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Leadership for Learning Accomplishments
Infrastructure Accomplishments
Professional Experience - Resume
Professional Boards and Consultations
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| Jim Halley, School Committee Chairperson Don Defedele and Rhode Island Education Commissioner Peter McWalters at the Teacher of the Year Reception for Kathy Mellor, the only Rhode Island teacher to have been selected as a National Teacher of the Year. | ||
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| Jim Halley with other dignitaries including Governor Carcieri and Kathy Mellor at the White House for the ceremony recognizing Kathy as the National Teacher of the Year. |
Biography
Dr. James M. Halley currently is a self employed educational, management and financial consultant. He served as the Superintendent of Schools in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, from July, 1995 through May, 2007.
Dr. Halley was previously employed by the Department of Defense Dependent School system since the fall of 1973. He has served as a social studies teacher and department chairperson at Frankfurt American High School, as principal of Delmenhorst Elementary School, as assistant principal at Kaiserslautern American High School, and as the principal of Aschaffenburg Elementary/Junior High School. He served as district superintendent of theDoDDS schools on Okinawa from December 1988 to June 1995. Prior to joining DoDDS, he completed four and one half years of military service with the U.S.Navy. He has also taught at Oyster River Middle School in Durham, New Hampshire.
Dr. Halley is a graduate of the State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he received a B.S. Ed., with majors in History and English. He studied Colonial American History at the graduate level at the University of New Hampshire, and completed his Masters and Doctorate in educational administration with the University of Southern California. His dissertation deals with employer-employee relations. He has published in The School Administrator, and has delivered presentations at national conventions for the National Association of Gifted Children, the American Association of School Administrators, and the National School Boards Association.
Dr. Halley is an active member of the American Association of School Administrators, the National School Boards Association, the Association for the Supervision of Curriculum Development, and Phi Delta Kappa and their local affiliates. He served as President of the Okinawa chapter of PDK. He is a past president of the Federal Managers’ Association. He is a past president of the Rhode Island Association of School Administrators, past chair of the Southern Rhode Island Regional Collaborative Committee and past co-chair of the North East Superintendents’ Leadership Council. He has served as an officer and member of the board of directors of RINET and the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce Board. He currently serves as a board member of the Narragansett Council of Boy Scouts of America. He served as a board member of the European Congress of American Parents, Teachers and Students from 1976 to 1988, and is a past president of that organization. He isa founder of the Pacific Congress of American Parents, Teachers and Studentsand has served as a consultant to the National PTA Board of Directors. He served as a member of the Okinawa Board of Directors for both the West Pacific Girl Scouts and the Far East Boy Scouts.
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| Jim and Joan Halley at the American Association of School Administrator, Superintendent of the Year ceremony recognizing Jim as the Rhode Island Superintendent of the Year. |
Dr. Halley was named as Educator of theYear by both the European Congress of Parents, Teachers and Students and the European Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa in 1986. In 1988, he was selected as one of the fifty-seven Distinguished Principals in American Education by the U.S. Department of Education. Aschaffenburg American School was also selected for recognition in the Elementary School Recognition Program for schools of excellence. In 2007, Dr. Halley was selected as the Rhode Island Superintendent of the Year by AASA. North Kingstown High School was selected for silver recognition by U.S. News and World Report. Kathy Mellor, a North Kingstown teacher, was selected as national Teacher of the Year in 2005.
Dr. Halley has been married to the former Joan Plummer since June 1967. Their child, Jessica, was born in 1982.
Leadership for Learning Accomplishments
James Halley served as Superintendent for the NorthKingstown Schools from 1995 to 2007. Following is a summary of his accomplishments.
In the area of Leadership for Learning, James Halley has brought the North Kingstown school system to the forefront of educational achievement in the state of Rhode Island. Through the use of systems in the areas of instructional improvement, curriculum improvement, professional development, school improvement, parent involvement and technology, a climate of continuous improvement has been established throughout the North Kingstown School Department. This climate has led to higher achievement by students in all areas. On the average, in 2007, all North Kingstown schools have met or exceeded the 2011 No Child Left Behind student achievement targets. The gap between the performance of regular education students and students with special needs has been closing and is the smallest in the state. The North Kingstown Schools have served in a leadership role in the state and region in the areas of technology, school improvement and results based guidance programs. During Dr. Halley’s tenure three North Kingstown Principals have been selected as Rhode Island Principal of the Year. Four teachers have been selected as Rhode Island Teacher of the Year with one teacher being selected as Rhode Island’s first National Teacher of the Year. Dr. Halley was selected as the Rhode Island Superintendent of the Year in September 2006. North Kingstown High School was recently selected for Silver Recognition by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top high schools in the nation.
