Agency:	MSDE	Writer:	John Rosson	
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Title:	June 26, 2012	Art Director:		
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VIDEO 		AUDIO	
			
NAT FULL - FOOTBALL FILE		(nat full football)
'ambient'	
SOT RENEE SPENCE 1032 @ MARKER		(sot renee spence)
'Concussion legislation was introduced in 2010...'	
NAT FULL - FOOTBALL FILESLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARD		(nat full)
'ambient'	
SOT RENEE SPENCE 1124 @ MARK		(sot renee spence)
'... so there was a lot of language that had to be tweaked...'	
NAT FULL - MORE SPORTS - GIRLS SOCCER		(nat full)
'ambient'	
SLATE - CONCUSSIONSSOT RENEE SPENCE 1126 2304:11-CG - RENEE SPENCE         EXEC. DIR., GOVERNMENTAL         RELATIONS		(sot renee spence)
'Some guidelines, some training for coaches, and what the local systems needed to do relative to student athletes and concussions.'	
NAT FULL SOCCER		(nat full)
'ambient'	
HOLDING VIDEOSLATE - JUNE 26, 2012		(narrator track)
concussions rock the sports world.	
		The nfl, health experts, educators, and society as a whole pays new attention. 	
KID WALKS WOBBILY 		no longer just a 'ding' -- experts use the more medically explicit 'traumatic brain injuries'' to refer to concussions.	
NAT FULL -- REPORT		(nat full)
'tba'	
HOLDING VIDEOCG - SOURCE - BRAINTRAUMA.ORG		(narrator track)
online videos alert and inform.	
		and even before legislation in annapolis, maryland educators led the way with mandatory concussion training for all nine-thousand coaches.	
SOT NED SPARKSCG - NED SPARKS         EXEC. DIR., ATHLETIC PROGRAMS		(sot ned sparks)
'Coaches education ... student/parent awareness, there was a component regarding removal and then return to play, and finally there was a component talking about youth sports.'	
CU PAPER HANDOUT 'CONCUSSION'		(narrator track)
the board wants to gather as much information as possible.	
		And it wants to be pro-active.	
SOT KATE WALSH 1136 @ MARKCG - KATE WALSH         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot kate walsh)
'Impose limits on full contact practices, -- is that something under consideration here? Why are we rejecting that?'	
		(Ned) 'We didn't reject it, there's uh, right now there's no real data that would suggest the number of injuries...'	
		(Kate) 'Well the NFL has done it...'	
		(Ned) 'They have done it in that regard ...'	
FOOTBALL VIDEO		(narrator track)
educators say Ohio state now has started to gather THE KIND OF comprehensive data NEEDED. 	
MORE GIRLS SOCCER		but full or no contact discussions about football leave out other sports in which concussions regularly occur.	
SOT DONNA STATEN1141 @ 2309:07CG - DONNA STATON         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot donna staten)
'I have two daughters, athletes who have suffered concussions so I have some experience with this ...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
in the end, the board MOVES to hear from A PANEL OF experts about the best course to follow.	
SOT IVAN WALKS 1153 @ 2314:31-41CG - IVAN WALKS          MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot ivan walks)
'and then come back to the board and say 'hey state board, this is our best understanding of what this problem is, and the best way for us to approach it...'	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SOT PAT MIKOS 0945 @ MARKSLATE - RTTT FOCUS:                STUDENT HIGH RISK DASHBOARDCG - PAT MIKOS         PROGRAM MGR., CAREER &          TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION		(sot pat mikos)
'Attendance is a key indicator, whether or not a student is out of age cohort, occurrances - suspension and expulsion, and then the movement of students.'	
STUDENTS - UNIDENTIFIABLE FILETAPE		(narrator track)
the race to the top 'focus' features what educators call a 'dashboard' of data to pinpoint HIGH RISK students.	
BOARD CUTS		number 27 in the list of more than 50 'race' projects, the board gets AN update and voices A CAUTION about how the data might be used.	
SOT NINA MARKS @ MARKERCG - NINA MARKS         STUDENT MEMBER		(SOT NINA MARKS)
'Somebody sees that you switched schools three times in a three-year period they're gonna make an assumption and as a student I wouldn't want that.'	
SOT ROB LONDON0950 @ MARKCG - ROB LONDON         TECHNICAL DIR., RACE TO THE TOP		(sot rob london)
The stigma, and becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. So -- I am a counselor, even though I'm an I-T guy, they let me out occasionally to work with students and you know if I was to just take a step back I would like to know as early as possible. It's an 'early warning' system.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
the project goal, educators say, it to help students.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

