O le kamupani fa'atauga ma feso'ota'iga tuto'atasi a le lalolagi o lo'o fa'alauiloaina e le FINN Partners i aso nei ia Kate Johnson i le matafaioi o le Pa'aga, PreK-12 Education. I le faaopoopo atu i lona tomai loloto i faiga faavae lautele, ua aumaia ai e Johnson le tele o le malamalama i vaega o mataupu tau aʻoaʻoga maualuga i le vaega o le PreK-12, e aofia ai aʻoaʻoga amata, maualuga / toe faʻaleleia, faʻamaonia ma le atinaʻeina o tagata faigaluega faʻapea foi ma galuega tuusao ma itumalo ma setete. komiti o aoaoga. O le a faʻaauau pea ona lipoti atu Johnson ia Marina Stenos, Paaga Sinia, Taʻitaʻi Faʻataʻitaʻi Aʻoga PreK-12, Global Public Affairs, FINN Partners.

"O loʻo matou i ai i se tulaga taua i le tala faasolopito o loʻo sauni ai taʻitaʻi i aʻoaʻoga, pisinisi ma faiga faʻavae e foʻia luʻitau ua leva, faʻapitoa i le auala e maua ai avanoa tutusa ma avanoa i punaoa e mafai ai e tagata uma ona olaola," o le tala lea a Johnson. "O le galulue i le vaeluaga o nei mataupu e lagolago ai taumafaiga a matou tagata faʻatau e faʻalautele faiga faʻavae, fautua mo mataupu ma fefaʻasoaaʻi le tele o tala o aʻafiaga i a latou matata o galuega e faʻamaualalo ma faʻaosofia. O laʻu sini o le lelei i taimi uma aʻo faia mea lelei, ma ou te faʻamanuiaina e faʻaauau pea ona galulue faʻatasi ma le tele o paʻaga i la matou 'au aʻoaʻoga faʻatasi ma mataupu tau le va i fafo o loʻo tutusa le tautinoga."

O Johnson ose tagata tomai fa'apitoa tau feso'ota'iga ma tomai i faiga fa'avae a'oa'oga. I le avea ai ma failautusi a le au tusitala i le Indiana ma Florida Departments of Education i lalo o le nofoaiga a le taitai o le toefuataiga o aoaoga, Dr. Tony Bennett, na pulea ai e Johnson fesootaiga mo le vaetamaina ma le faatinoina o tulaga fou ma iloiloga, faapea foi ma mataupu i mataupu aoaoina ma aoaoga, ma le saogalemu o aoga. fuafuaga. I lana matafaioi muamua i le Strada Education Network, na ia mamanuina ma pulea le faʻalauiloaina o le uluaʻi suʻesuʻega muamua a le faʻalapotopotoga fou, Strada Consumer Insights-o se faʻapaʻaga suʻesuʻe a le atunuʻu e tele tausaga ma Gallup lea na suʻesuʻeina ala aʻoaʻoga ma aafiaga o tagata Amerika. 18-65 tausaga le matutua. I le taimi nei, o lo'o ia tautuaina tagata fa'atau i fa'asalalauga fa'alaua'itele ma mataupu fa'alaua'itele ma ua fa'atinoina le tele o polokalame tau feso'ota'iga manuia e fa'ata'atia ai mataupu lavelave a'oa'oga i auala e mafai ona maua e paaga uma. O galuega a Johnson e siitia ai le taua o fesoʻotaʻiga i le lagolagoina lelei o faiga faʻavae lautele e ala i faʻasalalauga fatufatuaʻi, ma o ana fesoʻotaʻiga loloto ma le au tusitala, tagata faʻavae faiga faʻavae, faʻalapotopotoga faʻalapotopotoga ma paaga i le vaega o aʻoaʻoga e taua tele.

"O la matou galuega i le PreK-12 Education Practice o loʻo i ai i le fesoʻotaʻiga o le tele o luʻitau faigata, ua leva ona faʻatumauina, aemaise lava le mea na faʻaalia e le faʻamaʻi i luma o le avanoa aʻoga," o le tala lea a Stenos. "O Kate o loʻo taʻitaʻia galuega a le tagata o tausia i le tele o vaega taua o loʻo feagai ma nisi o suiga sili i le talafaasolopito, e aofia ai aʻoaʻoga amata ma le atinaʻeina o tagata faigaluega. O ia foi o se paaga faamaoni e faʻaalu se taimi e faʻatonu ai tagata o le 'au ma fausia sootaga i la tatou pisinisi. I le avea ai ma se tasi e faʻatinoina moni a tatou 'faia se eseesega i le lalolagi' tulaga taua, e faʻataunuʻuina e Kate lena faʻamoemoe i aso uma, mo tagata faʻatau, mo tamaiti aʻoga, aiga ma alalafaga latou te tautuaina, ma mo ana paaga-o se fiafiaga ma se avanoa e galulue ai. o ia i aso uma.”

Johnson e feso'ota'i ma le tele o fa'alapotopotoga fa'apolofesa ma fa'alapotopotoga. O ia o se sui malosi o le Education Writers' Association, le Young Professionals of Central Indiana ma le Tri Delta Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee. E galue foi o ia o se faifeau liturgical ma le Failautusi o le Fono Faifeau i le St. Malachy Catholic Church i Brownsburg, Indiana.

"O Kate o se tagata sili ona lelei e ola i o tatou tulaga taua i ana galuega i lea aso ma lea aso ma e taulaʻi i taimi uma e le gata i le pito i lalo ae o le lelei sili atu," o le tala lea a Jessica Berk Ross, Managing Partner, Global Public Affairs Practice Leader, FINN Partners. "O lana galuega e lagolago ai tagata faʻatau i le US atoa ma le lalolagi atoa e taua tele i lo tatou poto masani i mataupu tau lautele. Na te malamalama i le taua o le faʻasalalauga ma le fausiaina o fesoʻotaʻiga faʻasalalauga e aofia ai ma faʻafeiloaʻi manaʻoga o tagata moni i totonu o nuʻu."

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

In addition to her deep public policy expertise, Johnson brings a wealth of knowledge to high priority education issue areas across the PreK-12 sector, including early childhood education, up/reskilling, credentials and workforce development as well as direct work with districts and state boards of education.
“Our work in PreK-12 Education Practice is at the nexus of a variety of tough, long-entrenched challenges, particularly given what the pandemic has brought to the fore of the education space,”.
“We are at a critical point in history where leaders across education, business and policy are ready to address the long-standing, systemic challenges of how to provide equitable opportunity and access to resources that enable all people to thrive,”.