Tania Magana
Norwalk
Summary
Passionate Educational Leader and Learner Dedicated to building capacity throughout the entire school community through data-driven decisions, collaboration, and effective communication. Proven success in creating systems and structures to support a student-centered vision, fostering partnerships, and leading continuous school improvement initiatives.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal
Norwalk-La Mirada School District
06.2020 - Current
- Lead processes that establish school vision, mission and strategic planning by being an integral member of the Leadership, Discipline and Site Intervention Team
- Developed relationships with parents, teachers, staff, leadership and community members to move forward with Los Alisos Middle School and Norwalk La Mirada Unified District vision
- Communicate and apply a comprehensive student-centered vision that uses multiple measures of data for the goals and focuses on equity and opportunities to ensure all students are ready for high school, college and career
- Create a culture based on the shared vision of meaningful involvement for families, and community partnerships that integrate local resources for student success
- Identify systemic issues and seek long-term sustainable solutions through continuous improvement and reflective practice
- Model behaviors expected through her professional ethics, integrity, inclusion, sensitivity and judgement
Assistant Principal
Norwalk-La Mirada School District
05.2018 - Current
- Monitored student behavior and enforced discipline policies.
- Oversaw schedule management and protocols for orientation, registration, and related activities.
- Supported hiring, training, and disciplinary action in compliance with legal guidelines and requirements.
- Supervised and evaluated teaching and support staff through instructional leadership and professional development.
- Supported special education department by developing programs and protocols for at-risk youth and students with special needs.
- Built and maintained positive relationships with diverse stakeholders, such as parents, school volunteers and outside agencies.
- Studied assessment information covering students, teachers and school operations to formulate improvement plans.
Intervention Teacher
Norwalk-La Mirada School District
08.2015 - 05.2018
- Work jointly with administrative and teaching staff on collaborative systems to support and address academic, social, emotional and behavioral development
- Maintain and submit up-to-date management records of all students’ progress
- Cooperate closely with Principal, and teachers on curriculum development and common core state standards implementation
- Supervise school events and activities along with other contributions
- Facilitate the Student Support Team (SST) process with the principal, support staff, and parents in order to find solutions and coordinate structures that assists students, families and teachers to seek positive solutions for maximizing student potential
- Actively include parent and student participation
- Counsel small social group circles with Restorative Practices on issues related to referrals or teacher recommendation
- Administer follow through of disciplinary and intervention actions based on staff and administrator referral
- Utilized various sources of data collection (IREADY, SBAC, POWERSCHOOL) to design plan of action aimed at enhancing student performance and make provisions for being available to students and parents for education related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so in order to meet families’ schedules
Transition ITOSA
San Mateo County Of Education
12.2014 - 01.2015
- Liaison between court schools, juvenile hall and the districts for general and special education students, general education population and long-term camps
- Revamped and oversaw credit recovery program, increasing credit attainment
- Administered and analyzed MAP (diagnostic) testing, reviewed graduation status with all students, and supervised grading and transcript process
- Manage, taught classroom of 7th-12 grade probationary, ELD, RSP and general education students; assume all responsibilities including professional development, communication with parents, assessment of students, individual, small group and whole group lessons
- Attended weekly meetings with school partners: probation, mental services, school districts
- Communicated with outside agencies to provide tutoring and academic assistance to students and collaborated with local colleges to provide extended learning and higher rates of registration at the college level
- Worked directly with leadership in determining objectives and identifying programs (Character Base Literature, College Bound Program) for developing long and short-range goals
- Collaborated with the Science Outreach Director at the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford; her research students brought portable labs to the classroom and worked with Community School Central high school students (2:1 ratio) on projects related to biology, DNA extraction, and to DNA mapping
- Taught a variety of subjects and grade levels; math (algebra and pre-algebra), social studies (American History, African-American History, World History, economics/civics), Read 180 ELL, CAHSEE and GED prep, ROP (retail sales and merchandising), and drug abuse intervention
Education
Educational Leadership -
San Diego State University
San Diego, CaliforniaMasters - Education and Multiple Subject Credential
University of Phoenix
San Diego, CaliforniaBachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies, Minor Women and Gender Studies
Sonoma State University
Skills
- Differentiated Curriculum
- Curriculum Design and Development
- Parent Engagement
- College Readiness
- Educational Pathways for At-Promise Youth
- Cross-Agency Collaboration (Probation, Mental Health, Schools)
- Bilingual/Bi-literate in Spanish
- Technology integrations
- Group facilitation and presentations
Accomplishments
- Lead team towards a National Schools to Watch (2020) Redesignated (2022)
- Lead counseling towards The Recognized ASCA Model Program 2023
- Educator of the Year, The Cleo Eulau Program
- Recognized and visited by U.S. Department of State Under Secretary Judith McHale
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Principal
Norwalk-La Mirada School District
06.2020 - Current
Assistant Principal
Norwalk-La Mirada School District
05.2018 - Current
Intervention Teacher
Norwalk-La Mirada School District
08.2015 - 05.2018
Transition ITOSA
San Mateo County Of Education
12.2014 - 01.2015
Masters - Education and Multiple Subject Credential
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies, Minor Women and Gender Studies
Sonoma State University
Educational Leadership -
San Diego State University
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