OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Retired high School teacher (32 years in Salem-Keizer)

Adjunct professor in education (Willamette University 2000-2002) and international politics (Tokyo International University of America (2000-2002)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Salem-Keizer Public Schools; Whitman College (BA); University of Oregon (MAT)

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE:

Salem Human Rights Commission

Salem-Keizer School Board

Educating our youth to reach their highest level of academic achievement and to become productive members of the community are the most important goals of any society. As a fourth-generation lifetime resident, career teacher, and current member of the School Board in Salem-Keizer, I am uniquely qualified to be elected to the School Board. I am known as a consensus-builder, working to bring a wide range of people in our community together to develop the highest quality education for our youth.

KEY ISSUES

- Long-term stable funding for education

- Budget-cutting without hurting student achievement

- Implementation of the federal No Child Left Behind Act

- Completion of bond construction on time and under budget

- Special populations’ needs

- Accountability of school district expenditures

QUALIFICATIONS

- 32-years teaching in Salem-Keizer schools

- Knowledge of and participation in trends in education, like No Child Left Behind

- Curriculum development, including diversity and CIM classes

- Experience teaching many special populations: AP, honors, ESL, special education

- Teaching methods instructor, Willamette U. MAT program (5 years)

- A passion for our community and the success of its youth

HONORS

- Kiwanis’ Salem-Keizer Outstanding High School Educator 1998

- Salem Jaycees’ Outstanding Young Educator 1970

- Valley League Coach of the Year in two sports

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

- Director, Salem-Keizer School Board (current chair)

- Salem Human RightsCommission (chair 2 years)

- East Salem Rotary (current president)

- Salem-Kawagoe Sister City Board

- Created a sister high school exchange between North High and a Japanese high school

- Work on Habitat for Humanity homes

- Volunteer coach for youth soccer, basketball, and track teams

- Chair of national board of directors for Hogar Infantil, a Mexican orphanage