Cohort 1
Andrea Katz
EDUCATION • M.A. in Education: Literacy Across the Curriculum for an Equitable Society San Jose State University • B.A. in English University of California Los Angeles
ENROLLED • Cohort 1
LOCATION • San Jose, Calif.
Andrea Katz currently works as a lead teacher supporting students with dyslexia at a school within a school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Spanning nearly thirty years, Andrea has worked as a classroom teacher and reading interventionist in public schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Milpitas Unified School District and Oak Grove School District, as well as independent schools in the Bay Area. Having worked in both public and independent schools with students of varying cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds gives Andrea a unique perspective into education and has made her keenly aware of the challenges present in both public and independent schools. She is interested in exploring the differences between the two systems, especially with regard to literacy instruction and the added barriers students with dyslexia face. Furthermore, she is working to understand personal and systemic biases in education. Andrea still remembers the struggles she faced as a beginning teacher - with everything, but particularly reading instruction and the difficulties of supporting all students. Over time, she has gained understanding and tools to provide literacy instruction for all students in meaningful ways and hopes to find opportunities to pass this knowledge on to other teachers, especially those just beginning their journeys. In addition to her teaching positions, Andrea worked for San Jose Area Writing Project as a program manager and associate director for more than a decade, supporting teachers, students and parents in writing and instruction. Andrea considers herself a reader, writer and traveler, as well as wife, mother, sister and daughter. She is fortunate to have support from family and friends.
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Ed.D. in Language and Literacy
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