Sowing Seeds of Greatness: Reculturing Urban Schools: Regina Ellis

Session: Sowing Seeds of Greatness: Reculturing Urban Schools

Regina Ellis is currently the Director of Guidance for the Kansas City Missouri School District. She promotes devotion, passion, and diligence toward learning, while offering ideas pivotal to academic rigor and school re-culturing. During her tenure as administrator of an urban high school, Ms Ellis led a school-wide effort based on systemic reform and high expectation that resulted in 100% of junior and senior students enrolling in International Baccalaureate, Advance Placement, and Dual Credit College Classes, a 70% increase in state assessment test scores, high ACT scores, and a nomination for the US Department of Education Blue Ribbon School Award.