Education Team
Mission: To be passionate advocates of equity-driven policies and practices in the Rockford Public Schools (RPS205) so that all students will be prepared for social and academic success.
Goal #1
To increase to 20% People of Color - especially African-American and Hispanic--in all levels of RPS205: administration, faculty, staff, and board members by the 2020-2021 school year. (We are not currently on track to meet this Goal but will continue to advocate for it.) By the 2025-2026 school year, have percentages of African-American and Hispanic administration, staff, and board members match the percentage of African-American and Hispanic students within the system.
Goal #2
To ensure that RPS205 policies and resources – teachers, counselors, supplies, technology, etc – are distributed equitably, based on the needs of students in the school and measured by the state required assessment data and the district discipline data. This goal shall be met by the 2020-2021 school year.
(This Goal was not met but will continue to advocate for it.)
Goal #3
Will work in collaboration with the school board, writing and presenting research that include information about districts that have successfully increased literacy rates, especially among students of color and marginalized groups; research on strategies other school boards have implemented to support and guide school administrations to achieving grade-level literacy and research on the most recent theories about literacy pedagogy.