THE GOLDEN STATE OPPORTUNITY K-12 WATER COOLER AND EQUITY CONFERENCE • SACRAMENTO SHERATON • FEB. 22–23, 2017 THE GOLDEN STATE OPPORTUNITY WELCOME K-12 WATER COOLER AND EQUITY CONFERENCE SACRAMENTO SHERATON • FEB. 22–23, 2017

The goal for the K-12 Water Cooler and Equity Confer- ence is to create a safe space for big ideas. By uniting and working together, we can ensure that all children in will have access to a high quality and equitable .

We will kick off our 2017 K-12 Water Cooler and Equity Conference by reflecting broadly on the shifting polit- ical landscape and discuss what our communities will face here in California, and how we might reimagine our work moving forward. We will then focus on how we jointly build our vision for California’s K-12 educa- tion system.

2 WELCOME AGENDA DAY 1: February 22, 2017 • 3:30 PM – 7:30 PM

3:30pm – 4:00pm Registration

4:00pm – 4:20pm Welcome • Christy Pichel, K-12 Water Cooler Steering Committee • John Kim, Advancement Project, Executive Director • Khydeeja Alam Javid, Advancement Project, Director of Governmental Relations

4:20pm – 5:45pm Emerging Federal Policy and the California Response

The Federal Perspective • Bethany Little, EducationCounsel, LLC, Principal

The State Perspective • John Kim, Advancement Project, Executive Director • The Honorable Kevin De León, , President Pro Tempore • The Honorable Anthony Rendon, California State Assembly, Speaker

5:45pm – 6:00pm Break

6:00pm – 6:10pm Education — The California Way • Glen Price, California Department of Education, Chief Deputy

6:10pm – 7:30pm Keynote: Excellence in Education — International Perspective • Eric Heins, California Teachers Association, President • Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish Educator, Author and Scholar

7:30pm Adjourn 3 DAY 2: February 23, 2017 • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

8:00am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast

8:30am – 8:45am Welcome • John Kim, Advancement Project, Executive Director • Tom Torlakson, California Department of Education, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

8:45am – 10:45am California North Star: Education System Change • Facilitator: Davis Campbell, Stuart Foundation, Trustee and Senior Policy Fellow, UC Davis School of Education

State Level (Panel Discussion) • Glen Price, California Department of Education, Chief Deputy • Carl Cohn, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, Executive Director • Rick Simpson, Education Consultant, named “Viceroy Emeritus of the California Assembly” • Erin Gabel, First 5 California, Deputy Director, External and Governmental Affairs

Questions and Discussion

Local Implementation Perspective (Panel Discussion) • Peter Birdsall, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association, Executive Director • Ramona Bishop, Vallejo City Unified School District, Superintendent • Megan Kerr, Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education, Vice President • Corrie Traynor, Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, 2017 California Teacher of the Year

10:45am – 11:00am Break

11:00am – 11:45am Opportunity for California: System Transformation, Deep Learning and the Equity Hypothesis • Michael Fullan, University of Toronto, Professor

11:45am – 12:30pm Audience Breakout and Discussion: Challenges and Priorities in California’s Education System Change • Carol Kocivar, California State PTA, Former President and Ed100.org Author

12:30pm – 12:45pm Break

4 AGENDA 12:45pm – 1:15pm Lunch Keynote – Educational Equity • Edgar Zazueta, Association of California School Administrators, Senior Director of Policy and Governmental Relations • Christopher Edley, Jr., Opportunity Institute, Co-Founder and President 1:15pm – 1:45pm Unpacking the Complexity of Equity in the Local Control Funding Formula (Panel Discussion)

