Full Text of HR1373 94th General Assembly
HR1373 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | 3 |
| members of the House of Representatives of the State of | 4 |
| Illinois are pleased to congratulate Joyce E. Bristow on the | 5 |
| occasion of her retirement as the Area Instruction Officer for | 6 |
| Area 16 of the Chicago Public Schools; and
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| WHEREAS, In her position, she provided professional | 8 |
| development and instructional support to 32 elementary school | 9 |
| principals, assistant principals, and leadership teams in the | 10 |
| Morgan Park, Beverly, and Roseland communities; her specific | 11 |
| responsibilities included assisting schools in utilizing | 12 |
| available resources to implement effective improvement plans | 13 |
| and working with local school councils to identify and hire the | 14 |
| best possible principals; and
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| WHEREAS, Under Mrs. Bristow's leadership, numerous | 16 |
| educational improvement initiatives were implemented in Area | 17 |
| 16, including quarterly professional development meetings for | 18 |
| assistant principals, leadership teams, and learning | 19 |
| communities in every school, the creation of school probation | 20 |
| liaisons to conduct weekly school visits and walk-throughs, and | 21 |
| regularly scheduled high school articulation meetings with | 22 |
| elementary school principals and teachers; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Bristow also served as Chief State Liaison | 24 |
| Officer for the Chicago Public Schools and Officer for the | 25 |
| Department of Academic Preparatory Centers, Middle Schools, | 26 |
| and C.A.R.E. program; as Chief Liaison, she represented the | 27 |
| Chief Executive Officer in direct communication with the | 28 |
| Illinois State Board of Education, serving on State committees, | 29 |
| task forces, councils, and other working groups; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to serving as Area Instruction Officer, Mrs. | 31 |
| Bristow was the Executive Assistant to the Chief Education |
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| Officer, and she also served as the principal of Robert A. | 2 |
| Black Magnet School; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Bristow graduated from Harlan High School, | 4 |
| received her undergraduate degree from Tennessee State | 5 |
| University, and earned advanced degrees from Northwestern and | 6 |
| Chicago State Universities; she is a member of numerous | 7 |
| organizations, including the National Alliance of Black School | 8 |
| Educators, the National Principals Association, the | 9 |
| Association of Curriculum and Development, and the Chicago | 10 |
| Principals and Administrators Association; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 |
| we congratulate Mrs. Joyce E. Bristow on the occasion of her | 14 |
| retirement; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Mrs. Bristow as an expression of our esteem.
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