Oct. 22, 2007
Vol. 50, No. 9
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ROCKVILLE, MD
www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org
Parent Academy recognizes community workshop providers
A new Parent Academy being offered
by Montgomery County Public Schools is
getting high marks from parents since its
launch earlier this month. More than 250
parents who have attended workshops
agree that the Parent Academy is
doing a good job of linking parents to
information and resources they need to
help their children succeed in school.
The Parent Academy, a project of the
MCPS Department of Communications,
was developed to respond to parents’
requests for information and strategies to
assist them in becoming more involved
in their children’s education. More than
30 workshops on a variety of topics are
being offered free of charge throughout
the fall. Child care and foreign language
interpretation are available upon request.
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Parents Lilian and Edmund Dowuona share their experiences at Parent Academy workshops
with participants at the Oct. 17 news conference and reception for community partners.
Kensington Parkwood wins national arts award
On any given day at Kensington Parkwood Elementary School, kindergarten students
may be creating a story with stuffed animals they have made. Or they might be practicing nonverbal communication skills through movement and facial expression.
Older students may be working with artists from the Kennedy Center. Or studying
coordinate graphing in math by dancing on a graph on the floor. Or integrating writing
and dance by writing personal narratives and creating dances that express their stories.
It’s all part of a typical day at Kensington Parkwood, an arts integration school where
the arts are fundamental to learning. “Every single one of our staff integrates art into the
curriculum on a daily basis,” says Principal Barbara Liess. “This is a whole-school initiative.”
Kensington Parkwood’s success in integrating the arts, creating imaginative learning
environments, involving parents and linking arts education to community cultural
resources has earned the school a Creative Ticket National Schools of Distinction Award
for the 2006-2007 school year. The school was one of only five throughout the nation to
receive the award, given by the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network.
“Teachers and students seek to make natural connections between the arts, other curricular subjects and real life,” says Mary Whalen, arts integration lead teacher.
Teachers look at the MCPS curriculum each quarter to see how they can integrate the
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In this issue
3 Ride by the Rules campaign
enters third year
3 Bus route supervisors provide
service to drivers and schools
4 Board presents Distinguished
Service to Public Education
Awards
6 Connect-ED trainings start in
November
8 Fall theater productions
8 Encourage your students to call
Homework Hotline Live!
Bulletin
Denise Stultz,
supervisor in the
Division of Family and Community Partnerships, conducts a
Parent Academy
workshop on
“Communicating
with Your Child’s
Teacher” Oct. 17
at Silver Spring
International
Middle School.
Announcements
Parent Academy helps parents support students
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“The Parent Academy provides an
array of important workshops that will
empower parents to help their children
succeed in school,” says Board of
Education President Nancy Navarro. “I
hope many parents will take advantage
of the opportunity to sign up for one or
more of the workshops.”
The workshops, which offer practical
and important information for parents,
cover topics such as helping with
homework, encouraging teens to make
good decisions, exploring the power
of positive discipline and helping
children succeed in middle school.
Several workshops focus on issues that
are important to parents with children
needing special education services.
Additional workshops will be added
beginning in January 2008.
The academy also has been very effective in reaching a culturally diverse group
of parents, including those who speak
languages other than English. Parent
participants have students at all grade
levels; 32 percent of the participants
have been Hispanic, 31 percent white, 27
percent African American and 9 percent
Asian American.
“Initial response to the Parent Academy
has been strong, with almost 250
parents from all parts of our community
attending classes in the first weeks of the
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program,” says Superintendent Jerry D.
Weast. “I believe this reflects the relevance
of the topics and the high quality of the
workshops presented by our community
partners and MCPS staff.”
Eighteen community partner organizations that have assisted in presenting
many of the workshops were recognized
at the Oct. 17 press conference at Silver
Spring International Middle School.
More information about the MCPS
Parent Academy is available at www.
mcpsparentacademy.org.
Community partners
Conflict Resolution Center of
Montgomery County
Charles W. Gilchrist Center for Cultural
Diversity
Identity, Inc.
Impact Silver Spring
Interages
Montgomery Co. Bar Association
Montgomery Co. Bar Foundation
Montgomery Co. Collaboration Council
Montgomery Co. Council of PTAs
Montgomery Co. Federation of Families
for Children’s Mental Health
Montgomery Co. State’s Attorney’s Office
Montgomery Co. Teachers Federal
Credit Union
Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc.
Montgomery Co. NAACP Parents’ Council
Navy Federal Credit Union
Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health System
Stepping Stones Shelter
The Dwelling Place
Smith Center Yoke Day: The Outdoor
Education Association’s annual Yoke Day
to benefit the Smith Center will be held
Saturday, Nov. 3, 9 a.m. until around noon.
All are invited to help with minor repairs
and chores. Students can earn Student
Service Learning hours. To RSVP or for
more information, call the Smith Center
at 301-924-3123 or visit www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/outdoored.