• Facilitator: Karla Pleitéz Howell, Advancement Project, Director of Educational Equity • Alberto Retana, Community Coalition, Executive Director • John Kim, Advancement Project, Executive Director • Henry Perez, InnerCity Struggle, Associate Director 1:45pm – 2:00pm Lifting up Equity (Live Polling) 2:00pm – 3:30pm Our Challenge: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers • Craig Cheslog, Common Sense Kids Action, Vice President for California Policy and Advocacy A Coming Crisis in Teaching: Teacher Supply, Demand and Shortages in California • Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute, President and CEO Supporting and Retaining Teachers (Panel Discussion) • Facilitator: Rick Simpson, Education Consultant, named “Viceroy Emeritus of the California Assembly” • Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute, President and CEO • Shelly Spiegel-Coleman, Californians Together, Executive Director • Dean Tagawa, Los Angeles Unified School District’s Early Childhood Education Division, Executive Director • Theresa Montaño, California State University, Northridge, Professor and California Teachers Association Vice President • Santiago Arce, College of the Canyons and Student California Teachers Association 3:30pm – 4:00pm Closing Remarks • Davis Campbell, Stuart Foundation Trustee and Senior Policy Fellow, UC Davis School of Education • Karla Pleitéz Howell, Advancement Project, Director of Educational Equity 4:00pm Adjourn 5 6 SPEAKERS University of California, Berkeley. University ofCalifornia, Khydeeja worked for the California State Leg has beenwithAPCAsince2008. education policy. education islature and a lobbying firm dedicated to K-12 the College Readiness Block Grant. and Act Dream California the Kindergarten, Transitional (LCFF), Formula Funding Control Local the including laws, state transforming major some on worked has Khydeeja past, programs regardless of where they live. In the preschool quality high access to portunity op equal an have children eligible all that ensure to effort an leading including dren, chil vulnerable most programsstate’s our for education and care early for dollars billion a half over secure helped has Khydeeja ment. engage civic and care, health education, K-12 care/education, early budget, state to related issues for advocates and policy wide state influences She staffs. their and office Governor’s agencies, statewide officials, ed velops and maintains relationships withelect ment Project California’s (APCA) ment Project California’s advocacy efforts. advocacy efforts. Khydeeja Alam Javid Khydeeja Relations,As the Director of Governmental Prior to joining Advancement Project, Advancement joining to Prior

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Dr. Bishop received many awards and and many awards Bishop received Dr. Bishopwas chosen as Superintendent Dr. Prior to becoming Superintendent of Valle of Superintendent becoming to Prior Colleagues and community members Dr. Ramona E. Bishop vited to be a speaker at the White House House White the at speaker a be to vited Rethink School Discipline convening. She staff Vallejo the work ongoing the on spoke safe learningis engaged in to create envi research-based using student all for ronments practices. restorative and commit serves on a number of boards tees including but not limited to: 2016 Presi dent California Association of African Ameri can Superintendents & Administrators. of City Vallejo Unified in February 2011 after more in resulted which search nationwide a than three dozen applicants. Her first official day in the District was April 1, 2011. Since then, VCUSD the of leadership and support with the an on team district led the has she Board, reformaggressive agenda. John F. Kennedy High School in Richmond High School in Richmond Kennedy John F. her Bachelor the and received of Arts from California,University of earnedShe Berkeley. University the from credential teaching her student of was she where of earned She Degree Master’s her year. the California from and administrative credential a was awarded She Hayward. State University, in educational administration from doctorate the University of Pacific. served Bishop Dr. District, School Unified City jo Education for Superintendent as Associate al Services in the Twin Rivers Unified School also includes career District. Her professional assis teaching, serving as principal, director, in tant superintendent and superintendent several urban school districts. excellence her for Bishop Dr. recognized have Bishop was in in education. In July 2015, Dr. ------Mr.

