 Welcome, new teachers! by Stephanie Dobbins
Director of Human Resources We are pleased to announce the selection of some of the best and brightest teachers and administrators in the state for school year 2011-2012. These new certified employees will begin work on July 27 when the Human Resources Department will host our New Staff Member Orientation:
Emily Albright, Math-Spalding High Stacey Brown, Science-Cowan Road Middle William Cox, Social Studies-Cowan Road Middle Larry Davis, PE/Head Football Coach-Spalding High Melissa Davis, ELA-Rehoboth Middle Kelli Duncan, Drama-Griffin High Tad Ericson, Math-Kennedy Road Middle Nicole Ferguson, Math-Cowan Road Middle Rhonda Grubb, ELA-Spalding High Jenny Gwinn, Media Specialist-Cowan Road Middle Kellan Harwood, Pre-K-Moreland Road Elementary Charrai Hunter, ELA-Griffin High Christi Johnson, Art-Griffin High School Leslie Jones, SLP-Moreland Road Elementary Hamilcar Kelly, Special Education-Cowan Road Middle Roxanne Kerry, Special Education-Cowan Road Middle Monica Laird, Math-Griffin High Veronica Lee, Physical Education-Griffin High Tabatha Lawrence, Assistant Principal-Moreland Road Carmen Marrero, Spanish-Griffin High Kristi Mathis, 2nd grade-Atkinson Lisa Mauldin, Math-Cowan Road Middle Shenique McLeod, GNET Teacher-Mainstay, Henry Maria Meza, ELA-Griffin High Hannah McNeal, Pre-K-Cowan Road Elementary Kristin Miller, Band/Chorus-Cowan Road Middle Natalie Murray, Special Education-Spalding High Grant Myers, Social Studies-Spalding High Cynthia Nicholson, Instructional Coach, English- Griffin High Jason Nunley, GNET Teacher-Mainstay, Henry Jennifer O'Dell, Pre-K-Futral Road Elementary Prelvis Pastor, PE/Health-Futral Road James Ray, Technology-Kennedy Road Middle Talitha Roberson, Social Studies- Griffin High Crystal Roberts, Special Education-Kennedy Road Middle Brenda Rutherford, Healthcare Science-Griffin High Nancy Scott, Science-Spalding High Marla Smith, Science-Griffin High Thomas Stinson, Social Studies-Kennedy Road Middle Angela Stokes, Math-Griffin High Shirbendra Thomas, Speech Pathologist-System-wide Joy Thompson, Griffin High Ahmand Tinker, Spalding High Rebecca Valdez, Media Specialist-Griffin High C. Scott Votaw, Film Production-Griffin High Leon Walker, Science-Griffin High Natalie Walters, 5th grade-Cowan Road Elementary Ashley Watkins, Social Studies- Cowan Road Middle Kiah Whitfield, Math-Kennedy Road Middle Byron White, Instructional Coach, Math-Griffin High Share our system values with our new employees Ultimately, it takes every one of us consistently doing our very best to create and maintain the Griffin-Spalding culture of excellence. As a co-worker, you can let your competency shine as you offer to share what you have learned about the instructional and emotional needs of our students. You can also display your loyalty as you encourage our new employees with positive messages about all that is exceptional within our system. As a supervisor, you can communicate openly our prevailing mission to provide the highest quality education to our students. You also have an excellent opportunity to demonstrate our support of defined autonomy by respecting and appreciating the individuality of these new employees as you collaborate with them to ensure the academic success of our students. Our employees help move our students from impressionable children to successful graduates. As a way of preparation, the Human Resources Department will host New Staff Member Orientation Thursday and Friday, July 27 and 28. Sessions begin at 8:45 a.m. and last until 4:00 p.m. Breakfast and lunch are provided by our gracious sponsors: - The Pilot Club of Griffin
- The Rotary Club of Griffin
- PAGE
- The Southern Federal Credit Union
- VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc.
- AmTrust North America
- ValuTeachers
Topics for discussion and training those two days include:
- GSCS Mission and Vision by Dr. Curtis L. Jones, Jr., Superintendent
- GSCS Culture/Handbook by Stephanie Dobbins, HR Director
- The Code of Ethics for GA Educators by Jim Smith, Assistant Superintendent, Administrative Svcs
- Benchmarking, PD360, ASCD Library by Denise Burrell, Deputy Superintendent, Teaching & Learning
- Benefits by Christina Crane & Brandi Lee, Human Resources
- Class Keys by Stephanie Dobbins, HR Director
- Leader Keys by Dr. Curtis L. Jones, Jr., Superintendent
- Infinite Campus Training by Josh Griffis, Administrative Technology Director
- Communication by Anna Burns & Elizabeth Benz, School & Community Services Department
- Outlook/E-mail by Rod Smith, Instructional Technology Director
I speak for the entire Human Resources Department as we wish much success to our new employees. We pledge to support and encourage you every step of the way as you begin what we hope will be a Griffin-Spalding career filled with satisfaction and accomplishment. Sincerely,
Stephanie Dobbins Human Resources Director | 
