(Editors be aware: This is the very first of a few tales on finalists for the Roaring Fork College Districts superintendent place.)
Jesús Rodriguez suggests he grew up in a community related to the Roaring Fork University District and that his time as equally a college student and an educator will help him to operate with the community and advance the districts goals.
Rodriguez is one particular of three finalists for the districts superintendent placement. He flew in from Dallas on Wednesday and planned to meet up with a lot of customers of district staff currently. He will participate in a public discussion board tonight.
The Colorado indigenous is presently chief tutorial officer for the Dallas Independent College District, the 16th biggest faculty district in the United States. He holds levels from a few Colorado bigger education establishments, highlighted by a doctorate in instructional management from the College of Denver and a masters in educational equity and cultural variety from the College of Colorado at Boulder.
I grew up in a neighborhood a small bit larger sized than the Roaring Fork Educational institutions communities combined, but really related demographics, particularly in terms of racial and socioeconomic diversity, Rodriguez claimed. I know some terrific points are now taking place and I know theres a ton of local community assistance. There is a large amount of opportunity as very well, in particular with English language learners and students.
I get to carry the ideal established of eyes.
Rodriguez was born in Denver but is an academic item of Weld RE3-J and 27J university districts in Hudson and Brighton, respectively. Equally districts, in todays enrollment, are equivalent to Roaring Forks with large Latino and Hispanic populations. Neither are higher than the 50% threshold like RFSD, but sit in the mid-40s and symbolize the most significant demographic in every.
He led CU-Boulders BUENO Centre for Multicultural Instruction and aided raise a general performance hole in between English learners and English-1st students as a principal of Trevista at Horace Mann. He mentioned of a 3rd-quality cohort he inherited, all-around 5% satisfied grade-readiness expectations. By the fifth-quality, that group enhanced to 29%. Even though noting that 31% not conference expectations was a tragedy, Rodriguezs school was awarded a Mark of Excellence from the Colorado Office of Training for progress like the assessment advancement.
(In Roaring Fork Faculties, English learners equally have lagged behind English very first-language college students at young grades.)
Rodriguez acknowledged the proximity to Denver makes the two areas not a absolutely apples-to-apples comparison, but believes they have equivalent affluence gaps.
(In REJ-3), there is about fifty percent the college student populace that occur from extra affluent backgrounds and about fifty percent who appear from much more socioeconomically challenged backgrounds, Rodriguez said. Being in a massive city setting also impacts resources, so when you think about the availability of local community associates to aid or philanthropists or organizers, there is just a ton additional assets to go about in a large town like Denver.
Compared to the other two finalists Tammy Clementi and Joe Lopez Rodriguez seems to have the least direct superintendent working experience. Clementi served as an interim superintendent at the little Aguilar Reorganized 6 School District for 6 months in 2008 even though Lopez has served as superintendent of two diverse Texas university districts, presently at the Kermit Impartial University District.
On the other hand, Rodriguez served as an educational superintendent for Denver General public Schools for a lot more than two decades and presently oversees information for the a lot more than 150,000 college students in Dallas.
He also has loved ones ties to the valley, with an uncle-in-legislation in Carbondale.
I see a eyesight for a affluent foreseeable future for all college students in Roaring Fork Educational institutions, Rodriguez said. Its designed on educational justice. A instructor saved my existence. I was blessed to get 2nd odds and our small children in our general public training process really should not have to count on luck.
I am honored and humbled to be regarded as in the mix at all. Ive listened to a ton about the Roaring Fork schools and there is a ton for me to master as well.
Rodriguez will meet up with with college staff today right before participating in a neighborhood forum tonight at the Roaring Fork Faculty District business in Carbondale. The event, which commences at 7 p.m., will be streamed stay.
Lopez will meet up with the neighborhood on Monday and Clementi will adhere to on Tuesday.