Principals and Teachers
The Fund’s business is human capital, the principals and teachers making a difference in our schools every day. Research shows that the people closest to students have the greatest effect on their learning. Investing in those people is the greatest lever we can pull to accelerate student achievement.
People who come to education through The Fund’s programs have a high level of energy, discipline and commitment to excellence. They have all chosen to put themselves through some of the nation’s most rigorous selection processes and training programs. They hold their students up to high standards, and themselves to ones greater. They are our city’s and our nation’s top education professionals and they are at the top of their game.
People who come to education through The Fund’s programs have a high level of energy, discipline and commitment to excellence. They have all chosen to put themselves through some of the nation’s most rigorous selection processes and training programs. They hold their students up to high standards, and themselves to ones greater. They are our city’s and our nation’s top education professionals and they are at the top of their game.
| Craig BenesTalcott Fine Arts and Museum AcademyCraig Benes is a former social worker and special education teacher. In 2002 he left a doctoral program at Loyola University to enroll in The Fund supported program New Leaders for New Schools. He was then hired in 2004 to lead west Chicago’s Talcott Fine Arts and Museum Academy, the city’s first and only “museum school”. Talcott has developed learning partnerships with the Art Institute of Chicago, the Mexican Fine Arts Museum and the Chicago Children’s Museum. More Info | Joe KallasPeterson Elementary SchoolIn 2005 Peterson Elementary had the rare opportunity to witness its own Principal pursue National Board Certification. Joe Kallas, Principal at Peterson at the time, had not taught in a classroom in 14 years. He saw the value in pursuing this rigorous credential and what it would do for not only his professional development but the culture of his school.More Info |
| Sandra CarlsonWilliam P. Gray Elementary SchoolSandra Carlson is Principal at William P. Gray Elementary in Portage Park on Chicago’s Northwest side. Serving a predominantly Hispanic student population, Gray Elementary has consistently outperformed Chicago public school averages on state standardized exams and attendance rates. More Info | Terrence CarterClara W. Barton Elementary SchoolTerrence P. Carter is Principal at Clara W. Barton Elementary in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s Southside. Under Carter’s leadership, Barton has significantly narrowed the achievement gap in terms of students meeting or exceeding standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test versus the district average. More Info |
Results
56 Chicago Public Schools benefit from a Fund-supported principal and at least 3 National Board Certified Teachers
The way to see change is to actually go to a school and see a principal who has come out of one of our principal training programs and to see teachers who are National Board Certified in action with children affecting children’s lives every dayPenny S. Pritzker Chairman, The Chicago Public Education Fund; President and CEO, Pritzker Realty Group Chairman, Classic Residence by Byatt; Chairman, TransUnion.
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Results The Fund is Achieving
New Teacher Hires
20 percent or more of new teacher hires in Chicago Public Schools come from non-traditional routes