Blood drive. The fourth Annual Sara
Moylan Memorial Blood Drive will be
held Thursday, Nov. 1, 8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.,
at Julius West Middle School. Moylan was
the instructional specialist for secondary
reading and English language arts who
died in fall 2004. Call Mary Jean Williams
at 301-279-3979 with the time slot you
prefer and your daytime phone number.
Strathmore performance. Nicole Cherry,
a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School,
will perform Thursday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m., at
the Strathmore Mansion as a member of
the Marian Anderson String Quartet.
Cherry is a graduate of the University of
Maryland, College Park, and Juilliard.
More information is on the web at
www.://marianandersonstringquartet.
com/aboutus.html or www.strathmore.org/
eventstickets/calendar/view.asp?id=2708.
Montgomery County Public Schools
Public Information Office
Department of Communications
850 Hungerford Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
301-279-3853
301-279-3221 (fax)
Jerry D. Weast, Superintendent
Kate Harrison, Acting Director, PIO
Vickie C. Walter, Editor
[email protected]
Published for the MCPS community
weekly August through June. Deadline is
10 a.m. Monday for consideration in the
following Monday’s issue. Items are published on a space-available basis.
Oct. 22, 2007
Ride by the Rules campaign enters third year
Oct. 22-26 is National
School Bus Safety Week
Be respectful. Be responsible. Be safe.
That’s the message MCPS is communicating to students and their families as the third
year of the Ride by the Rules campaign gets under way.
The multimedia bus safety campaign focuses on the importance of appropriate behavior
on school buses and the consequences when rules are broken. It offers guidelines for safe,
respectful behavior and for reporting disciplinary problems.
Outreach is also provided to the community. The campaign extends learning on bus
safety to counseling and classroom environments. Brochures, bookmarks, posters, videos
and classroom instruction are part of the campaign, launched in August 2005.
More information and brochures in English, Amharic, Chinese, French, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese can be found on the web at www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/
departments/transportation/ridebytherules.shtm.
Bus route supervisors provide service to drivers and schools
When Robin Wolff first heard about the
newly created bus route supervisor position, she was ambivalent about throwing
her hat into the ring. “I applied at the last
minute because I love driving a bus and I
didn’t want to leave my kids,” says Wolff,
who had been a bus driver since 1994.
Today, in her second year as a bus route
supervisor, she loves the job. She still gets
to drive buses occasionally, while spending the rest of her time helping the drivers
do pre-trip inspections, checking on
drivers’ seatbelt usage, offering suggestions for improvements and interacting
with students. “I love it,” Wolff says. “I like
working with people, helping people.”
The program rolled out in the 2006–
2007 school year with 13 bus route supervisors at the Clarksburg Depot. This
year, another 27 were added at the Shady
Grove North and South depots.
Wolff likens the job to being a jack-ofall-trades. “We do a little bit of everything,” she says. Sometimes she’s called
on to drive a route or stand in as a bus attendant if there isn’t one. She is visible on
school campuses and stays in touch with
principals and staff. This year, bus route
supervisors also are conducting behindthe-wheel observations.
Before the new position was launched,
those jobs were the responsibility of the
MCPS now has 40 bus route supervisors to assist bus drivers, schools and staff.
transportation cluster supervisors. But
they often were overwhelmed because they
had to manage close to 80 bus drivers and
attendants, says John Matthews, MCPS director of transportation. The new position
supervises 20–22 employees each.
“It’s adding a middle manager,” Matthews
says. “They are there to support drivers
whether they have a planning issue with
their route, a behavior issue on a bus or an
administrative issue.” The bus route supervisors have received considerable added
training and preparation for these jobs.
Route supervisor Mohammad Dasti,
a bus driver since 2002, says the biggest
change is that supervisors can provide an
almost immediate response to employees.
“It’s a wonderful program,” he says.
Employees “don’t need to come to me. I
come to them every day in the lot and ask
if they need help or need anything to be
fixed. … Drivers love it.”
The current total of 40 bus route supervisors is more than halfway to its goal of
75, which would be enough to cover the
county’s three remaining depots—Bethesda, Randolph and West Farm. “We’ve
been very pleased,” Matthews says. “We
are looking at full implementation over
the next couple years.”
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Board presents Distinguished Service to Public Education awards
The Montgomery County Board of
Education honored 17 individuals and
organizations in the county during its
11th annual Awards for Distinguished
Service to Public Education on Oct.
18. The Board established the awards
to recognize and show appreciation
for exemplary contributions to public
education and to MCPS.
Community Individual
Joan Donovan, a retired MCPS teacher, took action in October 2006, after
learning that the MCPS Retirees Association could not continue to provide toolkits for incoming kindergarten students
attending the Extended Learning
Opportunities Summer Adventures in
Learning program in Title I schools.
