Contact: Lee Rasch
10
Feb
2022
LaCrosse
WI
United States of America

ROTARY LEADERSHIP SERIES The Rotary Leadership Series is designed for the members of the nine La Crosse-Area Rotary Clubs. Members may invite guests.

PLEASE REGISTER for this event. Upon registration, a Zoom access code will be sent to you.

Dr. Erika Hunt presentation, LEADERSHIP ISSUES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, discussing the work of the national Center for the Study of Educational Policy and notable trends from around the country. She will discuss major issues and challenges including declining resources, growing political divisiveness and the effects of the lingering pandemic. Erika will highlight some of her experiences in her personal leadership journey, including her views on some of the challenges facing women in leadership.

DR. ERIKA HUNT is Co-Director in the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University. Hunt brings experience in state policy as a former staff member for Governor Jim Edgar. She serves on several state task forces including the Governor’s P-20 Education Council since 2009 as co-chair of P-20 Council Committee on Teacher and Leadership Effectiveness, which has worked on initiatives around building a diverse educator pipeline, teacher and principal preparation accountability measures, and teacher leadership. Erika currently directs three federal school leadership grants totaling over $20 million. She also directed a $6 million Wallace Foundation school leadership grant that resulted in key state policy changes, including redesign of all principal preparation programs under new program requirements. This work was recognized by the Education Commission of the States as the recipient of the 2014 Frank Newman Award for State Innovation. In 2019, Erika co-authored a book, Reforming Principal Preparation at the State Level: Perspectives on Policy Reform from Illinois, that documents the work. Hunt is also a small business owner of an early childhood center, which has grounded her policy and research with practical application.



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