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Internship
Internship
ELCC 1.3
Student Name: Clay Nolan
During his internship, Clay took on over 90% of the responsibility for our region’s regional scoring efforts for all NYS assessments from March –
June. His work began by preparing documents, planning, and communication with districts as well as communicating expectations and logistics
with staff. He was responsible for knowing state expectations regarding test security and getting others on the team to understand and abide by
state regulations and expectations. Clay developed staffing schedules, organized the preparation of materials, and worked with our registrar to
communicate registration and teacher confidentiality sign-offs.
As part of the logistics, Clay—in tandem with our purchasing agent--drafted the RFP for our scoring venues. He then reviewed the submitted
proposals and made the recommendation to our Board of Education for approval. This was time and resource intensive because it meant
reviewing the fine print of multiple proposals and determining the best proposals to suit our needs while also staying within our budget for
scoring.
Throughout his internship, Clay was able to effectively communicate with our professional and support staff team. He handled last-minute
scheduling changes, registration logistics, and communication with districts as well. During this time, he upheld our BOCES vision and core values
while balancing the confidentiality and security demands of the New York State Testing Program with the over 16,000 state assessments we
processed from 22 component school districts.
Clay was also responsible for surveying all teachers involved to determine the quality of our service to districts and to seek ways to continuously
improve on our regional scoring efforts.
While much of the steps of this project are reflected in his logs, I feel the need to express that I have very high expectations for the success of
regional scoring for our component districts. I do not hand over these responsibilities lightly, but Clay earned my full confidence in being a step
ahead on the many details involved with regional scoring. He frequently checked in with me, our team, and districts to ensure a well-organized
and well-executed regional scoring season. His personality, his organization, and his frequent communication of expectations instilled confidence
in our entire division and districts in our region.