1. Curriculum Vitae
July 1, 2016
Leigh Ann Orr
2201 Santa Anita Ave.; Sierra Madre, CA 91024
Tel: 626-375-0144 Email: leighann.orr@lausd.net
Research Interests
Professional development for teachers including action research in classrooms, Evaluation of teachers
and of teacher education, Curriculum, instruction, and assessment that hold promise for
underrepresented students, and Management of Human Capital
Education
2015-Present Ph.D., Education: Teaching, Learning, and Culture, Claremont Graduate University
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Luschei.
2006 M.Ed., Educational Administration, University of California-Los Angeles
Thesis: “Continuous Improvement Planning.”
1990 Ed.M., International Educational Development, Boston University
Thesis: “Parents Planning Activities for Kids: Using a community development
approach to foster parent involvement.”
1980 B.A., History, University of Texas at Austin
Certifications
2015-Present Administrative Credential, Tier II with the Los Angeles New Leaders Program
2015 Observer Certification with Distinction, Los Angeles Unified School District
2006 Administrative Credential, Tier I
2002 Single Subject Teaching Credential (History/Social Studies) & CLAD
Professional Experience
K-12 Education
Principal 7/2015 - present
Boyle Heights High School, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Supervise and evaluate performance of certificated and classified staff
• Plan and deliver professional development to support a Common Core aligned
instructional program
• Facilitate the development and implementation of a School-wide Positive Behavior
Support Plan
• Conduct intake interviews with prospective students and parents/guardians completion of
high school graduation requirements
• Serve as a member of the School Site Council

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Secondary History/Common Core Specialist 4/2014 - present
Educational Service Center-East, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Provide professional development for History/Social Studies teachers in integrating
literacy and content in alignment with the Common Core State Standards
• Collaborate with LAUSD’s Office of Curriculum and Instruction Support and the
Educational Service Center-East in building teachers’ capacity to deliver lessons based
on Stanford History Education Group’s Reading Like a Historian program
Teaching and Learning Observer 8/2013 – 3/2014
Talent Management Division, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Evaluate 30 teachers in five schools across several content areas using the Educator
Growth and Development Cycle
• Provide professional development for teachers in improving their instruction through the
Teaching and Learning Framework
History/Social Studies Teacher 3/2010 - 6/2013
Méndez Learning Center, LAUSD, CA
• Taught World History, AP World History, ELA Preparation for CAHSEE
• Participated in the pilot of LAUSD’s Teacher Growth & Development Cycle
• Co-founded the school’s Instructional Cabinet
• Served as Accreditation Co-Lead Teacher, School Site Council Member, and Beginning
Teacher Support and Assessment Provider
Faculty Adviser 7/2012
Teach for America, Gompers Middle School, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Observed and provided feedback to Teach For America student teachers
Title I Coordinator, Accreditation Coordinator, SLC Lead Teacher 1/1997 - 2/2010
Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Collaboratively developed budgets to support stability through a fiscal crisis
• Successfully led the school community through accreditation
• Co-wrote proposal for a Specialized Secondary Program grant to the California
Department of Education to fund the International Studies Academy
• Created partnerships with USC’s School of International Relations, Human Rights
Watch, and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council for students’ internships
• Facilitated the creation of a vertically articulated interdisciplinary curriculum focusing on
college preparation and the
Parent Information Center Director 9/1990 - 8/1992
District of Choice Program, Chelsea Public Schools, Chelsea, MA
• Managed the registration process for all incoming students including language
assessments
• Supported parents in selecting an elementary school for their children

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Higher Education
Teaching Assistant 7/1995 - 5/1996
University of Pittsburth, School of Education
• Taught: Teaching Methods
• Supervised the Student Teaching Practicum
Lecturer 9/1992 - 6/1994
Tchico Té Teachers College, Guinea-Bissau
• Taught: Foundations of Education, English Language Composition
• Supervised the Student Teaching Practicum
Teaching Fellow, Adjunct Lecturer
Boston University, School of Education 9/1988 - 5/1990
• Taught: Foundations of Education
• Supervised internships in community-based organizations
1/1991 – 5/1991
United States Peace Corps
Director, Pre-service Training Programs 6/1996-6/1997
• Directed 8 week residential training programs for 120 Peace Corps Volunteers in
South Africa and Guinea-Bissau
• Established home-stay programs with local families
Trainer, Pre-service and Mid-service Training Programs 1/1987-2/1988
• Created and taught courses in the History of Education in Botswana, Student
Teaching Practicum with local teachers serving as mentor teachers to Peace Corps
Volunteers
• Developed seminars on the History of Southern Africa and Women in Development
History/Social Studies Teacher 9/1984 - 12/1986
Setlalekgosi Junior Secondary Community School, Francistown, Botswana
• Taught History of Southern Africa
• Organized a local chapter of Girl Guides
History/Social Studies Teacher 9/1983 - 6/1984
Jack C. Hayes High School, Buda, TX
• Taught United States History
• Wrote units for the Gifted and Talented Program
History/Social Studies Teacher 9/1980 - 6/1983
Unity High School, Chicago, IL
• Taught Sociology, Psychology, World History
• Sponsored the 9th
Grade Class

