Teaching & Learning
The mission of Teaching and Learning is to provide leadership that creates an environment conducive to high quality educational experiences for all learners.
In the Franklin Special School District, the division of Teaching and Learning maintains a deliberate focus on research-based practices and a strong commitment to individualized and personalized instructional experiences which challenge each student, including special populations with special needs in inclusive or general-education classrooms. This commitment extends to the district’s parents, faculty, staff, and school/district administrators through high-quality, on-going, professional learning experiences and resources that support the district’s vision ofExcellence in Teaching and Learning for All and make Franklin Special School District distinctly different from other school districts.
Teaching and Learning Organizational Chart
Mary Decker, Ed.D., Associate Director of Schools for Teaching and Learning
Faith Maxwell, Secretary
507 New Highway 96 West
Franklin, TN 37064
615-794-6624
Meet the Team
Teaching and Learning Spotlight Blog
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Dr. Mary Decker, Associate Director of Schools for Teaching and Learning
We are immensely grateful for this glorious, inspiring space, and it is now an integral part of the FSSD’s academic, arts, and parent and communication/partnership endeavors, as well as a very popular facility for community events.
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Dr. Mary Decker, Associate Director of Schools for Teaching and Learning
The building-level instructional technology leaders (BLITLs) program provides each school with a leadership role that empowers educators, in their own schools, to share effective strategies for the integration of instructional technology and resources with their peers.
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Dr. Mary Decker, Associate Director of Schools for Teaching and Learning
Freedom Middle and Poplar Grove Middle eighth-graders took a short field trip to Columbia State Community College (Franklin location) to preview the postsecondary opportunities and programs available and to hear about the grant and scholarship opportunities available.
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