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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.