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In California,county superinten the an approving dents play a critical role, Account and nual budget and Local Control the state,ability Plan for every school district in important services such as well as providing special and juvenile education, as preschool, Bird Mr. school services. community and court in state sall has over 40 years of experience other Among issues. policy education level served as Lead Consultant to Birdsall Mr. roles, Education Coalition. the the Californiathe Edu Superintendents County Birdsall’s experience also includes service as as includes service also experience Birdsall’s Chief of the California Department of Educa tion’s Legislative Office, Chiefof Staffof the branch, Department’s education program analyst with the budget and K-12 education California a has He Finance. of Department B.A. in Political Science and Economics and the University of a M.A. in Public Policy from California, Berkeley. Peter Birdsall Birdsall Peter 8 SPEAKERS Davis Campbell pital FoundationBoard ofTrustees. Boardof Directors, Hos the SutterDavis and ning Council, the Academics without Borders Arboretum Plan the University of California School of Education,University of California a memberoftheBoardis ofAdvisorsforthe Yolo CountyBoard ofEducationandcurrently he has served asan elected Trustee of the Partnership Board. 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Earlier this year, he completed the long- State Board of Education and ACT,California emy. Herecently completed service on the University ofMichiganandSt.Mary’sAcad Spencer Foundation, Teaching Works at the gram. Healso serves ontheboards of the Pro Superintendents Urban Harvard the and both theBroad Academy Superintendents the Broad Prizein2003. McGraw Prize in 2002, and the district winning Long Beach culminatedwithhimwinningthe Histenure District. Beach UnifiedSchool at to 2002,hewassuperintendentoftheLong in theLosAngelesschoolsystem.From 1992 education consentdecreeitor forthespecial and afederal court mon California, Southern he worked as aprofessor at the University of San Diego Unified School District. Prior to that, superintendent ofschoolsinthe he servedas Before his tenure at Claremont,formance. assist schooldistrictsontheiracademicper Brown andtheStateLegislature toadviseand Governor by agencyestablished new state Collaborative forEducationalExcellence,a Graduate University to direct the California Carl A. Cohn Carl Among his many publications, Cohn Cohn hasworkedasafacultyadvisorfor . Partnering to Lead Educational ison leave from Claremont - - - - SPEAKERS 9 - - - - - , President President , was named one of the most What Matters Most: Teaching for Darling-Hammond is past president of the of Darling-Hammond is past president as a Darling-Hammond began her career and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, is Learning the of CEO and is Institute, Policy of Educa the Charles E. Ducommun Professor she University where tion Emeritus at Stanford Opportunity for Center founded the Stanford faculty as the and served Policy in Education Education Teacher sponsor of the Stanford She redesign. to helped she which Program, serves as the chair of California’s currently Credentialing. Commission on Teacher Association Research Educational American Distinguished for of its awards and recipient Lifetime Achieve Contributions to Research, She is also a ment, and Research-to-Policy. of Arts member of the American Association and Sciences and of the National Academy 1994–2001, she was ex From Education. of the National Commission of ecutive director whose and America’s Future, on Teaching 1996 report America’s Future influentialreports affectingU.S. education in was 2006, Darling-Hammond In decade. that influential most ten nation’s the of one named people affectingeducational policy. In 2008, Barack President of leader as the served she Obama’s education policy transition team. both and co-founded public school teacher She a public high school. and a preschool of the RAND Corporation’s served as Director and as an endowed education program Teachers University, Columbia at professor She has coming to Stanford. before College lo and state federal, with widely consulted cal officials and educators on strategies for education policies and practices. improving are 500 publications than more her Among books, including a number of award-winning Learning as the Learn,Right to The Teaching for a Chang Teachers Preparing Profession, and Education. Flat World and The ing World University Temple an Ed.D. from She received Yale from distinction) and a B.A. (with highest University (magna cum laude). Linda Darling-Hammond Linda ------He joined Common Sense Sense Common joined Based in Common Sense’s San Francis Craig previously served as the Principal Prior to joining Torlakson’s staff, Craig Craig was elected to the Acalanes Union in College Bowdoin from graduated Craig Craig Cheslog Craig dent for California Policy and Advocacy. organization’s the manages Craig office, co platform advocacy for responsible is and California-specific policy development, leg islative campaign execution, and political strategy across all of Common Sense Kids Action’s policy areas. CaliforniaAdvisor to of Superintendent State Califor the at Torlakson Tom Instruction Public nia Department of Education for four years. Before joining the California Department of Education, he served as Torlakson’s district director for his Assembly and State Senate offices for eight years. served as a communications and govern non for manager and director relations ment including organizations, advocacy issue profit Wash the and Progress Redefining Oakland’s Coalition. ington, D.C.-based Concord High School District Governing Board in 2016, Moraga, Lafayette, Canyon, serving district a Orinda, and a portion of Walnut Creek. also serves on the Leadership Council, was previously the founding and chair, is chair- coalition education arts statewide the of elect California.Create Brunswick, Maine, with a bachelor’s degree minor a with studies governmentlegal in and in education. Kids Action in January 2015 as its Vice 2015 as its January Presi in Action Kids SPEAKERS

Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), serves as Christopher Edley, Jr. is the co- founder President pro Tempore of the California State and president of The Opportunity Institute. He Senate. He is the first Latino elected to the founded and continues to be Chair of Part- position in over 130 years. ners for Each and Every Child, now a project Senator de Leon is focused on building of The Opportunity Institute. He co-chaired a more prosperous, equitable, and sustain- the congressionally chartered The National able economy for the Golden State. He’s Commission on Education Equity and Excel- working to make college more accessible lence (2011-13), appointed by Secretary Arne and affordable, combat climate change Duncan. Christopher is the Honorable William while building the clean energy economy, H. Orrick, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at improve retirement security for low-income UC Berkeley School of Law, after serving as workers, and support California’s growing dean from 2004 through 2013. Before Berkeley, diverse communities. he was a law professor at Harvard for 23 years, His legislation has created the most ambi- where Professor Gary Orfield and he co-found - tious renewable energy goals in the nation, ed the Harvard Civil Rights Project. He served the first-of-its-kind retirement-savings program in White House policy and budget positions for low-income workers, and has required a under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. quarter of all cap-and-trade revenue be Christopher has also held senior positions in spent in disadvantage communities. five presidential campaigns, including senior He has an extensive record on wom- policy adviser for Barack Obama (2008) and en’s rights, gun-violence prevention, and policy director for Michael Dukakis (1988). He worker’s rights. He has led the fight in the is a member of: the American Academy of Legislature to combat homelessness and to Arts & Sciences; the National Academy of provide opportunities and protections to our Public Administration; the Council on Foreign immigrant residents. Relations; the Bill & Melinda Gates Founda- Senator de León served four years in the tion’s National Programs Advisory Panel; and Assembly before being elected to the Senate the Advisory Board of the Hamilton Project, in 2010. Before the Legislature, he taught citi- the Brookings Institution. He is a National As- zenship courses to immigrants and led oppo- sociate of the National Research Council, sition to 1994’s anti-immigrant Proposition 187. National Academies of Science, for which Senator de León credits his immigrant mother he currently chairs the committee on NAEP as his inspiration to help build a brighter future performance levels. for generations to come.