The toolkits include a range of items to
support learning. Donovan’s effort to
obtain funding for the toolkits resulted
in 295 donations from more than 33
states, for about 95 percent of the
$15,000 raised. She also filled book bags
with donated books and school supplies
for homeless students from non-Title I
schools attending the program.
Evelyn Liu started out as a parent
volunteer at Washington Grove
Elementary School about five years ago.
Even though her child moved on from
elementary school a year later, she has
continued to volunteer more than 500
hours a year at the school. Liu helps
teachers prepare materials for classroom
use, spends hours in the media center
organizing, reshelving and checking
out books, and spends countless hours
working on other school-related projects.
Karen Benn Marshall, Ph.D., has volunteered her time and resources over the
past several years on behalf of the MCPS
Elementary Science Student Inquiry
Conference. Professor and chair of the
biology department at Montgomery
College’s Takoma Park/Silver Spring
campus, she secures rooms, technical
support and security for the two-day
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conference each May. The tours of the
biology labs she arranges are one of the
students’ favorite parts of the program.
Community Group
Chinese American Parents and
Students Association (CAPSA)
The Chinese American Parents and
Students Association (CAPSA) was
established in 1988 to assist new Chinese
immigrants in adjusting to American
society and to promote Chinese culture.
CAPSA’s program serves more than 350
participants annually and has helped
thousands of Montgomery County
residents adjust to the community. One
of CAPSA’s core programs is a free
tutoring service for new immigrants and
other students.
Impact Silver Spring has established a
reputation for supporting and empowering all members of the community
to work collaboratively to address
community issues. The organization’s work
centers around four program areas—the
Community Empowerment leadership
development training program; Lasting
IMPACT support network for personal
and community action plans; IMPACT
in Schools, which examines the impact of
race, class and culture on the achievement
gap in schools; and Neighborhood
IMPACT, which provides leadership
development and diversity training.
Project Change, through its signature
program, “You Have The Power!” (YHTP!),
a bullying prevention peer education
program, has met critical needs within
MCPS for student-driven learning and
mentoring. Sherwood High School
students developed YHTP! in 2005.
The program has been implemented at
four MCPS schools, with teen mentors
leading after-school sessions and helping
younger students design and implement
an anti-bullying event at their school.
Project Change teens have been invited
to speak at local, state, national and
international conferences.
Business
Jon Enten has been an active member
of the MCPS community for more
than 30 years. Through his work on
the board of directors of the MCPS
Educational Foundation and as CEO
of his own marketing company, Enten
and Associates, he has assisted MCPS
through his comprehensive marketing
and communications programs. They
include helping develop a new teacher
recruitment tape, raising funds for
scholarships, and sponsoring the MCPS
retirement dinner.
Riderwood Village Retirement
Community in Silver Spring created the
Riderwood Scholars Fund to support
exemplary student staff members at
Riderwood as they continue their
formal postsecondary education.
Eligible students are offered up to
$4,000 for college, trade, or vocational
certificate programs. This year, the
Riderwood community honored a
record 51 area high school seniors with
scholarships to support their pursuit
of a college education. The scholarship
fund is a visible expression of the close
bond that forms between Riderwood’s
student employees and the residents
they serve.
Lockheed Martin Corporation has
established many school-to-career
connections and working relationships
with MCPS. For example, executive
staff members are active participants
in the Career Connections committee
of the Montgomery County Business
Roundtable for Education. Lockheed
Martin helps the school system in
its reform efforts by participating in
strategic planning activities on the
local National Academy of Information
Technology and Engineering Cluster
Advisory Boards. In collaboration
with MCPS, the corporation provides
opportunities for students to engage in
high-quality school-to-work experiences.
Oct. 22, 2007
MCPS Staff
Aggie Alvez, director of the Department
of Communications, strives to increase
meaningful two-way communication
between families and MCPS. As the
school system has become more diverse,
Alvez has developed tools to enable
parents and other community members
to share information about their children’s needs and cultural values. Her
creativity has touched almost every piece
of MCPS communication that reaches
the public, including many parents for
whom English is a second language. Using
a multimedia approach, outreach to the
African American, Asian American and
Latino stakeholders has been a key focus
of her communication efforts. Her video
productions have won the Aurora, Aegis
and Capital Regional Emmy awards.
Dianne Jones, director of the MCPS
Division of School Plant Operations, is
responsible for the operations and building services staff at 200 facilities. Making
it her personal mission to be an environmental steward, in 2003 Jones embraced
the idea of greening the school plant
operations of MCPS. What began as an
initiative is now a systemwide overhaul
of how MCPS cleans and maintains
schools and what products are used to do
so. MCPS is now an established leader
in the green cleaning field for schools.
Within its first year of piloting, the
MCPS Green Cleaning Initiative won a
national award. Jones is now answering
requests from school districts throughout
the metropolitan area.
Elaine Petrulakis, administrative
secretary at Shady Grove Middle School,
has assisted many school-based and
central office administrators in providing
programs and services necessary for
student success and smooth operations.
