KURT A. SCHNEIDER 33 E. Cedar, 12 E, Chicago, IL (608) (C);

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1 KURT A. SCHNEIDER 33 E. Cedar, 12 E, Chicago, IL (608) (C); ACADEMIC PREPARATION Ph.D. Educational Administration, University of Wisconsin Madison, Spring 2004 Dissertation: Barriers and supports for providing non-school vocational and related instruction as an alternative to school failure for youth in foster care in the Chicago Public School District. Minor Area: Special Education M.S. Special Education, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2000 B.S. Special Education, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1995 Certificate, Closing the Achievement Gap: Strategies for Excellence with Equity, Harvard University, July 8-12, Certificate, Critical Issues in Urban Special Education: Improving Outcomes for Middle and High School Students with Disabilities, Harvard University, July K-12 ADMINISTRATIVE/TEACHING LICENSES Superintendent, PK-12, (Wisconsin: ; Illinois 2013) Director of Instruction, PK-12, (Wisconsin: ; Illinois General Administrative 2013). Director, Special Education/Pupil Services, (Wisconsin: ; Illinois 2013). Principal, PK-12, (Wisconsin: ; Illinois General Administrative 2013) Special Education Teacher, Cognitive Disabilities: K-12, (Wisconsin: ). LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE District Level Assistant Superintendent of Learning, Community Consolidated School District 181, IL (2012-Present) Lead efforts that include development and oversight of the district s strategic plan, Learning for ALL. Directly oversee all district instructional and special education and pupil service areas, as well as the district Family Resource Network for parent/community education. Member of Board of Education Negotiations Team, Compensation Review Committee, Educational Adequacy Facility Team, and Superintendent s Cabinet. Direct supervisor of Directors of Learning, Director of Technology, Pupil Services Administrators, District Certified School Nurse, and Administrative Assistants. Co-administrator of Teaching and Learning, Director of Student Services, Stoughton Area School District, WI ( ) Lead efforts that include increased achievement across all grades and student groups, increased graduation rate, decreased special education incidence rate, and lowered dropout rate. Transformed central office into a unified teaching and learning department.

2 2 Responsible for the direct leadership of special education and pupil services and supporting instructional services initiatives. Facilitator of strategic planning strategies and district principal meetings. Author of external grants and donations, and alignment of area district budget to mission/vision of the district. Lead district Technology Review. Direct supervisor of the Technology Department, District Data Utilization Specialist, Inclusion Support Teachers, Social Workers and Administrative Assistant positions. Member of Stoughton Mayor s Committee on Human Services. State Level Wisconsin Assoc. for Supervision and Curriculum Development Board Member State Superintendent s Education Data Advisory Committee Member UW/UW-M Social Justice Leadership Academy Planning Committee Member National Level Assoc. for Supervision and Curriculum Development Leadership Council ( ). Assoc. for Supervision and Curriculum Development Emerging Leader (Class of 2009). International Level Volunteer Executive, Fairhaven School, Alexandria, Egypt, (Summer 1998). HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Associate Lecturer, National Leadership for Social Justice Institute/Academy, Partnership between University of Wisconsin Madison/Milwaukee, (Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014). Responsible for co-developing and presenting summer professional development opportunities that address leading proactive high achieving schools for all students. Associate Lecturer, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin Madison, (Summer 2011; Spring 2011; Summer 2010; Spring 2009). Responsible for teaching social justice/equity graduate courses for students in degree programs to address the administration of student services including the organization, development, leadership and content of such services in the context of student diversity. Associate Lecturer, Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, University of Wisconsin Madison, (Spring 2007, Fall 2006). Responsible for teaching undergraduate courses that provided basic and comprehensive information about biological, educational, sociological, cultural, economic and legal phenomena that impinge upon individuals with a wide array of learning and behavioral disabilities.

3 3 Associate Lecturer, Department of Special Education, Edgewood College, WI. (Spring 2005; Spring 2004; Summer 2004). Responsible for teaching courses for aspiring general education teachers and special education graduate students regarding the education of children and youth with disabilities. Associate Lecturer, Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, University of Wisconsin Madison, (Spring 2003). Responsible for teaching methods courses to students seeking cross-categorical special education certification. Student-Teacher Supervisor, Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, ( ). Observed special education student teachers, provided feedback and support, and conducted formal three-way conferences among student teacher, college supervisor, and cooperating teacher. Co-taught methods courses and evaluated student work products. Project Assistant, Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, ( ). Assisted a grant-funded project aimed at providing vocational and related instruction to students in foster care in an urban district at-risk of school dropout. Collaborated with high schools to restructure special education service-delivery models. K-12 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Special Education Teacher, Madison East High School, WI. ( ). Taught students with a wide-array of disabilities in inclusive environments. PAPERS/PUBLICATIONS Scanlan, M., Frattura, E., Schneider, K., & Capper, C. (2011). Bilingual students within integrated comprehensive services. Accepted book chapter in Understanding Service- Learning and Community Engagement: Crossing Boundaries Through Research. Information Age Publishing. Kluth, P. (2011). You re Going to Love This Kid. Stoughton Area School District featured in a professional development video for teaching students with autism in the inclusive classroom. Brooks Publishing. Brown, L., Freagon, S., Schneider, K. and Barron Jeffrey, A. (2002). The School to postschool transition plan checklist of the Illinois Department for Children and Family Services. Unpublished Manuscript. Brown, L., Causton-Theoharis, J. and Schneider, K. (2000). Evaluation of selected inservice training technical assistance activities in the State of Connecticut. Presented to Federal Judge Robert Chatigny, Hartford, Connecticut.