10 SPEAKERS 11 - - - - - is the Deputy Director for Exter is the Deputy Director Prior to joining Senator Steinberg’s policy Prior to joining Senator Steinberg’s policy Erin Capitol, state the at working Before Erin Gabel nal and Governmental Affairs at First 5 Cali fornia, for the State she is responsible where affairs Commission’s legislative and public initiatives. Prior to joining the First 5 California for team, Erin was the education consultant California Tempo pro President State Senate Tem Steinberg, and advised the pro Darrell re, a wide range of education and Senate on reform issues, including early learning. of Government team, Erin was the Director Affairs for California State Superintendent and the Torlakson, of Public Instruction, Tom California was Erin Education. of Department for the Superintendent’s and the responsible in involvement Education’s of Department all state and federal budget and legislative as a pol Erin served SPI Torlakson processes. in the De hats different under icy advisor partment, Assembly, an and the Senate over eleven year tenure. was one of the founding staff members of the Youth, and Children for Partnership non-profit Erin of Directors. and now serves on their Board California, of University the of graduate is a young two of mother Berkeley, and the proud boys, ages 3 and 6. ------. He . He (with (with Break Profes Coher , Turnaround Turnaround (with Geoff (with Geoff The Principal: The Principal: Leading in a Culture Leading in a Culture Freedom to Change (with Andy Hargreaves) Hargreaves) Andy (with , O.C., is the former Dean (with Andy Hargreaves) won won Hargreaves) Andy (with was awarded the 2002 Book of the 2002 Book of was awarded (with Peter Hill and Carmeland Hill Peter (with Crévola) Change Wars Change Fullan is a prolific, award-winning author Michael Fullan currently serves as an Advisor to the Premier serves as an Advisor to the Premier currently and Minister of Education in Ontario, and is co-leader of the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning global initiative. ence: Putting the right drivers in action action in drivers right the Putting ence: Joanne Quinn), and of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Studies of the Ontario Institute for Recognized as a of the University of Toronto. reform,worldwide authority on educational leaders he advises policymakers and local helping to achieve the the world in around learning. all children of purpose moral Mi of Change Learning by Forward, Award the Year chael Fullan received the Order of Canada of Canada the Order chael Fullan received 2012.inDecember holdsdoctor He honorary several universitiesates from in North America and abroad. in many whose books have been published His book languages. sional Capital Capital sional and the of the Year, 2013 Book the AACTE in Education in 2015. Mi Grawemeyer Award chael Fullan’s latest books are: Three keys for maximizingimpact through from Award won the 2006 Book of the Year for Colleges of Association American the (AACTE), Education and Teacher inHigher Education Leadership in Scott) won the Bellwether Book Award 2009. Year the 2009 Book of the was awarded by Learning and Forward, Award 12 SPEAKERS standardized testing is not learning, and that standardized not learning, testing is comes toresources and respect. Hebelieves Malibu with his husband, David.his Malibu with sterdam, Berkeley.California, in Am Born Universityof arecredential from reading specialist the for his chapter,for his ucation Association.Asthegrievance chair Ed Pittsburg the of a member Area, and is in language and literacy and language in County. in Orange man College Hismaster’s test scores. teachersnever should evaluated be by solely SchoolUnified Pittsburg District music, including through grade, fifth the in students.and their profoundto — dedication staff office and monitors teachers,campus C.Eric Heins on teredadvocacy, focus CTAPresident through collaboration and a student-cen Believing inpositive, teacher-drivenchange f you arealways if difficult to put students first at the district level believesisin remindingit administrators that While collaboration is alwaysWhile key, Heins Heins handled nearly 100 by hissecond year. sionals, librarians,counselors, nurses,music been inspired by— paraprofes colleagues education career, California 24-year has he union. Over profession andastronger ing his and advocating to teachcreate a stronger CTA negotiating through organizing, gained the 325,000-member ues with the power of the promise of the teachingthe profession. promisethe of and all educators dignity of for the rights and fighting at the local, state and national levels He holdsabachelor’sin music from Chap President Heinshastaught kindergarten He believesunion corevalin connecting