Throughout the day, Petrulakis works
with students who serve as front office
aides to ensure they know the importance
of their roles and responsibilities. She
displays an attitude that fosters student
confidence and self-esteem. Numerous
staff members refer to her as a “steady
rock” whose knowledge, work ethic and
expertise serve as a calming force in
the often hectic environment of middle
school. Petrulakis also goes out of her
way to welcome parents, including
helping organize a quarterly breakfast
for Latino parents and working with a
parent to send prerecorded messages to
Spanish-speaking parents.
own children were grown, and she had
long been a Home and Hospital teacher.
A certified teacher, Faherty has been
working on reading with a group of
second graders for the past three years.
Over time, she has recruited additional
volunteers to work with her to serve
more students. She plans to expand on
this success by offering to start programs
in other elementary schools.
Michael A. Thomas became executive
director of the George B. Thomas, Sr.
Learning Academy, Inc. (known as
Saturday School) in February 2005. He
has successfully managed the growth of
the program from eight centers serving
approximately 2,400 students in 2005
to 12 centers serving more than 3,500
students in 2007. Because of the success
of Saturday School, the County Council
selected the academy to pilot two high
school after-school programs to help
students academically and to provide
activities during the critical afterschool time period. The academy was
awarded the 2007 Excellence in Minority
Achievement Award by the Maryland
State Department of Education.
Paul Rockwell first came to Glen
Haven Elementary School through
the Ruth Rales Comcast Kids Reading
Network in the 2005-2006 school year,
volunteering two hours a week to lend
support to a second grade student
struggling with reading. In the 20062007 school year, he returned to Glen
Haven and by October was spending
three full days each week at the school,
helping second graders in the morning
and working with his students from the
previous year in the afternoon. Rockwell
has worked with students of varying
abilities in many different subjects,
customizing activities to reach each child.
School Service Volunteer
Aashish Dewan, now a ninth grader
in Poolesville High School’s Science,
Mathematics, Computer Science Magnet
Program, volunteered his time and effort
to help Neelsville Middle School when
he was a student there—from recycling
and helping clean up the environment
to doing office work and raising money
for the school. Dewan helped check out
books, recycled newspapers, arranged
books in the media center, and assisted
office staff. Dewan also has assisted
other MCPS schools, from volunteering
at Capt. James Daly Elementary School
Spring Fair to working with South Lake
Elementary School’s Extended Learning
Opportunities program.
Rebecca (Becky) Faherty showed up
at Stedwick Elementary School one day
more than three years ago and said, “I
want to help children with reading.” Her
Individual Pioneer
Dr. Gabriel Jacobs taught at Four Corners and William Tyler Page elementary
schools and subsequently was principal
of both schools. In 1974, while still at
Four Corners, he recruited outstanding
teachers and set up a multi-aged group
of about 30 first, second and third grade
students in a French Immersion Program
at the school, believed to be the first such
program in the country. Jacobs worked
closely with parents and staff. He facilitated innovation and held staff meetings
where every child’s progress and needs
were discussed. He encouraged and
trained parent and community volunteers
to assist with both the immersion and the
regular school program. In 1977, Four
Corners Elementary School became a
French Immersion Magnet School, drawing students from throughout Montgomery County. In its 33 years in existence,
the French Immersion Program has impacted the lives of thousands of students.
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Students in
Lisa KelleyConnor’s
grade 4/5 LAD
class perform
a dance on
a graph to
learn about
graphing
coordinates.
The bands are
the lines that
connect the
coordinates on
the graph.
Kensington Parkwood
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arts into that curriculum. They work in
teams to determine opportunities for arts
integration.
This translates into an exciting learning
environment for students.
For example, kindergarten students
use their bodies to create letter shapes.
First graders learn about impressionism
with Ezra Jack Keats’ book, Dreams, and
make their own impressionistic paintings.
Second graders use the art of tableau (living pictures) to sequence and retell stories
from many cultures. Third grade students
listen to and describe music as an inspiration for improving their descriptive writing. Fourth grade students, teachers and
arts specialists do an integrated Native
American unit each year that includes
music, art, folktales and dance, as well as
ways in which their environment impacts
each of those things. And fifth grade students learn about Kandinsky’s geometric
prints and create their own as an assessment of their learning in geometry.
Kensington Parkwood became an arts
integration school five years ago. Former
principal John Ceschini and the principals
of Potomac and Dr. Charles Drew elementary schools applied for and received a
three-year arts in education grant from
the U.S. Department of Education.
That grant ended with the last school
“When we integrate the arts
with learning, it makes learning more interesting. When
learning is interesting, I want
to learn more.”
—Kensington Parkwood student
year, but the arts integration program is
still going strong.
Kensington Parkwood teachers participate in ongoing professional development,
including sessions with the Continuing
Education Through the Arts program
at the Kennedy Center. Through a new
program, Kennedy Center artists come to
the school to give pointers to the teachers.
