Professional Summary:

Dr. Lynn M. Plunkett has a proven record of success in the field of education as a teacher and administrator. She has demonstrated excellence in communication, leadership, budgetary, and public relations skills in her career. Dr. Plunkett's extensive experience in curriculum and instructional program design, assessment and accountability, strategic planning, professional development and school improvement, as well as fiscal and resource management and school law have provided her with the abilities necessary to be a successful superintendent.

Highlights of Major Accomplishments:

Curriculum Enhancements:

• International Baccalaureate diploma program (Marietta City Schools)
• Modified calendar and intersession program
• Honors College Preparatory program
• school improvement planning and data utilization process that has resulted in state and national recognition for increases in student achievement
• Staff evaluation process based on student achievement goals (recognized as a state model)
• Floyd County Schools College and Career Academy charter school project; increased state funding through improved data collection and reporting processes
• Parent access to student grades via I-Parent (grades 4-12)
• Georgia Performance Standards rollout and implementation in all grades and all core subject areas
• Revision of all instructional policies (Floyd County Schools)

Presentations :

• School Improvement Step One: Building Leadership Capacity, Georgia School Board Association Fall Conference, Atlanta, GA (2006); Georgia Association of Curriculum and Instruction Supervisors, Athens, GA (2006); Southern Regional Education Board Leadership Forum, Atlanta, GA (2006)
• Creating Additional Instructional Time through fitended Learning Programs, Best Practices Sub-committee of Initiating Excellence in Education Committee, Atlanta, GA (2006)
• A Timely Matter: Using the Modified Calendar to Meet the Demands of NCLB, National Association for Year Round Education Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (2006); National School Boards Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (2005), Chicago, IL (2006)
• Raising Standards on a Shoe-String Budget, National School Boards Association Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida (2004), San Diego, CA (2005), Chicago, IL (2006); San Francisco, CA (2007); Georgia Association of Educational Leaders Summer Conference, Jekyll Island, GA (2005)
• Using Data for Instructional Improvement, Northwest Georgia Leadership Conference, Rome, GA (2005)
• NCLB-Fact and Myth about Student Achievement, Bartow County Schools Leadership Academy, Cartersville, GA (2003)
• Test Utilization Planning, Georgia Association of Curriculum and Instruction Supervisors Fall Conference, Athens, GA (2001)
• Utilizing the PSAT in the School Improvement Process, Georgia Association of Curriculum and Instruction Supervisors Fall Conference, Athens, GA (2001)

Awards and Honors : 

• Leadership Rome (Rome Area Chamber of Commerce)
• Superintendents' Professional Development Program (Georgia School Superintendents' Association)
• Board of Examiners (Georgia Professional Standards Commission); Quality Review
• Team Chair (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools/Georgia Council of Accreditation for School Improvement)
• Serve on several Boards of Directors (i.e., Georgia Highlands College Alumni Association, Exchange Club Family Resource Center, Floyd County Board of Health, Rome Area History Museum)
• Superintendent's Award (Marietta City Schools)
• Distinguished CertEed Employee (Marietta City Schools)
• Distinguished Service Award (Floyd County Schools)
• Leadership Academy (Cobb County Schools)

Publications:

• Teacher-Designed Staff Development: A Key to Successful School Reform (Dissertation, 2000); Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• A Timely Matter: Using the Modified Calendar and Intersessions to Improve Student Achievement (2006); Your NCLB Advisor; LRP Publications, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
• Using the Power of Time: A Challenge to Public Education (2006) Your NCLB Advisor; LRP Publications, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (co-authored with Kelly Henson)

Offices/Committee Affiliations:       

• Rome Rotary Club
• Midday Optimist Club
• Relay for Life
• Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
• Exchange Club Family
• Resource Center Board of Directors
• Georgia Highlands College Alumni Association Board of Directors
• Communities and Schools Board of Directors
• Floyd County Board of Health
• Rome Area History Museum Board of Trustees
• Sara Hightower Regional Library Board of Directors
• United Way Board of Directors
• Chair of Coosa Valley Technical College Education and Career Partnership
• Chair-Floyd County Schools College and Career Academy Steering Committee
• Active member of St. Mary's Catholic Church