{"id":794,"date":"2019-11-06T19:16:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T00:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/board\/thomas-rooney\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T16:56:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T20:56:44","slug":"thomas-rooney","status":"publish","type":"board","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/board\/thomas-rooney\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Rooney, Board Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thomas Rooney serves as the Board Chair of the Aurora Institute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As the Superintendent of Lindsay Unified School District, Mr. Rooney has engaged in the system-wide transformative work of building a learner-centered <span class=\"s1\">Performance Based System <\/span>throughout the entire K-12\u00a0learning community. In June 2016, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced a\u00a0partnership with the Lindsay Unified to advance the Performance Based\u00a0System in the district and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mr. Rooney is highly knowledgeable of research-based\u00a0instructional practices,\u00a0and is a key leader involved in work related to the development, evaluation and\u00a0modification of all aspects of the Performance Based System in Lindsay Unified.\u00a0He maintains a strong track record of successful and committed leadership at\u00a0the site and district levels focused on serving the learners and families of the\u00a0Lindsay community. Beyond the Lindsay Unified School District, Mr. Rooney has\u00a0become a nationally recognized voice for all matters related to mass customized\u00a0learning, competency-based\u00a0learning, and personalized learning. Over the past\u00a0three years, Mr. Rooney has provided multiple keynote\u00a0addresses, webinars,\u00a0and formal training sessions throughout the country on the topics of\u00a0transformational leadership, performance-based\u00a0learning, and systems change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mr. Rooney is also a certified trainer and professional coach with The\u00a0Breakthrough Coach.\u00a0Prior to his position as Superintendent, Mr. Rooney served as the Assistant\u00a0Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, elementary Principal, elementary\u00a0Assistant Principal, and classroom teacher.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":10475,"template":"","class_list":["post-794","board","type-board","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thomas Rooney, Board Chair - Aurora Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/board\/thomas-rooney\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thomas Rooney, Board Chair - Aurora Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Thomas Rooney serves as the Board Chair of the Aurora Institute. 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