Appy Hours Can Help Lead Teachers & Students into the 21st Century
Teachers, coaches and administrators complain to me about the lack of time they have to keep up with the constantRead More…
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Alma-Delia Renteria is a proud product of Lynwood schools. After graduating UC Riverside, with a B.A. in English and a year earlier than anticipated, she decided to commit her “gap year” to City Year. After City Year Los Angeles, Alma went on to purse a teaching career with Teach For America Los Angeles. Upon joining TFA, Alma began her education career as a middle school teacher. It was while teaching that she realized the need to do her part to help serve the community she grew up in and decided to run for office, getting elected to the Lynwood School Board at only 23 years old. Alma completed her first Master’s degree in Urban Education at Loyola Marymount University and a 2nd Masters in Educational Leadership along with her Admin Credential at Concordia University. She was appointed by the Speaker to the Instructional Quality Commission and re-elected to the Lynwood School Board in 2018. She currently serves as the Principal at a local elementary school in Pico Rivera, where she hopes to demonstrate that magic is possible when thee right people are given opportunities to lead.
Posts by Alma:
Fearless Latina Student Leader Aims for a Seat on the State Board of Education
Gema Quetzal, a student leader from Oakland, is competing for a seat on the State Board of Education as theirRead More…
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Avoid a Teacher Shortage in Your Schools, Get Creative with Recruitment!
Teacher shortages are nothing new. While the issue has become a hot topic in the last few years in California,Read More…
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Why Teachers Needs to Embrace Technology and Add New Tools to Their Toolkits
With every academic school year, there comes the opportunity to champion new initiatives and implement new instructional practices that canRead More…
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For #NationalPrincipalsMonth, I Thank Mr. Tiongco for Inspiring Me
I recently started graduate school again in the pursuit of an administrative credential. For years, I have known that theRead More…
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We Must Keep the DREAM Alive
Often, we speak of time as something we are in control of. Unfortunately, “I’ll do that next time,” or “takeRead More…
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We Should Be More Mindful of What We are Doing to Make K-2nd Grade Teachers Successful
In the powerful words of Nelson Mandela, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change theRead More…
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We Need to Expose Our High School Students to Colleges and Universities that Are Outside of Their Comfort Zone
A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go on a once-in-a-lifetime trip with my little brother, Eduardo.Read More…
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Quarterly Retreats Have Made a Difference for the Lynwood Unified School District Board of Education
I have had the privilege of serving on my local school board district for the last three and a halfRead More…
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Three Ways You Can Support a Teacher During Back-to-School Season
My favorite time of the year as a student was always the end of summer leading into the fall. WhileRead More…
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