Erica Thieman, PhD

Director of K-12 Standards and Instruction at the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

[Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚 @rweingarten]

Gross! JD Vance's comments are sad and insulting to millions of modern families, and school teachers including Catholic nuns, none of whom should be targeted for their family decisions.

[Illinois State Board of Education @ISBEnews]

Attention public school districts with Grades 6-12 schools having at least 40% low-income students. Don't miss on the opportunity to apply for the FY 2025 AP Course Implementation Grant. Apply by 5 p.m. July 29: https://t.co/dWHbBwybhA

[Illinois State Board of Education @ISBEnews]

Public school districts that have one or more schools serving any of the Grades 6 through 12 where 40 percent or more of the students are from low-income families are eligible to apply for the FY 2025 AP Course Implementation Grant. Apply on our website: https://t.co/Zji6UyqgTH

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

Discussing implementation supports in the Getting Started Toolkit for the IL Literacy Plan with regional education leaders with @iarssil at the Connecting Conference. #OutAndAboutWithISBE @ISBEnews

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

I am extremely proud to be a small part in supporting the implementation of the TEAACH Act which made Illinois the first state to mandate the inclusion of Asian American peoples and histories in the K-12 curriculum.

This guide is fantastic! @ISBEnews

https://t.co/gpCg7s9bp9

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

My team @ISBEnews has been working tirelessly on the second draft IL Literacy Plan since June. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! https://t.co/L2uxmbQul9

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

Yesterday my @ISBEnews team sat with Native American teachers, scholars, and community members to begin building a shared vision for inclusive culturally responsive teacher and student supports for Illinois. We are very excited for the future impact of this work!

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

Celebrating 10 years of the @ISBEnews grant funded IL Parent Mentor Program with @PalenqueLSNA @pmprogramIL95 This year over 1,500 parent mentors joined IL elementary classrooms at 225 schools to support our teachers in the development of our youngest learners.

[Illinois State Board of Education @ISBEnews]

“If you look at the amount of money that is being saved by our Illinois families -- when they get a three or higher, they don't have to pay for that college credit -- it's in the $200 million range."
~Dr. Erica Thieman, Director of Standards & Instruction https://t.co/J9ScVOB3g6

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

📢 Illinois leads the nation in AP Exam performance!

Our state saw the largest 10-year increase of any state in high school graduates scoring a 3 or higher, in part thanks to our administration lowering the cost for low-income students to $7! https://t.co/PQTVoLnnqd

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

@mrsphelpscodes Thankful to have you on the team!

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

What an awesome thing to have a diverse group of amazing IL women leading #CSEd equity work for the state! @ISBEnews CS Consultant Jessie Ervin joined @csanchezcrozier from @LatinxDLN, @ChariosiTeach from UIUC, and @mrsphelpscodes from @ltcillinois in CA for the @ECEP_CS summit

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

@ECEP_CS @mrsphelpscodes @ltcillinois @csanchezcrozier @LatinxDLN @ChrystallaMouza @megbates_IWERC @TonySandersSupt check out the good news! ISBE will be working to expand access to computer science for all IL learners with our partners.

[ECEP @ECEP_CS]

Illinois is in the ECEP house! We are excited to work with the amazing team to advance equitable #CSEd across the state @mrsphelpscodes @ltcillinois @csanchezcrozier @latinxdln @ChrystallaMouza @EdIllinoise @megbates_IWERC https://t.co/qyf9nVNi2a

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

@hendricksonm @MegRaeB I’m super proud to count @n2p39 as one of my close friends 🥰

[LatinX DLN @LatinxDLN]

Great to be leading an Innovative initiative for Computer Science Equity for Latinx and EL educators. #cs4latinx @LULACil5238 @csanchezcrozier @abril_vela @JuliaFValdivia @SvetlikCS @JFCM2 @GaribayGris @CSCConsultingGp @LULAC @mingarsan @HegemanRaya @ethieman @CSforALL @ECEP_CS

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

@JoeMelisi 🥺🥺🥺

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

@BlazeCurrie @garthbrooks Yup! Had that exact same thought. That was the very first cassette tape I ever owned. I believe I was in 4th grade when it came out 🤩

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

@tracysefl @ShrimpLingSoup have you seen this????

[Erica Thieman, PhD @ethieman]

@ShrimpLingSoup This person has clearly never been to an airport before. TSA is federal and doesn’t give two shits about local law enforcement. They enforce FEDERAL directives.