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Woodrow Wilson High School Team Bio (TIIP 2)
Here's some biographical information about our team members.
Team Biography/ Information
La Canada High School / Wilson High School (IB) / LAUSD-East
Tracey Calhoun,
our team leader, taught for six years at
Wilson High School and is beginning her second year on the English faculty at La
Canada High School. She holds a Masters degree in Education from UCLA
and a
clear single subject credential in English. At Wilson, she was a key
member of a team of teachers and
administrators who traveled to New York City and Miami to take part in
small schools study
tours in preparation for forming small learning communities. She also
served as
lead teacher for the Environmental and Urban Studies SLC. Tracey has
participated in numerous professional development opportunities,
including
training in polarity management and developmental assets. She has
attended the
Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed national conference, the Skirball
Cultural Center’s Teaching the World Through Film workshop, and Facing
History
and Ourselves’ Holocaust and Human Behavior seminar.
Mariela Andrade has been teaching for five years at
Woodrow Wilson High School in LAUSD.
She has her Master of Arts in Teaching in Social Sciences from the
University
of Southern California. She earned a double major for her Bachelor’s
degrees
from UCSD in History and Ethnic Studies. She has participated in
trainings and professional development opportunities with the
Latin American Institute at UCLA, Skirball Cultural Center, Student
Voice Project Journalism Summer Institute at USC, and has attended four
years of
AVID summer training. She is currently the Lead Teacher for the social
justice/public service small learning community (SLC) Agents of Change.
Samira Dabiri has been teaching for ten years. She has
been at Wilson High School for the past seven years and worked for Glendale
Preparatory Academy for 3 years. She holds a teaching credential in Art and a
Master’s degree in Art Education. She is part of the Museum of Contemporary Art's (MOCA) Contemporary Art Start program for High
School art teachers. She has also participated in the “Creativity in the
Classroom” training sponsored by the Inner City Arts Foundation and has
attended teacher workshops at the Getty Museum and LACMA (Los Angeles County
Museum of Art).
Mylene Keipp has been a teacher and administrator during her for nineteen years for
LAUSD. Although Mylene is not a classroom teacher, she is a member and
glue for our team because she is a teacher leader. Her current role is Secondary Literacy Coordinator, for Educational Service Center, East. She models instructional
strategies, engages faculty in deep conversations, and assesses our growth with
reflective conversations. She is working on certification as an Agency Trainer for
Cognitive Coachingsm and is a Training Associate for Adaptive
Schools. She has seen the transformative power of skillful coaching
and facilitation.