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In addition, Project’s Educationteamandisresponsi is currently theDirector oftheAdvancement vices, systemschange,andadvocacy.She direct in experience with ser lawyer client Karla Pleitéz Howell isapublicinterest ------SPEAKERS 13 ------is the Executive Director of Ad of is the Executive Director John joined Advancement Project in 2002John joined Advancement Project marginalizedof needs the made has John as a coali record John has a long track JohnPrior to joining Advancement Project, John Kim John vancement Project’s California Office. Since 2002, John has in joining Advancement Project of low-in been lifting up the voice and needs transform to color of communities come sys tems and expand opportunity for all. Through innovative by utilizing and building coalition redirect tools and strategies, he has helped of millions public and private dollarshundreds to the most underserved communities. Cityto develop, build, and launch the Healthy into one of which subsequently grew Project, data, re providing areas AP’s largest program mapping support to tens of thou and search, and community ad sands of service providers vocates across the state. He was promoted to Managing Director of the California Office in of being appointed a Co-Director 2004 before in 2008. the Advancement Project at his tenure communities a priority throughout Advancement Project. Over the years, he has initiatives research and advocacy developed on issues such as community health, redistricting, community engagement, voting rights, early Under finance. public and education, and care his leadership, many of these initiatives, have transformedinstitutionspublic large that way the and programs provide and funding allocate communities. underserved most the to services tion-builder and facilitator of multi-stakeholder wide- a established has and collaborations, community-based with partnerships of range organizations, elected officials,governmental and founda agencies, academic researchers, the state. tions across activ an as work community-building his started Area. Bay the in artist cultural and organizer, ist, ofIn 1999, he became the Executive Director Bay,East the of Center Community Korean the he was instrumental in launching new pro where commu of domestic abuse, grams in the areas organizing. community and development, nity ------is the current Vice President Vice current President the is She is a current parent and volunteer and volunteer parent She is a current An engaged and thoughtful board mem board An engaged and thoughtful Additionally, Ms. Kerr serves on the Advisory Megan Kerr ed in 2014, she spent 13 years as a volunteer, ed in 2014, she spent 13 years as a volunteer, working member, advocate and PTA parent in various LBUSD and programs in classrooms schools. in the community presence Kerr is a strong ber, lives the to improve collaborates and regularly in families, and communities the students, of Long Beach.She has with Long partnered Beach to create Vice Rex Richardson Mayor VillageWhole Beach Long North the Initia tive in an effort support North Long Beach to readiness, of college Students in the areas job training and men programs, after-school toring. at Long Angeles Los for the Educare board the between which is a partnership Beach, various and District School Unified Beach Long framework a utilizing to committed nonprofits quality care high receive all children which in are they moment the from education and born to the day they enter kindergarten, slat ed to open in 2018. She serves on the board for the California for Equality Conference and Justice, and has spent over 20 years vol unteering with various non-profitsthat serve homeless and families experiencing children illness. She ness, domestic violence, & severe and consistent advocate has been a strong and families in Long for education, children, the region. Beach and throughout and her youngest child is enrolled at Long at Long and her youngest child is enrolled Beach Polytechnic High School. of the Board of Education for the Long Beach of the Board Unified School District. Prior to being elect 14 SPEAKERS Carol Kocivar an editorialcontributoratEd100.org. from the SanFranciscopublicschools. is theparent totwochildren whograduated andombudsperson journalist, attorney, StatePTA.California Shehasworkedasan is former President ofthe isformer

