Education
M. Ed., Curriculum & Instruction
Current Public Office, dates
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Past Public Office, dates held
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Military experience
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I believe the learning community strategies for addressing poverty are dependent on the needs of the school district. They work together to address poverty.
I believe that the greatest challenge of the Learning Community is to prioritize the needs of each district.
Education
M.Ed. Social Justice and Equity in Education. Bachelors in Secondary Education endorsement in Social Sciences University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Volunteer experience
Volunteer Coach YMCA, Junior Crusaders Basketball, Guild Member Completely Kids and Omaha Children's Museum, Mentor for TeamMates Mentoring Program of Omaha
Other Social Media
linkedin.com/in/suziefogarty
The Learning Community addresses poverty by changing the ecosystem around schools—family supports, early learning, and regional collaboration. Individual districts address poverty inside the school system through direct educational services. The Learning Community focuses on structural and community-wide solutions, not just school operations. The Learning Community addresses the root causes and systemic drivers of poverty’s impact on education.
The Learning Community is expected to improve regional outcomes but it cannot mandate district-level decisions. The structure can slow down how fast The Learning Community can make improvements. Another challenge is The Learning Community breaking the link between poverty and academic outcomes while addressing so many issues that contribute to academic success like housing instability, trauma, food insecurity, transportation and community violence. Last, programs focused on early childhood and poverty intervention may take 10–20 years to show full educational outcomes. This issues creates pressure because funding cycles are short, political leadership changes and communities want quicker results. This work requires patience.
Education
Gering High School
Current Public Office, dates
None
Past Public Office, dates held
None
Military experience
None
Volunteer experience
CBMC, Habitat for Humanity, Rotary, and Food bank for the heartland
In the stated question it addresses strategies around poverty for both the Learning Community and the School districts. The school districts responsibility is to address education and the Learning Community is to address access to education. I believe that the strategies differ in that fact.
The greatest challenge can be aligned by my leadership ability in bringing differing strategies and teams together to collaborate and create efficiencies not redundancies.
