Professional Highlights
Check out examples of some of Erik’s very meaningful work over the years, in support of transformational experiences and deeper learning for students.
High School Design
Big Idea: Led visioning, piloting and implementation of brand new interdisciplinary, project-based STEM model in SFUSD
Highlights:
- Founding Director
- Supported vision of brand new space to inspire and support deeper learning (Check it out!)
- Established initial deeper learning anchors
- Student Pillars of Learning
- Instructional vision
- Work-Based Learning practices
- Project-Based Learning principles
- Public Demonstrations of Learning
District Systems
Big Idea: Led the district’s College & Career Pathways work with focus on pathway quality and school-wide investment in deeper learning
Highlights:
- Led Wall-to-Wall Pathways High School Cohort focused on design and implementation of deeper learning structures and practices
- Facility redesign and renovations
- Capacity Building on deeper learning practices across pathways
- Capstone Projects
- Work-Based Learning
- Project-Based Learning
High School Redesign
Big Idea: Supported administration and community on a multi-year school redesign focused on interdisciplinary, project-based pathways
Highlights:
- Facilitated stakeholder engagement highlighted by multiple visits to model school site
- Facilitated multi-day PD focused on interdisciplinary PBL
- Established deeper learning anchors
- School-wide Graduate Profile
- Internships
- Senior Defense
High School Design
Big Idea: As founding teacher and administrator, supported design and implementation of small, career-themed, project-based school in OUSD, anchored in core tenets of small schools movement.
Highlights:
- Served as teacher, Assistant Principal, and Principal
- Supported anchor deeper learning and student support structures
- Senior Defense
- Internship Program
- Advisory
High School Redesign: Network Facilitation
Big Idea: Supported multiple networks focused on high school redesign, integrating considerations of research, policy, and practice.
Highlights:
- Planned and facilitated leadership development series with district, school, and community leaders
- Active contributor to the California Linked Learning District Initiative