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Campus: Chicago
Email: carlos.azcoitia@nl.edu
Phone: 312.261.3121
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Biography
Carlos Azcoitia, assistant professor of educational leadership at NLU, is also the founding principal of John Spry Community School and Community Links High School, a "Comprehensive Community School" concept in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Under his leadership, this school became the first in Chicago to include a pre-kindergarten through High School program in one building with a 100% graduation rate and the goal of 100% post-secondary.
Dr. Azcoitia has a long history of being in the forefront of educational reform. He is a well known, respected and knowledgeable educator. He served as the Deputy Chief Education Officer of the Chicago Public Schools, where he was administratively responsible for a large number of wide-ranging departments, programs and services. He has been a teacher, administrator, adjunct professor in several universities and has served as principal in the Chicago Public Schools.
Dr. Azcoitia is an involved, committed and participating member of the community. He actively contributes his time and expertise to several boards, including Northeastern Illinois University, as well as several committees and councils in Chicago by assisting them in a meaningful, hands-on capacity. He is the author of several published articles about school reform. Topics include community schools, innovative school models, dropout prevention, peer tutoring, and service learning. His research interests include school retention/dropout prevention, school, family and community connections, leadership and community schools, innovative models of schooling, career education, school culture and data driven instruction.
In addition to his role at NLU, Dr. Azcoitia is also a school achievement coach with New Leaders for New Schools and Chairperson of Friends of Spry/ Community Links High School with the primary goal of providing financial assistance for post secondary education.
Education
Doctor of Education, Educational Administration, Northern Illinois University; Master of Education, National-Louis University; Bachelor of Arts, University of Puerto RicoPublications
Azcoitia, C. (2006, February). A New Model for Student Success. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Ed,
Azcoitia, C. (2005, September). A New Vision of Community Schools. CATALYST, September, 17
Azcoitia, C. M. (Winter 2003). Student Mobility and Local School Improvement in Chicago.
The Journal of Negro Education, 72(1), 158-164.
Azcoitia, C. M. (2002, Spring/Summer). Service Learning in the Chicago Public Schools: A Status Report . . . Fall, 2001. The School Community Journal, 12(1), 133-136.
Azcoitia, C. M. (2002, Spring/Summer). Comprehensive Community Schools: A Status Report . . . Fall, 2001. The School Community Journal, 12(1), 137-141
Azcoitia, C. (1993, November). Reform Must Spread to Other Institutions. Catalyst, November, 20-21.
Azcoitia, C., Sloan, C.A. (1990, August). Successful Peer Tutoring for Vocational Education. The Journal of the Illinois Vocational Association, 2(3), 16-17.
Azcoitia, C., Sloan, C.A. (1990). Peer Tutoring for Vocational Students. Illinois Schools Journal, 70(1) 31-33.
Azcoitia, C.,Viso, P.A. (1987 March). Dropout Prevention Chicago Style. Vocational Education Journal, 33-34.
Presentations
Boeing Corporation- (2008)
Multilingual Chicago Forum- (2008)
Principal Leadership in Community Schools- Portland, Oregon, (2008)
Education Reform - International Education Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, (2008)
Aspiring Principals- Northeastern Illinois University, (2008) ″PTA Parent Summit – Field Museum- (2008)
Principal's Development Seminar – Ustron, Poland (2007)
Seminar on Developing Responsible Students – Bangkok, Thailand (2007)
Presentation on Equity and Quality – Ecuador Foundation – Quayaquil, Ecuador (2007)
School Reform – Developing New Models – Purdue University, Distinguished Lecture Series (2007)
Reviewer and Panelist – Consortium Report on High School Post-Secondary Culture-University of Chicago (2008)
LULAC Annual Convention – Chicago, 2007
Coalition of Community Schools, Baltimore (2005-2008)
Small Schools National Conference, St. Petersburg Florida (2005)
National Community Education Association, Austin TX, (2002)
National Conference for Educating Hispanics, San Antonio, Texas (2001), Miami, FL (2002)
Service Learning Conference, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL (2001)
Chicago School Reform, The Open University, Cambridge, England (2000)
Interpersonal Effectiveness, Chicago Principals and Administrators Association (CPAA), Chicago, IL (1998-2000)
Aspiring Principal Training, LAUNCH/CPAA, Northwestern University (1999) (2000) (2001)
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