Teachers attended the weeklong Mary-
land Artist/Teacher Institute during the
summer, which focused on using the arts
to improve students’ reading comprehension. Kensington Parkwood is part of a
nationwide consortium of schools that are
focused on improving student learning
through music. The school is part of a
model program that will enable its teachers to mentor teachers in arts integration
at other schools in the state and country.
Parents and students are thrilled with
the program. “What an incredible opportunity for creative learning!” says one
parent. Adds another, “There is a good
balance between arts and mechanics of
concepts.” Parents are involved in the program in a variety of ways, from forming
arts integration groups to participating in
school art events to assisting artists-inresidence with special projects.
IT master’s open houses
Connect-ED trainings start in November
University of Maryland University College
and the MCPS Office of Organizational Development will host two open house sessions
for teachers interested in earning an online
master’s degree in instructional technology.
◆ Wednesday, Oct. 24, 4-5:30 p.m.,
Upcounty Regional Services Center, 12900
Middlebrook Road, Suite 3305, Germantown
◆ Thursday, Oct. 25, 4-5:30 p.m., The
Universities at Shady Grove, Room 3156,
Rockville.
Visit www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/
departments/development/teams/programs/
partnerships.shtm or call 301-353-8556.
Two Connect-ED training opportunities are available.
MCPS Connect-ED Community
Outreach allows schools to send out
recorded phone messages to all of
their school community or to certain
groups within the community. For
school administrators, administrative
secretaries and other designees.
◆ Nov. 8: 8:30–11:30 a.m.
◆ Dec. 6: 1–4 p.m.
◆ Dec. 17: 12:30–3:30 p.m.
◆ Jan. 14, 2008: 8:30–11:30 a.m.
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MCPS Connect-ED Attendance works
in conjunction with the MCPS Online
Attendance Program to automatically send a
message to the homes of absent students.
For attendance secretaries and designees.
◆ Nov. 13: 8:30–11:30 a.m
◆ Dec. 17: 8:30–11:30 a.m.
◆ Jan. 16, 2008: 8:30–11:30 a.m.
All sessions will be held at the Center
for Technology Innovation (CTI), 4
Choke Cherry Road, Suite 120, Rockville.
Register on Professional Development
Online (https://pdo.mcpsmd.org/).
Oct. 22, 2007
Employment
opportunities
The jobs below were available at Management Memo deadline. All require excellent
human relations skills. These are summaries
of minimum & special job requirements. For
staffing information, contact the Department
of Staffing at 301-279-3515. Employment
opportunities & written job descriptions are
available at www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/
departments/personnel. Applicants will be
screened based on the job description & special
considerations. MCPS experience will be given
positive consideration for interview when all
criteria are met for the posted vacancy. All active permanent & temporary employees must
apply on MCPS Form 446-6; outside (new) applicants must complete the Interest in an Advertised Vacancy Form, located at the Office
of Human Resources reception area. Specify
ad number, school or location & name of the
personnel specialist following the job summary. Take tests & submit required materials by
the application deadline; additional skills tests
may be administered after the deadline. A job
change may affect retirement/pension status;
check with the Employee & Retiree Service
Center, 301-517-8100. Returning from leave,
involuntary transfers & reassigned employees
will have priority.
Unless otherwise indicated, the deadline for all jobs is 10/30/2007. Apply by job
number and title for all supporting services
positions. Faxes will not be accepted. Applications must be either hand-carried to the
Department of Staffing or sent by internal
or U.S. mail.
Administrative
Administrative & supervisory positions are
listed in bold below, on the Office of Human
Resources employment information web site
(www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/
personnel) or on Outlook under Public Folders/All Public Folders/Employment Opportunities/Administrative. If no ads are listed, no
new positions are available.
Other professional
Staff development content specialist,
secondary mathematics Office of Organizational Development (12 months)—MA or
MEQ from accred. college or univ.; mathematics certification; exper. teaching MCPS
math curric. at elementary, middle & high
school levels; knowl. of current research,
practices & trends in math instruc.; abil. to
plan, deliver, evaluate & monitor staff devel.
Retirements
Margie Desmond. A retirement luncheon for Margie Desmond, cafeteria
manager at Rachel Carson Elementary
School, will be held Thursday, Nov. 1, at
noon in the media center. Send $10 for
lunch and gift, payable to RCES Social
Committee, to the school, c/o Melissa
Belkin or Michelle Robinson. Gift-only
contributions of $5 are welcomed from
those unable to attend.
programs for teachers & other staff; knowl. of
adult learning theory, change mgmt. & org. &
staff devel. theories; excellent communication
& interpersonal skills. Send letter of interest
& resume to Elaine Friedman, Dept. of Staffing, by Oct. 30.
