Full Text of HR0712 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Sheila | 4 | | Harrison-Williams on being a co-recipient of the National | 5 | | Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) Joseph E. Hill | 6 | | "Superintendent of the Year" Award; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sheila Harrison-Williams was born in | 8 | | Clarksdale, Mississippi and raised on the Westside of Chicago; | 9 | | she is currently Superintendent of Hazel Crest School District | 10 | | in Hazel Crest; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from | 12 | | Northeastern Illinois University, majoring in Special | 13 | | Education and Elementary Education; she earned a Master of Arts | 14 | | degree from Northeastern in Educational Administration; she | 15 | | earned a Degree of Doctor of Education in Educational | 16 | | Leadership from Northern Illinois University; she completed | 17 | | post-graduate work at Northeastern and Northern Illinois | 18 | | Universities, achieving an Early Childhood Education | 19 | | Certificate from Northeastern and Chief School Business | 20 | | Official Certification from Northern; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harrison-Williams serves on the Executive | 22 | | Committee of the Superintendents Commission for the Study of |
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| 1 | | Demographics and Diversity, and collaborates with school | 2 | | district leaders to provide professional development for | 3 | | teachers and administrators designed to transform the paradigm | 4 | | of educating children; in her role as Past-President of the | 5 | | Commission, she collaborates with other school district | 6 | | leaders to share financial resources and expertise; this | 7 | | collaboration provides for exchange of proven pedagogical | 8 | | strategies designed to raise the achievement of | 9 | | underprivileged students; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harrison-Williams serves as an At-Large | 11 | | Governing Board Member of the Illinois Association of School | 12 | | Administrators, representing minority superintendents of the | 13 | | State of Illinois; she sits on a number of boards that | 14 | | influence public policy, such as the South Cooperative | 15 | | Organization for Public Education (SCOPE); and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harrison-Williams is a life member of the | 17 | | National Alliance of Black School Educators and currently | 18 | | serves as the Secretary for the Superintendents Commission; in | 19 | | addition, along with her partner, Dr. Constance Collins, she | 20 | | has served as one of the conveners of the annual NABSE | 21 | | "Aspiring Superintendents" one-day workshop for the past 8 | 22 | | years; this presentation addresses the barriers women and | 23 | | minorities face in seeking the superintendency, identifies | 24 | | strategies to overcome the barriers, with a special emphasis on |
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| 1 | | the behaviors necessary to maintain the position of | 2 | | Superintendent; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harrison-Williams has received a number of | 4 | | awards and recognition as an educational leader, the most | 5 | | recent being the co-recipient of the NABSE Joseph E. Hill | 6 | | "Superintendent of the Year" Award; other awards include the | 7 | | 2010 Top Ladies of Distinction "Crown Jewel" Award, the | 8 | | Illinois Chapter of the National School Public Relations | 9 | | Association 2010 "Public Ambassador of the Year" Award, and the | 10 | | 2009 NABSE "Phenomenal Women" Award; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, She received the NABSE Joseph E. Hill | 12 | | "Superintendent of the Year" Award on January 26, 2012; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate Dr. Sheila Harrison-Williams on her award and | 17 | | wish her the best in her continuing career; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Dr. Sheila Harrison-Williams as a symbol of our | 20 | | respect and esteem.
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