Derrick Chau Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, California

Lead Local Control and Accountability Plan Development focused on strategic planning, stakeholder engagement and budget transparency

Division Of Instruction

-Lead directors and executive directors of PreK, Elementary, Middle and High School instruction district-wide-Coordinate district-wide efforts on instruction, curriculum and assessment PreK-12-Lead district-wide counseling and A-G graduation initiatives-Consult and present to Board members and staff on district policies and initiatives-Coordinate.

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Support curriculum and instruction across all six Local Districts and 180+ middle and high schools in the LAUSD-Lead Division of Instruction secondary content coordinators in English Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, History/Social Studies, and Health-Refine and develop policies and procedures to support curriculum and instruction-Consult and present.

Los Angeles, CA

-Supervise and coach middle and high school principals; training them and providing them with the support they need to raise student achievement in their schools-Support principals to set key objectives for learning and measurable benchmarks.-Uses data to drive instructional changes at schools-Put in place an infrastructure for professional development of.

Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities include overseeing the instructional team at the Alliance home office, including directors of English Language Arts, mathematics, new teacher support, counseling, special education, and parent engagement.Implementation lead for the Alliance-wide teacher effectiveness initiative (The College-Ready Promise) funded by the Bill and Melinda.

As founding principal for the Stern Math and Science School (Stern MASS), I have helped develop the school into a top performing high school within the Los Angeles Unified School District. Stern MASS is a unique charter school collaboration between Alliance College-Ready Public Schools (www.laalliance.org) and California State University, Los Angeles.

Taught secondary science teaching methods courses for the Master's in Education program. Supervised administrative credential candidates in the charter school administrator credentialing program.

Founding science teacher of biology and chemistry

Co-author of the California state charter school evaluation requested by the Legislative Analyst's Office

Los Angeles, CA

Conducted research with Professor Priscilla Wohlstetter in the Center on Educational Governance in the Rossier School of Education on projects including:-The evaluation of the Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project-The relationship between school autonomy and school performance-Evaluations of charter school performance-The development of charter school.

Ph.D., Education Policy

M.A., Secondary Education

B.S., Chemistry