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Ernest J. Dianastasis
Chair, Vision Coalition
Managing Director, CAI
Vision Coalition
Leadership Team Members
Frederika Jenner
Mark Murphy
Executive Director
Christina Cultural Arts Center
President
Delaware State Education
Association
Secretary
Delaware Department of Education
Susan Bunting
Mark Holodick
Susan Perry-Manning
Superintendent
Indian River School District
Superintendent
Brandywine School District
Executive Director
Delaware Office of Early Learning
Lamont Browne
Kurt Landgraf
Daniel Rich
Executive Director
EastSide Charter School and
Family Foundations Academy
Paul Herdman
Jorge Melendez
Gary Stockbridge
Vice President
Delaware State Board of
Education
President
Delmarva Power
Surveyed and
Convened working
interviewed
Delawareans
groups to develop
recommendations
Established a Steering
Committee
Gathered feedback
from national and
international experts
Developed a draft
vision to share
Building on vision,
Delawareans from
across the state shared
their perspectives
Provided broad
forums and other
opportunities for
Delawareans to
imagine the future
of education
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Incorporated public
input and feedback into
the draft plan
Explored
recommendations
at annual conference
Publicly release
the final plan,
September 2015
Early
Learning
Leaders
Principals
Policymakers
School
Boards
Business
Leaders
Higher
Education
Parents
State
Courts
Superintendents
Foundations
Community
Partners
Health
Organizations
Students
Innovation
Experts
Arts
Organizations
Faith
Leaders
Policy
Experts
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Public Collaboration
Broad representation across Leadership Team,
Steering Committee, and Working Groups
Including many P-20 council member organizations
(full list available on visioncoalitionde.org)
Equitable funding
Growing pockets of
success to improve
education system-wide
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Learning
and
Innovation
Skills
Interpersonal
and
Citizenship
Skills
Communication and
Information Skills
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Teacher candidate
residency
programs
to serve dozens of
candidates in yearlong in-classroom
experience next year
Expanded dual
enrollment and AP
course offerings
More than doubled
the number of
students taking and
passing Advanced
Placement exams
since 2000
Improved
teacher mentoring
Grants given to 15
LEAs in 2015-16 for
locally-designed
induction program
serving 1,200 novice
educators
Districts launching
new career
pathways
Grants given to
launch pathways in
15 schools in IT,
manufacturing, and
hospitality
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Whats Next
We invite you to join the Vision Coalition in reimagining
the future of learning, and to help make
Student Success 2025 a reality