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  © 2006 The National Coalition for Exemplary Schools

    the National Coalition

         for Exemplary Schools

                            Leading the Nation in Creating Innovative Educational Environments

 

Believe. Expect. Instill.
We Believe our children will go to college.
We Expect our children to go to college.

We will Instill in our children each and every
day that they can and will graduate
from college.

The Coalition’s mission is to create innovative, engaging and interactive environments in which students will thrive.

 

 

Home.Life and Learning Academies.Impactful Leadership Development.Student Leadership Conferences.Impactful School Transformation.About Us.

About Us

The National Coalition for Exemplary Schools is led by its president, Jimmy Arispe.  Jimmy is a champion for children and has devoted his life to improving the educational achievement, opportunities and conditions for students in schools and communities across our country.  He is honored and humbled to be recognized for his efforts and relentless commitment to improving educational communities by being presented with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award in 2000.  

 

Jimmy leads this organization while tapping into his experiences as a teacher, principal and assistant superintendent in both the US and Mexico.  His organization has assisted some of the most challenged educational environments in implementing innovative and progressive changes that have made generational differences.  As the nation’s leading educational development organization, the Coalition has developed quality relationships with other partner organizations, business and community leaders, educational consultants, volunteers, community activists and transformational individuals who share the same passion and commitment to our children.  It is through these relationships that quality and impactful environments, strategies and tools have been created.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our President

Colleen Gillis serves as the Coalition’s Student Leadership Coordinator                                                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our National Leadership Director

Zayra Fosse serves as the Coalition’s National Leadership Director

                                                                                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Contact Zayra by email at zayra@coalition4schools.com
Zayra works with students across the country to further enhance their leadership skills and abilities so that they can reach their potential.  Zayra develops innovative programs such as the Leadership Conferences conducted on college campuses so that students can be involved in environments that raises expectations for them and they begin to set lofty goals for themselves.  
Zayra has been working with children and adults in various types of leadership capacities in public education and the private sector for the past 20 years.  She brings a wealth of knowledge about leadership program development, community and parent engagement.  Zayra puts all of her professional and personal skills to great use on a daily basis  as an active community leader in the state of Georgia.  
Our Student Leadership Coordinator
 Contact Colleen by email at colleen@coalition4schools.com
Colleen is a recent graduate of North Carolina State University.  She began working with the Coalition as a volunteer and assisting with recruiting students to be involved in Leadership Conferences on her campus.  Now, Colleen does this on a much greater scale and recruits, hires and trains all of the student leadership coordinators on every single campus hosting a Leadership Conference across the United States.

Colleen brings a tremendous amount of motivation, organization and excitement to her position with the Coalition.  She uses her experience as a volunteer to improve the quality and success of the Leadership Conferences so more lives of underserved students can be positively impacted and college will be possible for them.






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Our Conference Staff
Jimmy approaches every chance to work with parents, teachers, administrators and students as an opportunity to plant “seeds” of high expectations in their minds.  His passion for children is obvious and contagious and he challenges everyone he comes in contact with to do more while developing new solutions to old problems.  It is through his words and the motto of The Coalition, “Believe, Expect and Instill” that he communicates the expectation that ALL of our children graduate from high school, go onto college and settle for nothing less!
Other Staff
When working directly with schools, the Coalition utilizes the talents of additional experts and consultants in the field of education.  Each individual brings a wealth of experience working with diverse student populations, implementing innovative educational strategies and achieving great success.  We will post the bios of these individuals shortly.  Please check back as we update this information.  
Jimmy arispe
Our National Conference Recruiter

Paul Turner serves as the Coalition’s National Conference Recruiter                                                                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul  is responsible for the recruitment of district, schools, students and adults who attend our student conference environments.  Paul joined the Coalition in 2010 and has the daunting task of brining over 36,000 students to campuses across the U.S. During the 2010-2011 school year.  
Based on Paul’s relentless work ethic and enthusiasm for his position and this responsibility, he will easily surpass this goal.  If you would like to join Paul at any of our conferences, please contact him by email below.  
 Contact Paul by email at paul@coalition4schools.com




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