Συνοδία (sunodia) is an ancient Greek word that describes a journey that one takes with companions. My goal in working with educators is to foster growth and innovation in the areas of instructional practice and curriculum development by offering meaningful learning opportunities and sustained support during implementation.
A passion for supporting teachers as they grow
I am a veteran educator with over fifteen years of experience in both teaching and teacher leadership in K-12 schools. I am committed to partnering with schools to support teachers in their professional growth. I believe that professional growth opportunities must be individualized and tailored to meet a school’s needs. To this end, I value working with school’s to provide meaningful learning opportunities for teachers and sustained support throughout the implementation process.
In my own teaching, my goal has always been to plan and deliver rigorous and engaging lessons. I have been able to lean on my strong foundations in backward curricular planning, differentiation, and cooperative learning to ensure that my curriculum and instruction are effective.
I am a Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching awardee and spent the first 6 months of 2016 in the Netherlands conducting a research project. This award offered me the opportunity to think about professional growth in news ways.
I founded Sunodia Educational Consulting to share my passion for teaching with my fellow educators by providing creative, tailored, and patient professional development services. I earned my teaching credential from Santa Clara University, my master’s degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and my bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.
I value opportunities to work collaboratively with school leadership to address the specific needs of the community.
Strategic planning and support of new coaching programs. Additionally, individualized mentoring of teachers through a coaching cycle of reflection, goal setting, learning, and implementation. Coaching can be done in-person or virtually.
Guide teachers in the development of curricular units using the backward design process. Meet with groups of teachers at the team or department level to facilitate the curriculum writing process.
Classroom centered technology training delivered in context to increase teachers confidence with and creative integration of technology.
Over the last few months, when I’ve talked with teachers about what is working well in remote and hybrid classrooms, video comes up. There are so many… Read more “Prezi Video”
Classkick is a web tool that allows the teacher to monitor student work, provide help, and offer feedback in real time. It is a great help to… Read more “Classkick”
Jamboard is an excellent virtual collaborative whiteboard. It is part of the Google Suite and there are IOS and Android apps too. On the whiteboard, the user… Read more “Google Jamboard”
I took Lynne West’s weeklong course at the Taft Educational Center for 21st Century Technology in a Latin classroom in 2014. Lynne did an excellent job explaining so many websites, applications, and other ideas that will definitely enhance my own classroom. Her skill as a teacher goes far beyond just being tech-savvy. Lynne was incredibly patient, thoughtful, and willing to trouble shoot all of our needs. I’ve already started using some things she taught me – and am grateful for the experience to learn from her.
What made Lynne’s coaching unique and powerful was that it spanned several months, unlike the typical one-off observation and feedback process. Following the principle that teacher-generated inquiry is most effective, Lynne’s coaching allowed and encouraged me to observe my own teaching with a critical eye, an especially empowering experience whose impact has truly changed my practice for the better.
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