High School Assistant

INFORMATION

I am married to Marla, who serves Tornillo as a high school counselor. We have two young-adult

children: Josh, who lives and works in Austin and Kinsleigh, who attends UT in Austin.

PAUL L. VRANISH

13733 Paseo Alegre Avenue

Horizon City, Texas 79928-8404

915-***-**** Home

915-***-**** Mobile

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CAREER EXPERIENCE

Institution Dates Subject Area - Capacity

Tornillo Independent School District 2002 - Present Superintendent

Tornillo, Texas

Buffalo Independent School District 1999 - 2002 Superintendent

Buffalo, Texas

Lone Oak Independent School District 1997 - 1999 Superintendent

Lone Oak, Texas

Mathis Independent School District 1996 - 1997 Assistant Superintendent -

Mathis, Texas Personnel, Operations, Technology

1993 - 1996 High School Principal

Alvin Independent School District 1988 - 1993 Assistant Principal -

Alvin, Texas Assigned Students & Teachers

Hargrave Independent School District 1982 - 1988 Marketing Education Teacher -

Huffman, Texas Sophomore - Senior Grades

West Central Vocational Center 1981 - 1982 Distributive Education Teacher -

Appleton, Minnesota Junior & Senior Grades

Apple Valley High School 1979 - 1981 Distributive Education Teacher -

Apple Valley, Minnesota Junior & Senior Grades

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Institution Dates Degree - Major

University of Texas, El Paso 2003 ABD Educational Doctorate

El Paso, Texas Educational Leadership

Texas A & M, Corpus Christi 1995 - 1996 Educational Graduate Studies

Corpus Christi, Texas Superintendency Certificate

Stephen F. Austin University 1984 - 1987 Master of Education

Nacogdoches, Texas Mid-Management Administration

St. Cloud State University 1976 - 1979 Bachelor of Science

St. Cloud, Minnesota Marketing Management

Central Lakes College 1974 - 1976 Associate of Arts

Brainerd, Minnesota General Studies Program

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Texas Continuing Education November 2, 2005 School Board Training Provider

Texas Professional May 10, 1996 Superintendent

Texas Professional May 7, 1988 Mid-Management

Texas Provisional Vocational August 15, 1982 Marketing Education

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

PERSONAL RECOGNITIONS AS SUPERINTENDENT

Texas Education Agency/Communities in Schools Superintendent of the Year: 2007.

Texas Association of School Boards Superintendent of the Year for Region 19: 2007 & 2009.

DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS DURING MY TENURE SUPERINTENDENT

[Success in the Classroom, Success in Technology, Success in Athletics]

Tornillo ISD has Region 19 s highest overall TAKS pass rate for four consecutive years. We have met

all AYP standards in five of the last six years.

The State Comptroller recognized Tornillo ISD as having the lowest cost per student in Region 19 for

2011. We were the only Low Expenditure rating of the twelve public schools in the Region; as

assessed by the Financial Allocation Study of Texas [FAST].

Tornillo Elementary has been named a Title I Distinguished Performance campus by the U.S.

Department Education for five consecutive years; Region 19 s only Elementary awardee in 2011.

Tornillo Intermediate was named a Title I Distinguished Performance campus by the U.S.

Department Education, Region 19 s only Intermediate awardee in 2011.

Tornillo High School has been designated a Bronze Medal school by U.S. News & World Report for

four consecutive years.

The district s technology has been rated 6th in the nation by the National School Boards Association in

2010; 2nd in the nation in 2009; and 6th in the nation in 2008.

Tornillo ISD successfully passed a Tax Ratification Election in November of 2007. We were the only

successful attempt out of four in the El Paso area.

The voters of Tornillo approved a $5 million bond issue with an 82% support rate May, 2005. We

constructed a new $14.4 million dollar high school; nearly two-thirds paid with fund balance.

This high school won three design awards in the 2011 Texas Association of School Boards

Architecture Competition. Our building contains one entire, unfinished wing to accommodate future

student growth without the need for portable buildings or add on construction.

Loretta Aguilar was named Region 19 s 2011 Elementary Teacher of the Year.

Jesse Guerra won the 2011 Boys Class 2A State Singles Championship in tennis.

The Boys Cross Country Team placed 9th in the State Cross Country Competition.

Tornillo Elementary became the first public (non-charter) campus in the El Paso region to achieve an

Exemplary rating under the new state accountability system August, 2004.

Buffalo High School Girls Basketball Team won the Class 2A State Championship one week after my

departure March, 2002.

ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS OFFICES HELD

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Currently a regular organization member

as well as a member of Focus on Children, Equity and Excellence Committee. Formerly a Texas

Representative on the Governing Board: February, 2004 to June, 2010 (term limit).

Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) Currently a regular organization member as

well as a member of the Small & Rural Schools Committee. Formerly the El Paso-area Representative

on the Executive Committee: July, 2002 to June, 2007 (term limit).

Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS) Currently President-Elect. Formerly the Vice-

President: May, 2010 to April, 2011; also the El Paso-area Representative on the Executive Committee:

May, 2006 to June, 2007 and June, 2009 to June, 2010 (two terms).

