The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement.
The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to hire Ginger Tedder as the executive director of the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS). Tedder has been serving as the MSMS interim executive director since September 2023.
Tedder is a lifelong educator, administrator, and supporter of teacher leadership. She is the former Project Manager of Career and Technical Education Professional Learning and Innovative Programs at the Research and Curriculum Unit at Mississippi State University and served the Starkville-Oktibbeha School District for 15 years as teacher, instructional coach and administrator. A graduate of MSMS, Tedder earned her B.S. in secondary education and teaching from Mississippi State University and her M.S. in educational leadership and administration from Arkansas State University.
As MSMS executive director, Tedder’s responsibilities include overseeing all operations, functions and activities at MSMS, including coordinating long- and short-range planning, development and implementation of policies; and providing direction for financial, personnel, academic, admissions and student services matters.
The Mississippi Department of Education oversees MSMS, a residential public high school located on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus. MSMS provides an accelerated, immersive curriculum for the state’s gifted and talented 11th and 12th grade students.
10 comments:
Someone please tell me what the "Career and Technical Education Professional Learning and Innovative Programs" encompasses. I'm just assuming (and we know how dangerous that it) this lady is well qualified to lead the MSMS, but I have earned two college degrees and have a somewhat decent knowledge of the English language, but whatever "Career and Technical Education Professional Learning and Innovative Programs" is just escapes common sense.
I don’t know, but it seems like you could use this very same internet to answer your own question, @5:28. Gosh, people have long job titles. Film at 11.
There it is. That’s going to do it. They’ve turned the corner now. Sky’s the limit from here on, the Department of Education has hired somebody. Ain’t no holding back Mississippi now.
Government is too big, especially at the state and federal levels. Y'all who are younger don't realize many of the bloated federal agencies didn't exist prior to 1980.
I can't believe the mother stated to the media that she believed that this was another Emmett Till type case. Unreal.
Usually the fancier the title, the less impressive is the person holding said title.
7:56 What the heck are you talking about?
Parents didn't want to send their kids to vo-tech, so they call it "Career and Technical Education" now.
Corporations discovered no one wanted to go to "training" so they call it "Professional Learning" now.
No one likes to be told their work processes or curriculum is going to change, so they call it "innovative programs" now.
So, it sounds like the lady has spent a lot of time encouraging schools and students to include non-collegiate workforce options. Not sure how that will fly at MSMS, but it's a worthwhile effort. And the effort matters more than the title.
It will be worth watching if she will reside in Columbus or Starkville.
Maybe this new director will undertand that she is not to raise issues that are not necessarily popular with the folks at whatever the W is called nowdays; can't worry about improving the school for the kids - gotta keep the powers in Columbus happy.
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