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Union
Pacific Recognized by Chicago Principals for Partnership
The Chicago Principals and Administrators Association recognized
Union Pacific for its support of high school principals during
the two years the Principals Partnership has operated in
the city. In presenting the award to Mike Payette, Assistant
Vice President for Government Affairs, Lona Bibbs, Principal
of Westinghouse High School, cited Union Pacific for its
generosity, its commitment to public education, and its support
for strong school leadership. She also praised the company
for its three-year commitment to the Chicago Public Schools.
Earlier, Arne Duncan, Superintendent of the Chicago Public
Schools told Payette that he believed business partnerships
are the cornerstone of a world-class school system. He also
expressed thanks on behalf of the district and high school
principals.
The award was presented at the CPAA’s Annual Leadership
Conference, for which the Principals’ Partnership provided
the keynote speaker, Dr. David Sousa, a popular researcher
and consultant who has been featured at the Summer Leadership
Institute. Working with CPAA, the Chicago Leadership Academies
for Student Success (CLASS) and the High School Development
Office, the Principals’ Partnership has sponsored six
leadership development seminars during the current academic
year, ranging from standards based instructional leadership
to working with struggling teachers in the urban school and
classroom assessment to improves high stakes test performance.
Now in its third year of operation in Chicago, the Principals’ Partnership
serves nearly one hundred high school principals in the city,
the nation’s third largest school system.
Past News Items:
Partnership
Consultant Receives
Gruhn-Long-Melton Award- 2/04
Ursula
Harrison Named Wyoming High School Principal of the Year-
11/03
2003 Summer Institute A "Home Run!"
Summer
Leadership Institute in Portland, Oregon, July 14-17, 2003
Chicago
Principals Focus on Instruction
- 10/02
Summer
Institute 2002 - 7/02
Educational
Leaders to Speak at First Summer Institute-
4/02
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