4 4 STATE AND NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS Invited Schneider, K., Garner, C., Musgrove, M., Lhamon, C., Cokley, R., & Delisle, D. (2014). Inclusive education and the benefits for all students. Invited town hall panel presenters with Assistant Secretaries of Education and Civil Rights, and Executive Director of Office of Special Education Programs at the Annual TASH Conference. Schneider, K. (2014). Leading proactive high achieving schools for all students. Invited presenter at the Illinois Includes Inclusion Conference. Schneider, K. (2014). Leading proactive high achieving schools for all students. Invited presenter at the North DuPage Special Education Cooperative Inservice. Schneider, K., Russell, K., & Igoe, C. (2013). Leading proactive high achieving schools for all students. Invited presenter at the Illinois Includes Inclusion Conference. Schneider, K., Singletary, J., & Gates, T. (2011). Leading for social justice: Transforming schools for all learners. Invited panel presenters at the University of Wisconsin Madison Leadership Academy. Schneider, K., Price, C, & Buechner, L. (2011). 4K in Wisconsin: Communities working together. Invited presenters at the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Conference. Schneider, K. & Dibble, N. (2011). Effective alternative disciplines to expulsion. Invited presenters at the State Superintendent s Conference on Special Education and Pupil Services Leadership Issues. Schneider, K. (2011). Connecting the dots: Expanding our longitudinal picture of a student K-12 to postsecondary. Invited presenter at the Wisconsin s Every Child a Graduate Conference. Schneider, K. (2011). Leading for social justice: Developing unified systems that genuinely educate the whole child. Invited presenter at the Wisconsin Response to Intervention (RtI) Conference. Schneider, K. (2011). Leading for social justice: Developing unified systems that genuinely educate the whole child. Invited presenter at the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators Summer Workshop. Schneider, K. (2009). Leading for social justice: United instruction and integrated comprehensive service delivery efforts. Invited presenter at the Wisconsin Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Conference. Schneider, K. (2009). Systemic school district reform. Improving the engagement and academic outcomes of students of all abilities. Invited presenter at the Wisconsin Assessment Consortium.

5 5 Schneider, K. (2009). Leading for social justice: Elevating the achievement conversation for ALL students. Invited presenter at the Edgewood College Conference on Meeting the Needs of ALL Students through Effective, Practical Strategies that Work in Schools Today. Schneider, K. (2008). Systemic school district reform: Practices improving outcomes. Invited presenter at the Institutions of Higher Education Forum on Developing Faculty to Capacity to Prepare ALL Teachers for ALL Learners. Schneider, K. (2008). Leading for social justice: United instruction and integrated comprehensive service delivery efforts. Invited presenter at the Wisconsin Assessment Consortium. Presented Schneider, K. (2009). Systemic school district reform: Improving the engagement and academic outcomes of students of all abilities. Presented at the Wisconsin Promise Conference on Closing the Achievement Gap. Schneider, K. (2009). Leading for social justice: Uniting instruction and integrated comprehensive service delivery efforts. Presented at the Annual TASH Conference. Presenter: 2002, 2003, TASH Conference. Schneider, K. (2008). Learning is driven by vision: Success and accomplishment from strategic planning. Presented at the Wisconsin Promise Conference on Closing the Achievement Gap. Schneider, K. and Curry, J. H. (2007). Section 504 and students with special dietary needs. Presented at the Wisconsin Council of Administrators of Special Services. Schneider, K. (2007). Systemic school district reform: Improving the engagement and academic outcomes of students of all abilities. Presented at the Annual TASH Conference. Schneider, K. (2006). Systemic school district reform: Implementing integrated comprehensive service deliveries EC-12. Presented at the Annual TASH Conference. Schneider, K. (2004). Barriers and supports for providing non-school vocational and related instruction as an alternative to school failure for youth in foster care in an urban school district. Presented at the American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference. Schneider, K. (2003). Nonschool vocational and related instruction: An alternative to school failure for youth in foster care in an urban school district. Presented at the Annual TASH Conference.

