New assistant principal excited about school year
Caleb Soptelean
Jill Mitchell is the new assistant principal at Mustang Elementary.
Mitchell, 29, graduated from Mustang High School and taught in the district for six years.
She says she is excited about her new job.
“I believe I can reach more students in this position,” she said.
Mitchell’s mother, Tena Coates, encouraged her to become a teacher, and a college professor “planted a seed” that has now come to fruition. That seed encouraged Mitchell to be a school administrator.
“My goal is to foster collaboration among our staff and teachers,” Mitchell said. “For the first time ever at this school teachers will have a common planning time so they can more easily work as a team.”
As an example, all first-grade teachers will have planning time between 12 noon and 12:50 p.m. each weekday.
Mustang Elementary will have at least 700 students this year, which is an increase over last year. The average class size will be 21 students. Mitchell noted the school will utilize teacher assistants to help the school’s 35 teachers with their workload.
Mitchell will help Principal Neil Womack manage a total staff of more than 60 persons.
Both have been at the school for six years. Womack was also Mitchell’s boss for one year when both worked at Western Oaks Elementary in the Putnam City School District.
Another interesting point about Mitchell’s teaching career is revealed in the fact that her mother taught Ginger Pebworth when she was in school. (Pebworth was the assistant principal at Mustang Elementary last year and moved to Mustang Valley Elementary.)
Pebworth taught Mitchell when she was in third grade, and Mitchell taught Pebworth’s daughter Callie when she was in first grade.
So far, Mitchell has taught first, second, third and fifth grades.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Oklahoma Baptist University and a master’s degree in school administration from the University of Central Oklahoma.
She is married to Ray Mitchell. The couple has two girls, Madeline, four, and Lydia, one.
Eventually, she said, she would like to be a principal in the Mustang School District.
Caleb Soptelean
Jill Mitchell is the new assistant principal at Mustang Elementary.
Mitchell, 29, graduated from Mustang High School and taught in the district for six years.
She says she is excited about her new job.
“I believe I can reach more students in this position,” she said.
Mitchell’s mother, Tena Coates, encouraged her to become a teacher, and a college professor “planted a seed” that has now come to fruition. That seed encouraged Mitchell to be a school administrator.
“My goal is to foster collaboration among our staff and teachers,” Mitchell said. “For the first time ever at this school teachers will have a common planning time so they can more easily work as a team.”
As an example, all first-grade teachers will have planning time between 12 noon and 12:50 p.m. each weekday.
Mustang Elementary will have at least 700 students this year, which is an increase over last year. The average class size will be 21 students. Mitchell noted the school will utilize teacher assistants to help the school’s 35 teachers with their workload.
Mitchell will help Principal Neil Womack manage a total staff of more than 60 persons.
Both have been at the school for six years. Womack was also Mitchell’s boss for one year when both worked at Western Oaks Elementary in the Putnam City School District.
Another interesting point about Mitchell’s teaching career is revealed in the fact that her mother taught Ginger Pebworth when she was in school. (Pebworth was the assistant principal at Mustang Elementary last year and moved to Mustang Valley Elementary.)
Pebworth taught Mitchell when she was in third grade, and Mitchell taught Pebworth’s daughter Callie when she was in first grade.
So far, Mitchell has taught first, second, third and fifth grades.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Oklahoma Baptist University and a master’s degree in school administration from the University of Central Oklahoma.
She is married to Ray Mitchell. The couple has two girls, Madeline, four, and Lydia, one.
Eventually, she said, she would like to be a principal in the Mustang School District.
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