Profile Information
Location
Jackson, MI
Country
United States
Postal Code
49203
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
I am a retired elementary principal with a doctorate in educational leadership. I am currently investigating/researching Michigan's education system and practices in order to investigating the various sources of big data that are used for decision-making.
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
self-employed
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
There are a variety of applications for ACE data that could be used to significantly improve our education system. These include, but are not limited to, more detailed child study data that will allow us to examine specific sources of trauma for individual children who are struggling in school, improving the teacher evaluation system to make a more accurate assessment of teaching capacity and needed professional development, identifying additional resources that would assist families who yield high ACE scores, and to guide state-wide and local funding decisions based on the community need.
I am also interested in investigating how this data point will be incorporated into the educational system here in Michigan and to anticipate what resistance will need to be overcome in order to apply this new statistic in a positive way for Michigan students.
If you're part of a community-based PACEs initiative, which one?
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