Supporting services
Paraeducators. Paraeducator vacancies
are posted on the vacancy database at www.
montgomeryschoolsmd.org
under
For
Staff/School-based Jobs: Vacancy Data-base.
Next to “Position” select “paraeducator,” “special education paraeducator,” etc. To be considered for employment, all new applicants
must submit a supporting services application
packet along with official transcripts to the
Office of Human Resources, 7361 Calhoun
Place, Suite 401, Rockville, MD 20855. Only
approved new candidates may send letter of
interest with resume directly to the school.
#1 Bus operator I (11) (4 to 8 hrs., flexible/
split shifts) Dept. of Transportation—5 yrs.
driver’s lic. with excel. driving record; must
speak & understand English; paid trng., incl.
MD Class B commercial driver’s lic. permit;
sub & perm. pos. avail. full/part time; permanent pos. benefits incl. life, vision, dental,
medical, pres. drugs insurance, credit union,
paid leave & holidays, retirement & savings
plans, cost of living & step increases, tuition
reimb.,& more; optional summer work /overtime avail. Must pass basic physical exam &
drug/alcohol tests. (Halperin)
#2 Cafeteria worker I (substitute) (2-5
hrs.) Div. of Food Services—Food preparation exper. req. (Calavetinos)
#3 Substitute secretarial assignments (10)
(multiple school & central office loc.)—Gen.
secretarial/clerical skills; familiarity with Microsoft Office app. a plus; must pass MCPS
typing test at 40 wpm. Sub exper. may lead
to perm. pos. Call 301-279-3291 to schedule
appt. for typing test. (Arrington)
#4 Building service worker (community
use) (6) (various loc.)—Gen. clng. exper.,
incl. repetitive lifting; abil. to maint. security
of school bldg., work independently, commun. with community use groups & secure
boiler cert.; basic English req., computer skills
pref.; flex. rotation hrs. incl. 8 hrs. Sat., 8 hrs.,
Sun., & 4 hrs. 1 weeknight; must have own
transp.; loc. subj. to change. (Reed)
#5 HVAC mechanic I (17) (loc. TBD)
Div. of Maintenance—HS grad.; compl. of
recognized HVAC apprenticeship & valid
universal class EPA refrigerant recovery certif. (MD HVAC journeyman’s lic. pref.); abil.
to diagnose & troubleshoot complex HVAC
equip. & sys. & to work from schematics,
plans & drawings; valid Class C driver’s lic.
& thorough knowl. of current trade practices,
standards, codes; MCPS written HVAC test &
maint. HVAC skill test. (Arrington)
#6 Heating mechanic II (17) (loc. TBD)
Div. of Maintenance—HS grad. & compl. of
recognized apprenticeship; consid. knowl. of
maintaining & repairing heating sys., diagnosing defects in burners, working from diagrams & inspecting work; valid driver’s lic.;
excel. commun. skills & abil. to prepare reports; abil. to respond to frequent emergency
requests & perform work req. consid. phys.
exertion; written MCPS heating mechanic II
test & skills test. (Arrington)
#1949 Building service assistant manager II (11) (OQ) (readvertised; prev. apps.
must reapply) (2:30-11 pm) Herbert Hoover
MS—Clng. & bldg. maint. exper.; boiler
course; must have, or attain within 6–mo.
probationary period, Basic Skills & Supervisory & Leadership certif.; abil. to effectively
maint. safety & security of bldg./grounds &
prep. routine reports. (Reed)
#2026 Building service worker (6) (SQ)
(2:30-11 pm) Benjamin Banneker MS—Gen.
clng. exper.; oper. power equip.; clear snow
from walkways; repetitively move heavy objects. (Reed)
#2027 Building service worker (6) (SQ)
(4-8 pm) Chevy Chase ES—Same basic req.
as #2026. (Reed)
#2029 Building service worker 2nd shift
(6) (SQ) (7-11 pm) Damascus HS—Same basic req. as #2026. (Reed)
#1866 Building service worker 2nd shift
(6) (SQ) (readvertised; prev. apps. must reapply) (2:30-11 pm) James Hubert Blake HS—
Same basic req. as #2026. (Reed)
#1676 Cafeteria worker II (8) (SQ) (readvertised; prev. apps. must reapply, was posted
as CWI in error) (4 hrs., 10 mos.) Takoma
Park ES—School cafeteria exper. incl. quantity food prep., baking, increasing recipes; abil.
to read & follow instruc.; compl. of Prepare
with Pride course or equiv.; must have cooking exper. (Calavetinos)
#2039 English composition assistant (14)
(OQ) (7 hrs., 10 mos.) John F. Kennedy HS—
BA in English or equiv. trng. & exper.; computer
writing lab/word processing exper. (Merson)
#2014 Media assistant (12) (OQ) (4 hrs.,
10 mos.) Springbrook HS—30 sem. hrs. college coursework &/or 1 yr. exper. working
with children in instruc. situations; exper.
using computer apps. such as word. proc.,
spreadsheets, databases, e-mail & Internet;
exper. working or vol. in a library environ.
pref.; abil. to lift & move books, AV & other
equip. or objects weighing 25-30 lbs.; MCPS
typing test. Pref. given to cands. with web site
development exper. (Arrington)
#2025 Plant equipment operator I (10)
(OQ) (6 am-2:30 pm) Eastern MS—Exper.
oper. & servicing industrial-type heating,
ventilating & AC sys.; abil. to replace/order
filters for air handlers, window AC units &
unit heaters, inspect rooftop mechanical
equip., perform gen. clng. duties; boiler, plant
equip. & AC oper. courses. (Reed)
#2019 Printing equipment operator III
(17) (SQ) (10:30 am-7 pm) Editorial, Graphics & Publishing Services Unit—Senior large
press oper. within Lincoln Center print shop;
HS grad. with min. 8 yrs. recent exper. with
lithographic 4-color process press oper.; strong
interpersonal commun. skills; formal trng.
certif.. in preventive maintenance &/or expert
oper. pref. Successful cands. must submit portfolio of their presswork at interview, along with
a professional industry reference. (Arrington)
#1936 School financial assistant (14)
(OQ) (readvertised; 8 hrs., 12 mos.) Silver
Spring International MS—HS grad. supplemented by courses in bookkeeping & consid.
exper. in financial record keeping, word processing & database mgmt.; knowl. of office
practices & procedures; MCPS typing test &
school financial asst. test. (Arrington)
#2022 School secretary I (11) (SQ) (attendance/main office pos.) (8:30-5 pm, 10 mos.)
Burnt Mills ES—HS grad.; gen. clerical exper;
computer skills incl. word processing & database; MCPS typing test. (Arrington)
#2034 School secretary I (11) (SQ) (7:30
am-4 pm, 10 mos.) William H. Farquhar
MS—Same basic req. as #2022. (Arrington)
#2020 School secretary II (12) (OQ) (8
hrs., 12 mos.) Cabin John MS— HS grad.;
clerical/sec. exper; abil. to maint. records
& prepare reports; MCPS typing test. Pref.
given to cand. familiar with guidance office
& special ed proced.; must be able to work effectively with diverse pops.; excellent human
relations skills. (Arrington)
#2035 School secretary II (12) (OQ) (6
hrs. school sec. II comb. with 1 hr. school
sec. I, main office) (7 hrs., 10 mos.) Walter
Johnson HS—Same basic req. as #2020. Pref.
given to cands. with knowl. of Microsoft Office, FileMaker Pro, attendance proced. &
PACS. (Arrington)
#2033 School secretary II (12) (OQ)
(magnet office) (8 hrs., 12 mos.) Poolesville
HS—HS grad. with working knowl. of business English, spelling, arithmetic & modern
office practices, proced., & equip.; excel. understanding of MCPS school office oper., area
& central office org.; abil. to work effectively
with students, administrative & instruc. staff,
school employees & the central office staff;
skill in oper. computers, word processing, FileMaker Pro, Mail Merge, FMS & OASIS; excellent human relations, communication skills &
attendance; must enjoy working directly with
parents, students & staff. (Arrington)
#2013 Secretary (12) (OQ) (8 hrs., 12mos.)
Office of Organizational Development—HS
grad. with some college or business school
pref.: abil. to: maint. records & prepare reports,
commun. with outside agencies, schedule professional development events, manage tasks
with speed & accuracy, word process, create &
manipulate databases, & take initiative; demonstrate excellent communication & interpersonal skills & excellent org. skills. Pref. given
to cands. proficient with Word, Excel, FMS;
exper. with payroll pref. (Arrington)
#2037 Secretary (12) (OQ) (8 hrs., 12
mos.) Div. of Family & Community Partnerships—HS grad. with consid. knowl. of business English, gen. vocab. & MCPS correspondence manual; exper. performing respons.
secretarial work; excellent communication
& interpersonal skills; abil. to take initiative,
multitask & manage tasks with speed, accuracy, attention to detail; abil. to prepare & edit
written docs., arrange meetings, assemble
data for meetings & workshops; familiarity
with FMS & payroll desired. Pref. given to
cands. with skills in MS Office app. & Outlook; bilingual skills a plus. (Arrington)
#2011 Security assistant (14) (OQ) (8 hrs.,
10 mos.) Neelsville MS—HS grad. & college
courses in criminal justice, law enforcement or
rel. fields; AA degree desirable; exper. involving student/adolescent safety, conflict resolution & investigative proced. desirable; knowl.
of behavior mgmt. req.; valid driver’s lic.; first
aid/CPR certif. desirable; avail. for flex. hrs.,
incl. weekends, eves. & overtime; may be req.
to hold violators for police, confiscate drugs/
alcohol & other evidence; other comb. of ed.,
trng. & exper. may be consid. (Calavetinos)
#2028 Security assistant (14) (OQ) (8
hrs., 10 mos.) Wheaton HS—Same basic req.