6 6 Schneider, K. (2002). High school special education service delivery reform. Presented at the Annual TASH Conference. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TASH: Be the Future! Washington, D.C., December Illinois Chapter of National School Public Relations Association, Triple I Conference, Chicago Urban Special Education Collaborative: Bridges to Learning Providing Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Supports to Students in Urban Districts, Houston ASCD Annual Conference: Learning: Our Story, Our Time, Our Future, Chicago Urban Special Education Collaborative: Success at an Early Age Improving Outcomes for Young Children with Disabilities, Pittsburgh Illinois Chapter of National School Public Relations Association, Triple I Conference, Chicago WASCD Annual Fall Conference: What We Know Now, October 2012 ASCD Leadership Institute for Legislative Advocacy: Connecting the Classroom to the Capitol. Washington, D.C., January 22-24, CREATE Wisconsin: Beyond Diversity: An Introduction to Courageous Conversation and a Foundation for Deinstitutionalizing Racism and Eliminating Racial Achievement Disparities, Pacific Educational Group Inc., December 2011 TASH: No Excuses! Atlanta, November State Superintendent s Conference on Special Education and Pupil Services Leadership Issues, Viterbo University, November 2011 (1 credit) Wisconsin Federal Funding Conference: Special Education Program Coordinators, Title I Program Coordinators, Grant Accountants/Coordinators, District Administrators, Business Managers/Office Staff, Viterbo University, November 2011 (1 credit) Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Conference, October 2011 WASCD Annual Fall Conference: Navigating Change the Common Core and Beyond, October 5-7, ASCD 2011 Legislative Agenda: Providing a World Class Education for Every Student

7 7 TASH: Embracing Difference It s Time! Denver, December 2010 Wisconsin School Leadership Academy: Administrators and Teachers Leading Together to Improve Student Learning, June 2010 ASCD Leader to Leader Event: Engage, Connect, Discuss, Virginia, July 2009 ASCD Leap Legislative Institute: Connecting the Classroom to the Capitol, D.C., September 2009 WISCAD Superintendent Certification Program, St. Mary s University of Minnesota, Spring 2009 ASCD Annual Conference: Learning Beyond Boundaries, Orlando 2009 Pearson Inform Software Institute, Indiana, July 2008 Assessment for Learning: A Training of Trainers, Viterbo University, 2007 (3 credits) Assessment for Learning: Implementation, Viterbo University, 2007 (3 credits) Principals Leadership Retreat: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference: Education Research in the Public Interest, th Annual School Law Seminar: A Review of Current Legal Issues Affecting Wisconsin Schools, Presented by Lathrop & Clark LLP, November 2006 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS National TASH Board Member (2014-present) Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Urban Special Education Collaborative District 181 Foundation HONORS, AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS National Elected TASH Board Member (2014) National Center for Educational Outcomes - Moving Your Numbers (2012) National TASH June Downing Award (2012) National ASCD Elected Leadership Council Member (2011) National ASCD Elected Emerging Leader (2009)

8 8 GRANT WRITING - Wisconsin 5-Year Alternative Education Grant (~$350,000) 2-Year AODA Grants ($125,000) 3-Year AODA Grant ($168,000) TRIBES Donation ($25,000) STATE AND NATIONAL CONSULTING Educational Evaluator, Federal District Court, LaMont A., et. al v. Milwaukee Public School District and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Educational Evaluator, Federal District Court, Association for Retarded Citizens - Connecticut v. Connecticut Board of Education, Expert Witness, Due Process Hearing, Nathan S. v. Mesquite Texas Indep. School District, REFERENCES Renee Schuster, Ed.D., Retired Superintendent/Former Supervisor Community Consolidated School District 181 Hinsdale, IL (314) ; rshoe31@gmail.com Mary Gavigan, Ph.D., Executive Director, CESA #1 Former Superintendent/Supervisor Stoughton Area School District, WI. (262) Myron Palomba, Ph.D., Retired Superintendent Bourbonnais School District #53 Former Superintendent/Supervisor Stoughton Area School District, WI. (608) Janet Stutz, Ed.D., Superintendent Orland Park School District 135 Orland Park, IL (708) ; jstutz@orland135.org Kevin Russell, Ed.D., Superintendent Chicago Ridge Public School District 127 ½ Chicago Ridge, IL (708) ; krussell@crsd1275.org Linda Knicker, Regional Consultant DuPage Regional Office of Education Wheaton, IL (630) ; linda.knicker@gmail.com

9 9 Colleen Capper, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. Ed. Leadership/Policy Analysis; Co-Teacher University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI (608) ; Elise Frattura, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Department of Education Outreach University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI (414) ; Jack Jorgensen, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Department of Education Outreach University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Retired Exec. Director of Educational Services, Madison Met. School District Former Supervisor (608) ; Joanne Harmon Curry, J.D., Ph.D., School Attorney/Former District Attorney Fredericks, Peebles, and Morgan LLP, Louisville, CO (303) ; Lou Brown, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Rehab. Psych./Special Education University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Doctoral Advisor (608) (w); (321) (h) Julie Mead, Ph.D., Associate Professor/Chair, Dept. Ed. Leadership/Policy Analysis University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI Doctoral Advisor: (608) ; Patrick Schwarz, Ph.D., Professor/Chair, Dept. of Diversity in Learning/Development National Louis University, Chicago, IL (847) ; Madeleine C. Will, Former Assistant Sec. of Education, U.S. Dept. of Education Founder of Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination Washington, D.C (202) ;