Fairfax County Public Schools Experience
Molly Bensinger-Lacy has worked in Fairfax County Public Schools for almost 25 years. Initially, she taught ESOL in elementary, middle and high schools, as well as in adult education. Before moving into educational administration, Ms. Bensinger-Lacy served as Language Minority Resource Teacher in the Area III Administrative Office. Her first assistant principalship was at Franklin Sherman ES. She also worked as assistant principal at Terraset ES and Shrevewood ES. In July 1999, she was appointed principal at Woodburn School for the Fine & Communicative Arts. She has served as principal of Graham Road - Focus School for Language & Fine Arts since July 2004.
Prior Experience & Education
Ms. Bensinger-Lacy began her teaching career as an elementary music teacher in Austin Texas, were she grew up and attended college. Later, she move to Ankara , Turkey , where she taught English as a Foreign Language at Middle East Technical University in Ankara , Turkey , for three years. After returning to the U.S. , she taught elementary music again-this time in New Castle County , Delaware . Ms. Bensinger-Lacy holds a Bachelors of Music Education from The University of Texas at Austin and a Masters of Arts in English Language Studies (Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition) from the University of Delaware .
Personal
Ms. Bensinger-Lacy is married to another Fairfax County elementary school principal and has a son attending Northern Virginia Community College .
Core Beliefs about Elementary Education
• A diverse public school is the very best place for all children to receive their education and to prepare for a successful future. The diversity within our school community affords our children a rich environment in which to grow and provides them with a microcosm of the real world.
• School is about preparing students for the future and about providing a caring place to be on a daily basis. Graham Road should be a place where each child wants to come everyday.
• Graham Road students can meet national, state and division academic standards by the time they finish 6th grade. Time is a variable that must be honored since children do not develop in lock-step fashion.
Collectively, Graham Road staff, parents and students have the knowledge and skills, or we can get what we need in order to achieve this academic goal. |
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