With a wide range of experience in K-12 education as teacher and administrator, as well as an adjunct and associate professor in teacher and administrative education, I bring many gifts to the profession of Educational Leadership.
* Entered education in the late 1970's from a family of educators; Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies at Sonoma
State University, with a K-8 Multiple Subjects Credential, began teaching career in the state of California
* Left education to explore the realm of business and entrepreneurship in the 1980's; Bachelor of Arts in Business
Management at Sonoma State University, started a Master's in Business Administration
* Returned to K-12 education in the 1990's after moving to Oregon, returning to teaching and began building
administration; Master of Arts in Teaching and Administrator Licensure at Lewis & Clark College; continued
education at University of Oregon in Initial Superintendent Licensure program
* Moved to New Mexico to pursue Doctorate in Educational Leadership from University of New Mexico; expanded
building administrator experience in diverse, multi-cultural settings; completed fourth administrator experience,
building a school from the ground up--from a school of 865 students in a portable building school to the three
schools it is today (1800 students combined population)
*Joined the higher education community in 2008 as professor, supervisor, mentor/ coach and program coordinator;
working at Marylhurst University in Teacher Education, teaching and supervising at Portland State University in IAL
and CAL programs, teaching, supervising and dissertation committee work at Lewis and Clark College in CAL and
Doctorate programs, and supervising in the IAL program for University of Oregon
*Service to the education community includes professional organization membership and active involvement,
including conference organization, such as the NCPEA (National Council of Professors of Education Administration)
national conference, (OASCD) Oregon's Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, New Teacher
conferences, and Oregon's Mentoring Summit conference. Professional membership includes Oregon's state
Mentoring and Coaching Networks; the state's ELL Collaborative; (OACTE) Oregon Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education, (ORPEA) Oregon Professors of Education Administration, and (OLN) Oregon Leadership Network
*Emerging consultant work includes initial contract in 2010-13 as Tribes Trainer and Professional Development
Facilitator, assisting five elementary schools in their positive culture transformation through Tribes process: Tribes
Basic Training, Professional Learning Community Development, Tribes Parent Training, and long-term goal planning
and development. Tribes: Discovering Gifts in Middle School is the work for 2013-14, starting with the basic training
for this level, and continuing with Professional Learning Community Development and long-term goal planning and
development
*Presented at numerous conferences focusing on mentoring, Tribes, and equity, such as: Coaching for
Transformational Systems of Learning, A Decade of Work: Shaping Instructional Leadership for Equity, and Building a
Classroom Learning Community. Publications include articles, dissertation, and research team report, such as: From
the Ground Up: Building and Sustaining a New School’s Learning Community, and Building a Tribes Learning
Community
* Entered education in the late 1970's from a family of educators; Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies at Sonoma
State University, with a K-8 Multiple Subjects Credential, began teaching career in the state of California
* Left education to explore the realm of business and entrepreneurship in the 1980's; Bachelor of Arts in Business
Management at Sonoma State University, started a Master's in Business Administration
* Returned to K-12 education in the 1990's after moving to Oregon, returning to teaching and began building
administration; Master of Arts in Teaching and Administrator Licensure at Lewis & Clark College; continued
education at University of Oregon in Initial Superintendent Licensure program
* Moved to New Mexico to pursue Doctorate in Educational Leadership from University of New Mexico; expanded
building administrator experience in diverse, multi-cultural settings; completed fourth administrator experience,
building a school from the ground up--from a school of 865 students in a portable building school to the three
schools it is today (1800 students combined population)
*Joined the higher education community in 2008 as professor, supervisor, mentor/ coach and program coordinator;
working at Marylhurst University in Teacher Education, teaching and supervising at Portland State University in IAL
and CAL programs, teaching, supervising and dissertation committee work at Lewis and Clark College in CAL and
Doctorate programs, and supervising in the IAL program for University of Oregon
*Service to the education community includes professional organization membership and active involvement,
including conference organization, such as the NCPEA (National Council of Professors of Education Administration)
national conference, (OASCD) Oregon's Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, New Teacher
conferences, and Oregon's Mentoring Summit conference. Professional membership includes Oregon's state
Mentoring and Coaching Networks; the state's ELL Collaborative; (OACTE) Oregon Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education, (ORPEA) Oregon Professors of Education Administration, and (OLN) Oregon Leadership Network
*Emerging consultant work includes initial contract in 2010-13 as Tribes Trainer and Professional Development
Facilitator, assisting five elementary schools in their positive culture transformation through Tribes process: Tribes
Basic Training, Professional Learning Community Development, Tribes Parent Training, and long-term goal planning
and development. Tribes: Discovering Gifts in Middle School is the work for 2013-14, starting with the basic training
for this level, and continuing with Professional Learning Community Development and long-term goal planning and
development
*Presented at numerous conferences focusing on mentoring, Tribes, and equity, such as: Coaching for
Transformational Systems of Learning, A Decade of Work: Shaping Instructional Leadership for Equity, and Building a
Classroom Learning Community. Publications include articles, dissertation, and research team report, such as: From
the Ground Up: Building and Sustaining a New School’s Learning Community, and Building a Tribes Learning
Community