State Leaders to Take Part in Education Awareness Week Beginning April 3
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State Leaders to Take Part in Education Awareness Week Beginning April 3
Education Awareness week is set to begin on April 3 and run through April 7.
“This week is an opportunity for our community to come together to celebrate and learn from the great work happening in Rhode Island’s classrooms every day. Rhode Island’s kids deserve schools and classrooms where they all – regardless of race or class - have the opportunity to succeed and become leaders in our state. Educational equity will only be possible when all of us, working together, create opportunities for every child to access the kind of excellent education that they deserve,” said Kristine Frech, executive director of Teach For America–Rhode Island.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe week will start at the State House where students from Central Falls and Providence will take part in job shadow opportunities. Governor Raimondo will officially proclaim the week Education Awareness Week.
Education Awareness Week is hosted by Teach for America and Junior Achievement.
“We are thrilled to work with so many business, community, and government leaders who will share their educational and professional experiences with Rhode Island students. It’s critical that we provide our young people with a strong education and prepare them for career paths in high-growth industries that benefit them, their families, and their communities,” said Lee Lewis, president of Junior Achievement of RI.
The education awareness week schedule is as follows:
Monday, April 3, 11:00 a.m.
Education Awareness Week Proclamation Ceremony
Governor’s State Room, Rhode Island State House
Governor Raimondo will officially proclaim the week Education Awareness Week alongside other state leaders, including Lieutenant Governor McKee, Secretary of State Gorbea, Treasurer Magaziner, and Attorney General Kilmartin. Kristine Frech, Executive Director of Teach For America–Rhode Island, and Lee Lewis, President of Junior Achievement, will also offer remarks.
Monday, April 3, 11:30 a.m.
Students participate in state house job shadow
Rhode Island State House
Forty students from Central Falls High School and Providence’s Central High School will work alongside Governor Raimondo, Lieutenant Governor McKee, Secretary of State Gorbea, General Treasurer Magaziner, and Attorney General Kilmartin.
Tuesday, April 4, 11:27 a.m.
Guest lesson: Lee Lewis, Junior Achievement of Rhode Island
Ammar Zia’s classroom, Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts, 150 Washington St, Providence, RI
Tuesday, April 4, 12:10 p.m.
Guest lesson: Spencer Dickinson, education consultant
Rebecca Lessard’s classroom, Blackstone Valley Prep Elementary School 1, 291 Broad St, Cumberland, RI
Wednesday, April 5 9:40 a.m.
Guest lesson: Kara Milner, education advocate
Emily Kawai’s classroom, Blackstone Valley Prep Elementary School 1, 291 Broad St, Cumberland, RI
Thursday, April 6
Junior Achievement Day
9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. George West Elementary School, 145 Beaufort St, Providence, RI
Business, community and government leaders will teach young people about careers, managing money, or starting a business. Leaders include: Barbara Cottam, Kristin Fraser, Laurie White, Nicki Maher, Katharine Hazzard Flynn, Lauren Slocum, Kristine Frech, Heather Singleton, Karen Warfield, Ashlee Accetta, Suzanne Carmody, Mayor Elorza, Mayor Avedisian, Mayor Diossa, Mayor Fung, Marc Paulus, Scott Jensen, Janet Raymond, Ned Handy, Rick Simone, Colonel Clements, Sherri Carrera, Craig Bilodeau, Mitchell Edwards, Dan Hagerty, Lee Lewis, John Gregory, Frank Casale, Adam Compton, Peter DiFilippo, David Ferreira, Steve Kitchin, Jamison Miller, Eric Turner, Scott Lajoie, and Robert D’Amico.
Friday, April 7
Congressional Leaders Day
12:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. Delsesto Middle School, 152 Springfield St, Providence, RI
Students will have the opportunity to learn from Rhode Island’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Rep. Langevin, about their first jobs, the importance of a strong education, and play the JA $mart Money Consumer financial literacy game.
The Power List - Health and Education, 2016
Inside Man
Russell Carey - A name few outside of Brown’s campus know, but Carey is the power source at the Providence Ivy League institution.
Today, his title is Executive Vice President and he has had almost every title at Brown short of President. Carey is a 1991 graduate of Brown and has never left College Hill.
While Brown’s President Christine Paxson — who is functionally invisible in Rhode Island — is managing alumni affairs and fundraising, Carey is influencing almost everything in Rhode Island.
Top Raimondo Appointment
Nicole Alexander-Scott - MD, MPH, and rock star in the making. As Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, she is fast developing a reputation as someone in the Raimondo Administration who can get things done. Her counsel and leadership on developing a strategy on opioid addiction has been widely been lauded.
In addition, she has handled the mundane - from beach closings to food recalls - with competency. An expert in infectious disease, it may be time for her to become a strong leader on Zika.
The CEO
Ronald Machtley - Bryant University's President rightfully deserves to be on a lot of lists, but what few understand is that Machtley’s influence extends far beyond Bryant’s campus in Smithfield. Machtley could make this list as a business leader or as a political force as much as for education.
Machtley is recognized for transforming Bryant University from a financially struggling regional college to a university with a national reputation for business.
Machtley serves on Amica’s Board and the Rhode Island Foundation, and also serves on the Board of Fantex Brands.
Power Broker
Larry Purtill - While Bob Walsh gets the face time as the Executive Director in the media for the NEA of Rhode Island, NEARI President Purtill tends to be the inside man who gets things done.
The teachers' largest union is formidable, but is still reeling from the beat down it took when Gina Raimondo’s pension reform cut the benefits of teachers disproportionately over other employee groups.
Make no mistake about it - not much happens in education in Rhode Island without Purtill's sign-off.
Visionary
Mim Runey - While Rhode Islanders wait, and wait some more, for development on the 195 land, Johnson and Wale's University's Runey is watching it come to fruition, as JWU is set to open the first completed building on the former Interstate on September 1, when it will host a ribbon cutting for its John J. Bowen Center for Science and Innovation.
Under Runey, JWU continues to establish its foothold as one of the country's top schools for culinary training. Now Runey will oversee the addition of the new building on the old 195 which will house the university's School of Engineering and Design and its biology program.
In 2015, students from the School of Engineering & Design participated in the construction of the Holocaust Memorial on South Main Street, a collaboration between the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and the Holocaust Education Resource Center of Rhode Island.
A true community partner in every sense, JWU under Runey's watchful eye is expanding to an even greater presence in Providence.
Chairman of the Board
Edwin J. Santos - The former banker is Chairman of the Board of CharterCare, after having been a top executive at Citizens Bank. He has been a board leader for Crossroads, Washington Trust, Rocky Hill School -- you name it and Santos has helped to lead it.
His best work to date just might be at CharterCare, where he has helped the once fledgling hospital (Roger Williams Medical Center) into a growing hospital system.
Lion Tamer
Weber Shill - He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of University Orthopedics, or in other words, dozens and dozens of oh-so-confident docs.
Shill has a background in Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from the Whitemore School at the University of New Hampshire. Experienced in managing medical groups, but this group is big and influential.
Boss
Timothy Babineau - President and CEO of Lifespan, Rhode Island's biggest healthcare organization, where financial challenges make the job that much more complicated.
Now, the critics (GoLocalProv included) are raising concerns about the multi- billion dollar organization's refusal to make any contribution to the City of Providence. Lifespan is like General Motors, big and hard to innovate the organization.
