Warsaw School CAO to Become Madison Principal
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
The school board is expected to approve Kline for the position at its regular board meeting Monday night.
Tuesday night during the school board’s public work session, Chief Financial Officer Kevin Scott gave a personnel report, telling the board Kline was moving to Madison.
Jacob Hoag, the former Madison principal, resigned effective July 1 to take a principal job in Columbia City. Hoag served as Madison’s principal for the past three years.
After the work session, Kline said in the four years working in the central office, he was director of secondary schools for a year then chief accountability officer for the past three years when Superintendent Dr. Craig Hintz took over.
Also during Kline’s first year in the central office, he served a short stint as Madison’s principal while Warsaw was looking for a new principal for the school.
“It was my first opportunity to be an elementary principal and my first contact with Madison,” Kline said. “It was thoroughly enjoyable. I enjoyed working with the staff and students. I had my eye on it because I knew Jacob Hoag wanted to be a superintendent. I’m pleased to become Madison’s principal because while I like my job, being a principal is the best job for me.”
Before moving over to the central office about four years ago, Kline was the principal at Lakeview Middle School. Before coming to Warsaw Schools, he was an assistant principal and a math teacher.
Kline is moving from the central office to Madison a little at a time. By Aug. 1, he should be moved to Madison, but will continue to do some work for the central office.
“It will be a little intense getting ready for school, there’s a short window. Luckily, Jacob was very organized and most everything is in order,” Kline said.
There is a movement in WCS to implement professional learning communities where teachers work in collaborative teams. Kline will see that implemented at Madison. Steps will be taken to improve student learning, and Kline said test scores already are showing that.
“Because I led the development of the new evaluation system and adoption of it, I will be very helpful to teachers to implement it to help improve student learning,” Kline said.
He also will see that initiatives like Math in Focus and Balanced Learning continue with positive results.
“What attracted me to Madison is Madison refers to themselves as the ‘Madison family,’ and I’m looking forward to being a part of the Madison family,” Kline said.
It’s not just the teachers and staff who refer to themselves as the Madison family, he said, but also the parents and supporters.
“You see people who are really proud of Madison and generations of people wanting their kids to go there,” he said.
“The Madison faculty has worked hard to bring their scores up and in my accountability report Monday, you will see some very positive scores coming out of Madison,” Kline concluded.[[In-content Ad]]
The school board is expected to approve Kline for the position at its regular board meeting Monday night.
Tuesday night during the school board’s public work session, Chief Financial Officer Kevin Scott gave a personnel report, telling the board Kline was moving to Madison.
Jacob Hoag, the former Madison principal, resigned effective July 1 to take a principal job in Columbia City. Hoag served as Madison’s principal for the past three years.
After the work session, Kline said in the four years working in the central office, he was director of secondary schools for a year then chief accountability officer for the past three years when Superintendent Dr. Craig Hintz took over.
Also during Kline’s first year in the central office, he served a short stint as Madison’s principal while Warsaw was looking for a new principal for the school.
“It was my first opportunity to be an elementary principal and my first contact with Madison,” Kline said. “It was thoroughly enjoyable. I enjoyed working with the staff and students. I had my eye on it because I knew Jacob Hoag wanted to be a superintendent. I’m pleased to become Madison’s principal because while I like my job, being a principal is the best job for me.”
Before moving over to the central office about four years ago, Kline was the principal at Lakeview Middle School. Before coming to Warsaw Schools, he was an assistant principal and a math teacher.
Kline is moving from the central office to Madison a little at a time. By Aug. 1, he should be moved to Madison, but will continue to do some work for the central office.
“It will be a little intense getting ready for school, there’s a short window. Luckily, Jacob was very organized and most everything is in order,” Kline said.
There is a movement in WCS to implement professional learning communities where teachers work in collaborative teams. Kline will see that implemented at Madison. Steps will be taken to improve student learning, and Kline said test scores already are showing that.
“Because I led the development of the new evaluation system and adoption of it, I will be very helpful to teachers to implement it to help improve student learning,” Kline said.
He also will see that initiatives like Math in Focus and Balanced Learning continue with positive results.
“What attracted me to Madison is Madison refers to themselves as the ‘Madison family,’ and I’m looking forward to being a part of the Madison family,” Kline said.
It’s not just the teachers and staff who refer to themselves as the Madison family, he said, but also the parents and supporters.
“You see people who are really proud of Madison and generations of people wanting their kids to go there,” he said.
“The Madison faculty has worked hard to bring their scores up and in my accountability report Monday, you will see some very positive scores coming out of Madison,” Kline concluded.[[In-content Ad]]
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