Holliday said the position is needed due to the large number of
initiatives that the department is implementing
related to Senate Bill 1 (2009), the state’s Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (ESEA) flexibility waiver and the “increasing need to
collaborate and coordinate with our stakeholders and partner groups.”
In naming Floyd to the position, Holliday praised his work as a
Kentucky educator. “Tommy’s focus on student
success, data-driven decision making and continuous improvement aligns
with the department’s efforts to better public education in our state.
He recognizes the collaborative nature of our work and understands what
it will take for all students to graduate
college- and career-ready,” Holliday said.
Floyd has headed the Madison Co. Schools since March 2008 after serving
as interim superintendent and chief academic officer
for two years. During his tenure in Madison Co., he helped launch a
number of new initiatives including a Middle College program,
transitional mathematics and reading courses based on ACT benchmarks for
college readiness and the Positive Approach to Student
Suspensions that decreased suspensions in the district by 34 percent.
“Dr.
Floyd’s departure from Madison County Schools leaves me with mixed
emotions,” said Madison County Board of Education
Chair Mona Isaacs. “I am sorry to lose such a hard-working, dedicated
superintendent. But, I am very happy for him. This new role gives him
the opportunity to make a positive impact on ALL the students in
Kentucky.”
Prior
to Madison Co., Floyd worked in the Wayne Co. and Montgomery Co
Schools, Somerset Independent Schools, and
at the Kentucky Department of Education, where he was a Highly Skilled
Educator. Over the last 26 years, Floyd has been a teacher, a coach, an
assistant principal, a principal, assistant superintendent and
superintendent.
His recognitions include Kentucky Association of School Administrators’
Administrator of the Year, the Kentucky School
Boards Association’s Kids First Advocacy Award and the national Reading
Recovery Teacher Leader Award.
Floyd
serves on the Governor’s Early Childhood Advisory Council; the
Southeast/South central Cooperative and Kentucky
Educational Development Corporation (KEDC) executive committees; and as
a member of the Kentucky Association of School Administrators New
Superintendent Training design team among other activities.
Floyd
holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology and master’s degree in Biology
Education from Georgetown College, principal
and superintendent certifications from Eastern Kentucky University and
will be awarded a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Northern
Kentucky University in May.
He is married to Cecilia Floyd, a teacher in the Rockcastle County School District. They have two children – Morgan,
a senior at Georgetown College; and Jonathan, a freshman at Eastern Kentucky University.
SOURCE: KDE Press release
2 comments:
Am I reading this right, the Commissioner and KDE have created so many initiatives that they can't keep up with them so they are creating positions for more folks to oversee the bueracracy they have created?
Hey, where's my money for a chief of staff to oversee all of this in my school / district?
Kde have made such a variety of drives that they can't stay aware of them so they are making positions for additional people to regulate the bueracracy they have made?
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