Kate Strauss Email & Phone Number

Fullerton, Ca, Us

Buena Park, California, United States

~ Create, plan, and implement District special events, including all materials, performers, training for participants, and script development.~ Develop and facilitate Ambassador Program with middle school at-promise students for leadership development and student empowerment project implementation, including logo and t-shirt design, retreat activities, and all materials. ~ Build social media presence through daily posts and photos from across the district on Instagram and Facebook. ~ Design and implement overhaul of individual school and district websites, including communication of key district, school, and community partnership features, photo galleries, and calendar; learn all relevant Finalsite program elements; grade: A from “Voice of OC” website feature.~ Facilitate crisis management messaging and other communications that voice a clear, time-sensitive, unified vision.~ Develop and publish newsletters, ads, and other digital and print media to brand and promote the District.~ Foster partnerships and relationships in support of the district, schools, and students.~ Storyboard, write scripts, direct, and produce videos spotlighting school and district initiatives.

Costa Mesa, California, United States

~ Communications and branding specialist. Develop and write mission statement, "who, what, how statements," and all materials for new OCDE team, including articles, white papers, brochures, photography, and design.

Santa Ana, California, United States

~ Currently facilitate staff development workshops on implicit bias and identiy. ~ Designed and taught all-day, interactive seminars for teachers on poverty and bullying. Participants examined their own teaching practices, classroom climate, and interactions with students, parents, and curriculum. Included an assessment piece to be completed by each participant and evaluated as part of the Beginning Teacher Support & Assessment (BTSA) portfolio. Seminar was a BTSA staple for the AUHSD for 12 years.

Anaheim, California, United States

Major Projects:~ Directed, organized, and liaised with panelists and talent for the “California Youth Leadership Summit,” an online event for youth by youth in concert with SoCal Sister Cities that focused on Climate Change & Sustainability, Racial & Gender Equity, World Peace & Cooperation, and Coping with the Pandemic. Event had 4,000 registrants worldwide.~ Developed, implemented, promoted, and emceed the “Multicultural Education Conference of Anaheim,” featuring Sylvia Mendez (civil rights activist whose parents were the plaintiffs in landmark desegregation case) and 30 university professors and specialists on bilingual education and intercultural communications. Event had 400 attendees.~ Wrote, taught, and filmed 200+ English Time Online instructional videos for English language speakers ranging from beginning to advanced language levels; geared at 17,000 students in trade schools across Japan.~ Implemented and emceed “Reimagining Kurosawa” event, including a panel with George Takei, at Japan House in Hollywood.

Anaheim, California, United States

Anaheim, California, United States

Santa Ana, California, United States

~ Developed peer mediation programs and trained students in advanced peer mediation techniques. Conducted large-group mediations to address conflicts between student groups or among staff. ~ Organized “Weeks of Understanding” that included speakers, murals and cultural experiences. ~ Partnered and collaborated with teachers, administrators, parents and students to evaluate inter-group campus issues at multiple school sites during day-long retreats, resulting in custom, school-wide programs to address them. ~ Trained teams of diverse student facilitators to develop and teach curriculum school-wide on subjects ranging from bullying in schools to outsiders (translated into Spanish to include ELD classes). Modified curriculum to include students with disabilities among these leaders

Old Town Pasadena, California, United States

~ Conceived and produced thematic, month-long events and installations that created visibility and attracted editorial coverage and new audiences. Events included outdoor film festivals, period reenactments, interactive exhibits, evening seminars, original theater projects, and site-specific art installations. ~ Created press releases, press kits and media alerts for different media audiences.~ Designed collateral material, including Invitations, eight-foot kiosks, hand-painted wooden stand-ups, maps with details of art installations, light projections, street-pole banners, and magazine supplements.~ Initiated strategic partnerships with leading non-profit organizations with a $10K budget for each event. Partners included American Film Institute, Norton Simon Museum, Huntington Library, California African American Museum, Latino Cultural Academy, NASA, NewTown Pasadena, and Union Station Foundation.~ Leadership in area civic organizations: Marketing Chair, Old Pasadena Management District; Consultant, UCLA events and architecture class; and Union Station Foundation Development Committee.~ Prepared and managed annual and event budgets, monthly reports, and annual meetings.~ Produced quarterly brochures featuring merchants and themes with measurable bounce-backs.AWARDS:~ Pasadena Arts Council Gold Crown Award 2000: “Business in the Arts” (creative direction)~ City of Pasadena Mayor’s Certificate 1998 (innovative contributions to cultural life & leadership)

Taught sophomore honors world lit and integrated algebra. Advised the speech and debate club. Created the student service program and faire. Arranged Ray Bradbury lecture at the Fullerton Public Library and coordinated district publicity.

Westfield, New Jersey, United States

Started teaching while still an undergraduate at Princeton. Taught honors world and American literature. Mentored a first-year colleague, 1996-1997. Advised the yearbook, creative writing, and billiards clubs. Trained students in a peer mediation program. Created school Career Fair.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

Master Of Arts - Ma, English Language And Literature, General