State Literacy Team February 2025
Information regarding the Comprehensive Literacy State Development Program State Literacy Team.A State Literacy Team (SLT), selected through a formal application process, will meet virtually on February 5 and 26, 2025, to respond to the existing State Literacy Plan and provide additional recommendations for revisions and updates as part of the Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant. The SLT convenings were hosted by the California Department of Education and facilitated by staff from the Western Region Comprehensive Center at the American Institutes of Research.
State Literacy Team Members
| Name | Employer | Position |
|---|---|---|
Karrie Amsler |
Portola Valley School District |
Principal |
Shervaughnna Anderson-Byrd |
California Reading and Literature Project |
Executive Director |
Elizabeth Areiza |
Temecula Valley Unified School District |
Teacher Librarian |
Staci Block |
California Indian Education for All and San Diego County Office of Education |
Executive Leadership Coach |
Kiaonno Bradley |
Sky Mountain Charter |
Special Education Administrator |
Allison Briceno |
San José State University |
College/University Faculty |
Taliah Carter |
Belmont Redwood Shores School District |
Principal |
Soomin Chao |
California State University Fullerton (CSU) |
College/University Faculty |
Tina Cheuk |
California Polytechnic State University |
Assistant Professor in Elementary Science Education |
Chrissy Cotten |
Napa County Office of Education |
Senior Program Manager |
Jorge Cuevas Antillon |
San Diego County Office of Education & San Diego State University |
Curriculum Specialist |
Brittany Cufaude |
CORE Learning, Inc. |
Director of Literacy Content |
Glenn deVoogd |
California State University, Dominguez Hills |
College/University Faculty |
Linda Diamond |
Evidence Advocacy Center |
Executive Director |
Julie Dooley |
Contra Costa County Office of Education |
Director of Curriculum and Instruction |
Tammy Duggan |
Thermalito Union Elementary School District |
Principal |
Dr. Lucy Edwards |
Napa County Office of Education |
Director of Continuous Improvement |
Amber Fleming-Morales |
Orange County Department of Education |
Coordinator of Language and Literacy |
Tanya Renee Flushman |
Cal Poly State University |
Co-Director, Center for the Advancement of Reading and Writing (CAR/W) |
Melissa Garcia |
Santa Barbara County Office of Education |
Coordinator, Language Education Services |
Richard Gifford |
California Department of Education (CDE) |
Education Programs Consultant (EPC) |
Rebecca Gottlieb |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
UC/CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning |
Jennie Grammer |
UCLA |
UC/CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning |
Dominic Grasso |
California State University, Northridge |
College/University Faculty |
Emily Green |
Glenn County Office of Education |
Education Services Coordinator |
Yesenia Guerrero |
Lennox School District |
Teacher |
Sydney Gunlund |
Fresno County Superintendent of Schools |
Senior Manager for System of Support |
Jessica Hamman |
GLEAN Education |
Founder and Chief Executive Officer |
Jonathan Hunt |
San Diego County Office of Education |
Coordinator, Library Media Services |
Christa Kile |
Salinas Union High School District |
Curriculum Specialist |
Gwenn Lei |
San Mateo County Office of Education |
Executive Director, Curriculum and Instruction Services |
Dr. Molly McCabe |
Riverside County Office of Education |
Administrator of English Language Arts and English Language Development |
Annette McKinney |
Independent |
Parent, Author |
Dana McVey |
First 5 California |
Child Development Consultant |
Lillie Moffett |
CDE |
EPC |
Mindy Montanio |
Kern High School District |
Title I Coordinator |
Cynthia Moseley |
Paso Robles Unified School District |
Teacher |
Jessica Niessen |
Los Angeles Unified School District |
Coordinator, Literacy Intervention and Acceleration |
Michelle Nieto |
San Diego Unified School District |
Teacher |
Darla O’Leary |
Capistrano Unified School District |
Teacher on Special Assignment |
Melissa Pattullo Weeks |
Huntington Beach Union High School District |
District Literacy Specialist |
Brigid Perhach |
North Monterey County Unified School District |
Director of Professional Development |
Sherry Perry |
Romoland School District |
Instructional Coach |
Alicia Raygoza |
Mountain View School District |
Instructional Coach |
Dr. Laura Rhinehart |
UCLA |
Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice |
Nancy Rogers-Zegarra |
California Reading Association and St. Mary’s College |
Editor for The California Reader and Teacher Leader at St. Mary’s College |
Jenn Roush |
Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District |
Assistant Director of Curriculum and Instruction |
Leah Scholer |
San Carlos School District |
Director of Early Learning and Literacy |
Kourtnee Shawn |
Tulare County Office of Education |
Curriculum Specialist |
Daniela Solley |
CDE |
EPC |
Becky Sullivan |
Sacramento County Office of Education |
Director, K–12 English Language Arts |
Chantel Touryan-Schaefer |
Chartwell Teaching Institute |
Associate Director |
Laurie Virtusio |
Orange County Department of Education |
Coordinator of Language and Literacy |
Connie Williams |
Independent |
Teacher Librarian |
Richard Winters |
Merced County Office of Education |
Coordinator of Library Services |
Lindsay Young |
Los Angeles Unified School District |
Special Educator |
Leslie Zoroya |
Los Angeles County Office of Education |
Reading/Language Arts Coordinator III |
State Literacy Team Materials
To receive a copy of presentation materials, email the CLSD team at CLSDP@cde.ca.gov.