Beatriz Rendón Welcomed as Newest Member to Arizona Charter Schools Association Board
The Arizona Charter Schools Association is pleased to announce a new member to its Board of Directors, Beatriz Rendón, Senior Associate Vice President of Educational Outreach and Student Services at Arizona State University. See an article in the Phoenix Business Journal here.
Rendón is responsible for building and diversifying the pipeline of college going students into ASU, which includes her position as the Chief Executive Officer of ASU Preparatory Academy. The K-12 public charter school currently serves over 2,000 students in grades PreK-12.
As an education expert on the Association’s Board of Directors, Rendón will advise Arizona’s largest charter support organization in its mission to support student achievement though high-quality charter schools, advocate for student equity and charter school autonomy, and lead Arizona charter schools as a sustainable, strong and credible organization.
The Arizona Charter Schools Association is the leading support organization for public charter schools in Arizona. With one of the highest percentages of student attending a public charter school, Arizona continues to be one of the fastest growing states in the charter school movement. Fully, about 30 percent of the state’s public schools are charter schools, and about 18 percent of our public students attend a charter. In 2014, 73 percent of charter schools with two years of letter grades either improved their letter grade or earned an A (A-Alt) or B (B-Alt). The Association believes that all Arizona students should have access to a high quality public school and focuses on creating and sharing innovative programs designed to support leaders and teachers as they work to improve student achievement.
- About Beatriz Rendón — Ms. Rendón is a Senior Associate Vice President of Educational Outreach and Student Services at Arizona State University, where she is responsible for building and diversifying the pipeline of college going students into ASU. She also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of ASU Preparatory Academy, ASU’s innovative, K-12 public charter school, which currently serves over 2000 students in grades PreK-12. The schools are located in two principal geographic locations, one urban and one suburban. Through its involvement in K-12 public education, ASU demonstrates that all students from all socio-economic backgrounds can achieve a four-year university degree, compete globally and contribute to their communities. As the former Executive Director of Strategic Alliances for the Critical Path Institute, Ms. Rendón provided leadership and philanthropic development support to scientific researchers that were developing pre-competitive biomarkers for important diseases. Ms. Rendón also served as the Chief Business Officer for the Tucson Unified School District, the second largest district in Arizona, where she managed an operating budget of $360 million and helped resolve a multi-million dollar deficit. Prior to moving to Tucson, Ms. Rendón spent 14 years in several executive capacities at the Chicago Public Schools, the third largest school district in the country, including leading “Renaissance 2010,” an initiative that launched in 2005 with the goal of opening 100 new, independently operated schools by 2010. Before Ms. Rendón moved back to the southwest in 2007, eighty-three independently operated schools were operating in the district. Ms. Rendón is originally from El Paso, Texas. A first-generation college student, Ms. Rendón has a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, a Master’s of Public Policy from University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arizona in Political Science. She is fluent in Spanish, and is also an accomplished saxophonist. Ms. Rendón and her husband are the proud parents of five children.
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About the Arizona Charter Schools Association
The Arizona Charter Schools Association is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support student achievement though high-quality charter schools, advocate for student equity and charter school autonomy, and lead Arizona charter schools as a sustainable, strong and credible organization. For more information, visit www.azcharters.org or call 602.944.0644.
