In Jeffco Public Schools, Equity means that each child receives what they need to develop to their full academic, career, and social potential.
Equal and equitable are related terms but are different. In an educational context, equal means everyone gets the same. Equitable means that each student gets what they need to succeed.
Research supports that Jeffco has challenges ensuring that students who have been historically underserved (those students qualifying for free and reduced lunch, identifying as racial and ethnic minorities, English language learners, special education) receive what they need in order to be academically successful.
The work of the Equity Tactic Team is to support the leaders responsible for actualizing our strategic plan to continually address these challenges using an equity lens in order to ensure students get what they need to develop to their full academic, career, and social potential.
Theory of Action
IF Jeffco Public Schools influences equitable educator mindsets and practices THEN students from underserved populations will develop to their full academic, career, and social potential.
SMART Goal
Tactic Team
Dave Kollar (Co-Tactic Lead) - Director, Student Engagement
Dr. Susan Leach, Chief Student Success Officer (Co-Strategy Lead)
Renee Nicothodes, Chief of Schools Elementary (Co- Strategy Lead)
Linda Reyes-Quinonez, Director Title 1 (Co-tactic Lead)
Arianne Rivera, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist (Co-tactic Lead)
Catherine Baldwin-Johnson, Director ESL and Dual Language
Brett Miller, Chief Information Officer
Tammy Schiff, Chief Communications Officer
Jason Firestone, Manager Student Engagement Office (Central JCAA Representative)
Molly Jordan, Assistant Principal Standley Lake (School-based JCAA Representative)
Nicole Stewart, Chief Financial Officer
Jeff Caster, Budget Analyst
David Bell, Chief Human Resources Officer
Carol Eaton, Executive Director Research Assessment and Design
Jennifer Mulhern, Gifted and Talented Resource Teacher
Christopher Esser, Chief Legal Counsel
Matt Flores, Chief of Educational Research and Design
Magali Saez-Cox, Coordinator Instructional Coaches
Lee Cooper, Community Superintendent
Celeste Sultze, Community Superintendent
Rana Razzaque, Equity Diversity and Inclusion Specialist
Chenoa Crowshoe-Patterson, Equity Diversity and Inclusion Specialist
Brooke Williams, President of JCEA
Robert Hawkins, Social Worker Jefferson High (JCEA EMOAT Representative)
Lara Center, President of JESPA
Greg Jackson, Executive Director of Transportation
Stocktakes
Commitment to Equity BOE Stocktake_6.7.18
Commitment to Equity BOE Stocktake 6.11.19
Commitment to Equity Stocktake 4.10.20