Marcia Alford


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Lacy Elementary
1820 Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC   27607
(919) 881-4923
FAX 919 881-1434


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Education

North Carolina State University – BA, Psychology and Ed.D, Educational Administration
Meredith College – K-4 Certification and Masters in Education

Current Job

Lacy Elementary in Wake County
Principal
Provide leadership and support to develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive instructional program; Plan and supervise a program for resource management; and Develop, implement, and evaluate a communications plan.

Other Jobs Senior Director of Instructional Services and Senior Director of Community Services in the last five years.  Co-Director of Kentwood Day Nursery and Pre-School more than five years ago.

Passions Family activities, reading, walking, spending time at the beach.  I support literacy issues through my work with Delta Kappa Gamma, an honorary society for women educators

Must Reads

Outlearning the Wolves by David Hutchens – A story about the issues facing organizations and how individuals work together to build a culture of learning.

Other People’s Children by Lisa Delpit – This book gives some insight on the correlation between multicultural children and poor academic performance and makes some suggestions for teachers so that all children can achieve. 

Change Forces by Michael Fullan – Moral purpose in education, making a difference for children and contributing to society, is a key to reform. Common elements of collaborative cultures are presented.

Quotes

There is only one child in the world, and that child’s name is All Children.  Carl Sandburg 

The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.  John Stuart Mill 

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.  Henry Brooks Adams

January 23,2001

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