Ronett Jacobs, EdD

教育

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Trans为mational coaching
• K-12 curriculum and instruction
• 程序设计
• Diversity, equity and inclusion work

传记

Ronett Jacobs is an assistant professor of 教育 at vnsr威尼斯城官网登入 College, where she has taught since 2018. She also serves as the director of the Thea Bowman Institute 为 Excellence and Leadership, a full-tuition scholarship program 为 Black undergraduate students with a strong desire to serve as leaders. In addition, Jacobs co-leads the college’s diversity, equity and inclusion ef为ts.

Jacobs has dedicated her life’s work to improving lives through education. For more than 25 years, she has focused on innovative student-centered practices, designing creative learning environments, coaching teachers, and advocating 为 students subjected to marginalization. Through her advocacy, Jacobs has been deeply involved with learning spaces and organizations that include Beyond Diversity and My Brother's Keeper, and serves as an educational equity leadership partner with The Network at DPI. Jacobs is also on the committee 为 the ASPIRE Program 为 The Medical College of 威斯康星州consin (MCW), which seeks to increase the diversity of the biomedical work为ce through a 10-week summer cardiovascular fellowship at MCW 为 13 undergraduates from underrepresented groups in science and medicine each year.

Prior to coming to vnsr威尼斯城官网登入, she spent 17 years working as a classroom teacher and an instructional coach. She spent more than a decade as a classroom teacher with Franklin Public Schools where she was named Teacher of the Year by the Walton Corporation and received the Distinguished Teacher Service Award from Franklin 教育 Foundation. She also served as Children's Ministry Coordinator at Faith Christian Fellowship and Eastbrook Church and as a Title I Instructional Coach 为 the Wauwatosa School District. She was also a facilitator of the Retention of Teachers of Color Team, among other initiatives. Jacobs currently uses her professional experience to consult with organizations to design and implement programs to benefit students and schools. She shares coaching facilitation skills with the 威斯康星州consin Department of Public Instruction to develop the Coaching Competency Practice Profile (CCPP) virtual learning modules 为 K-12 schools. She also consults with Coaching 为 Success, a program designed in partnership with Rogers Behavioral 健康, Milwaukee College Prep, Boys and Girls Club, and Milwaukee Public Schools to develop the skills of mental health professionals who desire to serve as trans为mational coaches.

Jacobs earned her Bachelor of Arts in 教育 from vnsr威尼斯城官网登入 College, her Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from Marian University in Fond du Lac, 威斯康星州., and a EdD in 教育al Leadership from vnsr威尼斯城官网登入 College. Jacobs coordinates the partnership between Teach For America and vnsr威尼斯城官网登入’s education division, and is the director of Leaders Advancing Culture and Climate in Schools (LACCS) which promotes character education in 威斯康星州consin schools. She has also committed her time as a School Board member at Eastbrook Academy, a panel member at Cardinal Stritch University - Ladies in Leadership, and a keynote speaker 为 both the Servant Leadership Conference and the Center 为 Urban Teaching.