Dr. Halley’s Leadership for Learning extends beyond the district. He has served on statewide task forces for the improvement of education established by the Governor and the Department of Education. He served as co-chairperson of the North East Superintendents Leadership council, a partner in Brown University’s Educational Alliance. He has chaired a group representing RISSA, technology educators, RINET, the Education Alliance, RIDE, and URI in pursuing the implementation of a statewide data system to track and improve student achievement. Twenty school districts joined in a partnership to adopt a single Student Information System. Dr. Halley also has served as SORICO representative and secretary on the RINET Board of Directors. He served two years as Chairperson of the SORICO board of directors of which he had been a member for twelve years.
Dr. Halley demonstrates excellent Communication Skillsboth verbally and in writing. Throughout the year, he created newsletters called Halley’s Comments which were distributed to the parent community and printed in local newspapers. He has published articles and papers at thelocal and national levels. He has served as a reviewer of educational leadership publications for Corwin Press. He has made presentations at the national level at conferences for the AASA, NSBA and National PTA. He has served as a moderator, panel member and presenter at the annual meetings of the Rhode Island School Superintendents, Rhode Island Association of School Committee and the Newport Conference for the North East Superintendents Leadership Council.
Dr. Halley has been an active member of the Rhode Island School Superintendents Association throughout his tenure as Superintendent. He served as President of RISSA. He has served on the board of directors for twelve years as a regional representative and in the elected offices of Secretary and Vice President, President Elect and President. He has chaired the Annual Meeting Program committee for two years. He has also served as chair of the Data Driven Reform Goals committee. Dr. Halley has been a member of theAmerican Association of School Administrators since 1979.
Throughout his career Dr. Halley has demonstrated acommitment to the education profession through his involvement in professional organizations and his dedication to his development as an educator. Dr. Halley belongs to and is active in AASA, NSBA and ASCD as well as their state affiliates. He has attended and presented in the national conferences of AASA and NSBA. He has attended and participated in the conferences of RISSA/RIASC and the NESLC. He represented RIDE at the U.S. Secretary of Education’s Leadership Summit. In 2004, he attended the National Education Association Challenge of Change Conference. North Kingstown administrators and school committee members conduct yearly retreats to study educational issues and plan initiatives. In the past he has taught courses at the university and graduate levels.
Since coming to Rhode Island, Dr. Halley has continued a lifetime commitment to Community Involvement. For the past fifteen years, he has been an active member of the North Kingstown Rotary Club, serving two terms as President and has been a member of the Board of Directors for the past ten years. He has been recognized for his service as a Paul Harris Fellow. He is also an active member of the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce and has served as a member of the Board of Directors for twelve years. Dr. Halley also serves on the Narragansett Bay Council of the Boy Scouts Board of Directors as Vice President for Learning for Life. He has served on the board of directors for the Rhode Island Educational Partnership, an off shoot of the Business Education Partnership. He has been active with the Saratoga foundation and the development of educational programs to be implemented in the Saratoga Museum when it is established.
Infrastructure Accomplishments
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As Superintendent of Schools of the North Kingstown school, from 1995 though 2007, Dr. Halley was responsible for the completion of the following facility projects. His leadership in these projects enabled him to develop a complete and thorough knowledge of Rhode Island Department of Education and State facility requirements as well as the implications of local and state rules and regulations in the building of school facilities.
- The technological capability of the school system was expanded and modernized. All classrooms have computers and high speed Internet access in support of instruction. All teachers have e-mail accounts. Technology has become a common and integral part of the instructional program. North Kingstown students became increasingly comfortable and sophisticated in their use of technology in support of their learning. North Kingstown operates one of three decision centers in the state.
- As a result of the construction of an entirely new $35 million, 240,000 square feet facility and adjacent sports complex, North Kingstown high school students are receiving their educational programs in a state of the art building and utilizing a top notch athletic facility to participate in interscholastic competitions.
- Major additions were constructed on Hamilton, Quidnessett and Stony Lane Elementary Schools.
- Parking lots, curbing, fire alarm systems, lighting improvement, networking systems, roof and numerous other improvements have been completed in all of the North Kingstown schools. These improvements of the North Kingstown facility infrastructure have resulted in a district with buildings and facilities that are among the best in the state.
- A long term plan was developed to insure that all North Kingstown schools meet the future programmatic needs of the children of the district.
Professional Experience -Resume
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| Consultations with teachers in Pakistan for USAID. |
Educational Consultant 2007 – pres.
