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Santa Clara County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Patricia Midtgaard

Candidate for
Board Member; Gilroy Unified School District

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My association with Gilroy Unified School District is extensive and varied. Beginning as a substitute teacher and parent volunteer when my daughters were young, I was subsequently hired as an elementary teacher and served in this capacity for 14 years. As a teacher at both fourth and sixth grade levels, I was employed at El Roble Elementary, Jordan Elementary, and Rod Kelley Elementary Schools.

Upon completing a Masters Degree and two-tiered Administrative Credential, I was hired as the Assistant Principal at Brownell Elementary School (subsequently, Luigi Aprea Elementary School). In the following years, I served as Principal at:

  • Eliot Elementary School
  • San Ysidro Elementary School
  • Rucker Elementary School
  • Antonio Del Buono School (founding principal).

In addition to being assigned as Principal at several sites, I was also:

  • designated as "Lead Principal" for elementary principals;
  • trained in the Slingerland Methodology (a multi-sensory approach to language
  • trained and taught elementary teachers in GUSD in Accelerating Literacy;
  • appointed to the District Negotiations Team;
  • appointed as principal representative to the District Boundaries Committee.

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