One of the projects I've been proud to be associated with is working in a 8 month long leadership program of high school principals and their teams. This group was noteworthy in several respects-this was the first time PEP has worked with a team of education leaders (principal, assistant principal, and teacher teams) and the first time PEP has worked closely with the Kenan Flagler Business School to develop and deliver the program. Last Friday was the graduation for this group of leaders. One of the key aspects of this program was a capstone project where each team had to identify a problem, determine how to fund a solution to the problem, create a written plan that included many aspects of a business case (problem, solution, marketing, detailed detailed project operational plan, financial considerations, and a 15 minute presentation to the entire group and five judges-I was fortunate to be one of the judges). The creativity, planning, and presentation was exciting to watch-there were so many great ideas that have the potential to help these school teams solve some of their pressing problems.
This capstone project took these leaders WAY out of their comfort zone and there was more than a bit of frustration as groups worked on their projects throughout October until this past week. Having had to do something similar for my Kenan Flagler program that I attended this past fall (I received a scholarship to this and my capstone resulted in a series of podcasts and my blog), I know that it was difficult. Yet to see how the different groups came together to develop and present their plans was an incredible honor for me. I'm very proud of them and their work and they should be recognized for this.
Congratulations to West Mecklenberg High School (Charity Bell, Bridgette Somerville, and Stephanie Hood) who won a $5,000 prize for their capstone project as well as Plymouth High School (Gloria McCray, Corey Crossen, and Linda Justis) who won both a $5,000 prize for their capstone project as well as being named as "The People's Choice" by their peers.
Congratulations are in order to all of the seventeen schools who are:
-Alamance Burlington Cummings High School (Lynn Briggs, James Matanzo, and Rhonda Robinson)
-Cumberland County EE Smith High School (Rene Corders, Candis Jones, and Frann Ladd)
-Durham Southern High School (Rod Teal, Darneise Massey, and Kathy Springfield-Cobb)
-Bertie High School (Sharon Bond and Jennifer Hill)
-Wayne County Goldsboro High School (Pat Burden, Gary Hales, and Harold Baines)
-Northwest Halifax High School (Sharon Arrington, Teicher Patterson, and Gloria Manning)
-Winston-Salem/Forsyth Carver High School (Carol Montague, Paula Boozer-Wilkins, and Freeda Ward)
-Durham Hillside High School (Earl Pappy, William Wynn, and Nelda Caddell)
-Southeast Halifax High School (Michael Earl, Phyllis Sanders, and Ethel Whitaker)
-Guilford Dudley High School (Phyllis Martin, Stephanie Gallop, and Malishai Woodbury)
-Northampton West High School (Willie Bell and Shonda Muhammed)
-Guilford Ben L Smith High School (Noah Rogers, Donna Matthews, and Lisa Comito)
-Mecklenberg Garinger High School (Jo Ella Ferrell, Pamela Davenport, and Chandra Shackleford)
-Mecklenberg EE Waddell High School (Stan Frazier, Jane Rollins, and Nancy Weber)
-Mecklenberg West Charlotte High School (John Modest, Ron Bailey, and Marrissa Anderson)
Thanks also to the members of Kenan Flagler Business School (Jim Johnson, Steve Orton, Ron Fischer, Catherine McClain, Pamela Santos, and Makeisha Williams) and to members of the PEP team (Brad Sneeden, Alisa McLean, Lolita Kimble, and Katherine Zeph).
Proud to be a part of this terrific group!
Chris
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