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Assistant superintendent finalist Michelle McKeon emphasizes relationship-driven leadership, data protocols and teacher-led professional learning
Summary
Michelle McKeon, assistant superintendent in North Attleboro and the third finalist interviewed, emphasized relationship-building, a simple district strategic framework, teacher leadership, a Foursquare data protocol and retooled professional development to improve instruction and close gaps.
Michelle McKeon, North Attleboro assistant superintendent and a finalist for Mansfield superintendent, told the Mansfield School Committee on Feb. 8 that her leadership centers on relationships, clear district priorities and equipping teacher-leaders to drive instructional improvement.
"If people have seen me around the district, I've been at schools visiting, I have coffee hours," McKeon said, describing a visibility-centered approach that she pairs with explicit, repeatable routines for improving teaching and learning.
Why it matters: McKeon presented concrete operational tactics that a hired superintendent could deploy quickly — a compact strategic framework, a district professional-learning steering committee, a "Foursquare" data protocol to…
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