Assistant Principal for Equity and Inclusion

• Aug 2022 - Present

Assistant Principal for Equity and Inclusion

• Aug 2022 - Present

Educator

• Aug 2001 - Present

Assistant Principal

• Jul 2020 - Aug 2022

Support, guide, and facilitate the growth, learning, and well being of students and staff.Manage and facilitate all student support services, behavioral concerns, curriculum, academic services, support, and instruction.AP duties include teaching, scheduling, purchasing and managing curriculum, managing technology platforms, overseeing all student support services, curriculum, handbooks, safety, instruction, facilitating teacher lesson planning and teacher professional development, and coordinating with outside agencies for student supports. Show less

Interim Principal

• Dec 2020 - Apr 2021

After classroom teaching for 20 years, last year I began administrative career this year as Assistant Principal, stepping into Acting Principal role a few months later. As Acting Principal, I successfully guiding our school community through the reopening of our school during the COVID-19 Pandemic. I quickly adapted to my new role under very difficult circumstances. I am successfully building parent and staff community through effective communication and empathetic interpersonal skills.

Elementary School Teacher

• Aug 2008 - Jun 2020

Second Grade Teacher, 9 yearsFourth Grade Teacher, 3 yearsMiddle School Religion, 1 yearPrimary Science Teacher, 1 yearPK-8th grade substitute teacher Plan, manage, and facilitate classroom and community and the multitude of activities that this entails.Manage the needs of a group of diverse students while emotionally engaging and mentally stimulating them on a daily basis. Multitasking, responding to crises, and working in a fast paced, stressful environment. Lesson planning and curriculum and program design, student intervention, constant parent communication and mediation, working with other educators and paraprofessionals, managing my classroom aide and making the most of her skills to best utilize her, program and event planning, managing a tight schedule, facilitating large and small groups, public speaking and presentations, classroom budget, working with the primary team and other teachers, mentor to new teachers, adhering to the policies of school and parish administration and the Diocese of San Jose, public relations (published several times in the Valley Catholic Newspaper), working with technology: managing student use of iPads, daily use of projectors, document cameras, online information databases, email, Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Google Docs, Zoom, my personal teacher website, and a multitude of other student and teacher websites and desktop publishing, continuous training and professional development to grow as a professional. In the past few years I’ve begun to grow as a teacher leader, serving as a STAR testing Teacher Leader, WASC/WCEA Accreditation Team, WCEA Leadership Team, and growing in my mentorship, support, and encouragement in the growth of other teachers that I work with. Show less

Reading Specialist

• Aug 2006 - Aug 2007

Certified in Orton Gillingham Multisensory method of reading instruction to teach students with learning disabilities in a one-on-one or small group setting. Pulled students out of class for instruction. Supported classroom teachers in meeting the needs of students with learning difficulties. Supported and guided parents in becoming advocates for their children. Also did private tutoring for families that wanted additional instruction over the summer. Certified in Orton Gillingham Multisensory method of reading instruction to teach students with learning disabilities in a one-on-one or small group setting. Pulled students out of class for instruction. Supported classroom teachers in meeting the needs of students with learning difficulties. Supported and guided parents in becoming advocates for their children. Also did private tutoring for families that wanted additional instruction over the summer.

Elementary School Teacher

• Aug 2001 - Jun 2006

Kindergarten teacher, 3 years First Grade teacher, 2 years See above description for Elementary School Teacher Kindergarten teacher, 3 years First Grade teacher, 2 years See above description for Elementary School Teacher

Executive Director

• 1998 - May 2000

CCC was an independent, state-licensed, non-profit Day Care and Summer Camp program for K-6th grades, with 100-150 students, on the site of Regnart Elementary School in Cupertino. I worked there while attending college as a full time student. As Executive Director, I was entirely in charge of operations, with the support of a Board of Directors. I managed a considerable budget, hired and fired, did all of the accounts payable and receivable, handled advertising, planned and facilitated programs and operations, worked with State Licensing in the accreditation process, Department of Social Services, and the administrators at the school site that we operated on, ensured that our center was adhering to State Licensing Requirements at all times, planned and implemented summer camp, coordinated with vendors who taught some of our camps, and designed and published program brochures and other materials. When I graduated from college and was ready to began my career as an Elementary Teacher, I wanted to make sure to leave the center in good hands, so I hired my own replacement and spent two months training her while I went through my last semester of college and worked in the San Jose State University Lab Preschool as part of my student teaching. Having such a demanding career at a young age meant that graduating from college took me longer than I had originally planned, but the work experience I gained was priceless, and has shaped my entire career. Show less