The Schools Foundation has questions for YOU!!  Do you care about education in Madison County?  Ever wonder why the business community cares about education?  The business community is the number one consumer of the education “product” and depends on a career-ready workforce.  This is why the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County is committed to supporting education excellence at the State of the Schools event on January 30th.

Educators Speak

The State of the Schools presented by Redstone Federal Credit Union is your opportunity to hear the superintendents of our three local school systems — Dr. Fowler, Madison City Schools; Dr. Copeland, Madison County Schools; and Dr. Wardynski, Huntsville City Schools — report on the accomplishments and opportunities in their districts. Also speaking will be Mary Scott Hunter, State Board of Education representative for District 8, which covers Huntsville/Madison County. She will talk about the State’s PLAN 2020 and how it set the course for student achievement.

The State’s 2020 PLAN objectives include:

• All students perform at or above proficiency and show continuous improvement
• All students succeed
• Every student graduates from high school
• Every student graduates high school prepared

About The Schools Foundation

The Schools Foundation has worked to support public schools in Huntsville, Madison City and Madison County as a unified effort since 2000.  Recently, the Foundation has focused on A+ College Ready and Principally Speaking Network.

The A+College Ready Program is part of a national initiative to expand the number of students in AP math, science, and English classes. AP course selection, enrollment, and qualifying scores are up across the districts. In fact since starting the program in 2009 qualifying scores on AP exams at the participating schools have increased 140% percent.

Principally Speaking Network (PSN) is a program for all K-12 administrators focusing on improving leadership skills and increasing teacher effectiveness. The 2013 event will be held on January 17 at Dynetics lead by Dr. Tommy Bice, Alabama State Superintendent of Education. The day will feature Lessons in Education Leadership with Dr. Neil Lamb, Hudson Alpha, Dr. Bob Berinato, Dynetics, Inc., and Leslie Ecklund, Burritt on the Mountain.

Event Information

Date: Wednesday, January 30th  7:30 – 9:30pm
Time: 7:30-9:30pm
Location: Davidson Center for Space Exploration
Register: Register online here

About the Author

Elizabeth Dotts Fleming is the Executive Director of the Schools Foundation, which serves the public schools in Huntsville City, Madison City and Madison County. Elizabeth completed the Alabama Leadership Initiative sponsored by Leadership Alabama in 2006. In 2005 she was selected to participate with 20 other women in the National Women’s Law Center’s first Progressive Leadership and Advocacy Network. Elizabeth is currently a member of the PARCA Roundtable. She is currently serving on one state board – Alabama Poverty Project. Locally Elizabeth is involved with the Committee of 100 and as an ambassador to Hudson Alpha. She serves on the Boards of the The Arts Council, The Downtown Forty Seven, and the Community Foundation of Huntsville Madison County. Elizabeth formally served on the boards of Catalyst, The Chamber of Commerce Huntsville Madison County, and the Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform.