Helen Bernstein Award for Teacher Leadershipsponsored by Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation

Monday, June 24, 20136:30 PM to 8:30 PM

SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE

Los Angeles Education Partnership

Congratulations to Peggy Funkhouserand David Abel on your esteemed honor.

Proud to support the Los Angeles Education Partnership

By inspiring children, you inspire us all.

It is with great enthusiasm that theLos Angeles Education Partnership Board of Directors recognizes and honorsPeggy Funkhouser, David Abel and Terri Ann Sullivan

for their mindful and relentless support of the success of students in Los Angeles. They are a testament to the work we do at LAEP, and continue to inspire the path we pave.

PROGRAM

WELCOMERod Hamilton

Chair, LAEP Board of Directors

DESIGN CHALLENGETimed Team Competition followed by Short Presentations

REMARKS & RECOGNITIONEllen Pais

President & CEO, LAEP

2013 HELEN BERNSTEIN AWARDFOR TEACHER LEADERSHIP

Terri Ann SullivanLead Teacher & Design Team Member

Academy of Medical Arts

2013 HONOREESPeggy Funkhouser and David Abel

Co-Founders, LAEP

NETWORKING & ADJOURNMENT

PROGRAM

Monday, June 24, 2013

LOS ANGELES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP

Founded in 1984, LAEP is a nonprofit organization that improves schools in high-poverty neighborhoods of Los Angeles. An innovative leader in school reform, LAEP is known for proven, effective programs and responsive collaboration in two areas. Transform Schools initiatives expand the capacity of educators, students, and community to share responsibility for producing college- and career-ready graduates as well as sustainable

change. Early Childhood initiatives promote healthy development for young children and build parents’ capacity to prepare children for success in school.

TRANSFORM SCHOOLS INITIATIVES

LAEP Partner Schools are mission-driven schools with grassroots teacher leadership aimed at ensuring all students graduate college- and career-ready. They share LAEP’s school transformation model, which consists of six core elements: high-quality instruction; teacher leadership and collaboration; college and career preparedness; parents as partners; youth empowerment; and educational equity. Currently, there are 25 career-themed partner schools on 11 LAUSD campuses with 13,800 students in grades 6-12. LAEP’s model reflects an understanding of what works in urban schools, which has evolved over 30 yearsof innovation.

LAEP’s Network Initiative grows out of our history of organizing and facilitating teacher, parent and community networks to support schools. Teacher-leaders are brought together from LAEP’s partner schools; schools that implement LAEP’s instructional strategies; and other LAUSD schools that want to adopt LAEP’s school-transformation strategies. The Network Initiative currently impacts 39 small schools and small learning communities with 840 teachers, affecting 19,300 students While initially retaining its focus on LAEP’s core elements of high-quality instruction as well as teacher leadership and collaboration, the Network Initiative will eventually expand to other core elements. It is LAEP’s main vehicle for teachers training other teachers and includes opportunities for shared professional development and building teacher leadership capacity throughout LAUSD.

EARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVES

In the northeast San Fernando Valley and South L.A., LAEP Early Childhood initiatives promote healthy development of young children and build parents’ capacity to prepare their children for success in school. More than 600 children ages 0 to 5 and parents participate annually. LAEP’s holistic approach eliminates barriers to success and teaches parents to be their child’s first teacher. Consistently, children meet or exceed developmental benchmarks and parents increase their engagement in early learning activities with their child.

To learn more, call (213) 622-5237 or visit www.laep.org.

2013 HONOREES

David Abel, Co-Founder, LAEP: In 1983, when A Nation at Risk was published, David Abel, a former Robert Kennedy Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education doctoral student, and Coro director, challenged Peggy Funkhouser to do something. The result was LAEP, founded in 1984 to help reform Los Angeles public schools. Over the years, David has invested time and resources to improve educational opportunity and excellence through LAEP’s school reform programs and supporting the overall concept of schools as centers of

neighborhoods. After having served on LAUSD’s School Bond Oversight Committee, he formed New Schools Better Neighborhoods, which advocates public schools as vital community centers that offer integrated services for families and neighborhoods. Professionally, David is President and CEO of ABL Inc., a California-based public policy consulting firm that publishes The Planning Report (Southern California land-use issues); VerdeXchange (clean and green technology and energy news); and Metro Investment Report (public infrastructure). A lecturer on regionalism at UC San Diego, David also sits on the boards of New Village Charter High School and Community Conservation Solutions. He currently serves on the governing board of the L.A. County Economic Development Corporation; and, formerly chaired the L.A. County Citizens’ Economy & Efficiency Commission. David has published articles on education in the Harvard Educational Review and many other publications.

