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Meeting Date:
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8/29/2019 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Awards and Commendations
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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1. Excellence in Education Award - Chad Sperzel-Wuchterl
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement
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Attachments
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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Each month, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors recognizes an outstanding school, student, staff member, parent, or community member for a display of excellence, achievement, and innovation that may serve as an example to our school district and the entire Milwaukee community. This month, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors is pleased to present the “Excellence in Education Award” to:
Chad Sperzel-Wuchterl
Milwaukee Public Schools recognizes Mr. Chad Sperzel-Wuchterl for his dedication to providing Milwaukee’s youth with exceptional learning experiences. Mr. Sperzel-Wuchterl was presented with the 2018-19 Wisconsin High School Teacher of the Year Award, an honor for which only 175 educators have been chosen since 1956. He was also awarded a Herb Kohl Teacher Fellowship during 2018-19, and he received a 2015 Celebrate Teachers & Teaching Award.
Mr. Sperzel-Wuchterl, who began teaching at Reagan College Preparatory High School in 2004, has developed an expansive visual arts program. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in visual arts from Cardinal Stritch University.
One of the ways Mr. Sperzel-Wuchterl infuses college experiences throughout the curriculum is by collaborating with professors from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and the Minneapolis College of Art Design to provide lessons, workshops, and even professional critiques of student work. In 2018, his visual-arts students earned $3 million in scholarships. His students also make annual visits to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where they participate in art workshops and learn about college options and scholarships from admissions staff.
A major tenet of Mr. Sperzel-Wuchterl’s teaching practice is a focus on closing the achievement gap. He embeds literacy within his visual-arts classes and uses ACT data to better understand his students’ literacy-related strengths and areas in need of improvement. He is then able to tailor literacy-infused art lessons to support students’ reading about and analyzing art and art theory, describing their artistic processes, explaining their work to professors and other professional artists, listening to critiques, and writing their reflections. Students also develop valuable collaboration skills in many creative projects and work with diverse media to develop existing talents and to build new skills. Even while he works tirelessly to widen students’ experiences and opportunities, Sperzel-Wuchterl’s belief in education as a lifelong process remains at the center of his own development.
The Milwaukee Board of School Directors recognizes and honors Chad Sperzel-Wuchterl for his dedication, outstanding leadership, and commitment to excellence on behalf of the students of the Milwaukee Public Schools.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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None
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Recommendation:
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Tina Just - Administrative Assistant III
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Signed By:
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Keith Posley, Ed.D. - Superintendent
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