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Instructional Leadership Institutes
Mr. Tambara has served as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction at the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Office, where he was responsible for various academic programs, as well as Literacy, Multilingual, Dual Immersion, and the school improvement coaching process. He has also worked with the 21st Century Educational Resources Center, and the NASA-sponsored Student and Teacher Excellence Project (STEP) Team. He is a member of the California Department of Education’s IASA School Improvement Coaching Cadre (“The Distinguished Educator Program”) and was part of the working team that developed the CDE’s Professional Development Reform Initiative, “Designs for Learning.” While at the Orange County Department of Education, he was a member of the core staff for the California Leadership Academy’s School Leadership Center and the Regional lead for “Second to None” and SB 1274. He has extensive experience in teaching and school administration, as well as experience as a UCLA Center X Instructional Improvement Coach and as an Instructional Improvement Associate with a national private consulting firm.
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