Teaching & Educational Leadership

Most of my work centers on restoring connections in the American Southwest: teaching low-income minority youth and encouraging professional collaboration. In the classroom experience: while teaching content area in the classroom I do my best to use Restorative Justice philosophy with the high schools student I teach. Even implicit or subtle use and application of this philosophy validates the classroom experience for many who are disenfrancised and experiencing economic, cultural, immigration, literacy and behavioral challenges.

The other part of my work revolves around the Professional Learning Community where I discreetly and diplomatically Restorative Practices techniques and vocabulary to encourage and foster collaboration in the Professional Learning Community (plc) for which I am responsible. The plc is "round-table" team of educators that work together in a flat structure, as opposed to hierarchical, to better serve the needs of their student population.

The 13th IIRP World Conference

SESSION TITLE: Restoring Connections in the American Southwest: Teaching Disenfranchised Youth and Encouraging Professional Collaboration

PRESENTER: Karen Dz. Cox
"Restoring Practices Across Disciplines" featuring Hull, UK, the World's First Restorative CityOctober 13-15, 2010 Hull, England, UK Pre-conference training Oct. 11-12

Supporting Organizations:Family Rights Group (UK), Restorative Justice Consortium (UK), Eigen Kracht Centrale (Netherlands)

Restorative Justice link: http://www.iirp.org/

Educational Leadership, Academy Head recent work includes: Successful educational Health Collaboratives between my Health & Social Sciences Academy and UNM Medical School, Health Sciences Center, College of Nursing and College of Pharmacy.

I teach AP History @ Atrisco Heritage Academy High School in Albuquerque,NM. http://ahahshssa.blogspot.com/

http://www.ahahighschool.com/


Article links:
UNM Medical Students Visit AHA, Saturday, October 10, 2009, By Andrea Schoellkopf, Journal Staff Writer
http://www.abqjournal.com/west/1002226west10-10-09.htm

Local teacher makes contribution to textbook, By Catherine Barnitz, Special to the Rio Rancho Observer, Published on Sunday, August 2, 2009 12:13 AM MDT
http://www.observer-online.com/articles/2009/08/01/news/doc4a73719ee00ea546774532.txt