Susan Jensen is a consultant at Strategic Learning Initiatives (SLI) where she works with a group of Chicago Public School (CPS) principals with a focus on implementation and monitoring SLI’s Focused Instruction initiative pilot through CPS schools. Jensen concentrates on the improvement of teaching and learning in the area of language arts. Prior, she served as the Principal of Chicago’s Finkl Academy. In this capacity she was instrumental in increasing ISAT composite scores from 23.3% in 2000 to 79.5% in 2007. Her responsibilities included selecting, monitoring and evaluating 73 staff, as well as curriculum and programs for 850 students. Jensen also led strategic and tactical improvement planning and managed Finkl’s $2.5 million budget. She also worked as Assistant Principal of Gray, Finkl and Drummond elementary schools in Chicago. Jensen has a B.S. in Elementary Education as well as a M.Ed. in Reading and Learning Disabilities from DePaul University.