I assisted in the establishment of CRH Consulting, a collaboration of over fifty educators. We have worked with McGraw-Hill in developing assessment programs for New York City and 20 states. We are currently working with USAID and the American Institutes for Research in developing and implementing national standards for education for 40 million students in Pakistan. We completed a comprehensive needs assessment of the educational program in PuertoRico for the Puerto Rican Senate. We have completed a project for textbook selection and criteria for a professional development academy in Egypt. I have worked with the American Association of School Administrator as a Superintendent Field Representative for coordinating the implementation of Ready By Twenty One in School Districts throughout the United States. I servedas Interim Superintendent of Schools for Foster, Rhode Island in the spring of 2009.
Associate Pioneer Financial Group 2007 – 2010
Superintendent of Schools North Kingstown School Department 1995-2007
District Superintendent Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DODDS) Okinawa, Japan 1988-1995
Principal DoDDS Aschaffenburg American School (K-8) West Germany 1983-1988
Instructor Hamline University West Germany 1987-1988
Adjunct Instructor Univ. of S. California West Germany1984-1986
Asst. Principal DoDDS Kaiserslautern High School(9-12)West Germany 1980-1983
Principal DoDDS Delmenhorst Elementary School (K-6) West Germany 1979-1980
Teacher, Social Studies, Department Chair, DoDDS High School (10-12)Frankfurt Am. West Germany 1973-1979
Division Trainer United States Navy Rota, Spain1968-1973
Teacher, Social Studies, Oyster River Middle School Durham, New Hampshire. 1966-1968
Education
University of Southern California 1978-84 MSEd, Ed.D.
Extensive coursework in Employer/Employee Relations,Dissertation in Field of Collective Bargaining
Additional Graduate Coursework: State College, Salem, MA ,Boston University, Trinity Co., Washington .D.C., University .of Maryland,University of New Hampshire
State College, Bridgewater MA 1962-66 BSEd.
Canton High School, MA 1957-61
Professional Boards and Consultations
Reviewer Corwin Press 2003-2007
Member Governor’s Task Force on Education 2002
Member RIDE SAELP Team 2002-03
Chair RI Supt. Leadership Council (Data Driven Reform)2001-2007
Member NEASC Accreditation Team, Plymouth North High School 1998
Member RIDE Parent Survey Committee 1997
Member, Co-Chair Northeast Superintendent’s Leadership Council 1997-pres
Member, Secretary, RINET Board of Directors1996-2007
Member, Vice Chair Southern RI School To Career Task Force1996-2001
Chair, Member West Bay Vocational School Coordinating.Comm. 1995-2007
Member, Chair Southern RI Collaborative Board of Directors1995-2007
Member, Chair North Kingstown Technology Committee1995-2000
Member North Kingstown School Business Partnership1995-2007
Member North Kingstown Wellness Task Force 1995-1997
Consultant at Large National PTA Board of Directors1990-1993
President, Member Okinawa Chapter Phi Delta Kappa, Board1990-1993
Member Ad Hoc Committee For Ed. Goals, Nat PTA 1991
Member Individual and Organizational DevelopmentCommission, Nat PTA 1990-1991
Member Parent Involvement Subcommittee., EducationCommission., Nat PTA 1991-1992
Presentations
Panel Discussion RI League of Cities and Towns Jan,2004
School Committee Development National School Board Association Convention Apr, 2004
A Regional Approach to Key Work National School Board Association Convention Apr 2003
Decision Center National School Board Association Convention Apr 2002
Data Driven Reform NE Supt. Leadership Council Convention.May 2002
Hand Held Computers RI Leaders in Technology ConferenceNov 00-02
Panel Discussion Leadership NE Supt. Leadership CouncilConvention May 2000
School to Career Panel RIDE. School to Career Inst. Mar1999
Violence in Ed. Panel NE Supt. Leadership Council Convention. May 1999
Keynote Address Pacific Congress Parent Involvement SummitNov 1993
Parliamentary Procedure Pacific Congress PTA, Convention May 92-95
President, The Easiest Job Panel Presentation, NationalPTA Convention Jun 1991
SPED in Regular Classroom. American Association of School Administrators Convention Feb 1990
Mainstreaming Gifted Education. National. Council for Gifted Children, Convention. Nov 1987
Graduate Level Courses Taught
From 1984 through 1988, I taught the following courses forthe University of Southern California and Hamline University:
Seminar in Organization and Administration
Elementary School Administration and Supervision
Secondary School Administration and Supervision
School District Personnel Management
Seminar in the Principalship
School Management Under Collective Bargaining
Supervision of Curriculum
Supervision of Instruction
Techniques of Educational Leadership.
