The principal of North Star Academy Charter School-Vailsburg Elementary has been named “Charter School Administrator of the Year” by the New Jersey Charter Schools Association.
Julie Jackson is being honored during the association’s annual conference in Atlantic City, which is being held today and tomorrow.
Jackson was among a select group of charter school leaders to receive the Cultivating Quality Education Awards for their contributions during the 2011-2012 school year. The awards were judged by a panel of three independent education experts.
“It is my strong belief that every child in this country has the right to an excellent education,” Jackson said. “When I joined North Star 14 years ago as a math teacher, I knew I was in a place that was using its autonomy to innovate. Over the last decade and a half, my colleagues and I have felt fortunate to live the mission of charters by developing and utilizing proven methods in education and then sharing those practices with others. It's our hope that we continue to get to learn from and share what works as this movement grows.”
Jackson came to North Star in 1998 after serving in the Teach for America program in Paterson. She has served as a teacher, dean of students and a founding high school principal, and is a nationally prominent figure in the education reform movement. Jackson is featured in two recently published books on education reform and in two more still in development and hosts several workshops nationwide, teaching thousands of educators how to replicate her accomplishments in their own schools.
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