This subseries is housed in 9 boxes and is further divided into chronological and subject files. The chronological files contains copies of out-going correspondence from the Secretary of Education. They were maintained by the executive assistant to the secretary. Some of these records may be duplicated in Series II. Constituent Correspondence. Correspondence between May 2008 and December 2008 are not extant. The subject files were housed in Secretary Morris' office and have no apparent order. The subject files include conference/forum/meeting materials, reports, and correspondence. Thomas R. Morris served as Secretary of Education from January 2006 to January 2010.

Some of the notable records in this series relates to the following topics: No Child Left Behind, Tuition Assistant Grant Program (TAG), education funding, Standards of Learning (SOL), Standards of Quality (SOQ), budget cuts in state aid to public libraries, early childhood education, Start Strong Council, college financial aid, teacher salaries, Small, Women, and Minority-Owned Business Program (SWAM), P-16 Education Council, and campus security.

This subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by subject. Judy Heiman served as Deputy Secretary of Education from January 2006 to December 2007. Heiman left the Kaine administration when she accepted a position in the California Legislative Analyst's Office. Prior to joining the Kaine administration, Heiman worked as budget and policy analyst for the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget. Additional Heiman records can be found in Subseries III.D. Files of Jean Bankos.

Includes correspondence, reports, presentations, meeting agendas and notes, and decision briefs.

This subseries is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged roughly alphabetical. Dietra Trent served as Deputy Secretary of Education, Higher Education, from January 2006 to January 2010.

Includes: Auditor of Public Accounts reports for education institutions, records related to the Civil Rights Memorial on Capitol Square, and Small, Women-owned, and Minority-owned Business (SWAM) plans for higher education institutions.

This subseries is housed in 4 boxes. The briefing and meeting binders are arranged chronologically. The remainder of the files are in their original order. These files were from the office of Jean Bankos; however, they also contain records from Deputy Secretary of Education Judy Heiman. Jean Bankos served as Senior Advisor to the Governor for Educational Projects from June 2006 to June 2009.

Subjects include: No Child Left Behind, Great Virginia Teach-In, Standards of Learning (SOLs), P-16 Education Council, Virginia Board of Education, Study of Truancy and School Dropout Prevention Advisory Group, and Virginia's National Governors Association Honor States Grant to Redesign the American High School.

This subseries is housed in two boxes and is arranged chronologically and by subject files. Kendall Tyree served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education from June 2005 to October 2008.

Includes: CVC Campaign, Commission on Civics Education, Commission on Youth, Governor's Advisory Workgoup on K-12 Education, General Assembly session bill tracking, Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Virginia in 2007, American Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission, and career technical training.

This subseries is housed in one box and is arranged chronologically. Governor Mark Warner's Executive Order 100 created Virginia's P-16 Education Council in October 2005. The Secretary of Education served as Chair. The Council's responsibilities included: identifying opportunities to better coordinate the state's education reform efforts from preschool to graduate school; serve as steering committee for oversight of the state's education reform activities as part of the National Governors Association (NGA) Honor States Grant; and develop approaches to improve transitions among levels of education. Governor Tim Kaine's Executive Order 40 issued in October 2006 continued the P-16 Education Council. The new order added an additional responsibility: work closely with the Start Strong Council and other entities to ensure that pre-K and early childhood initiatives are coordinated with other education initiatives.

Many of the P-16 Council meeting files include handwritten notes probably written Kendall Tyree, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education.

This subseries is housed in three boxes and contains records from Governor Mark Warner (2002-2006) and Governor Kaine. It appears to be a mix of files from Sarah Finley, Deputy Secretary of Education during the Warner Administration and Kendall Tyree, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education during the Kaine administration. The original order has been maintained. This subseries includes agendas, meeting notes, correspondence, presentations, and reference material. Governor Kaine's early childhood initiatives included the Start Strong Council and the Governor's Working Group on Early Childhood Initiatives. On 16 January 2006, Governor Tim Kaine issued Executive Order 7 creating the Start Strong Council to develop expanded access to quality pre-kindergarten for Virginia's four-year olds. In July 2007, the Council completed its intensive study of pre-school opportunities for Virginia and presented six recommendations to Governor Kaine. The Council issued their final report in August 2007. Governor Kaine in December 2007 announced his voluntary program to gradually expand access to preschool for Virginia's four-year olds.

