Candidate for
Governing Board Member; Culver City Unified School District

"EDUCATION IS PORTABLE WEALTH" (Patricia's Biography)

So, you may ask, why are you running for the CCUSD School Board? Well, I've dedicated my life to Education and our youth. I've taught over 15,000 students, and they are all over the world, e.g., working with the homeless in Oakland, missionaries in Mexico, lawyers, artists, etc.

So, my 30+ years in education, activism, experience and leadership on the state (Sacramento) and local levels, leads me to offer my service, knowledge and commitment to our Culver City youth, from kindergarten through college. Our students must be able to successfully compete academically and financially with the realities that exist in the world, which is fast becoming the "Global Neighborhood."

Education is a lifelong continuum, and at all levels of education we must work together to prepare our youth for the "global context" in which they will be living and working after they leave our schools, colleges and universities.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS DEGREES

B.A., M.A., UCLA, & Doctor of Philosophy Program, UCLA

CREDENTIALS

Community College Chief Administrative Credentials, CA Community College Supervisor Credential, CA. Community College Teaching Credential, CA.

TEACHING

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 3 quarters, History - UCLA

Full-Time Tenured Faculty Member of the (LACCD) Los Angeles Community College District Largest multi-campus District in the United States, comprised of nine (9) colleges, serving over 100,000 students.

Los Angeles Mission College, Founding Faculty Member, 1975

Los Angeles Pierce College, Highest transfer rate in the LACCD, 1991- 2003

West Los Angeles College, 2003 - 2009

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

Who's Who in America, 55th & 56th Edition

Who's Who Among America's Teachers - 5th Edition

Recipient, Excellence Award - National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)

Special Recognition by U.S.A. TODAY - One of three faculty selected from over 1,000 in the U.S. and Canada.

Heart of Gold Award + Colleges' Associated Student Organization (AS0), Mission, Pierce & WLAC

Most Outstanding Faculty Award - Los Angeles Mission College President's Club

LEADERSHIP & BOARD EXPERIENCE

President and Member, Board of Directors, California Assn. Community Colleges (CACC/CCLC)

President, District (Faculty) Academic Senate (c. 3,000 faculty)

Vice President and Member, Board of Governors, - Brotman Medical Center

Vice President, (B.O.G) Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges Governing board for the system's 111 Community Colleges, serving over 1.2+ million students)

Vice President & Executive Board, Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges (ASCCC), Represents the 35,000 + full-time and adjunct faculty within the California Community Colleges)

Chair, Commission for the Advancement of Teaching (LACCD)

Director, Accelerated College Transfer (ACT) Program, West Los Angeles College (Chosen in 2007, out of 180 programs submitted from CSUs, UCs and CCs, as one of the top 15 programs in California, by Sacramento-based, College Opportunity.

Chair & Co-Chair of a variety of committees: Joint task force of the B.O.G & the C.D.E (California Department of Education) on Non-credit and Adult Education; Equity, Diversity & Human Resources, Joint Study Group on Academic Personnel Issues, LACCD Hiring Policies & Procedures

Vice Chair, History - West Los Angeles College

COMMUNITY SERVICE - CULVER CITY

Vice President, PTA (Program Chairman)

Member and Vice President, Board of Governors - Brotman Medical Center

Membership, Friends of the Library

Membership, CC Historical Society

Member, CC Chamber of Commerce

Member, CC Sister Cities Committee

Member, CC Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee

Soccer Mom (AYSO) & Parent leader of several of my children's' groups

Membership Chair, Blair Hills Home Owners Association Supporter & Contributor, the Actors' Gang

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & COMMITTEES

Asilomar Women's Leadership Seminar, California

Four (4) college Accreditation Teams, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

Local College & District-wide, Budget Planning Advisory Committees - LACCD

State Assembly Bill Task Force, AB 3409 (Vasconcellos) - Community College Reform Act

District (LACCD) Long Range Planning & Data Processing

District (LACCD)Curriculum Planning & Development Committee

District-wide (DAS) Educational Policy Advisory Committee (EPAC)

District-wide (DAS) General Education Review Committee

Secretary, AFT Faculty Guild, 1521

District (LACCD) Staff Development Committee

College Governing Councils of Mission, Pierce and West Los Angeles College

Project MATCH (Mentors Act To Change History) Steering Committee - LACCD

Board of Directors, Los Angeles Mission College Foundation

Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC)

Coordinator, WLAC Student Graduate Receptions, 2008 & 2009

PUBLICATIONS

Creator & Editor - "The Anvil & Quill - District-wide (LACCD) publication

Developer & Editor - "Faculty Forum" - Los Angeles Mission College