SD Unified

Content Area

Experts!

Literacy

Resource

Teachers,

High School

Kelly Johnson

kjohnson6@sandi.net

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Sarah Mathews

smathews@sandi.net

Literacy

How we support or have supported teachers:

• Co-teaching
• Modeling lessons
• Working with teachers to match texts with reading levels
• Co-leading PLCs
• Co-leading PD districtwide
• Co-leading HS ELA Capacity Builders

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Literacy

Highlights/Impactful Work

• Coaching in math, science, HSS classes
• Including students in PD
• Designing PD using a “Learning by Doing” model

Topics we specialize in:

Literacy PD 2019-20

History-Social Science

Juliana Liebke

Program Manager

History-Social Science | Ethnic Studies

jliebke@sandi.net

History-Social Science

How I support or have supported teachers.

• SDUSD HSS Site
• Capacity Builders and other Professional Development
• Supporting Democracy: Mock Elections, high school poll workers, voter registration/pre-registration
• Staying Current with HSS Content and Pedagogy
• Coordinate Events and Field Experiences
• GVC Writing

History-Social Science

Highlights or moments that have been the most impactful in your work as a resource teacher.

• Building Relationships with 6-12 HSS Teachers
• GVC Work with HSS Teachers
• Identity and Agency in U.S. History Professional Development
• Hamilton
• Meeting current politicians

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History-Social Science

2019-20 ERO Workshops

• Introduction to Ethnic Studies
• Confronting Legacies of Genocide Around the World (High School World History)
• Middle School Capacity Builders
• U.S. History / GVC Research and Pilot Team
• Street Law and Next Generation Personal Finance

Instructional Technology

Julie Garcia

Program Manager

jgarcia@sandi.net

@julieinsd

Claudja Van Orden

Resource Teacher

cvanorden1@sandi.net

@claudjavo

Instructional Technology

Support for teachers

• STEAM TRUE Integration
• Universal Design for Learning
• Blended Learning Environments
• Organizing for learning
• Support for data driven teaching using technology tools

Instructional Technology

Impactful Moments

• Innovative Teaching Network
• Technology embedded in curriculum
• Extending outside the four walls of the classroom
• Kinder STEAM, World Water Day

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Instructional Technology

2019-20 ERO Workshops

• Tech Tune up August 19th
• http://sdusditn.com
• Available for PLCs and all Staff PD
• Learning Management
• Formative Assessment
• Google Tools
• Google Certification in ERO

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Math

Daniel Blanton

High School Math Resource Teacher

dblanton@sandi.net

Stephanie Melville

High School Math Resource Teacher

smelville@sandi.net

Jessica Walsh-Horne

Middle School Math Resource Teacher

jwalsh3@sandi.net

Math

How we support teachers:

• Modeling lessons
• Co-teaching lessons
• Co-facilitating PLC meetings
• Co-leading PD
• Designing/Leading Professional Learning Opportunities

Math

Highlights and Awesome Moments:

• Supporting teachers with instructional�shifts to better-support underserved students
• Increasing opportunities for student agency, choice, and voice
• Bringing the joy of learning back into the classroom!

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Math

2019-20 Professional Learning

• Capacity Builders: Supporting Equity with Instructional Routines
• September 26, 2019
• February 27, 2020
• Hopefully more, TBA!
• ERO Workshops: Advancing Student Choice and Voice
• November 13, 2019
• March 12, 2020
• Hopefully more, TBA!

Partnerships & Student Experiences

Nate Sachdeva

Partnerships and Work Based Learning

nsachdeva@sandi.net

Partnerships & Student Experiences

Identifying student strengths, interests and values while partnering with industry to align passions with future careers.

Partnerships & Student Experiences

• Identifying and building partnerships to support your curriculum and create real world learning opportunities.
• Offering work based learning opportunities to allow students to explore passions and connect the classroom to the real world and industry.

