High Tech High Graduate School of Education: Teacher Leadership
My teaching journey...
My name is Pam Baker and this is my 5th year teaching English at High Tech High International. Before HTHI, I taught English at various universities (UC Davis, UCSD) and community colleges (Mesa, Palomar, Sac City). Two of my most significant teaching experiences have happened in the last year -- the first was spending last summer working with teachers in South Africa at a school (LEAP) that served students from one of poorest townships in SA; the second was spending 2 weeks in Northern England sharing and learning from teachers and administrators there. The first shaped how I view the power and necessity of equitable education; the second shaped how I see the innovative and thoughtful work being done at High Tech High and how it addresses inequity in education. I can't think of any more significant and rewarding vocation than working with young adults, watching them form their opinions and passions, and helping to build the skills needed for them to be the people that they want to be. My work with these wonderful people makes me very hopeful for the future!