources for teachers to use for data driven instruction. On June 14^th, special guest Darnell from Math Nation shared best practices and new tools for our teachers and students. We would like to thank our Teachers and Katie Moore for this EPIC Math experience for all.

Submitted by Lauren Moore

FES secret agents are getting the facts during each mission.

Submitted by Nancy Currie

3rd grade Summer Reading Camp AWESOME teachers exploring highly effective interventions with Davidica McConnell!

Submitted by Kim Stafford

WCSD Administrators Participate in Summer Leadership Training

June 25, 2018

CTE: High School Experience = More Value

June 21, 2018

Mossy Head School teachers attend Eureka Math training in Orlando, FL

June 21, 2018

ECMS Team Places 3rd at National Jr. Beta Convention!

June 18, 2018

FMS Summer Bridge is Off to a Glowing Start!

June 18, 2018

WCSD Parent Tips: The Power of Reading!

June 14, 2018

WCSD Staff Participate in Instructional Partners Professional Development!

June 14, 2018

Secondary Math Teachers Attend Boot Camp!

June 14, 2018

FES Mission "I'm Possible"

June 13, 2018

3rd Grade Summer Reading Camp!

June 13, 2018