Building a foundation of effective instruction and the right climate and culture.
Join the Chicago Teacher Residency to transform the lives of children in Chicago’s high-poverty schools.
AUSL has trained over 500 teachers and manages 25 schools serving over 14,000 students.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
AUSL invites you to the 2013 Festival of the Arts & Sciences, a network-wide showcase of visual and performing arts and celebration of STEM Fair & Write On! Winners
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Eric Solorio Academy High School (5400 S. St. Louis Ave, Chicago)
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April 29, 2013 – Six questions for Brian Sims, managing director for training academies and teacher development at the Academy for Urban School Leadership Reese: Explain the AUSL program. Sims: We are a nonprofit that partners with Chicago Public Schools to help fix failing schools in the school district. We do that based on our approach to school management and our teacher-training program. The...
During my Spring Lead Teach, I have been teaching Kindergarteners at NTA about different community helpers and how they contribute to our needs and wants. While learning about these community helpers, kindergartners are learning about producers and consumers. We learned about builders/construction workers and how they provide us our need for shelter. We also learned about school principals, vet...
There are 25 worlds in my classroom. That is 25 students, each with a world of people and experiences surrounding them, each with their own worries and insecurities, their own talents and interests. So every school day you will find 25 worlds, 25 distinct histories and personalities, meeting at a crossroads, Room 111. Except that it’s not 25 worlds. It’s 28, lest we neglect to factor in the...
100% of our schools increased their student attendance rates since AUSL's management.
“The staff’s commitment is 24-7 and their dedication to my son and the other kids is amazing. My son is in eighth grade, and now his scores are high enough to go to selective enrollment for high school (for academically advanced students). And my son has the confidence that he can do anything. I’m so proud of him. For AUSL to come in, quiet him down and release the anger in one year, that’s a miracle.”
— Lenya Peters, Howe School of Excellence Parent
