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Together everyone
accomplishes mastery! Mastery? Mastery!
Accountability seems to be the most often
used word in education today. Students are accountable for
their behavior and grades. Teachers are accountable for
instruction and test scores. Principals and other
instructional leaders are accountable for the safety of
their students and for student achievement. Superintendents
are accountable to parents and students, teachers,
principals, city and county officials, and taxpayers.
Accountable means to be responsible or
liable; to answer for one’s actions. In Haywood County
Schools, we have made accountability a priority. We desire
to have a school system that can answer to anyone about our
actions and our beliefs. I believe that Haywood County
Schools can be the top school district in the nation with
hard work, dedication, and accountability. My vision for
Haywood County Schools is to provide a high-quality
education to all students that will produce results. Results
are impossible without accountability.
Our desire for accountability has reinforced
the TEAMWORK theme that we adopted for this school year.
Haywood County Schools cannot succeed without team members
who are accountable to each other. We often see the
following acrostic:
Together
Everyone
Achieves
More
I would like to alter this acrostic to suit
the needs of Haywood County Schools:
Together
Everyone
Accomplishes
Mastery
Together, we can accomplish mastery for all
students. The team includes administrators, teachers,
students, teacher assistants, nutrition staff, janitors,
parents and other family members, and elected officials. We
need everyone on our team, but each teammate must be
accountable to the other team members. Team members must be
honest, committed, and willing to serve.
Yes, together everyone accomplishes mastery!
I am calling on all Haywood County Schools team members to
join together to produce mastery for all of our students.
Won’t you join the HCS team?
I also want to take this opportunity to wish
you all a safe and happy holiday season. As we prepare our
hearts and homes for the joyous Christmas season, we should
always be grateful for our many wonderful blessings. As we
look forward to the New Year, it is my prayer that each of
you will be blessed beyond measure and that Haywood County
Schools will be a blessing to the lives of the children and
families of Haywood County.
Marlon D. King
Superintendent of Haywood County Schools
900 East Main Street
Brownsville, Tennessee 38012
Ph.: (731) 772-9613
Fax: (731) 772-3275
"Every Child, Every Teacher, Every Community
Deserves Excellence."
Marlon D. King
Superintendent,
Haywood County Schools
kingm.haywood.k12tn@gmail.com
Marlon D. King’s leadership expertise and
ability to lead by example, collaboration, delegation,
cooperation, and vision – not by fear and intimidation – has
enabled him to drive low performing schools to become state
and national award-winning, high-performing schools. His
background highlights 12 years of promoting excellence in
education in Title I schools – four years as an elementary
school principal, four years as a classroom teacher, four
years as an educational assistant – and a strong commitment
to providing quality education for children.
As a native of Haywood County and a product
of Haywood County Schools, he is first and foremost an
educator with a lifelong commitment to serving others and
helping children. Currently, he holds a M. Ed. in
Educational Leadership, and is completing a doctoral program
with an emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction at the
University of Mississippi. Originally, he began his
experience in education with Haywood County Schools as a
substitute teacher, later moving to an educational assistant
position. Shortly after completing his certification, he was
recruited by Shelby County Schools, where he served as a
highly successful classroom teacher.
Because of his knowledge base in promoting
student achievement, encouraging parent involvement, and
boosting staff morale, Fayette County Schools recruited him
to serve as principal of Northwest Elementary School. After
three years, he, along with the faculty/staff, transformed
an under-performing school into one receiving national
recognition for academic achievement. His success there led
to his transfer to Central Elementary, another high-priority
school in need of focus and transformation. After one year,
Central made AYP without using the federal safe harbor
provisions.
As an instructional leader, he has achieved
many outstanding accomplishments, including recognition for
success in raising the achievement level for economically
disadvantaged children and increasing academic achievement
for three consecutive years. He was recognized in 2008 as a
recipient of the NCLB-Blue Ribbon Schools Awards, the
Tennessee Title I Academic Achievement Award, and the TSBA
Excellence in Education Award.
Most notably, he was selected by the U. S.
Department of Education to join First Lady Laura Bush at the
5th Annual Reading First Conference where he shared his
journey with an audience of 6,000, attesting to the positive
impact the federal Reading First initiative has had on the
children and schools he has served as principal.
He has held membership with varied
organizations such as National Education Association, Local
Education Associations (Shelby County), International
Reading Association, National Association of Elementary
School Principals, Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development. He is a member of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc., Theta Iota of Jackson, Tennessee.
He and his wife, Latisha, and their son,
Hudson, are members of Christ Church of Brownsville,
Tennessee. |