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AL: I had gone in with negative expectations, and I was afraid I wouldn’t have the patience to be “holding people’s hands.” But I found that teaching at the college level, which is where I started, was a lot more collaborative. I was a first-year graduate student, so these were essentially my peers, some even a little older. So we were figuring things out together in the lab, trying to make the experiments work. Q: Your plan, once you receive your doctorate from SOLES, is to teach at the college level. In the meantime, as a graduate research assistant at the Educational Leadership Development Academy (ELDA), you’ll be working on the Linked Learning project, through a recent grant from the Irvine Foundation. What will that entail? AL: I’ll be developing pathways to meet the California state high school graduation requirements by having students spend time doing off-campus internships at local technical industries. This would allow them to fulfill their high school education requirements with something a little more hands on and inquiry based. Once those pathways are in place, I will be working with and training principals on how to implement the program, in order to meet state requirements. Q: What do you foresee as your biggest challenges as far as your involvement with the Linked Learning project? AL: One definite challenge will be the legal issues involved in taking kids off school campus during the day. Because if students are not sitting in a classroom in front of a teacher, how does that affect teacher pay? Teachers’ unions and contracts will definitely be involved. Q: How do you plan to deal with these legal issues? AL: Luckily we have a team from CEPAL (Center for Educational Policy and Law) at SOLES working with us on these legal issues. Other members of our team include Rose Linda Martinez, Ed.D., who is a visiting professor. Also Rich Thome and Liz Johnson, both retired school superintendents who bring to the table a considerable body of educational policy experience. It’s all very collaborative, which in a nutshell is why I’m so glad to be here.
Advisory Board Members 2010-2011 Frank Arrington President and Owner, San Diego Funding
Rebecca Smith ‘93 Vice President Communications, San Diego Workforce Partnership
Victoria Baron ’94 Licensed Family Therapist
Dorothy Smith, Ed.D. Former Member and President, Board of Education, San Diego City Schools; Professor, San Diego City College (Retired)
Brian Bright Vice President for Business Development Liaison International Christopher Carstens, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist Rodney F. Dammeyer President, CAC Sue Ebner, B.A. ’78, M.B.A. ‘87 Worldwide Partner, Mercer Wendy Gillespie Principal, Frontier Trading Todd Gutschow Founder, Todd and Mari Gutschow Family Foundation Norm Hapke, Jr. Chairman of the Board, Jacobs Family Foundation and the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation Brian E. Kinsman President, Kinsman Capital Stevan Laaperi ’76 Director of Schools, Diocese of San Diego William D. Lynch Founder, William D. Lynch Foundation Jim F. Mulvaney, Jr. Vice President, Driver Alliant Insurance
Darryl O. Solberg Partner, Hecht, Solberg, Robinson, Goldberg & Bagley Matt Spathas CEO, Bandwidth Now Partner, SENTRE Partners Linda P. Spuck CTFA, Vice President, Union Bank of California Adam Ward Global Campus Recruiting Manager, QUALCOMM Sheryl White Community Volunteer John Yochelson President, Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) Charlene Zettel Director of the San Diego Field Office, Office of the Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger Sally Zoll, Ed.D. ’76, ‘90 CEO, United Through Reading John Zygowicz Managing Director, Private Client Group, US Bank
Drew Schlosberg Community and Public Relations Manager, San Diego Union-Tribune Peter Sibley CEO, EDmin.com
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