Keeneyville Elementary School District 20

About

Three of my children graduated college with advanced degrees and have amazing careers. I know what it takes to raise lifelong learners who are productive global citizens. I also have a special needs child that had an IEP (Individualized Education Plan). My child attended college and trade school. The school staff worked very closely with me very early so that now my child is an independent productive global citizen.

I want to serve on the Board of Education

To execute the responsibilities of the school board by developing the annual budget to run the school system; setting school policies; and hiring and evaluating the superintendent.

If I do the above three items then the latter will follow;

To do the maximum good for the most children in our district.

To assist the teachers, school staff and school board in fulfilling the school’s mission and values.

I am a mother and grandmother who raised my children in Roselle. They attended Lake Park High School where I was a member of the Minority Task Force and worked very closely with school staff and administrators.

Three of my children graduated college with advanced degrees and have amazing careers. I know what it takes to raise lifelong learners who are productive global citizens. I also have a special needs child that had an IEP (Individualized Education Plan). My child attended college and trade school. The school staff worked very closely with me very early so that now my child is an independent productive global citizen.

I want the children of Keeneyville School District 20 to get the best education possible. When they leave our district they won’t be taking a textbook or a brick from a building with them. Maybe a laptop? They will be taking experiences, memories, most importantly skills and abilities which successfully prepared them for their next educational opportunity.

To inspire other community members to take an interest and step up to serve on the school board by hugely advertising and offering annual trainings and open houses on how to be a school board member, to ensure a pipeline of interested candidates.

My Education, Employment and Lived Experience will contribute to my board service.

Education

College of DuPage -Adjunct Faculty Training

DuPage Regional Office of Education - Substitute Teacher Training

Roosevelt University

Master of Science: Human Resource Management Business Administration

Bachelor of Science: Business Administration

Robert Morris College, - Study Abroad – London, England

William Rainey Harper College- Associate of Arts: Liberal Arts

My experience with the district includes:

Teaching Experience

Substitute Teacher for K-12 Grades -Area School Districts: DuPage County

• Delivered programs of study by employing a variety of instructional techniques and media formats to meet the individual needs, interests and abilities of the students

• Created a classroom environment that was conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students

• Redirected student exhibiting behavior problems by replacing unproductive patterns with positive behaviors

Township Tutor -Wayne / Winfield Township

• Provided academic coaching to area students to improve student learning outcomes • Selected and designed instructional materials utilized in teaching various subjects: social studies, history, language arts and mathematics

Licenses and Certifications

Previously -State of Illinois: State Teacher Certification Board-Type:

Substitute 90 days Teaching – Kindergarten to Grade 12 – All areas

Also was an “on call” paraprofessional in DuPage County.

Taught Awana Bible study to 2nd to 5th grades in DuPage county at local churches and also worked at the nursery.

Conclusion

One Christmas via Angle Tree with local churches, I secretly adopted every child in Hanover Park with an incarcerated parent and sent them Christmas presents on their parents behalf to remind them that they are loved and remembered.

I am willing to commit the necessary time to the task.

During the pandemic, I started a virtual legal clinic. I am The Justice Champion of CTC Social Justice center, a virtual gospel justice center where 50% of our clients speak spanish. I recruited lawyers, neighbors and church members throughout DuPage County to volunteer and for the last four years. We have never missed serving clients.

For a couple of decades, I often went to Springfield, Illinois and Washington, DC with very powerful groups to meet with Members of Congress to ask for funding and for certain policies to be made into law.