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Roger Sampson is interviewed by Charles Fedullo, Dave Donaldson and Paul McCarthy in Juneau, AK on November 21, 2006
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- "Side 1 - Sampson discusses his reasons for accepting the position of Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development, discusses his management style, goal of shifting the department from a monitoring and compliance agency to a service agency, open door policy to any employee, raising student accountability and partnership, the No Child Left Behind Act, statewide mentoring program for teachers and principals, rate of turnover was lowered as a result of the mentoring program, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), problems with grouping handicapped children with the rest of the school population, problems with having the "highly qualified" teacher requirement in Alaska, Teacher Housing programs, Teacher Incentive Legislation, increases in the Public Employee's Retirement System (PERS) and the Teacher's Retirement System (TRS), and his involvement in the Percent of Market Value (POMV) plan."
- "Side 2 - Sampson continues with a discussion of the chasm between teachers and the Department of Education, changing the licensure process, raising the level of accountability, Teacher Certification, development of a reading course, the role of boarding schools, regional schools, lesson plans developed by master teachers and made available online, frustration with the politics of the position and with the Department of Education, his focus was with what was right for the kids and not anything political, his advice for the incoming commissioner, Military Youth Academies, the PERS/TRS negotiations, his attitude towards public relations, changing the assessment system for students, and his opinion about Palin and the possibility of staying on as commissioner."
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- "Roger Sampson is interviewed by Charles Fedullo, Dave Donaldson and Paul McCarthy in Juneau, AK on November 21, 2006"