INTEGRATED COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Co - Founder
• Co - Founder of Integrated Comprehensive Systems™ With Frattura
• Professor

Colleen A. Capper is Professor Emerita after serving 31 years in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has published extensively on leadership for social justice and equity. She is the editor of the book series Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity (Routledge), and published four best-selling books: Organizational Theory for Equity and Diversity: Leading Integrated, Socially Justice Education (Winner of the 2018 Taylor and Francis International Award for Outstanding New Textbook in Behavioral Sciences and Education) Meeting the Needs of Students of All Abilities: Leading Beyond Inclusion (2nd edition) (with Elise Frattura) Leading for Social Justice: Transforming Schools for All Learners (with Elise Frattura) Educational Administration in a Pluralistic Society Capper is a co-founder of Integrated Comprehensive Systems™ with Frattura. Capper partners with organizations including schools, districts, universities, non-profits, for-profits, health care systems, city/county governments, and professional associations around the globe to transform their systems internally and in the products and services they provide to eliminate inequities. Colleen A. Capper is a co-founder of ICS Equity and Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin - Madison

Job Titles:

• Leader
• Board Member of Urban Ecology Center

Cynthia L. Gonzalez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, raised on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is a proud product of Milwaukee Public Schools. Cynthia has an array of administrative and teaching experience. Most recently, she served as a school leader of Escuela Verde in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she was charged with leading curriculum and instruction, teaching and learning, student services, professional development, coaching and mentoring, and leading professional learning communities, as well as leading in strategic planning and visioning among other administrative roles. As a school leader, Cynthia has had the opportunity to impact the academic and social emotional outcomes of all students through sustainable structures and systems centered on equitable practices. Her extensive educational experiences with youth align with her work to provide transformative education as a way to engage students in learning. She has designed and implemented student-centered, project-based, constructivist curriculum that integrates social justice, sustainability, and restorative justice themes school-wide. Cynthia is a proud board member of Urban Ecology Center, Bembe Drum and Dance, and SERVE Marketing. She is part of the selection committee to distribute scholarship funds to organizations who support adult undocumented learners through the Mexican Consulate of Milwaukee. She also serves as the coordinator for the state of Wisconsin for the Mexico - United States Teacher Exchange Program (PROBEM). Cynthia is currently pursuing a doctoral program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cynthia's research interests include language acquisition, bilingual education, and collaborative leadership.

Job Titles:

• Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Western Carolina University

Darrius Stanley is an assistant professor of educational leadership at Western Carolina University. He is a native southerner from Tallahassee, Florida where he attended his hometown historically Black college, Florida A&M University. Generally, his research agenda explores school leadership practices and their impacts on issues of race, gender, and equity in today's public schools. His work centers historical, Critical race and gender lenses, to uplift the testimonies of minoritized school communities. His current research examines the impact that school and district leaders can have on teacher diversity in public schools. Further, his scholarship conceptualizes the possibilities for Black and other minoritized students' success when Black teachers are retained, supported, and valued in school communities. Darrius also has an array of teaching, coaching, research, and leadership experience in Urban school contexts.

Job Titles:

• Co - Founder
• Member of the ICS Team
• Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Elise Frattura is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, having taught for over 20 years in the School of Education. From 2003-2013, Dr. Frattura served as an Associate Dean and Department Chairperson for the School of Education. Prior to her role at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dr. Frattura was a teacher and a central office administrator from 1983-2001, during which time she also served as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Frattura taught graduate courses for principals and district office administrators in the areas of: Diversity in Elementary and Secondary Education, Advanced Analysis and Design of School Systems, Politics and Educational Organizational Cultures, and Non-Discrimination Law. While a professor, she co-founded and taught courses in Administrative Leadership for Intentional Equity, for school principals and district office administrators. Dr. Frattura also researches and publishes in the area of Integrated Comprehensive Systems™, non-discrimination law for all learners, and the theoretical underpinnings of educational segregation. Dr. Frattura works extensively with urban, rural, and suburban school districts across the country as well as internationally to assist in the movement from reactionary systems of segregation to a proactive Integrated Comprehensive Systems™ of support through presentations, evaluations, and consultation. Dr. Frattura is a Co-Founder of Integrated Comprehensive Systems (ICS). Elise Frattura is a co-founder of ICS Equity and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Job Titles:

• Program Director for the Educational Leadership

Jess Weiler is an Assistant Professor and the Program Director for the Educational Leadership program in the College of Education and Allied Professions at Western Carolina University (WCU). Dr. Weiler received her bachelor's and master's degrees in communication sciences and disorders from St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. She worked as a speech-language pathologist and special educator in both healthcare and educational settings throughout southern California before returning to graduate school to explore the reasons students with disabilities were not succeeding at high levels. Recognizing the promise of Dr. Capper and Dr. Frattura's equity systems work, Dr. Weiler completed her doctoral degree in educational leadership and policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Weiler moved to Asheville, NC in 2009 (where she presently resides) and served as a high school administrator before moving to her present position at WCU. Her research focuses upon leadership competence and educator-teaming for equitable and socially just schools.

Nasif K. Rogers, born and raised on the south side of Chicago and a product of Chicago Public Schools, is a fierce advocate for youth and families who have been marginalized and oppressed by school systems. As an educator, Rogers has a range of administrative and teaching experiences, spanning 17 years in rural, suburban, urban, charter, and non-profit sectors. Most recently, he served as a Director for Equity charged with leading a district's equity work and professional learning, and supporting cross-functional teams across human resources, teaching and learning, and student services departments. His other administrative experience includes principal and associate principal assignments covering grades 4 through 12. Rogers' teaching assignments include working as a high school social studies teacher and as a middle school math and ELA teacher. He has also coached kids through highly successful debate and forensics programs. He is currently teaching a graduate course in Educational Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Rogers is also a founding board member of Future Urban Leaders, a Milwaukee-based non-profit dedicated to youth leadership development, academic support to and through college, social and civic engagement and activism, and wellness. Rogers is in the process of completing his doctoral studies in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his study focuses on Racial Battle Fatigue and the experiences of Black women education leaders in predominantly white k-12 schools.

Job Titles:

• Principal at Asheville High School

Ruafika Cobb currently serves as an Assistant Principal at Asheville High School. She is a native daughter of Alabama and a proud alumna of Tuskegee University, where she graduated with a BS in Biology. She received an M.Ed in Educational Leadership with a focus on Administration from East Tennessee State University in 2010.

Job Titles:

• Chief Academic Officer for Lynchburg City School

Sam Coleman currently serves as the Chief Academic Officer for Lynchburg City Schools in Lynchburg, Virginia. Over the last 10 years, Sam has served in public education and in both state and municipal government to advance equity through advocacy, policy analysis, strategic planning, and leadership development.