- Party: Unaffiliated
- Occupation: Education Administrator
- Employment: Director of Special Education, Research & Evaluation at Delano Elementary School District.
- Education: BA, Psychology; MA, Counseling; MS, Behavioral Psychology; PhD, Educational Research & Evaluation
- Experience in Education: Elementary School Psychologist (11 years), University Psychology Instructor, University & Community College Administrator
- Past president, Kern Association of School Psychologists
- Advisory Board, Fresno State Univ. School Psychology Program
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Adopt curricula & methods on the basis of what research says is effective practice.
- Improve relations between the administration and teacher's association.
- Develop stratification of instruction based upon students' level in the curriculum.
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- Recommended/Endorsed by the Delano Union Elementary Teacher's Association
- Endorsed by the Kern Association of School Psychologists
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- Educational Effectiveness Comes From Effective Decision Making
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What teachers do, the curricula they use and what ultimately happens to kids educationally is based upon decisions that are made. There is a considerable gap between what research says is effective practice, and what actually happens in schools. To improve education, decision making must be sensitive to and driven by research that has prescriptive implications for effective practice.
- What I Can Bring to Rosedale School District as a Trustee
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One of the qualities sought in a candidate by the electorate is experience in the major issues facing educators so that decision making results in effective practices for kids. As a school board member with extensive training and background as an educator, I would bring this and more to the district:
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