Daily News | The high-priced handholding for Philly’s new school superintendent | Editorial
After hearing about Joseph’s consulting contract, a former Nashville school board member
to Philadelphia school officials saying she was “deeply disturbed” by the contract and warned the district about Joseph.with the Philadelphia School District calls for him to help Watlington execute “a 100-day entry plan,” which will include a listening and learning tour of Philadelphia. So, the guy from Tennessee is going to help the guy from North Carolina find his way around Philly.
Phase two of the contract calls for Joseph’s firm to help Watlington develop and implement “a transition team process informed by the quantitative and qualitative data gathered” during the listening tour. “So, the guy from Tennessee is going to help the guy from North Carolina find his way around Philly.”Phase three of the contract calls for Joseph’s firm to help Watlington develop a five-year strategic plan that “will serve as the district’s road map to achieve the goals and guardrails.”
That’s all well and good, but the three-step plan amounts to little more than the basic tasks of any incoming superintendent. The existing staff at the School District should be able to show Watlington around Philadelphia and his executive team can help develop a five-year plan.
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