North Kent News

Get to know KSSN's District Team Leads!

Last week, we highlighted our District Team Lead from Godwin Heights Public Schools. Today, we're focusing on our second District Team Lead, Jodi West, with Sparta Area Schools - Sparta, MI! 

Jodi West has been with KSSN since 2010, first as a Community School Coordinator in the Wyoming district, then as a Coordinator in Cedar Springs, and since 2018, has filled the concurrent roles of Community School Coordinator at Ridgeview Elementary School in Sparta, as well as Sparta District Team Lead.   

As District Team Lead, Jodi provides supervision for our other Coordinators in the Sparta Area Schools district: Appleview Elementary, Sparta Middle, and Sparta High School. Her favorite part of being a District Team Lead is being able to balance "boots on the ground" work with her Ridgeview students, families, and school staff, while supporting the other Sparta coordinators, meeting with school administration, and helping to make decisions on best practices. 

Because KSSN can be found in all schools in the Sparta district, Jodi knows her team is having an impact through their collective convening of community partners. These partners strengthen the work of KSSN by helping to remove barriers to student success, whether through mentoring programs, food and housing resources, extended learning opportunities, and mental health support (to name just a few!). 

When Jodi is not busy being both a Community School Coordinator and a District Team Lead, you can find her reading or spending time outdoors, cross-country skiing, kayaking, golfing, and gardening. She also loves cooking and bringing together friends and family over a good meal. 

Thank you, Jodi, for all that you do. You have contributed greatly to KSSN and to all the districts that you have worked with, helping to further the community school model, and always having Yes in your heart!

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