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Professional Associations
Association for Supervision and Curriculum
National Council for Social Studies
Presentations
Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History / Social Studies 2014
Educational Service Center-East, Los Angeles Unified School District
Using Primary & Secondary Sources to teach Language Objectives in History 2014
Educational Service Center-East, Los Angeles Unified School District
Formative Assesment of Literacy Skills in History Instruction 2014
Educational Service Center-East, Los Angeles Unified School District
Argumentative Writing in History 2015
Educational Service Center-East, Los Angeles Unified School District
Integrating Arts & History Instruction 2015
Educational Service Center-East, Los Angeles Unified School District
Using Numbers to Teach History 2015
Educational Service Center-East, Los Angeles Unified School District
Using Depth of Knowledge to Increase Rigor 2015
Garfield High School, Los Angeles Unified School District
Mapping Curriculum for Formative Assessment 2015
Educational Service Center-East, Los Angeles Unified School District

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Consultancies & Working Groups
Visiting Committee Member 2005, 2015
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Collaboratively analyze and affirm schools’ self-studies
Develop commendations and recommendations based on the Focus on Learning protocol
Teacher Leadership Team Member 2013 - 2015
Facing History And Ourselves – Los Angeles Regional Office
Advise on Professional Development programming and mentor Teacher Liaisons
Boyle Heights Promise Neighborhood Grant Committee Member 2012 -2013
Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission
Collaboratively designed program for community-based organizations and Méndez Learning
Center faculty to increase student achievement
Education Advisor 2005 – 2012
Japanese American National Museum
Develop professional development advise on exhibits to reach 21st
century students
Civic Engagement in a Diverse Democracy Working Group Member
Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.
2002 - 2003
Collaborated with higher education faculty on 21st
Century Liberal Arts Education Practice
Teaching Africa and the World Institute Steering Committee Member 2000
Los Angeles Center for International Studies, Loyola Marymount University
Advised on the development and implementation of a six-day seminar for teachers
Community Development Facilitator 1993 – 1995
National English Language Committee, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Facilitated the development of a teacher-led NGO to provide English lessons to the public

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Grant Writing & Program Design
School Beautification Project Grant
Los Angeles Unified School District
2016
Designed and implemented a mural project for students to co-create murals representing
Boyle Heights history
STAR 17 History/Social Studies
Los Angeles Unified School District
2016
Facilitated teacher-designed curriculum to foster Growth Mind-Set and use Historical
Thinking Skills to use historical precedents to respond to a current international crisis
Innovative Literacy Grant
Los Angeles Unified School District
2016
Facilitated teacher-designed program to plan, deliver, reflect, and revise literacy instruction at
Boyle Heights High School using informational texts on goal-setting and attainment
Margo Stern Strom Teaching Award
Méndez Learning Center & Facing History And Ourselves
2012
Co-developed curriculum based on the Jewish heritage of Boyle Heights and Oral History
techniques for a student-created documentary merging our students journeys and those of
Holocaust Survivors
U.S. Department of Education Small Learning Communities Program Grant
Manual Arts High School
2005
Facilitated design of school-wide strategic plan to implement small learning communities
Program Designer, Democracy Lab
National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Designed program to using emergent curriculum, constructivism, and the experience,
reflection, and application cycle for high school students to become inspired participants in
democracy
Facilitator, Spanish in the Summer Steering Committee
Sequoyah School, Pasadena, CA
2004 -
2006
Facilitated development of parent-led program on the Spanish and the Latino culture of
Southern California
Facilitator, Specialized Secondary Program Grant, California Department of
Education
Manual Arts High School
1998 –
2002
Collaboratively designed Small Learning Community program on International Studies to
increase student achievement.
Director, Parent Involvement Center Program Grant
Chelsea Public Schools
1989
Facilitated development of parent-created grants to implement Parent Centers in elementary
schools

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Author, Ambassador’s Fund Grant
United States Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana
1985
Wrote grant to upgrade student desks for Setlalekgosi Community Junior Secondary School

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Professional Development
School Development
Los Angeles County Office of Education, University of California –
Riverside,
Los Angeles Unified School District
Focus on Learning – Western Association of Schools and Colleges
2013
2011
2006
Los Angeles Education Partnership
Data-Driven Dialogue
2009
Educator Growth & Development
Talent Management of LAUSD & Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
Teaching and Learning Framework & Observer Certification
2011 - 2014
Curriculum & Instruction
Disciplinary Literacy Tools to Promote Reading & Argumentative Writing
Educational Service Center-South of LAUSD
2015
Connections between the Common Core & History/Social Studies
Los Angeles County Office of Education
2014
Innovative Schools Network Conference
Facing History and Ourselves
2013
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Mapping to the Core
2013
Facing History And Ourselves
Armenian Genocide and International Justice
History and Human Development
2012
2010 & 1999
Center for Active Learning in International Studies
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Close Reading & Document-Based Questions
2012
UCLA Center X History-Geography Project
Popular Uprisings
2011
Los Angeles County Office of Education
The Document Based Question Project
2011
Advancement Via Individual Determination
College Counseling
History / Social Studies Strategies
2011
2010

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Center for Active Learning in International Studies
Four Worlds Analytical Approach
2000 - 2004
California International Studies Project
Contemporary World History Project
Equity & Access Institute
1999 to 2010
Toyota International Teacher Program
Japanese Culture and Education System
1998