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brings over 30 years of expertise brings over30yearsofexpertise - - - SPEAKERS 17 ------’s core values center on ’s core Alberto was introduced to organizing at organizingat to introduced was Alberto his teeth in com cut Alberto UCLA, After 2009 to 2011, Alberto worked for the From Alberto search, national rigorous a After Alberto is the son of Mexican and Costa the notion that people, love and compassion –compassion and love people, that notion the strategy, and matched with organized power, vision – have the potential to transform society. California, of University the where Angeles, Los Sci Political in degree a with graduated he with ence. As a student activist, he joined organize to country the across students other low action, affirmative defend to campaigns justice. er student fees, and advance racial Coalition, at Community munity organizing a nonprofitorganization based in South Los res empowers and engages that Angeles health, education, and idents to improve Al public safety. At Community Coalition, values: organizing his developed further berto understanding that leadership development, building action, and the power of collective tenets to advancing core non-violence are social change. Alberto’s unwavering commit ment to organizing began with South Central (SCYEA). Action Through Empowered Youth For the next eleven years, Alberto continued leading capacities, in different organizing victories major Coalition through Community in advancing racial justice, economic justice, food justice, and education equity. Department U.S. the in Obama administration Out Community of Director as Education of During his time in D.C., he organized reach. Summit, Youth National first Department’s the community of thousands with worked and on turning the country leaders across around the nation’s “push-out” crisis. of CEO and President be to selected was Community Coalition effective July 1st, 2015. country this to came who immigrants Rican is the Alberto of three, youngest in 1962. The sacrifice. and work hard family’s his of product Alberto Retana Alberto ------represents the represents Anthony Rendon Anthony Rendon was sworn-inwas Rendon 70th Speaker as the The first state budget passed during Ren au Rendon Speaker, becoming to Prior servingto Prior in the Assembly, Rendon Community College Cerritos He attended with his wife in Paramount resides Rendon Speaker Speaker 63rd Assembly District in the California District Assembly 63rd State south cities in includes nine Assembly, which east Los Angeles County. year first his In 2016. March in Assembly the of the Assembly passed a series of as Speaker, the including legislation, progressive landmark of extension wage, minimum $15 first nation’s California’s goals, climate change reduction farmworkers,for pay overtime ground and tobacco use. policies on gun and breaking California’scontinued tenure don’s recent The budgets. balanced on-time, of history fund to budget doubled the state rainy day a included and billion $6.7 of high all-time an $530 million infusion of funding to early child Rendon hood education, a key victory for Caucus. and the Legislative Women’s wa state billion $7.5 the 1, Proposition thored bond, which voters passed 67% to 33% in ter 2014. He also passed legislation to spur revital of the Los Angeles ization of the lower portion accountability River and led effortsensure to at the California Utilities Commission. Public executive direc non-profit was an educator, activist. and environmental tor, Californiaand and Fullerton University, State earned the University of Califor a Ph.D. from nia, Riverside. Annie. 18 SPEAKERS Pasi Sahlberg @pasi_sahlberg. Twitter: Educational Change”(2017). Global Oulu. Hislatestbookis“Hard Questionson Board of the Universityof the of Governing sor at the University of Helsinki and member versity in the , adjunct profes a visiting professor at the Arizona State Uni Scotland, Sweden, Malta, and Finland and of speaker and advisor to theGovernments Education. Heiscurrently aninternational of School Harvard Graduate at University’s Professorand avisiting in Helsinki ofPractice Finland’s MinistryofEducationandCulture director ofCIMOatthe general aformer is Foundation BellagioResidencyin2017.He 2014, The Lego Prize in 2016,andRockefeller 2012, The Robert Owen Award inScotland is alsoreceived EducationAward inFinland land” won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award. He World from EducationalChangeinFin Learn his book “Finnish Lessons 2.0: What Can the educational changeandimprovement, and about widely Hehaspublished leadership. policies, higher education, and educational educationteacher education, international expert. His core expertiseisin as anexternal ropean Commission in Torino, Italy: and OECD also servedWorld BankinWashington, DC;Eu around the world. He has systems and reforms advisor in Finland and has studiededucation er, teacher educator, researcher, andpolicy and scholar. Hehasworkedasschoolteach isaFinnisheducator, author, - - - - - at UCBerkeley. policy from the Graduate School of Public Policy aMastersdegree inpublic Cruz andearned at Santa nomics from the UniversityofCalifornia cial misconduct. Appellate andSupreme Court justicesforjudi sible for disciplining Superior Court judges and This constitutional body is respon Performance. ontheCommissionJudicial to a4-yearterm tor ontheannualbudgetforpubliceducation. sition 30.RickwastheAssembly’sleadnegotia Brown’s Propo education sections ofGovernor 1A and1Bforthe2009specialelection measures contained in Propositions get reform school accountability. Rickalsodraftedthebud and therecent lawcreating anewstructure for system ofacademicstandards andassessment, duction program, thelawscreating California’s past three decadesincludingtheClassSizeRe of the major education reforms of California’s written orplayedakeyrole indevelopingmost either has He finance. school and policy tion appointments intheDavisAdministration. first the of one was position level cabinet this Gray Davis. Rick’sappointment to Governor California for Secretary Legislative first the as Rick servedforsixmonths Association. In1999, Teachersfor the time asalobbyist California Education Committee, and worked for ashort years asChiefConsultantfortheAssembly six Senate EducationCommittee, for more than served for two for years theas Chief of Staff Speakers. He for nineAssembly senior advisor issues ofpubliceducation.Heservedasa and around theStateCapitol,primarilyon budget, andprocedural issues. of theAssemblyonawidevarietypolicy, for advising theSpeakerand other members Rendon. In that capacity, Rick was responsible State Assembly, Anthony er of the California Simpson Prior to his retirement in October of 2016, Rick received his Bachelors degree receivedRick Bachelors eco his in In 2013,RickwasappointedbytheSpeaker experts oneduca Rick is one of California’s Rick spentmore than38yearsworkingin was asenior adviser for the Speak Rick Rick ------SPEAKERS 19 ------He has a B.A. from the

