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Introduction

Educational Background

Chelsea Schneider grew up in a small historic city in Orange County, California.  She attended Orange Unified School District Public Schools throughout her education.  She graduated from Orange High, with Honors (’00), and attended California State University, Fullerton (’03) where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree and graduated with Honors Cum Laude.  After earning her BA in Liberal Studies, she went on to also earn a Multiple Subject Teacher’s Credential (’05) and her GATE Certification (’09) from CSU, Fullerton.  She earned her Single Subject Science Credential from California State University, Long Beach (’11).  She obtained a Mater’s in Education and a Tier I Administrative Credential from UCLA’s Principal Leadership Institute (’14).

Professional Experience

During her professional career, Chelsea has worked in two different counties.  From 2005-2011, Chelsea worked in the Orange Unified School District in Orange County.  She taught first grade at a Title I, Program Improvement elementary school from 2005-2006 and taught third grade and kindergarten at McPherson Magnet School from 2006-2011.  McPherson Magnet focused on math, hands-on science, and technology.

Chelsea is currently teaching at Linwood E Howe Elementary in the Culver City Unified School District.  She has been teaching in CCUSD since 2011 and has taught both kindergarten and first grade.  As a teacher at Linwood E. Howe, Chelsea has focused on educating the whole child and meeting student where they are at.  During the 2011-2012 school year, Chelsea applied to be a Cotsen Fellow and develop her art of teaching.  She has since had several teachers at her school site observe her teaching mathematics.

Personal Experiences

Chelsea decided to become a teacher because she had exceptional elementary school teachers that made learning both engaging and fun.  She wanted to make a positive impact on the future of the country, like her elementary school teachers.  She decided to go into elementary education because research has shown that if young children enjoy learning, they will become life long learners.

Chelsea witnessed inequities in education when she made the transition from McPherson Magnet school, a K-8 school that serviced a very affluent area of Orange County, to teaching at a school in Los Angeles County.  She saw, first hand, the lack of access students in CCUSD had to academic programs that promoted free thinking mathematics, hands-on science, and technology, after school extra curricular activities, and education in both the arts and music.

Future Goals

With regards to Chelsea’s career, she is still unsure as to what sort of educational leadership position would be ideal for her.  There are several parts of administration that she gravitates towards.  One of those areas is being a mathematics or hands-on science coach that works with teachers who are struggling with curriculum implementation and instructional development in their classrooms.  Chelsea loves researching and implementing curriculum that makes a positive impact on elementary students. Eventually, Chelsea would like to become an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum for a school district.  On an academic note, it is Chelsea’s goal to attend graduate school in Southern California and obtain an Educational Leadership Doctorate (EDLD) to further her studies on curriculum and instruction.

School Information

Linwood E. Howe

Linwood E. Howe is an elementary school located in the heart of Culver City. Linwood E. Howe's school community uses an innovative, well-balanced approach to empower tomorrow’s collaborative leaders by instilling a life-long passion for learning in a challenging, authentic, and nurturing environment in which stakeholders value the whole child by providing a personalized educational experience that develops emotional intelligence and prepares them to flourish as creative thinkers and problem solvers in our evolving global society.

Enrollment

Currently, there are a total of 550 students at Linwood E. Howe Elementary School.

Demographics

History of Linwood E. Howe Elementary School

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