Peggy Funkhouser, Co-Founder, LAEP: As a co-founder of LAEP with David Abel, and now the retired President & CEO of the organization, Peggy Funkhouser has focused much of her life on improving education in Los Angeles public schools. Under her leadership, LAEP raised and invested more than $120 million in educational innovation, primarily in the Los Angeles Unified School District. LAEP’s change-oriented initiatives have transformed classrooms and communities’ interactions with their schools. Under her direction, LAEP initiated

the interdisciplinary Humanitas instructional model, led development of the federally funded Urban Learning Centers school design, started Los Angeles’ first collaborative teacher networks in math and science, and launched numerous parent-engagement and early childhood strategies. Active in other efforts to improve the quality of public education and civic life, Peggy has been a chair or member of the boards of Project GRAD Los Angeles, Project GRAD USA, Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching, Public Education Network, Coro Southern California, and the national Coro organization.

LAEP is proud to celebrate Helen Bernstein’s legacy of leadership this year by honoring teacher Terri Ann Sullivan who demonstrates her commitment as a passionate student advocate, leader, and reformer.

The Helen Bernstein Award for Teacher Leadership honors an educator who manifests extraordinary leadership at the school site, in the community, and in the field of education.

Proudly supported by the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation in 2013, LAEP’s inaugural recipient is Terri Ann Sullivan, a teacher at the newly formed Academy of Medical Arts (AMA) at Carson High School.

Terri Ann teaches Honors and Regular English 10 A/B; Honors American Literature and Contemporary Composition in 11th grade, and Advanced Placement English Literature for seniors. She is proud of the fact that 100% of the 10th graders who sat for the California High School Exit Exam in Spring 2012 passed. This is a testament to her dedication to the teaching process, to her belief that each student can be successful, and her focus on rigor in the classroom. For six years, she also taught Drama and produced/directed two to three stage productions per year, including musicals. Drama was cut as a class, but she continued to advise the Drama Club and put on theater productions for the school during the 2011-2012 school year. She teaches Speech, Health Careers Seminar, and Yearbook as electives.

As the Coordinator and Lead Teacher of AMA preparing students for health science and medical careers, Terri Ann works to enable them to become ready for the rigors of college. She is the Advisor of the Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) chapter at Carson. The Carson HOSA chapter is in its fourth year has over 125 student members each year. The HOSA students participate on the regional, state and national level.

Terri Ann attended Marist College, where she earned her B.A. and went on to be a journalist. After moving to California and having two daughters, she received her teaching credential and M.A. from CSUDH.

2013 RECIPIENTHELEN BERNSTEIN AWARD FOR TEACHER LEADERSHIP

Helen Bernstein was renowned for her support of teachers, advocacy for student success, and belief in decentralized administration. That is among the many reasons why LAEP named the Helen Bernstein Award for Teacher Leadership in her honor. Celebrating Helen’s finest attributes, this award recognizes a nominated teacher who exhibits the following:

•Anadvocateofteacher-ledeffortsand education equity •Amodelandmentortostudents,peers,and the community • Arecognizedleaderbyhisorherpeers • AleaderwhoembodiesLAEP’sprinciplesof collaboration and building school and community capacity

A major force, Helen Bernstein was among those leaders who helped shape the local and national

school-reform movement beginning in the 1960s. By the mid-1990s, she was a recognized and respected leader both in Los Angeles and across the nation. As president of United Teachers Los Angeles and later as Mayor Riordan’s first education advisor, she was known for her strong negotiation skills and for being a powerful, intelligent, gutsy and passionate supporter of teachers and students. One of Helen’s greatest achievements was engaging in the leadership of LEARN, an innovative organization that brought parents, teachers, administrators and the business world together for the benefit of

the students of Los Angeles. LEARN aimed to empower parents to have a voice in running their children’s schools and to give teachers more input in their classrooms and schools. Helen’s other major achievement was co-founding the Teacher Union Reform Network, which engages a nationwide group of teacher leaders to resolve and prevent adversarial relationships between teachers and administrators. Helen’s efforts to improve education still influence the Los Angeles Unified School District almost 20 years after her passing.

Tributes shared after her untimely death in 1997 describe her as a visionary leader committed to teacher excellence and student achievement. She was praised as someone whose brave and caring leadership style unleashed those qualities in others, influencing their own work as educators.

HELEN BERNSTEIN

“She must not be forgotten. Instead, we would do well to honor her legacy by working together to improve public education for the children of Los Angeles.” ~ Peggy Funkhouser

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David AbelPresident

Abel & Associates

Lynn AlvarezPhilanthropic Consultant and

Vice President, Board of CommissionersCity of L.A. Dept. of Recreation & Parks

Patrick AtwaterCo-Founding Editor

Stag Hunt Enterprises, Inc.

