Kellam High School - Challenger Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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L 4 ' Sl , - f ,, v l-.f QU JJ . 9 if VV , V v 'U NA I J , 19 do W f ue s g 4, 0 d d GJ ob s 'f .f Q -fha: Hggh structlve and administrative re- ff. . U'-ff.-:::H'1 a '.'a:Qetj.' of sponsihilities. exposing him to 7f.ii,g'fT .1 ai. 1 ar: and the all aspects of school plant man- 1 3.5.4 1,124 tie Dafa-1979 agement. The plan allows one -of .... i. ea: Aga.: as .2 the to specialize enough to excel in g. as 'espiers and students one area. but not enough to lose i, J.: .f necessary' to succumb contact with the school as a ig 'ce ever-present flux of the whole. a'.aie:T..c SOC.eTj.' No one. not Policy changes affect the en- ever. those who are seemingly tire system. hut individual ad- a' f:.e top gn command. is ministrative changes effect ep-.ernpt from change. Kellams only the immediate school. administrators have aptlv ad- Additional student loads called -HEC to in-so changes in their for more administrative power. department the distribution of and Kellam's additional admgn.sirati'.'e responsibilities W0m3n'P0W9fC3m9if1th9 form an a rotating basis. and the ad- 0fMiSSI0ar1I1e Belda' 3S5iSt3I1t C1202 of an assistant principal. principal. Porrnerljx. administrative re- New to Kellam. Miss Belda is spons.pilities were divided into not new to school administra- .nstructive and administrative tion. Having earned her degrees capacities In the past. for from Madison University and example. an Assistant Principal the ljniversitv of Virginia, Miss for Instruction. a title no longer Belda faced her first adminis- recognized in the Yirgirlia trative aggignment at Beach School System. dealt Kempsvillelunior High School, only with those matters con- where she functioned in a more cerning curriculum develop- instructional capacity than she ment and management. a plan does atKe1lam. -,emgh could have poggjbly The main difference in the f,'.'er-emphasized specializa- two jobs is the job description. tion Since it hehooves any According to Miss Belda. her leader to he well-acquainted contact with individual stu- with the overall function of his dents has increased since her charge. it follows logically that move to Kellam. Like all ad- o'.'er-specialization would re- ministrators, she experiences sult in a deficiency of knowl- all administrative and instruc- edge in other areas. The tional aspects ofthe job.but her aforementioned Assistant Prin- area of concentration has been cipal for Iristructiori, therefore. in student attendance. In mag- '.-.oilfl have lacked knowledge nification, Miss Belda is an in the area ol discipline which example of how an organiza- comes under the administrative tion can run smoothly if the in- flivisiori dividual understands the con- '.'t.iitti the riewlv installed cept of the entire unit, as well 'eftietrie of rotation. each ad- as the importance of his own rztiriistrator expcfrierices in- job to that overall concept. :.r. i. -, 3.1 ASSISTANT PRINLIPAI.

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Although quitting time for the faculty is 2:50, some teachers stay a little later. 191

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