Years of corporate experience
Trudi Lynne Perkins, EdD
Educator, Racial Awareness Consultant
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
A results-driven Racial Awareness and DEI expert with over 25 years of leadership experience in Corporate and Educational sectors. Seasoned educator with background, experience, education, and demonstrated competency in issues of compliance, coordinating and delivering training, and program enhancement. Successful in developing and operationalizing strategies and programs that align missions and organizations with a focus on inclusion and diversity. Facilitation of educational strategies to encourage development of strong knowledge that encourages the unification of corporate culture with stated goals and intentions. Experienced academic with over 15 years of experience facilitating rich and meaningful learning opportunities. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and executing methods for improvement.
Overview
25
25
15
15
Years experience as Educator
20
20
Experience with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Work History
English Language Arts Teacher
Los Angeles Unified School District
2006 - Current
- Drove student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
- Taught lessons encompassing skill-building activities in speaking, writing, reading and listening.
- Encouraged independent thought, good judgment and expression of original ideas.
- Boosted individual perseverance and resilience by setting challenging goals and providing realistic support.
- Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution through the use of restorative justice practices, opportunities for critical thinking and communication.
- Retained student interest and maximized receptive learning.
Lead Teacher - STEM Academy
LAUSD, Barack Obama Prep. Academy
2010 - 2012
- Successfully proposed and persuaded school leadership of the research-based potential benefits offered by incorporating interactive learning into ELA lessons for STEM Academy students.
- Initiated and coordinated the acquisition of OnPoint Interactive Whiteboard system and Renaissance Student Responders for 20 STEM Academy teachers.
- Managed the logistics for distribution and maintenance of hardware and software.
- Coordinated the on-going training on use of interactive systems for STEM Academy teachers and students.
- Cooperatively worked with pilot team of ELA teachers to initiate a blended learning environment for 7th and 8th grade students.
- Introduced On-Point /Renaissance Software into 7th and 8th grade classrooms, enhancing student comprehension and engagement. Improving student sustained improvement in language arts skills by nearly 8% .
English Composition and Communications Instructor
University Of Phoenix, Online
2010 - 2010
- Exhibited understanding of content, discipline and pedagogy as demonstrated through quality of design, execution of lessons and matching objectives and activities to course guidelines and expected outcomes.
- Established and maintained open lines of communication with students to support academic progress of students.
- Exhibited understanding of content, discipline and pedagogy as demonstrated through quality of design, execution of lessons and matching objectives and activities to California standards.
Co-Chairperson
Augustus F. Hawkins High School
2013 - 2014
- Los Angeles Unified School District o Planned, coordinated, and helped to run monthly department meetings for 30 English Language Arts teachers that represented the three small learning communities (SLC’s) that reside on the campus of Hawkins H.S.
- O Worked directly with teachers, administrators, and instructional coaches from across the SLC’s to determine the specific areas of focus, department goals, and methods to use in measuring the degree of Department goal attainment.
- O Assisted teachers in the use of student data in the to analyze determine the need and benefits of an internal common assessment tool to assist teachers in guiding student growth in language arts.
- Instructional Leadership Team (ILT), Augustus F.
- Hawkins High School 2014-2015 Los Angeles Unified School District o Collaborated with teachers and school administrators for the Critical Design and Gaming School (CDAGS) to successfully implement teacher-lead monthly professional development for the full faculty.
- O Use data to identify , revise and refine school-wide learning outcomes.
- O Ensured a consistent development of teacher skills relevant to schools’ CTE pathway.
- O Planned and coordinated facilitation of weekly teacher professional development meetings.
Teacher Exchange Facilitator
CTE Pathway Course Development
2014 - 2016
- Instructed secondary teachers in developing core subject-matter curriculum utilizing game design principles, concepts and in-depth subject matter, as outlined by Career Technology Education (CTE) standards.
- Wrote and piloted "Writing Games for Social Change, a 9th and 10th grade level program designed to address the core subject matter framed around game design theory and application.
- Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
Education
EdD - Educational Leadership
University Of Southern California
2015 - 2020
M.S - Education Media Design and Technology
Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL 2012 - 2013
M.A - English
National University
La Jolla, CA 2007 - 2008
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies/ Creative Writing
Antioch University
Los Angeles, CA 2002 - 2005
Affiliations
COMM COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
- Founding Board Member and Corporate Secretary- The Evelyn E. Perkins Scholarship Foundation 2006- 2020.
PUBLISHED WORK /SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS.
- Perkins, Trudi. (2020). "Out of the darkness into the marvelous light: An exploration of anti-Black Racism Awareness in Teacher Education. 2020. Dissertation-University of Southern California.
- Perkins, Trudi. Centring anti-Black Racism: Developing racial knowledge as stance”. (2021). Journal of Cultural Marketing and Strategy, 5 (2), 129-142.
- Perkins, Trudi. (2021). There's going to be an elephant on your campus: Addressing the unspoken challenge of privileged students. Dr.Tru.medium.com.
- Perkins, Trudi. (2021) The Musings of an X Patriot. Self-published.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
- ACTE Vision Conference, New Orleans, LA. (2015)"Course Design: Writing Games for Social Change: Collaboration in California- CTE Courses and College Readiness.
Skills
Project Management
undefinedTimeline
EdD - Educational Leadership
University Of Southern California
2015 - 2020
Teacher Exchange Facilitator
CTE Pathway Course Development
2014 - 2016
Co-Chairperson
Augustus F. Hawkins High School
2013 - 2014
M.S - Education Media Design and Technology
Full Sail University
2012 - 2013
Lead Teacher - STEM Academy
LAUSD, Barack Obama Prep. Academy
2010 - 2012
English Composition and Communications Instructor
University Of Phoenix, Online
2010 - 2010
M.A - English
National University
2007 - 2008
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies/ Creative Writing
Antioch University
2002 - 2005
English Language Arts Teacher
Los Angeles Unified School District
2006 - Current
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