June 27, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Board of Education of Calvert County Public Schools (CCPS) has appointed Sandy Walker as Supervisor of Equity and School Improvement and Stephen Williams as Principal of Northern High School.
Dr. Daniel D. Curry, Superintendent, said, “We are excited to bring these two fine educators into the CCPS leadership team. Their passion and experience will make an already strong group even stronger, which will help our students reach their goals.”
Mr. Walker will serve in the newly created position of Supervisor of Equity and School Improvement after teaching English at Northern High School for fourteen years. The Board created this position to align with Policy #1015 Regarding Equity, with a goal of providing every student with equitable access to high quality and culturally relevant instruction, curriculum and academic support. Mr. Walker earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Prior to coming to Calvert County, he was an adjunct English teacher at Marist College and taught in Wappingers Central School District in New York. At Northern High, he sponsored the Teacher Academy Program and Minority Scholars Club, chaired the Equity Team and represented Northern on the District Equity Leadership Team. He has also served as an adjunct instructor for Notre Dame of Maryland University.
Mr. Williams comes to Calvert County Public Schools from Chopticon High School in St. Mary’s County. He began teaching health there in 2000 and has been an assistant principal since 2008. While an assistant principal, he served on the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Board of Control and the Superintendent’s Safety and Security Committee. He was also a negotiations team member and the secondary school representative on the St. Mary’s Association of Supervisors and Administrators Board of Directors. He is a graduate of the State University of New York College at Brockport and earned his Master’s degree at McDaniel College. He has also completed the Aspiring Principals Institute conducted by the Maryland State Department of Education.
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