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Creating a path that LEADS toEmpowered Minority Teachers
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The State of
ARIZONA
Of the 50 states in the nation…
40th lowest teacher salaries in the country.
50thin per pupil spending.
students graduate from high school.70%
30%…will graduate from college.
Only
Isaac School District in Phoenix...
86% live in poverty.
34%have only a 9th Grade Education.
are high school graduates.22%
3%have graduated from college.
Only
What quality future do we seek?
What quality future do they deserve?
Corrective action
Mandates
Poverty
Low graduation rates
MITCHELLElementary School
Can educators feel
EMPOWERED to make a difference...
...against these odds?
A clearly defined and sustainable future for Mitchell educators, students and families.
WHY We must do what matters.
It matters.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan calls access to a quality education “the
civil rights issue of our generation.”
ACTIONS that...
WHAT
empower educators as change agents in their communities.
Draw implications for... COLLECTIVE THINKING and shared vision
HOW
Quality results happen
WHEN...relationships are
built.
What role can
ONE VOICE
play?
MANY Pathways
SHARED Vision
ONE Future
grounded in Relationships
Individuals EducatorsLeaders
Theory of Mitchell’s SuccessQuality RESULTS
for... a clearly defined and sustainable future for
educators and educational organizations.
Quality ACTIONS that...
empower educators as change agents in their
communities.
COLLECTIVE THINKING...
as it influences the professional culture of urban school
communities.
Quality RELATIONSHIPS that
come from... integrating support for National
Board Candidates and Take One!® in school-based cohorts.
Daniel Kim-Theory of Success, 2004
Partner with other efforts and organizations that support the vision.
Acquire a commitment of action from school leaders and school-based cohorts.
Thoughtful and timely actions based on individual and collective needs.
Honor the relationships.
When we tell the story of Mitchell,
we tell the story of schools across the United States that share a vision of excellence.