Dr. Zinnia Un, Ed.D Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

United States

United States

Operationalize anti-bias initiatives and interventions.

Tigard, Oregon, United States

June 20, 2017 – Present Tigard-Tualatin School District Tigard, ORDistrict Equity Coordinator• Work closely with Director of Equity to support district’s equity initiatives and framework for District's Strategic Plan• Serve as a member of District’s Continuous Improvement Plan Consultation Team (Focus: Equity)• Acquired Teaching Tolerance Grant $10,000 to support Equity work at district level and Community Engagement• Acquired $35,000 grant to support equity work as part of Chalkboard Project’s Aspiring Leaders Initial Administrative License Program• Work Closely with Director of Equity to support district’s equity initiatives and framework• Liaison and point person with other Equity Focused programs and partners to develop a coalition of community support for Equity work (PSU, Teaching Tolerance, NWRESD, Stand for Children)• Co-create curriculum for equity programs and initiatives• Develop sustainable Equity Framework to foster leaders with Equity lens across schools in district• Coordinate equity work across all schools in district• Development of common vision and vocabulary around equity work in district • Facilitation of collaboration between Building Equity Coordinators and Building Administrators• Scaling up Equity Pillar Framework (Teachers, Student, Parents, and Community) to support dynamic feedback Mechanisms fostering an Equity Lens within school policy and practices• Developing professional development for 15 Building Equity Coordinators across schools in district• Leading Professional Development through partnership with National Equity Project to operationalize an equity Lens• Managing Equity Inventory to support reflective practices around district policy and practices• Leading an Action Research Project as part of internship for EdD program and continuous improvement

Case manager, Meeting Facilitator, Equity leader, Diversity awareness, Reading Intervention supports, Math intervention supports, specially designing instruction for individualized programs, Assessment administrator, Beyond Diversity Leadership, Behavior intervention specialist, EBIS leadership, Modifying curriculum and instruction to meet individual students' needs

United States

Co-teaching ED 640 Organizational Leadership and Theory for Doctoral Program Special Education and Counseling

I have been in the thick of improving equity locally in organizations and people I have served for many years. I have learned so much in PRACTICE. That micro level of work as big as it feels, needs to be connected to the macro level work for equity in our state, nation, and world. We need to move beyond our first thoughts of what we believe equity work looks like. We can boldly highlight active and different work within our local communities because it IS happening by the people in it. Perspectives and lived experiences of those doing the work outside the limelight and in the quiet of our own communities already exists, awe inspiring and aspirational transformational change. For what it really takes to do this collective work for equity is all of us, all the time, always! Only when we center those we are serving and take responsibility for creating humanizing conditions to support affective and connected work can we say we are making meaningful and transformational change. By asking the right questions, and reflecting that deep listening to connected actions for change, can we move beyond addressing these complex barriers in equity work toward healing, building community, and transformational change. When equity work has deep roots of commitment to one another in our community, our practice, outcomes, and way of being will be hard to uproot even when policies and leadership change.

August 28, 2015 – Present Twality Middle School Tigard, ORBuilding Equity Coordinator• Developed Professional Development• Teacher leader and trainer towards equitable practices• Coordinator for building equity team• Developed Action Research plans and practices to address and eliminate the racial predictability and disproportionality of achievement and opportunities for students of color.• Member of ELD/SPED Taskforce to address over-identification of ELL students in special education• Coordinated wrap around services to encourage and foster inclusive practices that are culturally responsive.• Member of Middle School EBIS District Implementation TeamAugust 2012 – Present Twality Middle School Tigard, ORLearning Specialist 6th-8th • Case manage students with varying disability eligibilities • Collaborate with other content teachers and other related service specialists to support social/academic needs of students• Explicitly teach reading, writing, mathematics, and social emotional regulation skills. • Behavior specialist for Special Education Department, developed behavior support plans, coaching supports for self-regulation using 5-point scale and other strategies. • Develop systems to support accommodations and modifications for students accessing core instruction and content.• Led multiple student centered collaborative leadership efforts to improve service models for students.• Developed systems of accountability to ensure equitable practices.

2003 - 2012

Portland, Or

• Focused on positive behavior management strategies• Developed behavior contracts to promote self responsibility in program• Organized staff meetings with supporting staff• Organized the environment of sites directed• Trained staff, behavior management skills, lesson plans, procedures and protocol• Responsible for CCD inspections• Create lesson plans and build curriculum to support age groups from K-5th• Supervised children in groups from 10-45• Organized activities to support curriculum• Community Action Awareness activities with Jr High Youth Camp ‘03

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Equity And Special Education

Master Of Science (M.S.), Special Education And Teaching

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Social Sciences