Dobbins moves from MSC to fill assistant principal role at GMHS
As a new assistant principal at Groveport Madison High School, Amon Dobbins’ primary responsibility is ensuring a positive and respectful environment and handling student discipline issues, but the job is not all about telling kids what they can’t do.
He’s working to educate the students about how they are expected to behave, how to treat one another and how to appropriately interact with the staff. Sharing the expectations gives kids the opportunity to meet them and feel good about doing it, he said. “It’s going really well,” said Dobbins, who spent the last two years as a school improvement coordinator at Middle School Central. “Students have really responded to the structure and expectations we’ve put in place.”
Dobbins, who earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Wittenberg University and a master’s in education from the University of Dayton, has worked in the District since 2002. He is married and has four children.
Dobbins’ first job at Groveport Madison Schools was as an English teacher at Middle School North. He also taught at the high school and served as a guidance counselor and program director at Cruiser Academy.
He chose to move to the high school because he wanted to be a part of the team new principal Jaivir Singh has put together. “It’s an exciting time at the high school with a new principal and a new building opening next year,” he said. “I want to do my part to help provide the support necessary for our students to learn at their highest levels and for our teachers to teach at their highest levels."
Posted: Monday, October 9, 2017