			
SOT JAMES 1024 DEGRAFFENREIDTCG - JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT         PRES., MD BOARD OF EDUCATIONSLATE - DISCIPLINE REPORT		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'Absence is absence, and if somebody's absent and they need educational services whatever the reason...'	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT 1024A @ MARK		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'... yeah it's our interpretation that if a student is suspended, we have an expectation that some educational services ... will be provided.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
the board grapples with the nuances of ITS discipline POLICY.	
		overall, THE CHANGES emphasize the need to keep students in class --	
		reduce suspensions and expulsions --	
		and eliminate 'zero tolerance' policies.	
SOT KATE WALSH 1026 @ MARK		(sot kate walsh)
'My issue is 'what is the teacher's obligation? Is the teacher still obligated to create the makeup work in the event that a parent takes a child out of school?	
MORE STUDENTS		(narrator track)
THE BOARD CONSIDERS AMENdMENTS TO BE DISCUSSED AGAIN IN JULY.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(FADE AUDIO)

SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(narrator track)
in board briefs,	
SOT BERNIE SADUSKY 1324 @ MARKCG - BERNIE SADUSKY         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T., INTERIMSLATE - TEACHER & PRINCIPAL EVALUATIONS		(sot bernie sadusky)
'All LEA's have approved of this iteration, and we did vet it through Annapolis...''	
SOT BERNIE 1325 @ MARK		(sot bernie sadusky)
'... establishing standards of performance.'	
TEACHER IN CLASS VIDEO		(narrator track)
the state now has a working model for teacher and principal evaluations.	
HOLDING CLASS VIDEO		negotiated by a task force and teacher unions, maryland pilots the program statewide this fall.	
CUBE WIPE SOT JEAN SATTERFIELD 0753 @ MARKCG - JEAN SATTERFIELD         ASS'T. SUP'T., CURRICULUM &         ASSESSMENT		(sot jean satterfield)
'Adding a fourth route if you will, it will be that a teacher who proved to be highly effective over a number of years and typically our renewal period is five years so that would be three of five years...'	
SLATE - ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL                 CERTIFICATE		(narrator track)
the state clears a new path for highly effective teachers to get their advanced professional certificate.	
CUBE WIPE VO DUNLOGGIN POSE		and the board honored the best of the best!	
		green schools  - dunloggin middle in howard county 	
WIPE VO FSK MS		francis scott key middle school in montgomery county --	
WIPE VO FOLGER		folger mckinsey elementary in anne arundel --	
		and (not present for its award) the lucy school in frederick county.	
WIPE SOT VO		the board paid tribute to assistant principal of the year dyann mack of homestead wakefield elementary in harford county.	
SOT DYANN MACKCG - DYANN MACK         MAESP ASS'T. PRINCIPAL OF THE         YEAR		(sot dyann mack)
'What legacy would I leave my current school? My response was a legacy of servant leadership.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
and it honored gary llewellyn, for his achievement as national distinguished principal at mt. savage elementary in allegany county -- 	
		as named by the maryland association of elementary school principals.	
SOT GARY LLEWELLYNCG - GARY LLEWELLYN         MAESP 2012 NATIONAL          DISTINGUISHED PRINCIPAL		(sot gary llewellyn)
'And I still want to share this award and what it means with every person who in some way or another deals with children every day.'	
WALKUP KAREN SALMON		(narrator track)
the superintendent of the year is dr. karen salmon of talbot county.	
SOT KAREN SALMONCG - KAREN SALMON         PSSAM SUP'T. OF THE YEAR, TALBOT COUNTY		(sot karen salmon)
'We really focus on diversity, and appreciating that in our school system... 	
WIPE VO LILLIAN IN PURPLE		(narrator track)
and the new STATE superintendent IS DR. LILLIAN LOWERY -- WHO HAS JUST SIGNED A CONTRACT TO LEAD MARYLAND FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.	
		SHE REPLACES INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DR. BERNIE SADUSKY -- WHO'SE GRACE AND GOOD HUMOR MADE THE LAST YEAR IN MARYLAND A PLEASURE.	
SOT BERNIE SADUSKY		(SOT BERNIE SADUSKY)
'Nope absolutely not, I don't count the days because it's been an enjoyable experience... and they say 'oh yeah, you're just kidding -- but it really has... '	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
dr. sadusky will head the maryland association of community colleges.	
		this has been news from the board with msde tv.	
BULLETIN/CREDITS/FADE		(music full & fade audio)