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Partnerships & Student Experiences

2019-2020 Middle School Opportunities

• SeaWorld, Raytheon, USS Midway, Webroot, Northrop Grumman

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2019-2020 High School Opportunities

• BioLabs, Illumina, Vertex, Northrop Grumman, Salk Institute, USS Midway, and JCVI

Special Education

Patty Reid

preid@sandi.net

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Mia Martinez

mmartinez9@sandi.net

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Vicki Root

vroot@sandi.net

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Special Education

How We support or have supported teachers…

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• Our expertise is Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and their accommodations - which make learning (and projects) accessible to students who have disabilities.

*Using data for instructional support

*Compliance: Support implementing IEPs with fidelity

*Working with PLCs

*Coaching and Collaboration

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Special Education

Impactful moments in our work…

• Building relationships
• Helping students gain a better understanding of people with disabilities
• Helping students gain access the curriculum
• Working collaboratively with various departments

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Special Education

2019-20 ERO Workshops …

….Special Education workshops as yet to be determined…

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...for more information, please contact your Special Education Central Office Resource Teacher...

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Integrated Youth Services

Ebonee Weathers (she/her)

Program Manager;

LGBTQIA2+ Education & Advocacy

eweathers@sandi.net

Candice Fee (she/her)

Program Manager;

Youth Advocacy

cfee2@sandi.net

Jennifer Coronel (she/her)

Program Manager;

Children and Youth in Transition

jcoronel1@sandi.net

youthadvocacy.us

LGBTQIA+ Education & Advocacy

CSEC/Human Trafficking

Culturally Responsive Practices

Ebonee Weathers (she/her)

Program Manager;

eweathers@sandi.net

We support teachers through:

• Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices
• LGBTQIA+ 101, 102
• GSA Advisor Training
• CSEC 101, 102, 103

• Dr. Luke Wood, SDSU Chief Inclusion Officer
• The LGBT Center
• SDYS-Our Safe Place
• Protect/kNOw MORE!/Project Roots

• Identity-based curriculum modules: “Black.” “LatinX,” “LGBTQIA+ History,” “Herstory,” “It’s Lit Jr.”
• LGBTQIA+ Resource Guide
• Culturally Responsive Practices Toolkit

Ongoing PD opportunities

Curriculum & resource creation

Connecting to resources & community partners

Highlights

The opportunities that we’ve created and supported that engage students in education & advocacy have been the highlight of our work.

• GSA Leadership Academy & GSA Collaborative
• GSA support/field trips
• (Diversionary Theater, SDSU, Hillcrest, etc.)
• African American Achievement Summit
• LGBTQIA+ Advisory Committee
• Name/Gender Change Option in Powerschool
• Site-based Equity Teams
• Pilots of Identity-based curriculum at

12 SDUSD schools

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2019-20 Professional Development Opportunities

In addition to on-demand support

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LGBTQIA2+

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Culturally Responsive Practices

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CSEC

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Youth Advocacy

Making school a place

students want to be...

How?

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Relationships, Relevance, Rigor

• Understanding Identity
• Becoming Adaptive Leaders
• Voice and Choice in the curriculum
• Action Projects

Developing and Measuring Student Agency

• AMPLIFYing
• Identity, Leadership, Change Agency, Legacy
• Designing for Peak Moments
• Success in Adulthood
• Student Professional Development
• Making Agency measureable in the classroom

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Employability Skills

• Creativity and Innovation
• Problem solving
• Collaboration
• Critical thinking
• Persuasion
• Adaptability
• Time Management

Source: LinkedIn 2019

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Visual & Performing Arts (VAPA)

Candice Narlock

Dance Resource

cnarlock@sandi.net

Laura Williams

Music Resource

lwilliams5@sandi.net

Marjorie Treger

Theatre Resource

mtreger1@sandi.net

Marty Stegeman

Visual Art Resource

mstegeman@sandi.net

Visual & Performing Arts (VAPA)

Teacher Support

• Learning Through the Arts
• Professional Developments
• Planning
• Coaching
• Modeling

Visual & Performing Arts (VAPA)

Highlights

• STEAM
• San Diego International Film Festival
• Integration culminating events
• American Heart Association Pilot
• Showcase at Seaport Village

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Visual & Performing Arts (VAPA)

Personalized Professional Development Experiences

• Small group professional development
• Individual/Group coaching by appointment