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San Luis Obispo, California, United States

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

San Luis Obispo, California Area

Leading workshops on topics such as orientation for new board chairs/presidents, secretaries, and how to use technology in your small nonprofit organization. Facilitating the president/board chair round-table and board retreats.

San Luis Obispo, California Area

Los Altos Hills, CA

On faculty of the Krause Center for Innovation. Teach online courses including Introduction to the Internet, Search and Research on the Internet, and Teaching & Learning in the Digital Age.

TICAL—the Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership—is a professional learning community for K-12 school administrators funded by the California and Arkansas departments of education and provided by the Santa Cruz County Office of Education. Its mission is to support K-12 school administrators in making wise decisions about how technology.

Oroville, California

The California Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (CASCD) is a diverse community of educators throughout California committed to promoting exemplary practices that ensure all learners reach their fullest potential.

Leading workshops on Building 21st Century Schools, directed the annual Leadership 3.0 Symposium, leading workshops for aspiring administrators. Teaching the preparation course for the California Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Examination (CPACE).

Taught courses in the School of Education. Also supervised student teachers and served as trainer and scorer of "teaching events" for the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT).

Taught teacher education courses in the College of Education.

San Jose, CA

Grant writing; leading the development of ShiftED--a professional development experience for teachers focused on educational technology and 21st century pedagogy

Helped write the education component of the National Broadband Plan.

Menlo Park

Part of a team of researchers working on the Social Capital and Technology Integration project.

San Jose, California, United States

As part of this work, directed the Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project, one of the original federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grants. In 2000, the Multimedia Project was cited by the U.S. Department of Education as one of only two Exemplary Educational Technology Programs in the nation.

Taught elementary grades Kindergarten through 5th. Served as a Mentor Teacher, Teacher-in-Charge; Employee of the Month (1985).

Taught at Meyers Elementary School. It was a recently opened school in the district and had been built and staffed to accommodate an open classroom, team taught, and non-graded structure.

Ed.D., Curriculum & The Study Of Schooling

M.Ed., Teacher Education & Educational Policy And Planning

B.A., Political Science

Activities and Societies: Dorm president.