Full Text of HR1058 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | 3 | | Illinois House of Representatives congratulate Dr. Jo Ann | 4 | | Roberts on the occasion of her retirement as Intervention | 5 | | Officer and Education Manager for Turnaround Schools for | 6 | | Chicago Public School District 299 on June 30, 2012; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jo Ann Roberts earned her bachelor's and master's | 8 | | degrees in speech pathology from Wayne State University in | 9 | | Detroit, Michigan; she subsequently earned her Ph.D. in | 10 | | educational administration from Northwestern University in | 11 | | 1977 and pursued post-doctoral work at Harvard University | 12 | | (1991), the University of Southern California (1992), and | 13 | | Motorola University (1997); and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jo Ann Roberts began her educational career as a | 15 | | speech and language pathologist for Chicago Public School | 16 | | District 299 in 1971; in 1978, she became the Director of the | 17 | | District 299 Speech and Language Pathology Department's | 18 | | Special Needs Unit; in 1988, she relocated to Rock Island/Milan | 19 | | School District 41, where she became the Director of Special | 20 | | Services and Assistant to the Superintendent; in 1990, she | 21 | | became the Superintendent of Schools for the Muskegon Heights | 22 | | Public Schools in Muskegon Heights, Michigan; in 1993, she | 23 | | moved back to CPS District 299 to serve as Chief Deputy |
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| 1 | | Superintendent; that following year, she accepted the position | 2 | | of Principal at Charles Wacker Elementary School; in 1996, she | 3 | | was chosen to serve as Superintendent of Hazel Crest School | 4 | | District 152 1/2, where she served until 1998; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jo Ann Roberts began serving as the Intervention | 6 | | Officer and Education Manager for Turnaround Schools for CPS | 7 | | District 299 in 1998; in that capacity, she worked to improve | 8 | | the academic and fiscal affairs of schools that showed poor | 9 | | performance on State and national achievement tests; under her | 10 | | direction, most of the schools in question were removed from | 11 | | probationary status within 2 years; during her tenure at | 12 | | District 299, she also collaborated with parents, communities, | 13 | | and school leaders to create school development plans, improved | 14 | | instructional services and academic scores within the | 15 | | district, created and implemented suitable budgets for | 16 | | academic initiatives, and provided support for the district's | 17 | | intervention teams and teachers on effective instructional | 18 | | practices; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jo Ann Roberts is the author of numerous | 20 | | publications, including "Legitimacy of the Black Language" | 21 | | (1972), Speech and Language for the Learning Disabilities | 22 | | Child" (1973), "Learning to Talk" (1974), "Speech Correction | 23 | | for the Educable Mentally Handicapped Child" (1974), and "An | 24 | | Overview of the Chicago Board of Education Title I Program for |
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| 1 | | Speech and Language" (1980); and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Jo Ann Roberts has been the recipient of numerous | 3 | | awards and accolades, including the Who's Who in the Midwest | 4 | | designation (1978 - present), the Who's Who in American Women | 5 | | designation (1980 - present), the International Who's Who in | 6 | | Community Services designation (1982 - present), the Black | 7 | | Achievement Award for Excellence in Education from the Q.C. | 8 | | Chapter of Blacks in Government (1990), the Who's Who in the | 9 | | World designation (1995 - present), and the Who's Who in | 10 | | Education designation (1997 - present); she was also featured | 11 | | in a New York Times article in 2010 and was honored by the | 12 | | Rainbow PUSH Coalition as an Outstanding Educator in 2011; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Jo Ann Roberts serves as a model of hard work, | 14 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 15 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate Dr. Jo Ann Roberts on the occasion of her | 19 | | retirement and wish her many happy and healthy retirement | 20 | | years; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Jo Ann Roberts as a symbol of our esteem and |
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