Janette T.

Hernandez
4346 Terrabella Way
Oakland, CA. 94619
Cell: 415 806-6095
janettethernandez@gmail.com

Professional Experience
Oakland Unified School District, Regional Executive Officer,
Oakland, CA.
Aug 2010- present

Supervise, coach and support 17 Elementary, 1 K-8, and 4 middle school

Principals in Central and East Oakland as Full Service Community School
Leaders through Leadership development and performance
management.
Lead the change management process and implementation of the
Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards
so that all children are achieving the district mission and goals of
graduating from High School College, Career and Community ready.
Ensure that equity based academic and social/emotional practices are
implemented at each school so that children who have been historically
underserved have access to quality teaching and learning.
Develop and sustain partnerships with internal departments and external
partners to provide leadership, resources and support to the school
community.
Serve as bridge and buffer for the school leaders with Central office
Departments and initiatives so they can successfully manage the
operations of the school.

UC Berkeley, Principal Leadership Institute (PLI),

Coordinator for Leadership Support Program
Faculty for PLI

Berkeley, CA.
July 2002-July 2010

Coordinate the Leadership Support Program that supports novice leaders.

Includes providing coaches to work with novice administrators, develop and
implement monthly seminars for the novice administrators and participate in
research to document leadership growth of the novice leaders.
Co Instructor for five courses in the Principal Leadership Institute, Professional
Administrative Services Credential Program with about 40 students per year.
Courses include: Issues in Teaching and Learning for Educational Leaders,

Urban School Leadership and Management, Practicum in School Site

Management, Personnel Administration in School Systems and Social
Organizations, Portfolio Preparation
Served as Liaison between bay area school districts and the university to
maintain partnerships in preparing school leaders for the schools.
Coach novice administrators in their role by visiting two times per month
Provide Professional development and support for Administrator Coaches
once a month in areas of leadership development and English Language
learning.
Co-researcher in leadership narrative inquiry project
Participate in strategic planning for the Leadership Connection for Justice in
Education, a new center that supports leadership development in the Bay
Area.

Everett Middle School, San Francisco Unified

School District
Principal

San Francisco
February 1998June 2002

Promoted to Principal at a 600 student inner city middle school with a largely
Latino population
Secured and leveraged funding to support academic and enrichment
programs, including the SB65 Federal Program, Mayors Criminal Justice
Council funding, 21st Century, and private funds for school uniform
procurement, and a school wide reading program
Implemented a grade level specific curriculum planning process and
initiated a school wide writing and reading assessment tool to guide
instructional planning.
Managed an annual budget of $600,000.
Provided instructional leadership and management to a 55 member staff of
teachers, administrators and support staff.
Developed a rapport with Community Leaders, families, Youth, and
Institutions to create links between school and community.
Maintain connections with students through teaching a daily reading class,
counseling, mentoring and taking youth on outings.
Implemented several schoolwide programs, including an African American
Task Force, a schoolwide Promote Peace curriculum, Urban Systemic
Initiative for Math, Science and Technology.
School Site Management including oversight of $4.5 million renovation
project of the 156,000 square foot building
Significantly decreased suspension and expulsion rate by aligning school
wide expectation between teachers, students, parents and counselors.

Everett Middle School, San Francisco Unified

School District
Assistant Principal

San Francisco
August 1997February 2001
Initiated/facilitated the development of a student support center
Developed school wide initiatives to promote conflict resolution and nonviolence curriculum in the school
Implemented school wide behavioral expectations

Marina Middle School, San Francisco Unified

School District
Administrative Intern

Assisted in developing the plan for Healthy Start grant

Led the summer school program 600 students
Demonstrated an understanding for scheduling, counseling and curriculum
duties

Superintendents Intervention and Prevention Committee

San Francisco Unified School District
Instructional Specialist/Coordinator

San Francisco
February-July
1997

San Francisco
February 1993February 1997

Developed and implemented policies and procedures for addressing

appropriate referrals for special education services
Coordinated the Language and Literacy professional development program
for over 300 Teachers of English Language learners
Successfully implemented policy and procedures at specific school sites to
support students in the general education program through the SST process
Gained support of many stakeholders to support African American and
Latino children in safe and supportive learning environments

Queensland Department of Education

Teacher for Children with Behavior Disorders

Brisbane, Australia
1989- 1992

Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Education

Vocational Education Teacher
Brisbane,
Australia, 1987
Childrens Home of Stockton
Teacher for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Youth

Stockton, CA.
1986-1987

Education
Professional Administrative Services Credential (Tier II)
St. Marys College

Moraga, CA.
2002

Preliminary Administrative Services Credential (Tier 1)

California State University, San Francisco

San Francisco,
1997

Master of Arts in Education, Special Education

California credential in severe and learning disabilities
University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA.
1987

Bachelor of Education in Special Education

Certification in Elementary and special education
Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA.
1985

Publications/Conferences
Selected to be member of the Math in Common(MIC) California Initiative to
support 10 school Districts in Implementation of Common Core, funded by
Betchel Foundation, 2013-14.
Spent two weeks, June 2012, engaged in intensive study focused on using
elements of Japanese curriculum and instruction along with lesson study to
support teachers implementation of mathematical ideas embedded in the
Common Core State Standards.
Presented at the National Coalition on Community Schools pre-forum on
Leadership, Effective Professional Learning and Evaluation for Principals (in
community schools), April 2014, Cincinnati, Ohio

Invited to co-present at AERA in 2005 and 2006 documenting the work of Novice
Administrators. Paper called "Induction of Urban School Administrators: High
Need and High Time for a Theory of Action"
Co-Published article, Taking Off the Cape: The Stories of Novice Urban
Leadership. in Theory into Practice, Urban Education, Vol 46, No. 3, summer
2007.
Member of National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE).
Member of Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Member of the Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington DC.
Community Work
Board of Trustee (2005- 2010) Escuela Bilinge Internacional (EBI), Spanish
immersion preK-8 independent school, Oakland, CA. Serving as Board chair
2006-2007, 2009-2010.