Candidate for
Board Member; Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District

STEVEN PATRICK KAHL Los Gatos, CA 95030 408-395-0002 skahl@earthlink.net

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINER/ HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER

EDUCATION

Master's Degree in Educational Administration (Urban High School Leadership Program), San Jose State University. May 2004.

Preliminary Administrative Credential, San Jose State University. May 2004.

CLAD Certificate, University of California at Santa Cruz. May 2002.

Certification in Gifted Education, California Association for the Gifted, 1997.

Clear Single Subject Secondary Teaching Credential in English, Santa Clara University. June 1985.

Bachelor's Degree in English (Writing Emphasis), Santa Clara University. June 1984.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Professional Development Presentations: Teacher Training

Led teachers in full day professional development training workshops on various teaching methodologies:
differentiated instruction
flexible grouping
pre-assessment
tiered assignments
project menus
community building
ethics education
gifted education
classroom management
rubric creation
problem based learning
Socratic seminars

Mentor Teacher Supported new teachers for fifteen years in curriculum development, classroom management, discussion leadership, and curriculum differentiation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER

Mountain View High School, Mountain View, CA (2000-present)
Independence High School, San Jose, CA (1985-2000)

MENTOR/CONSULTING TEACHER

Mountain View-Los Altos High School District (2002-present)
East Side Union High School District (1987-2000)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESENTER AND COACH

AVID: San Diego, Oakland, Fresno, and Sacramento
Alameda Unified School District
Almaden Country School, Morgan Hill
Almaden Country School, San Jose
Berryessa Union School District, San Jose
Byron Union School District
California Association for the Gifted (CAG)
California Association of Teachers of English (CATE)
Campbell Union School District
Chawanakee Joint Unified School District, North Fork
Chordiant Software, Palo Alto
Contra Costa County Office of Education
County of El Dorado School District
Cupertino Union School District
Dixie School District, Marin County
East Side Union High School District, San Jose
Fremont Unified School District
Fremont Union High School District
Fresno County Schools
Glendale Unified School District
Lafayette School District
Livermore Unified School District
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University
Mill Valley School District
Milpitas Unified School District
Montebello Unified School District
Monterey County Office of Education
Morgan Hill Unified School District
Mount Diablo Unified School District, Concord
Mountain View-Los Altos School District
Oak Grove School District, San Jose
Orange City School District
Orinda Union School District
Palo Alto Unified School District
Plascentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
Pleasanton Unified School District
Ripon Unified School District
Riverbank Unified School District
Riverside County Schools
Sacramento County Office of Education
San Jose State University Teacher Credentialing Program
San Jose State University Urban High School Leadership Program
San Jose Unified School District
San Leandro Unified School District
San Lorenzo Unified School District
San Mateo-Foster City School District
San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Santa Clara University Lifelong Learning Program
Santa Clara University Secondary Credential Program
Santa Maria Unified School District
Saratoga Union School District
Sonoma County Schools
Stanford University Secondary Credential Program
Summit Preparatory Academy, Redwood City
Sunnyvale School District
Sweetwater Union High School District, Chula Vista
UC San Diego Extension
UC Santa Cruz Extension

HONORS/RECOGNITION

San Jose/Silicon Valley Teacher of the Year (2002)

Awarded by San Jose/Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce

Mountain View-Los Altos High School District Teacher of the Year (2002-03)

Nominated and elected by my colleagues

Dorothy Wright Award for Excellence in Teaching English (six time recipient)

Selected by freshmen in composition classes at San Jose State University

Outstanding Educator Alumnus Award, Santa Clara University, 1990

Honored for my work as an English teacher at Independence High School

Brown Fellowship, Santa Clara University, 1984

Awarded the only full tuition scholarship for the SCU credential program

Nobili Medal, Santa Clara University, 1984

Recognized as the outstanding male graduate of the SCU class of 1984

Valedictorian, Central Catholic High School, Modesto, California. 1980

PUBLICATIONS

The Communicator, a Publication of the California Association for the Gifted

Three articles on curriculum differentiation and Socratic seminar

The San Jose Mercury News

An article on the changing relationships of fathers and sons

REFERENCES

Rich Fischer, Superintendent of Mountain View-Los Altos High School District, 1299 Bryant Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94040

Pat Hyland, Principal of Mountain View High School, 3535 Truman Avenue, Mountain View, California 94040

Elaine Dependahl, English Teacher, Mountain View High School, 3535 Truman Avenue, Mountain View, California 94040