Justine will provide equity between the ”haves” and ”have-nots”

Thank you all for supporting the New Leaders Giving Tuesday Campaign. Your donations support Justine, an elementary school principal in Chicago, Illinois. Justine has seen a great disparity between the “haves” and “have-nots” and works to provide opportunities and equity to students. As an educator, she views herself as a facilitator to helping students unlock and apply the knowledge and abilities they already possess.

Prior to joining New Leaders, Justine was a literacy teacher for Indianapolis Public Schools, where she served at one of the lowest-achieving elementary schools in the district but was able to increase her third grade students’ literacy pass rate by 35 percentage points. Justine has also served as a district instructional coach at Coleman Alternative Middle School, where she worked directly with teachers and students to help improve literacy skills and instruction.

Justine views her participation in the Aspiring Principals Program as a rare opportunity to learn from the best of the best in educational practice.  She is excited to engage in an experiential learning process through her Residency year and become better equipped to help make greater changes in education.