Abington School District recently appointed Ms. Kinshasa Rodgers as Assistant Principal at Abington Middle School.

Ms. Rodgers most recently served as an assistant principal at Benjamin Franklin High School, and prior to that as a special education advisor for the School District of Philadelphia.

She was featured in February by The Philly Tribune for Benjamin Franklin’s career and technical education (CTE) programs.

From the article:

“Our biggest lift right now is really supporting our students around the new graduation requirements (Act 158),” said Benjamin Franklin High School assistant principal Kinshasa Rodgers.

“The state has pretty strict guidelines in terms of what our students have to do to graduate,” she said. “We’re helping them understand what they need to graduate and what the additional requirements will mean for each student.”

Rodgers added that meeting with students one-on-one and talking to them about their interests and post secondary plans helps with that process.

“Once we have a gauge for what their plans are after high school, we have what we call buckets,” Rodgers said. “They’re five pathways and we put students in the pathway that’s aligned with their plans for after high school and also aligned with what they’re doing now.

“We have CTE, so students in the CTE track are in one specific area or pathway,” she said. “Once we have them on a specific pathway we then look at the requirements of that pathway and decide what would be the best option for those students. I supervise the special education department as one-third of our students have IEP’s (Individualized Education Program).

She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Education from Temple University, a Masters of Science in Special and Elementary Education from St. Joseph’s University, and a School Principal Certification from Eastern University.

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