as #2011. (Calavetinos)
#2030 Technical help desk specialist I (20)
(OQ) (8 hrs., 12 mos.) Div. of Tech. Support—
BA or equiv.; skilled in providing MCPS staff
with tech. support, guidance & problem resolution on software, hardware & network problems; skilled in troubleshooting tech problems;
prior help desk exper.; excellent interpersonal
& telephone skills. (Horos)
Montgomery County Public Schools prohibits
illegal discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, marital status,
socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, physical
characteristics or disability. Inquiries or complaints
regarding discrimination or Title IX issues such as
gender equity and sexual harassment should be
directed to the MCPS Human Relations Compliance Officer, Office of the Deputy Superintendent,
850 Hungerford Drive, Room 129, Rockville, MD
20850, at 301-517-8265.
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Bulletin
Fall theater productions
High schools*
School
Production
Dates
Bethesda-Chevy Chase
Montgomery Blair
James Hubert Blake
Winston Churchill
Clarksburg
Damascus
Albert Einstein
Gaithersburg
Walter Johnson
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The Comedy of Errors
The Foreigner
Kiss Me Kate
Clue
Rumors
Stefanie Hero
Class Action
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge
and Marley
High School Musical
Lend Me a Tenor
Lend Me a Tenor
A Christmas Carol
High School Musical
The Curious Savage
The Ash Girl
Up the Down Staircase
The Mousetrap
Pippin
Dirty Work in High Places
Crimes of the Heart
Harvey
Aida
Macbeth Did It
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Dec.
John F. Kennedy
Col. Zadok Magruder
Richard Montgomery
Northwood
Northwest
Paint Branch
Poolesville
Quince Orchard
Seneca Valley
Sherwood
Springbrook
Watkins Mill
Wheaton
Walt Whitman
Thomas S. Wootton
30, Dec. 1, 7–8
2-3, 9–10
30, Dec. 1, 6–8
9–10, 16–17
29-30, Dec. 1
29-30, Dec. 1
2–3, 9–10
7–8
Nov. 9–10, 16–17
January 2008 (TBD)
Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 6–8
Nov. 9–11, 15–17
Nov. 15–17
Nov. 1, 3–4
Nov. 9–10, 16–17
Nov. 15–16, 18
Nov. 8, 10–11
Nov. 29–30, Dec. 1
Nov. 15–17
Nov. 15–17
Nov. 8, 10
Nov. 8
Nov. 15–17
Nov. 29–30, Dec. 1
Middle schools*
School
Production
John T. Baker
Snap Shots (a collage of
monologue, music and more)
Three Doors to Death/Dracula’s
Boarding House
Annual Talent Show
Variety Show
One-Act Festival
Talent Show
Pirate School
The Vampire’s Bride
You Have the Right to Remain Dead
International Talent Show
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Disney’s Mulan, Jr.
After It Happened and
Fantastical Friends
Reality Check Cubed (Third Annual
Talent and Fashion Show)
Big Bad
Talent Show
Big Bad (dinner theater)
May the Farce Be With You
Benjamin Banneker
Cabin John
Robert Frost
Francis Scott Key
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lakelands Park
A. Mario Loiederman
Montgomery Village
Newport Mill
Parkland
Thomas W. Pyle
Rocky Hill
Shady Grove
Silver Spring International
Sligo
Westland
Earle B. Wood
Dates
Nov. 16
Nov. 30, Dec. 1
Nov. 29
Nov. 16
Nov. 30
Nov. 16
Feb. 8–9 (15–16 if snow)
Oct. 26–27
Dec. 1–2
Nov. 16
Dec. 13–14
Jan. 30–31. Feb. 1
Nov. 15–18
Nov. 15-16
Nov. 13–14
Dec. 7
Dec. 6–7
Dec. 14–15
*Schools not on the list may already have staged a fall production or may be planning a spring production only.
This document is available in an alternative
format upon request, under the Americans
with Disabilities Act, by contacting the Public Information Office, Montgomery County
Public Schools, 301-279-3853.
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Second community forum
More than 400 people attended the second
community forum sponsored by the Board of
Education Oct. 11 at Wheaton High School.
Forty-four participants shared their views
about what’s working in MCPS and how the
school system can improve. Their testimony,
interpreted in five languages, will be used to
help set priorities for the FY 2009 Operating
Budget and update the strategic plan.
Encourage your
students to call
Homework Hotline
Homework Hotline Live! kicked
off its new season Oct. 2 to help
students with homework.
Teachers are standing by to answer questions about most subjects
on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays from 4:30-6 p.m.
Homework Hotline Live! can be
viewed on Comcast channel 33, Verizon channel 35 and RCN channel 88.
Students can call 301-279-3234
and have their questions answered
live on the air. They also can e-mail
questions to [email protected].
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