Errika Baker Perkins

Executive Director of Advanced Learning & Specialty Programs​

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Dr. Errika Baker Perkins
Executive Director of Advanced Learning & Specialty Programs
Dr. Errika Baker Perkins currently serves as Executive Director of Advanced Learning & Specialty Programs for Chicago Public Schools. In this capacity, she directs the support, implementation, scale, and sustainability of a diverse portfolio of district-wide programs, including International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, Personalized Learning, Competency-Based, Magnet, and Gifted programs.Her strategic leadership ensures the effective delivery of these programs across the district.

Before transitioning to a central office leadership role, Errika served for four years as an elementary school principal, where she led a transformative personalized learning redesign process. This work was recognized with a Breakthrough Schools Award from Next Generation Learning Challenges.Earlier in her career, she helped develop a public Montessori school in Chicago, serving as Program Director, a founding staff member, and a PreK–3rd grade teacher.

Errika earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an M.A. in Elementary Education from Chicago State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration - Leadership, Equity, and Inclusion from Illinois State University.

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Brittany Guy

Director of Specialty Programs​

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Brittany Guy
Director of Specialty Programs
Brittany Guy is the Director of Specialty Programs for Chicago Public Schools. Since joining CPS in 2019, she has expanded her support from initially working with the personalized learning program to include schools with a variety of specialty programs.

In her current role, she focuses on ensuring program quality across schools with gifted, personalized learning, and magnet programs, including those currently implementing a federal Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) grant.

Before moving to Chicago, Brittany served as the Program Manager for Personalized Learning for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in North Carolina. There, she led the development of a program designed to create differentiated, student-led learning experiences, as well as shifts in early elementary grading practices. With a background as a middle school math teacher and instructional coach, she has focused on providing individualized support to help every learner grow. She contributed to North Carolina’s plan for scaling personalized learning, was a member of the NC Governor’s Teacher Network for action research on personalized professional learning, and served as a working group member for the EdTech Genome Project focused on professional learning.

Brittany is dedicated to fostering high-quality learning experiences for all students across Chicago.

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Savannah Bell

Manager of Personalized & Competency-Based Learning

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Savannah Bell
Manager, Personalized & Competency-Based Learning
Savannah began her career as a 4th and 5th grade teacher on the South Side of Chicago. She was part of a four-person team that reimagined their school through the Next Generation Learning Challenge Breakthrough Schools Competition. The team developed a transformation plan and received over 300K in grant funding. She led coaching and staff development to expand personalized, competency-based learning from pilot classrooms to a full school model.

Savannah is passionate about personalized, competency-based learning and believes it is key to providing a high-quality education for all students.

She holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Cincinnati and an MEd in School Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has served as a teacher, school-based coach, resident principal, and district personalized learning specialist.

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