Kankakee School District 111

The Student Support Services and Diverse Programs Team, led by Dr. Patricia Gonzalez, is composed of four departments: Multilingual Education, Special Education, Student Support Services, and Health Services. Our purpose is to remove barriers to student academic success by focusing on language, individualized education plans, health, and social-emotional learning, as well as providing services for students and their families. We are committed to bringing out the best in others in service of our students and community. We accomplish this through focused work in three key areas: program development, implementation, and evaluation; instructional leadership; and advocacy. Our practices aim to develop leaders at all levels, guided by program and service frameworks, policies, procedures, and resources. Additionally, we provide a tiered support system that offers universal professional development, targeted professional development, and strategic on-site individualized support for staff and school leaders around leadership and instructional best practices.