Texas Association of Rural Schools (TARS) - Currently 1st Vice-President. Formerly 2nd Vice-President:

June, 2010 to May, 2011; Secretary: June, 2009 to May, 2010; Treasurer: June, 2008 to May, 2009;

began serving as the El Paso-area Executive Committee Representative: June, 2007 to May, 2008.

Texas Rural Educators Association (TREA) Currently a regular member.

Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP) Currently a regular member.

Horace Mann League Currently a regular member.

COMMUNITY-CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

Oversight Board, Region VIII Training Academy, El Paso County Sheriff s Office Board Member:

February, 2009 to Present.

National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Currently a regular member.

Cuyuna Range Heritage Preservation Society Currently a regular member.

Stephen F. Austin University Alumni Association Currently a regular member.

St. Cloud State University Alumni Association Currently a regular member.

SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS

Making Superintendent Evaluation Fun? The School Administrator, the flagship publication of the

American Association of School Administrators December 2011.

Strong Incentive Tornillo ISD Broadens Students Horizons with Incentive Trips. Teach & Travel;

the official publication of the Student Youth Travel Association November 2008.

Is your communication with your community like a marriage? Or a series of one-night stands? On

Board; the official publication of the New York State School Board Association March 24, 2008.

Squelching Rumors Through Parent Chats. The School Administrator March 2008.

Parent Chats Let Superintendent Reinforce Board s Role Board & Administrator October 2007.

Equity versus Adequacy ATPE News Winter 2003.

MAJOR PRESENTATIONS

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

Make Superintendent Evaluation Fun! Training Presentation: 71st Annual Conference: National

School Boards Association, San Francisco, California April 2011.

The Parent Chat: How to Handle Small Town Rumors Minnesota School Boards Association Phase

IV Workshop, Golden Valley, Minnesota April, 2010.

A Nation STILL at Risk Presentation Panel Member: National Conference on Education, Phoenix,

Arizona February, 2010.

PAST PRESENTATION HISTORY SYNOPSIS AND OTHER LISTINGS

I have done over seventy-five presentations at national, state-wide, regional, university seminar, and

local district venues. Presentation topics include: Weightlifting for Trustees, Superintendent

Evaluation, Parent Chats, and TAKS Trip Incentives.

Campus Principal Evaluation was a training seminar presented with my Assistant Superintendent

at the Administrator s Mid-Winter Conference.

Small Town Politics and School Board Responses was a presentation made to the Superintendency

Class at the University of Texas at Tyler.

A Wireless Community was an invited presentation given to the Lions Club in Ranger, Texas.

Broad Band for Buffalo was an invited presentation given to the Leon County Economic

Development Corporation in Buffalo, Texas.

SERVICE IN TESTIMONY AND CONSULTING

Senator Florence Shapiro s Select Committee on Education Invited testimony to present and discuss

the Student Growth Model as a supplemental teacher assessment mechanism: Dallas, Texas October

2008.

Education Commissioner s Cabinet of Superintendents Interim Representative for the El Paso-area:

October, 2003.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

My job brings me much joy. I love the opportunities provided by this position to help people staff,

students, parents, and board members realize their goals and make their dreams come true.

I am very honest and I strive daily to do the fair and decent thing in all my endeavors.

Most people would say my leadership style is very decisive. But, I make a habit of careful listening to

the opinions of others before finalizing a course of action.

I feel much gratitude to many of the supervisors who have been so helpful to me during my career.

Their trust in my abilities gave me numerous opportunities to gain experience and expertise ahead

of my time in nearly every facet of educational leadership and management.

As one who truly believes, you can t do it alone, I trust and rely on my staff and believe their

success is a personal responsibility of mine. While I bring an abundance of personal energy to the

workplace, Team is a word I use quite often when sharing philosophy.

Three weeks after arriving at Tornillo ISD, I received a notice from the Texas Education Agency that

our district would be taken over due to three consecutive years of low-performing test scores. We

were one of only two districts in Texas to receive such a notice. The hiring Board was not aware of

this pending sanction when I was selected. We requested a one-year reprieve and got to work. It has

been a wonderful, fulfilling experience to take a beaten-down staff and community and help them to

become the best in Region 19! This success is a dream of mine come true.

PERSONAL TRIVIA

Vranish is a computer font consisting of my printed handwriting, which is sold world-wide by

Click Art, Inc. as part of a software package.

CO Software is a small-scale data information system I designed, which has been purchased for use

by several Texas school districts.

TORNILLO ISD TRIVIA

Our Parent Chat community engagement program is a nationally recognized success. Several state

and national education publications have done feature articles on this program.

Our TAKS Trips Reward Program, a travel incentive for students and staff, has also garnered

national attention through various publications.

The high school contains a state of the art Life Skills unit for our special needs children. We offer a

curriculum featuring automated custodial equipment to train these students for job opportunities that

offer good pay and growth possibilities.

Using fund balance financing, expertise from our maintenance department, help from students in our

Agriculture Facilities and Design class, and some outside contracting, the district constructed a new

softball field as well as Astroturfed our baseball infield.

The school district provides free high speed Internet access to our community using a large-area Wi-

Fi hotspot paradigm. I engineered this system.

Our technology deployment features top line equipment such as the use of blade/chassis server

installations as well as thin-client lab set-ups.

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