Dr. Nikolai Vitti will be the next superintendent of Duval County Public Schools, and WOKV has acquired his resume and plans for the future.
Vitti is currently the Chief Academic Officer for Miami-Dade County Public Schools where he oversees curriculum and instruction for 392 schools, which totals 345,000 students.
In his action plan, he details six goals for Duval schools in the future, which includes stopping the teaching of the FCAT to "promote authentic instruction and inquiry."
The goals:
1. Increase academic achievement for all students.
2. Increase the graduation rate
3. Employ the best teachers and principals
4. Establish safe, secure and respectful schools
5. Engage family and community support
6. Deliver high quality support for schools: management, operations and customer service
On his resume, Vitti wrote that he transitioned 127 Head Start Centers from the county to the school district. He implemented extended days at ten elementary schools, and established what he calls a "targeted reading intervention plan."
He supervises the Education Transformation Office, which manages 66 "traditionally lower-performing schools."
From 2009 to 2010 he was the Deputy Chancellor of School Improvement and Student Achievement. It was during that time when he "managed nearly $800 million in various federal and state programs and initiatives."
During this time, he "initiated and developed policy" for Florida's school improvement plan that "improved 79% of the lowest-performing schools by one or more letter grades for two consecutive years."
In Miami public schools, he "increased FCAT letter grades from a 'D' to a high 'B.'"
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