2009 Value Added Achievement Awards-text

2009 Value-Added Achievement Awards

In a May 4, 2009 ceremony held at the State Capitol with Commissioner of Education Dr. Timothy Webb, Education Consumers Foundation President J. E. Stone presented awards of $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000 to Tennessee's highest performing elementary and middle school principals. (You can see rankings of every elementary school here, and of every middle school here.) Recipients were selected on the basis of their school's most recent 3-year average achievement gains in math and reading/language arts. Only those principals with 5 or more years of service were considered.

UPDATES FROM THE 2009 CEREMONY :
Click here for the event press release (PDF file)
Click here for a collection of press clippings (PDF file)

You can click on the flags below to review information from each winning principal. You can also visit the Value-Added Achievement Awards home page to learn more about the Awards and the ECF School Performance Charts, and see additional applications and analyses of Tennessee's value-added data.

I. Elementary Schools

A: Winchester Elementary Flora Childres, Principal 3587 Boeingshire Road Memphis, TN 38116 Memphis Schools	B: Lincoln Magnet Elementary Lynne Shuttleworth, Principal 425 Berry Street Jackson, TN 38301 Madison County Schools	C: Trenton Elementary Jonathan Criswell, Principal 811 S. College Street Trenton, TN 38382 Trenton Schools
D: Bethpage Elementary Bill Johnson, Principal 420 Old Highway 31 E Bethpage, TN 37022 Sumner County Schools	E: Barfield Elementary Judy Goodwin, Principal 350 Barfield-Crescent Road Murfreesboro, TN 37128 Rutherford County Schools	F: Cowan Elementary Raymond Council, Principal 501 E. Cumberland Street Cowan, TN 37318 Franklin County Schools
G: Carter Elementary Julie Thompson, Principal 9304 College Lane Strawberry Plains, TN 37871 Knox County Schools	H: Eaton Elementary Jennifer Malone, Principal 423 Hickory Creek Road Lenoir City, TN 37771 Loudon County Schools	I: Orchard Knob Elementary Marthel Young, Principal 400 North Orchard Knob Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37404 Hamilton County Schools

II. Middle Schools

J: West Carroll Junior High School Lex Suite, Principal 760 Highway 77 Atwood, TN 38220 West Carroll Special School District	K: Humboldt Middle School Lillian Shelton, Principal 1811 Ferrell Street Humboldt, TN 38343 Humboldt Schools	L: South Side Elementary Neal Wright, Principal 29855 Highway 104, South Reagan, TN 38368 Henderson County Schools
M: Smith County Middle School Ronnie Scudder, Principal 134 SCMS Lane Carthage, TN 37030 Smith County Schools	N: McCann Alternative Learning Center Ruth Murray , Principal 1300 56th Avenue North Nashville, TN 37209 Davidson County Schools	O: Fairview Middle School Brian Bass, Principal 7200 Cumberland Drive Fairview, TN 37062 Williamson County Schools
P: Alcoa Middle School Jim Kirk, Jr., Principal 1325 Springbrook Road Alcoa, TN 37701 Alcoa Schools	Q: Newport Grammar School Sandra Burchette, Principal 301 College Street Newport, TN 37821 Newport Schools	R: Forge Ridge School Marty Cosby, Principal 160 Hill Road Harrogate, TN 37752 Claiborne County Schools