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residents Name or Business: Kelly Tennison - Roseville Area High School Address 1: 1240 Cty. Rd. B-2 City: Rosevi]]e State: MN Zip: 55113 Email : This recognition program provides our community the opportunity to nominate individuals, groups and organizations for meritorious service in the pursuit and advocacy of human rights. It encompasses Roseville residents and anyone working on behalf of Roseville residents.: Describe briefly the nominee's activity or accomplishment: Kelly Tennison is an English Language teacher- leader at Roseville Area High School and a leader among our entire Roseville Community. I will be pasting my full letter of recommendation for her below. Describe the impact on individuals or groups in the Roseville Community. Consider the number of people affected and the longevity or level of change created.: It is my pleasure and privilege to write this letter of recommendation for Ms. Kelly Tennison. I'm currently the Principal at Roseville Area High School and Kelly is the leader of our English Language Program as well as a Lead Teacher for our Alternative Teacher Performance Pay Program. I've known Kelly as her supervisor for the past seven years and I enthusiastically support her nomination as a recipient of the Roseville Human Rights Commission Award. Kelly is an extremely dedicated, organized, creative and student-centered teacher here at Roseville Area High School (RAHS). She is a tireless advocate for her students and a first-class instructional leader. Kelly has a leading role in delivering our school improvement plan in relationship to growing school-wide instructional differentiation. She has shown great initiative and compassion while worlcing with our EL students and all of our students at RAHS. It was Kelly's energy and leadership that led to the creation of the RAHS Multicultural Leaders Group. This impactful group was composed of various sub-groups of inale students of color who were experiencing conflict at RAHS. Kelly developed a working curriculum and relationship-building activities that ultimately eliminated the conflict, increased instructional time, and thusly increased student safety and achievement. She always creatively thinks outside the box and doesn't easily take `no' for an answer when it comes to supporting our students and families. Kelly was selected as an Instructional Coach / Teacher-Leader at RAHS again due to her steadfast dedication to her students and her ability to deliver an un-wavering and consistent message of support to her professional colleagues. Kelly's peers look to her for guidance, courage, and confidence when attempting new instructional methods. Kelly focuses on building high-quality relationships with her students, families, and colleagues. Her style of leadership builds trust and instructional momentum in the closing of the achievement gap. The instructional practices that Kelly models each and every day are EXACTLY the exemplary practices of a Human Rights Award Winner.