Published: May 08, 2008 06:00 pm            

Clodfelter named K-5 instruction director

ASHEBORO — Crystal Clodfelter has been named director of K-5 Instruction for Randolph County Schools, effective July 1.

She'll succeed Cathy Brady, recently promoted to assistant superintendent for Human Resources and Administrative Services. "I'm excited," Clodfelter said from her current office at Central Davidson Middle School, where she has been principal since 2005. Prior to that she was assistant principal at E. Lawson Brown Middle School and has served as a teacher and lead teacher in Davidson County and Lexington City schools.

"I'll be working with principals, lead teachers and classroom teachers on their curriculum needs," she said.

Asked why she decided to move to a Central Office position, Clodfelter said her college training was in elementary education. "I'm not so much leaving school but getting back to the elementary curriculum," she said. "I felt it was time to move back to my original area and help elementary students be prepared for middle school.

"I'll be looking at individual school needs and state testing data, looking for weak areas and preparing kids for their future," she said.

Clodfelter hopes to keep up with latest trends and with what's going on in education. That includes being abreast of what kinds of jobs will be available for the children of today. "Technology is in everything we do (today)," she said. "They're going to have to know technology."

Although Clodfelter will be meeting with Superintendent Donald Andrews and transitioning with Brady, she said her focus is on Central Davidson Middle School.

"It's important for me to finish the job I'm currently in," she said. "I look to meet more (with Randolph County staff members) in June after we're out here.

"I feel my background in elementary education and their spending time with me in the transition, I'll be ready for the change back to elementary (curriculum)," said Clodfelter.

Clodfelter grew up in Thomasville and attended Davidson County Schools. She has a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Pfeiffer University and a master's in educational administration from Gardner-Webb University.

        

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