LEADERSHIP ADVANCING CHARACTER AND CULTURE IN SCHOOLS (LACCS)  

Leadership Team

Character Education Coaches  

Colin Jacobs, PhD

Dr. Colin Jacobs is the Human Resources Director of the Pewaukee School District. Prior to that role, he was an elementary school principal and provided collaborative leadership for a National District of Character. He has been trained through LACCS and the 11 Principles of Character Education training in addition to presenting breakout sessions at the state conference.  He started his career as an educator teaching 1st grade and 6th grade before becoming an administrator. He is also School Leadership Licensure Coordinator at Alverno College in the School of Education's Master's Degree Program. He received his PhD in Cardinal Stritch's Leadership, Learning, and Service Program with a focus on Character Education at the elementary school level. He and his family attend Eastbrook Church where he taught Sunday school classes and he currently serves as an Eastbrook Academy board member. He enjoys spending free time with his wife and children and following local sports teams.

Katie Huse

For the past 14 years, Katie Huse has been an educator to 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. For the last 3 years, she has served as the MTSS Coordinator and internal coach for Americorps tutors. While teaching, she has served as a lead teacher mentor to new educators. In addition, Katie was selected for a curriculum leadership team, leading collaboration with other schools within her network, observing and sharing best practices, and held discussion panels with school leaders and curriculum design teams. Katie has participated in Milwaukee Schools That Can collaboratives and Uncommon Schools: Teach like a Champion training with Doug Lemov, after which she led professional development to her school community. In recent years, she has implemented social emotional learning and restorative practice curriculum within her school. In 2021, Katie completed the Emerging Leaders Program where she created and presented her change project which focused on peer coaching to academic leaders in the Milwaukee area. She received her undergraduate degree from Alverno College and her Master’s degree from Mount Mary University.

Heather Sattler, EdD

Dr. Heather Sattler has been an educator for 27 years and is committed to cultivating individual and collective transformation while co-creating communities where young people are essential partners. Heather spent 26 years designing, developing, and teaching within a number of programs in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). She spent 11 of her years in MPS at The Alliance School where she facilitated the creation of school-wide restorative practices (RP) led by young people. While creating, she designed and taught a variety of classes - including restorative practices - she co-facilitated workshops with students for young people and adults from the local, national, and international communities at places like Harvard University and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. In 2018, Heather co-authored the article, “New Directions in Whole School Restorative Justice Implementation” with Dr. Thalia Gonzalez and Dr. Annalise Buth to articulate the process of facilitating the creation of school-wide restorative practices that center young people’s leadership as RP practitioners. In addition to her work within schools, Heather co-facilitates RP workshops with Alliance Alumni and people from a variety of local and national organizations while working with numerous partners to cultivate community-wide practices in Milwaukee and beyond. Heather received a doctorate in Education from Alverno College in 2021; her dissertation, “Expanding Vision: Exploring Value in Youth-Led Restorative Practice” was a collaboration with students from the Alliance School and speaks to the importance of creating an equitable community of practice in order to support young people's leadership as RP practitioners. Most of all, Heather is grateful to be walking through life with her three children as she co-creates transformational spaces for authentic connection and healing.

Directors

Julie Borgealt

Julie Borgealt is the Director of Academic and Campus Events and Co-director for LACCS at Alverno College. She has worked in continuing education for the college since 2008. Prior to that, she planned professional development workshops, seminars, and annual meetings for corporate clients and medical associations. Julie has a B.S. in Business from Indiana University. In 2015, she earned her Master’s degree in Community Psychology with a focus on program evaluation and research at Alverno. Julie has worked with the college’s character education programs, LACE and LACCS since their inception in 2010. She is the primary coordinator for Wisconsin’s annual character education conference.

Ronett D. Jacobs, EdD

For more than 20 years, Dr. Ronett Jacobs has focused on innovative student-centered instructional practice, designing creative learning environments, coaching teachers, and advocating for students that are subjected to marginalization. Ronett is the Co-director for LACCS at Alverno. She is also currently the Program Coordinator for Teach for America, at which she prepares "on the job" Master's licensure teachers for service in underserved schools around the city of Milwaukee. Ronett participated on the board of directors at Eastbrook Academy in Glendale until July 2020. Ronett earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Alverno and holds an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from Marian University and a B.A. in Education from Alverno College. For 17 years, Ronett was an exemplary classroom teacher instructing 3rd and 4th grade students and an instructional coach. She lives in Milwaukee with two of her three children and her husband. Ronett loves to experience the people and cultures of the world through travel and has lived in many places such as Georgia, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., Maryland, North Carolina, Japan, and Hawaii.

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