Schmidt will begin her duties later this summer. She received her master’s degree from Kansas State University in 2002 and was a teacher for 11 years at Junction City High School. She was the assistant principal at Seaman High School for 13 years and then returned to the area to be a principal at Russell High School.
As her philosophy of education states:
“To enable every student to learn to the best of their ability and to provide a quality education, we need to work with our students, their families, our community, and each other. Collaboration among and with these groups should be a common, embedded practice because it improves learning, both for our students and for our educators. While our emphasis is improving student learning, we need to continue learning and growing as educators, as well. Quality professional development for classified and certified staff is critical because our students’ needs are changing, and we need to grow in order to provide our students with the highest quality education.”
Schmidt said she is very excited to join the Railer faculty and staff and to become a part of the Ellis community.
She replaced former Principal Corey Burton, who in February was promoted to district superintendent.
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