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Aside from his work in education, Mr. Dean Tagawa joys seeing movies, camping, and going to baseball games. Director, for Director, Los Angeles Unified School Dis He Division. Education Childhood Early trict’s for Early has been an Instructional Director Education, an a Staff Relations Field Director, Princi Center Elementary Principal, a Primary pal, an Early Education Center Principal, an Assistant Principal, an advisor in Instructional Support Services, a reading coach, and an elementary teacher. California State University, Los Angeles, a Mas a Angeles, Los University, State California ters in Educational Administration, and is cur rently a Doctoral Candidate in Educational and Angeles Los of native a is He Leadership. in groups work education early on served has cluding the Early Childhood Education Work on Committee Joint the Consortium, force Legislation, the Policy Roundtable, County of Los Angeles Childcare Planning Commission, and the Partnerships for Education, Articula Educa Higher through Coordination and tion on served also has Tagawa Mr. (PEACH). tion numerous work groups in Los Angeles Unified scholar school high support to District School instructional and coalitions, multicultural ships, technology initiatives. years, eight for Army US the in served Tagawa time spending enjoys and twins of father the is with his wife who teaches preschool special education. ------is the Execu Shelly Spiegel-Coleman Shelly tive Director of Californians Together, a coali Californiansof tive Director Together, and parent tion of 23 statewide professional, civil rights organizations focused on improv ing schooling for English learners. She served Transition Torlakson’s on Superintendent Tom Director Project Shelly was the Senior Team. unit Support the Multilingual Academic for for the Los Angeles County Office of Educa English tion (LACOE). She also worked as an Coor Language Development Consultant, Pro Training the Bilingual dinator for Teacher gram and Title Developmental VII Two-Way served She LACOE. for Director Immersion English Learnerthe of as a member Advisory Californiathe to Committee of Board State Education.served also She of a member as Advisorythe Public School Accountability Act Committee, English Language Development Californiaand the Project Standards Curricu lum and Supplemental Materials Commission. and district spe principal, She was a teacher, her Masters in Educa cialist. Shelly received Education Bilingual in emphasis an with tion UCLA from credential Whittier College, from at Californiawork and undergraduate State University at Northridge. 20 SPEAKERS together to improve low-performing schools. together toimprove low-performing to bring teachers, parents and communities Act in 2006, which dedicates nearly $3 billion thored theQualityEducationImprovement cating for students andschools.Torlakson au advo Statelegislator career California a as Torlakson also had a long and distinguished from gangs, drugs,andguns.Superintendent prove schoolsafety,andkeepchildren safe er and parent, Torlakson has worked to im training and school technology. As ateach controlled funding for new textbooks, teacher to providein locally billion schoolswith$1.25 leaders. Recently, he led successful efforts of localparents, teachers,andcommunity in thehands back to spendeducationdollars schools andputdecision-makingabout how battle to stop budget cuts to California’s deserve. Torlakson helped lead and win the children get the world-class education they educationsothatallCalifornia transform teacher, coach,andparent inthefightto er whoapplieshisexperienceasascience a second-generation public school teach State Superintendent Tom Torlakson is is - - - - - Corrie Traynor to studentsandeducation. the Year in recognition for her commitment Teacherrie wasawarded 2017California of extracurricular events for the community. Cor her timetoteachingdrama,andorganizing and community,Corriededicatesmuchof for thearts Due toherpassion mathematics. conceptual and Learners, Language English She specializesinteachingat-riskstudents, the Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District. in Elementary Ranch Barrett at grade fifth es fourth, and fifth grade. Corrie currently teach course ofhercareer, shehastaughtthird, dential from ChapmanUniversity.Duringthe with aBachelor of Arts andteaching cre ineducation ence. Shebeganherjourney teacher with23yearsofhands-on experi isan elementary school - - - - SPEAKERS 21 ------currently serves as the as the serves currently Prior to joining ACSA, Zazueta servedthe Zazueta as joiningACSA, Priorto to his service with the district, Zazueta Prior In 2002, Edgar Zazueta was one of 20 indi Southern of native A California, Zazueta Edgar Zazueta Senior Director of Policy and Government of Policy and Government Senior Director California of Association the for Relations he role, School Administrators (ACSA). In this Sacramento in efforts advocacy the oversees D.C.behalf on of the larg and Washington, est umbrella organization in the administrator est umbrella United States. Zazueta joined the organization in 2015. Unified Angeles Los for Affairs External of Chief repre Zazueta capacity, In this District. School of edu sented the superintendent and board organizationsand community before cation led legislative advocacy at the federal, state, and local levels of government for the second largest Zazueta’s school district in the country. LAUSD spanned nine years. with tenure for state worked as a legislative consultant Zazueta Ducheny. Denise Moreno Senator advised Senator Ducheny on K-12 education, state other numerous and education higher Zazueta was issues. In 2003, budget-related Cali prestigious participate in the selected to fornia in Sacramento. Senate Fellows Program viduals selected nationwide to participate in Institute Caucus Hispanic Congressional the D.C. While in Washington, Fellowship program White the for worked he capital, nation’s the in House Initiative on Educational Excellence for he traveled In this role, Hispanic Americans. the country collecting data in variousaround Latino communities and assisted in the devel was present that report advisory an of opment Bush on the status of George W. ed to President Hispanic education in the United States. Sci Political in Degree Bachelor’s his received California from ence Fullerton University, State and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. Zazueta candidate doctoral an education is currently at the Rossier School of Education at USC. What is the Water Cooler Network?

