About Us

Vision

All students will be empowered with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to become active, responsible contributors to their community and the world.

Mission

Fitchburg Public Schools empowers all students to excel academically, grow socially and emotionally, and thrive in a diverse, interconnected world. This is accomplished through:

• advancing equity, fostering innovation, and inspiring lifelong learning.

• building strong partnerships among students, educators, families, and the community.

• cultivating an inclusive, dynamic teaching and learning environment that nurtures curiosity, meets diverse needs, and removes barriers to success.

Visión

Todos los estudiantes estarán capacitados con los conocimientos, las habilidades y la confianza necesarios para convertirse en contribuyentes activos y responsables de su comunidad y del mundo.

Misión

Las Escuelas Públicas de Fitchburg empoderan a todos los estudiantes para que sobresalgan académicamente, crezcan social y emocionalmente, y prosperen en un mundo diverso e interconectado. Esto se logra mediante:

• el fomento de la equidad, el impulso de la innovación y la inspiración del aprendizaje permanente.

• crear vínculos sólidos entre los estudiantes, los educadores, las familias y la comunidad.

• fomentar un ambiente de enseñanza y aprendizaje inclusivo y dinámico que estimule la curiosidad, satisfaga las diversas necesidades y elimine las barreras para el éxito.

Inclusivity Audit Presentation to the School Committee by Dr. Akuoma Nwadike of Inclusivity Education.

Dr. Nwadike is a scholar and researcher-practitioner dedicated to social justice in all spaces - especially in K-12 and postsecondary education - through increasing equity and access.

After completing two master’s degrees in education (and M.A. and an M.S.), she concluded her formal education with a Ph.D. in Learning, Leadership, and Educational Policy from the University of Connecticut. She continues to actualize her researcher-to-practitioner analytical and instructional skills.

Dr. Nwadike uses research-based best practices and originally designed frameworks and evaluative models to advocate for, design, implement, and measure culturally and systemically relevant, responsive, and sustainable programming that centers the needs of Black and brown people, predominantly those from underserved communities. Her expertise in research, mixed methods data analysis, and program development and measurement inspired her to adapt one of the many validated theories she studied into a practical way of operationalizing equity work. She then integrated research and data analysis from multiple scholarly sources to design a way to holistically and progressively measure equity in any ecosystem. These designs culminated in the founding of Inclusivity Education, with the Inclusivity Education Model at the center.