Bill Text: IL HR1058 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Dr. Jo Ann Roberts on the occasion of her retirement as Intervention Officer and Education Manager for Turnaround Schools for Chicago Public School District 299.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-17 - Resolution Adopted [HR1058 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1058-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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1 | respect.
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