he K-12 Water Cooler Network is a space that allows for a unique opportunity for collaboration. Key stakeholders include T teachers, principals, superintendents, administrators, researchers, elected officials, advocates, and many others from across Cal- ifornia. The K-12 Water Cooler Network is an opportunity to build trust and create partner- ships through networking, learn the latest in education policy and best practices, and help build consensus in creating critical education policy recommendations. Through quarterly meetings, stakeholders meet as if around a water cooler to elevate the needs of California’s K-12 scholars to the forefront of policy decisions. At each con- vening, the K-12 Water Cooler tackles one of four pillars, which represent the key issues identified by stakeholders. Thus Far…

At our inaugural event in the spring of 2015 the Network addressed pillar 1, support and recruitment of outstanding teachers and ed- countability and learning. State Superinten- ucational leaders. Apropos to the dramatic dent Torlakson and then Interim Chief of Staff changes taking place in California with the im- Glen Price presented a blueprint for Califor- plementation of the Local Control nia’s scholastic future, including a vision for ac- Funding Formula (LCFF) and countability. After hearing from a broad panel Common Core, the agen- of accountability experts present at the con- da included presenta- vening, the K-12 Water Cooler made recom- THE FOUR PILLARS tions by two world re- mendations to the State Board of Education nowned education and the California Department of Education, I. speakers, Michael which included the following: Support and recruitment of outstanding Fullan and Andy teachers and educational leaders Hargreaves, on • Support the right multiple measures; II. “Creating Sys- • Publish a clear timeline; A new approach to accountability and learning tems Change.” • Create a coherent and aligned system; They spoke to • Engage parents and the community; and III. the importance • Conduct an ongoing review of the Strengthen/Increase school finance of recruiting out- accountability system. and resources standing teach- ers and educa- The Fall 2015 K-12 Water Cooler Network IV. tional leaders in convening will cover the 3rd pillar, strengthen/ Seek opportunities for continued order to success- increase school finance and resources. Discus - alignment with the Early Care & fully implement sions centered around California’s history of Education and K-12 educa- the many education school finance and the opportunities provided tion systems policy changes in Cal- by the LCFF, with a focus on the opportunities ifornia. They emphasized for allocating dollars to students with the most that the nation was watching need. Key presenters included Dr. Michael Kirst California and that partnerships and Linda Darling-Hammond. and a united voice would be essential, The most recent K-12 Water Cooler Network making events like the K-12 Water Cooler all convening have focused on opportunities the more imperative. for continued alignment with early care, the The summer 2015 K-12 Water Cooler event teacher pipeline and exploring supports for addressed pillar 2, a new approach to ac- foster youth and English Language Learners. 22 PARTNERS

THANK YOU! We are indebted to our partners and speakers who have gen- erously contributed their time to ensure the success of the K-12 Water Cooler Network. The pursuit of a caring, inclusive, and just system of education is made stronger by their collective guidance.

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