School District: National Heritage Academies

School: Regent Park Scholars Academy

Mentor: Crystal Byse, Principal, Regent Park Scholars Academy

Mentor Duties:
- Establish a positive culture through trust, gaining commitment, managing conflict
- Embrace accountability and strive for results in community relationships
- Monitor and support instructional needs: teaching, interventions, assessment
- Develop staff through effective hiring and staffing
- Builds leadership through deans, teacher leaders, and teachers
- Provide meaningful Professional Development
- Create and maintain a safe environment for staff and students
- Monitor student data and make appropriate adjustments
- Run all operations and systems at an effective level
- Be innovative and focused
- Engage with all stakeholders to develop a high performing school

School Environment:

Regent Park Scholars Academy is one of 87 schools within National Heritage

Academies. Regent Park is one of roughly a dozen NHA schools in the metro-Detroit area. It
houses roughly 720 students in Kindergarten through Eighth grade. There are four sections of
Kindergarten and first grade. Second grade through sixth grade each have three sections, and
seventh and eighth grade have two sections each. Most students and families that attend
Regent Park are low socioeconomic, with 97.7% of students on free and reduced lunch. The
ethnicity makeup of Regent Park is 98.8% African American. The gender makeup of Regent
Park is almost split with 51% of the students being female and 49% being male. The school
scores just above similar schools in the district, and Regent Park last year achieved huge
growth in their Michigan rankings. As a teacher at Regent Park for 5+ years, it is an ever-
changing place to be with a lot of potential and a great culture for staff and students.