Publications
The 8th Journal of the Northeast Superintendent’s Annual Leadership Institute. “Using Data to Support Student Achievement and Educational Reform: The Rhode Island Story. May.05
Standard Times. “Educational Viewpoints”.Intermittently, August, 1995- Present
The 1993 PCAPTS Parent Involvement Summit Report "TheContinuum of Parent Involvement" Mar.93
AASA Convention Program "Meeting the Needs of SpecialEducation Student in the Regular Classroom" Feb.89
Executive Educator "Integrating Students With SpecialNeeds into the Regular Classroom"
(Top One Hundred Curriculum Innovations for 1988)Nov.88
NCGC Convention Program "Mainstreaming Gifted EducationNov.87
School Administrator "Organizing. for Effective SchoolCommunications" Nov.86
Dissertation "Perceptions of School Level EducationalLeaders of the Collective Bargaining. Process in DoDDS‑GN" May.84
Professional Organizations
Member, Salve Regina University Education Advisory Board2003-2004
Member, Board Northeast Superintendent’s Comm. OnTechnology 1998-2007
Member, Board Rhode Island Association of SchoolAdministrators 1995-2007
Secretary, Vice President, Program Chairperson, PresidentElect, President
Board, Co-Chair Northeast Superintendent’sLeadership Council 1995-pres
Member Association of Supervision of CurriculumDevelopment 1991-2007
Member National Council for Gifted Children 1987-1989
Member, European Association of El. School Principals1986-1996
Bylaws Committee, Executive Board
Member, District .Representative International ChapterNASSP 1979-1995
Member Phi Delta Kappa, Ger. Chapter., Okinawa Chapter1979-pres
President, Past President, Advisor, Board Member
Member Overseas Association of School Admin. (FMA)1979-1995
President, Executive Secretary, Vice President, Regional Representative
Member American Association of School Administrators1979-pres
Member Overseas Education Association 1973-1979
Treasurer, Board of Directors, Area Representative,Negotiations Committee
Community Organizations
The Education Partnership, Board of Directors 2006-2008
Narragansett Council Boy Scout of America, Vice President,Learning for Life
Board of Directors, Executive Board 2000-pres
Saratoga Museum Education Committee, Chair, Board ofDirectors 1999-pres.
Junior Achievement Rhode Island, Board of Directors1996-1998
North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors1995-2007
North Kingstown Rotary, Secretary, President, Treasurer1995-pres
Okinawa District, Far East Council, Boy Scouts of American1991-1995
District Council Member, Membership Chairperson, ExplorerImpact Chair
United Services Organization (USO) 1990-1995
Board of Directors
Pacific Congress of American Parents Teachers and Students1990-1995
Founder, Board of Directors, Bylaws Chairperson,Parliamentarian
Okinawa American Chamber of Commerce 1989-1995
Military Community Relations Committee
Okinawa District, West Pacific Girl Scouts 1989-1992
Okinawa Executive Council, Nominations Committee
European Congress of American Parents Teachers andStudents 1975-1988
President, Parliamentarian, Legislative Chairperson,Bylaws Chairperson
Quality of Education Chairperson, Resolutions Chairperson,Convention Program Chairperson
National Parent Teacher Association 1975-1995
Board of Directors, Individual and OrganizationalDevelopment Commission,
Education Commission, Convention Delegate
Professional Awards and Special Recognition
North Kingstown High School awarded silver recognition byU.S. News and World Report as on of the top high schools in the nation. 2008
American Association of School Superintendents, RhodeIsland Superintendent of the Year 2006/7
North Kingstown High School Selected for Recognized ASCAModel Program (RAMP)school Award by the American School Counselor’sAssociation 2006
Forest Park Elementary School selected as National BlueRibbon School 2005
North Kingstown Teacher Recognized as National Teacher ofthe Year 2004
Four North Kingstown Teachers named State Teacher of theYear 1996-2006
Three Principals named State Principal of the Year2001-2005
Rotary International, Paul Harris Fellow 2001
Pacific Congress of American Parents Teachers andStudents
Honorary Life Membership 1991
Kadena Air Base, Unit Energy Conservation Award 1990
National Association of Elementary SchoolPrincipals/Department of Education
National Distinguished Principal 1988
U.S. Department of Education
National Elementary School Recognition Program 1988
National School Board Association, One Hundred WinningCurriculum Ideas
Integration of Special Needs Students 1987
European Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, Kappan of the Year1986
European Congress of American Parents Teachers andStudents
Educator of the Year 1986
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Honorary Life Membership 1984
European Congress of American Parents Teachers and Students
Honorary Life Membership 1978
NAVCOMMSTA, Spain, Sailor of the Year 1971
NAVCOMMSTA, Spain, Sailor of the Quarter 1971