Governor Kaine issued Executive Directive 3 on 10 August 2006 creating the Governor's Working Group on Early Childhood Initiatives. The Working Group, chaired by the Secretary of Education was responsible for coordinating the Governor's early childhood initiatives; served as primary link between Start Strong Council, Virginia Early Childhood Foundation, and existing early childhood programs within the executive branch; strengthen partnerships with state and local elected officials and non-profit and private sectors to build long-term commitment to early childhood education; and provide policy support to the Start Strong initiative. Governor Mark Warner's Pre-Kindergarten/Early Childhood initiative, part of Education for a Lifetime, provided a foundation for Governor's Kaine's programs.

This subseries is housed in three boxes. In June 2005, Virginia received a National Governors Association (NGA) Honor States Grant to implement redesign initiatives to improve graduation rates and college readiness. The goals of the grant were: decreasing ninth and tenth grade retention in high school, increasing mathematics proficiency, decreasing the number of high school dropouts, increasing the number of high school graduates, increasing college readiness of high school graduates by reducing the number of developmental courses taken by recent graduates, increasing the number of students who immediately attend college, and increasing college graduation rates. This policy initiative continued in the Kaine administration.

Many of these records appear to belong to Sarah Finley, Deputy of Secretary of Education (2002-2005) and Kendall Tyree, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education. Box 46, folders 5-7 contain Tyree's notes and meeting agendas for many of the Warner and Kaine administration's education initiatives.

This subseries is housed in three boxes. Achieve is a nonprofit education organization created to support standards-based education reform efforts across the states. In 2005, Achieve launched the American Diploma Project (ADP) Network in order to make college readiness a priority in the states. ADP Network states were committed to improving "postsecondary preparation by aligning high school standards, graduation requirements and assessment and accountability systems with the demands of college and careers." ADP focused on aligning high school standards and assessments with the knowledge and skills needed for college and careers; establishing a college- and career-ready curriculum to prepare high school graduates for post secondary education; and developing statewide high school assessment benchmarks in mathematics and English. As part of ADP, Virginia participated in Achieve's Alignment Institute Initiative. As part of this initiative, Virginia conducted a higher education survey for college readiness with a focus on essential English and mathematic skills required by Virginia institutions. Deputy Secretary of Education Judy Heiman and Special Assistant Kendall Tyree worked on ADP.

This subseries is housed in one box and is arranged in chronological order. On 21 March 2006, Governor Tim Kaine named Daniel C. LeBlanc, former President of the Virginia AFL-CIO and Kaine's failed nominee for Secretary of the Commonwealth, as Senior Advisor to the Governor for Workforce. Executive Order 25 issued by Governor Kaine on 23 June 2006 delegated his authority as Chief Workforce Development Officer to the Senior Advisor to the Governor for Workforce and further clarified the Advisor's duties and responsibilities. This order was issued to ensure that initial transition steps occurred to implement the 2006 legislation. Kaine's Executive Order 61, issued on 4 January 2008, rescinded Executive Order 25 and was issued to ensure that the next phase of transition occurred including: the creation of a Workforce Sub-Cabinet to ensure Cabinet collaboration regarding workforce development as required by state and federal statute; listing of the duties of the Cabinet Secretaries and designating the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) as the designated state agency for the WIA, including that of grant recipient and fiscal administrative agency. This subseries includes meeting material for Workforce Sub-Cabinet meetings (agendas, handouts, and notes) attended by Secretary of Education Tom Morris and other workforce related records.

This subseries is housed in two boxes and is arranged in alphabetical order by school division. Teacher evaluation was one of three teacher quality initiatives by the Kaine administration (teachers' salaries and teacher recruitment and retention were the other two). The primary purpose of teacher evaluation is to improve instruction and enhance student achievement by providing timely and meaningful feedback and support to the teacher. Evaluation is also a mechanism for professional growth and development. Teacher evaluation should be one part of a larger system that fosters learning communities in schools by creating supportive structures that enhance student achievement, teacher growth and retention. Such structures include a quality induction program with mentoring of new teachers, embedded professional development focused on teacher and school goals, effective and supportive leadership and a collaborative environment that encourages collegiality and teamwork. This subseries contains the established policies and practices for evaluation by each school division submitted to the Secretary of Education as required by legislation passed in 2006.