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Urban Ed: Day 3 Wrap-Up

Published January 4, 2024

I am having office hours right now until 5:30 in the hotel lobby (and over Zoom, just let me know and I can send the link). We’ve done a lot of stuff over the past few days, so I am available for questions or for just general debrief discussions.

Major to-dos

  • Read tomorrow’s speaker bios
  • Be at the Washington Center by 9:45 tomorrow for our first speaker at 10:00.

Schedule 
Attire: business casual

8:00 – 9:00 Optional breakfast (hotel folks only)
Washington Center (901 4th St NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001)

10:00 – 12:00 Workshop with Dave Goldfarb
Washington Center

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
For those who ordered lunch, Washington Center

1:00 – 2:00 Speaker visit: Ashley Pettway Carter
Washington Center

2:00 – 3:00 Class discussion
Washington Center

5:30 – 7:00 Professional Development Workshop
Washington Center
Optional, see information from Sarah DeVellis

Things to complete by tomorrow

  • Read the bios for tomorrow’s speakers, which can be found on our course website or at the bottom of this email, and brainstorm some questions you might want to ask. Have at least one question for each speaker you are confident asking.
  • If you signed up to write the thank-you note for Patrick Rooney or Julie Packett, please give that to me by the end of the day tomorrow! If you signed up for Jacqueline Rodriguez, I’m working on getting that address for you, but I recommend you draft your letter in the meantime. If you are signed up to write the thank-you note for Dave Goldfarb or Ashley Pettway Carter, be prepared to get their address tomorrow. If you don’t remember who you signed up for, please reference this sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wdjJkBxRTQ5oX69iDCzbCN9CmXizs2EVd9i8apg202E/edit?usp=sharing

Materials mentioned today and other supplemental resources

I will see everyone by 9:45 for our 10:00 speaker at the Washington Center!

Speaker bios

Dave Goldfarb

Dave Goldfarb is a Special Projects Administrator at Fairfax County Public Schools.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-goldfarb-5096224/

Fairfax County Public Schools is one of the largest school divisions in the U.S. with 199 schools and centers. They serve a diverse student population of more than 181,000 students in grades prekindergarten through 12, speaking over 200 languages. Over 27 percent of their total student population is Economically Disadvantaged; 14.4 percent are reported as Students with Disabilities, and more than 20 percent of students are English Learners. Demographically, 36.8 percent of FCPS students are White, 27.1 percent are Hispanic, 19.8 percent are Asian, 10 percent are Black, 5.9 percent are two or more races, 0.3 are American Indian and 0.1 percent are Native Hawaiian.
Nearly 94.6 percent of FCPS students graduate on time (in four years of high school), and more than 92 percent plan to pursue post-secondary education. FCPS students can take Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) classes in high school; the division offers the IB middle years program and the IB primary years program in select schools. Two hundred thirty-eight students from 18 high schools have been named semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for 2023. Fairfax County high schools are recognized annually by education columnist Jay Mathews as being among the most challenging high schools in the U.S.
FCPS, one of the largest employers in Virginia, has 24,839.2 full-time employees, of whom 92.9 percent are school-based and 7.1 percent non-school-based. Our FY 2022 Approved Budget of $3.4 billion is primarily funded by Fairfax County (64.3 percent) with contributions from Virginia (23.1 percent), other sources (.7 percent) and the federal government (9.4 percent). More than 86 percent of the budget goes toward instruction, and the average cost per student is $16,505.
https://www.fcps.edu/
https://nces.ed.gov/Programs/Edge/ACSDashboard/5101260

Ashley Pettway Carter

Ashley Carter is the Director of the Capital Teaching Residency at KIPP DC Public Schools. Ashley has been in education for over four years, starting as a middle school mathematics teacher at Center City Public Charter Schools. Ashley then transitioned to Content Specialist – Special Education at Teach For America and then to Founding STEM Teacher Leader & SPED Case Manager at Digital Pioneers Academy. Most recently, Ashley was at Ingenuity Prep as the Founding Special Education Teacher and Grade Level Lead – 5th. At Ingenuity Prep, Ashley was responsible for planning and executing rigorous lessons for students with IEPs, leading weekly grade level meetings, and creating a joyful, efficient, learning-focused classroom experience for students that led to exemplary student growth.
Ashley Carter has a Master of Science in Counseling from Johns Hopkins University School of Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Literary & Cultural Studies Major and Community Studies Minor from William & Mary. Ashley is certified from the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) in Regular II Teaching License.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleypettway/

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