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Committee Pages

Ages 0-3: Healthy Starts

Grades K-5: Reading/Math at Grade Level

Behavioral Health

Grades 9-12: Pathways

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Training Videos

Be sure to watch these brief and informative videos of alignment work process training by Alignment Nashville staff.

Character Education case

Parent University case

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Strategic Plan

Alignment Rockford's strategy for success is built on the following elements.

Vision
Alignment Rockford envisions all students graduating from high school with marketable employment skills or enrolling in post-secondary education. They are eager to live, work, learn, create, and play in the Rockford Region as contributing adults.

Mission
Alignment Rockford’s mission is to align community resources in support of public school strategies to raise student achievement, improve the health and happiness of our children, and advance the economic and social well-being of our community.
 
Strategies
-Engage the partners
-Build and support the network
-Manage communications
-Evaluate and report results

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Alignment Rockford Working Committees

The work of Alignment Rockford is organized and conducted by working committees. These specialized teams are led by community members and District 205 management who bring a diversity of expertise and a passion for public education. The committees are overseen by the Alignment Rockford board, their effort is guided by objectives, and their results are systematically evaluated. The committee process includes five phases:

1. Tactical Planning – In response to an unmet student need, the committee conducts research and creates a detailed plan to implement a pilot project that includes measures of effectiveness.
2. Community Engagement – Through an invitation to participate, community organizations are asked to join in the implementation of pilot programs.
3. Implementation and Evaluation – Communications between pilot program agencies and the committee ensures implementation fidelity and accountability. Effectiveness is regularly evaluated.
4. Scaling Up – Based on early success, the pilot is extended beyond the original scope.
5. Institutionalization – Once measured to be effective on a large scale, the program becomes integrated within the District 205 structure.

Committees

Ages 0-3: Healthy Starts
(click here for the Healthy Starts Committee page)
Co-Chair: Colleen Cyrus, RPS 205
Co-Chair: Glendon Burress, SwedishAmerican Health System

Grades K-5: Reading/Mathematics at Grade Level
(click here for the Reading/Math at Grade Level Committee page)
Chair: Diana Alt, RPS 205
Vice Chair: Bridget French, Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

Behavioral Health
(click here for the Behavioral Health Committee page)
Chair: Jon Malone, RPS 205
Vice Chair: Janet Holmgren, Winnebago County 17th Judicial Circuit Court

Grades 9-12: Career Pathways
(click here for the Pathways Committee page)
Chair: Ehren Jarrett, RPS 205
Vice Chair: Bob Guirl, Hamilton Sundstrand