Greater Chicago-NWI Corps Member of Color Dinner

3750 W Ogden Ave,Chicago IL 60623

29 July, 2021

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Come meet The Collective and celebrate your unique impact as a corps member of color in our region. Join us for our Corps Member of Color Dinner on Thursday, July 29th from 6-9 PM During our corps member of color dinner you will be introduced to the Collective. The Collective is Teach For America’s national association for alumni who identify as Native, Indigenous and people of color. They focus on growing leadership capacity, strengthening community, and increasing access to opportunities – all in the interest of serving our students. During this dinner you will learn more about your unique position as a leader of color in the educational equity movement and celebrate your work as a corps member of color in the Greater Chicago Northwest Indiana region. Guest Speaker: Marquita Curry When: Thursday, July 29th from 6-9PM Where: Lawndale Christian Community Center, 3750 W Ogden Ave, 60623. GUEST SPEAKER Marquita is currently the Principal of KIPP Ascend Primary in Chicago and the regional chair for the Collective. She is award-winning, caring, and driven by a deep passion for urban education reform; with experience teaching and leading resulting in greater educational outcomes for students in New Orleans, Atlanta, and Chicago. Teach For America is a network of leaders transforming the education landscape in Chicago and Northwest Indiana in order to ensure that one day all students have access to an excellent education. We recruit and develop promising young leaders to teach in low-income schools for at least two years, then support their impact throughout their career, both within and outside of the education system. By 2020, our network of teachers, school leaders and advocates will impact one-third of the population of public schools in Chicago. 18% of CPS students are on track to graduate from college, twice as many as a decade ago. That said, 76% of incoming freshmen aspire to earn a degree—a huge gap. The leadership talent provided by Teach For America has been core to the recent gains in CPS, and will be critical to ensuring that all students, regardless of their background, achieve their aspirations for college or career. Our region’s 3,000 members work across sectors to improve student outcomes and drive systemic change. After their initial two-year teaching commitment, two-thirds stay in education, a community that makes up over 7% of Chicago’s teachers and over 20% of Chicago’s principals and assistant principals. Teachers in our network achieve an average 1.4 years of academic growth with their students, and our principals lead the highest-rated schools at nearly two times the rate of their peers. Our alumni are policy-makers, and also lead the highest impact education organizations in Chicago, such as OneGoal, The Chicago Public Education Fund, and the Noble Network of Charter Schools.