laura hernández

Observed, interviewed, and evaluated potential teacher candidates for teaching positions in charter schools in the Los Angeles area

Graduate Student Researcher charged with crafting a policy brief for circulation among and presentation before national policymakers that synthesizes interdisciplinary education research by faculty associated with the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society

consultant for various strategic investments related to maximizing teen learning and improving the effectiveness of volunteer teaching and learning

Worked as seventh grade English teacher, instructing students in the study of vocabulary, grammar, orthography, writing, and the science of reading, in addition to organizing and directing the ELA Department in the development of school-wide vertical alignment and the implementation of a guided reading and literature circle teaching block

Co-developed and oversaw the implementation of literacy curriculum and assessments for Grades 1-5 for tutoring service offered to economically disadvantaged students via Supplemental Educational Services

Graduate Student Instructor and Co-Developer of Contemporary Issues in U.S. Education, a course offered to advanced undergraduates in UC Berkeley s School of Education aiming to introduce student the major events and broader political, social, and economic forces that have coalesced to shape educational policies

* Adjunct Faculty in the University of San Francisco * s School of Education, teaching Curriculum: Currents & Controversies to Master * s Degree candidates, a course exploring the political, economic, and social forces shaping trends in U.S. curricular movements

Served as a third and fourth grade teacher, implementing a balanced literacy program, an inquiry-based science program that utilizes experiments to enhance instruction, and Everyday Mathematics program infused with Marilyn Burns methodology in addition to serving as the America s Choice School Design literacy LAB site and lead 4th grade teacher for the implementation of Accelerated Literacy Learning and Teachers College Reading and Writing Project

Graduate Student Researcher on Structural Racialization Assessments, Targeted Universalism Strategies (SRATUS), a project investigating Oakland Unified School District s ongoing efforts to implement its strategic plan of institutionalizing community schools throughout the district