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Grades K-5 Curriculum and Instruction, Grades K-5 Intervention, Title I, Licensure
About me
The Alcoa community and its schools were an important part of my education, and now I am fortunate enough to serve as an ACS educator and leader. As a student, I attended Alcoa from 3rd through 8th grade before moving to the county. After graduating from William Blount High School and The University of Tennessee, I returned to Alcoa City Schools in 1997 to teach. I taught third, fourth, and fifth grades for 10 years at Alcoa Elementary School before stepping into the role of curriculum/testing coordinator and then assistant principal for AES. In 2015, our incredible 3rd-5th grade staff and faculty transitioned to the former middle school building and opened Alcoa Intermediate School, where I served as the principal from 2015-2021. Since 2021, I have served as the Director of K-5 Education for Alcoa City Schools.Resources
Responsibilities
I have the privilege of supporting and collaborating with our administrative teams in Alcoa City Schools. My primary focus is on promoting cohesion and alignment within K-5 education and facilitating smooth student transitions to middle school and beyond. My responsibilities are primarily centered around our district’s curriculum, intervention programs, and the effective use of formative assessments. Specific responsibilities include:
- Curriculum decisions, purchase/program management, implementation support, troubleshooting for online curriculum platforms
- Vertical alignment of all curriculum and coordination with grades 6-12, design of district professional development of purchased curriculum
- Platform management of core curricula, intervention programs, and benchmarking programs (Amplify, Savvas, aimswebPlus, MasteryConnect, Wilson, Bridges intervention, Zearn)
- Master scheduling grades K-5
- Cohort and individual student data tracking for K-5
- K-5 Intervention programming
- K-8 Intervention benchmarking and documentation (SIPAD) tracking
- TN-URS benchmarking and compliance in grades K-3
- Literacy Success Act state reporting, FLSP, and 3rd/4th grades promotion pathway data tracking
- District contact for Licensure, TNCompass management
- District contact for EPPs, intern placement
- District Title I compliance
- District-wide professional development planning
- District-wide ILP-D training, support, and data tracking
- District Summer Camps coordinator
- District ePlan
- District One Book Blitz coordinator
- District Textbook adoption coordinator
- Name
- Michelle Knight
- Position
- Director of K-5 Education
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- Phone
- (865) 984-0531 ,1121
- Address
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1325 Springbrook Road
Alcoa 37701
Education
- Bachelor of Science, UTK
- Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction, UTK
- Educational Specialist in Curriculum and Instruction, TN Tech