Mark EpsteinAttorney at Law

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Peggy FunkhouserPresident Emeritus

Los Angeles Education Partnership

Brenda N. GonzalezVice President, Hands on Banking®

Wells Fargo

Judy Johnson, Ed.D.Executive Director

Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching

Stewart KwohPresident & Executive Director

Asian Pacific American Legal Center

H. Francisco LealManaging Partner

Leal-Trejo LLP

Brian MeathPartner

Nigro Karlin Segal & Feldstein LLP

Maria Gutierrez OttExecutive in Residence

USC School of Education

Gloria RoblesParent Representative

LAEP Early Head Start Program

CHAIRRod Hamilton

PrincipalGrandview Advisors

TREASURERDavid Ward

SVP & Sr. Portfolio Mgr., U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Mgmt.

SECRETARYDavid De Pinto

Partner, De Pinto/Morales Communications

LOS ANGELES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPEllen Pais, President & CEOLos Angeles Education Partnership1055 W. 7th St., Ste. 200Los Angeles, CA 90017(213)622-5237•www.laep.org

HONORARY COMMITTEE

Congressman Tony Cárdenas

Congresswoman Judy Chu

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard

Congressman Adam Schiff

State Senator Kevin de León

State Senator Carol Liu

State Senator Alex Padilla

Assemblymember Jimmy Gómez

Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer

LA County Supervisor Gloria Molina

LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky

LA City Councilmember José Huizar

LA City Councilmember Jan Perry

LA City Councilmember-elect Curren D. Price, Jr.

LA City Councilmember Ed P. Reyes

LA City Councilmember Dennis P. Zine

LAUSD Superintendent John E. Deasy

LAUSD Board President Mónica García

LAUSD Board Member Bennett Kayser

LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer

Virginia Victorin, VP & Rel. Mgr., Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase

Dwight L. Stuart, Jr., Stuart Foundation Board Chair

Steven D. Lavine, President, CalArts

Steven S. Koblik, President, The Huntington

Neal Halfon, MD & MPH, Director, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities

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Kim Abeles, artist and 2013 Guggenheim FellowEvelyn Aleman and Joe Macias of Media Image Public Relations

Bonnie Boswell, award-winning reporter, producer, commentator, talk show hostPeter Dreier, author and political scientist

Mark J. Geragos, internationally known trial lawyerWendy Garen, President & CEO, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times USC football beat reporterSteven S. Koblik, President & CEO, The Huntington

John Nichols, architect, HMC ArchitectsJim O’Keeffe, Director, Co-Producer & Cinematographer, Go Public

Raúl Pacheco, musician and member of Grammy Award-winning OzomatliEric Paquette, SVP of Production, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Screen Gems

Max Paul, Emmy Award-winning producerJohn Rabe, Host of KPCC’s Off-Ramp

Lucas Rivera, Director, Grand ParkGabriela Teissier, Univision news anchor

Brigham Yen, realtor & DTLA Rising blogger

Special thanks to artist Vasa Mihich, an internationally known sculptor and retired senior Professor of Design at the University of California, Los Angeles, who created this year’s awards from his collection. Vasa – as he is known and signs his work – lives and works in Los Angeles. A view of his work is available at www.vasastudio.com. Santa Monica Plastics

provided the base for the sculptures and the inscription to the honorees.

David Abel, Peggy Funkhouser, and the first annual Helen Bernstein Award recipient Terri Ann Sullivan

for their outstanding contributions to public education in Los Angeles.

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NIGRO KARLIN SEGAL & FELDSTEIN, LLP IS

PROUD TO HONOR TERRI ANN SULLIVAN AS THE

RECIPIENT OF THE 2013 HELEN BERNSTEIN

TEACHER LEADER AWARD, AND PEGGY

FUNKHOUSER & DAVID ABEL FOR THREE

DECADES OF LEADERSHIP IN REFORMING PUBLIC

EDUCATION IN LOS ANGELES  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nigro Karlin Segal & Feldstein, LLP

is proud to honor

Terri Ann Sullivanas the recipient of the

2013 Helen Bernstein Teacher Leader Award,

and

Peggy Funkhouser & David Abel

for three decades of leadership

in reforming public education

in Los Angeles

FIDM is proud to celebrate the contributions of two innovative ONLY IN L.A. educational leaders:

LAEP Partnership co-founders:

Peggy Funkhouser and David AbelThank you for all your contributions to the field of education.

Congratulations!

ONLY IN L.A!FIDM could only have happened in one state, California, in one city, Los Angeles; in one place, Downtown L.A.– Tonian Hohberg, Founder and President of FIDM

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Honoring

Terri Ann Sullivan2013 Recipient of the

Helen Bernstein Award

for Teacher Leadership

Celebrating

Peggy Funkhouserand David Abel

for their Leadership

in School Reform

Congratulations Grandma, time to rest and smell the flowers.

With love, thanks and appreciation for the brightest star adorning our family tree.

Bob & Lisë, Rob, Kristen, Kent & Niko, Nell, Luke, Greta, Ricki

It is hard to imagine the number of teachers and their students in Los Angeles whose lives have been impacted

by the extraordinary visions of people like Peggy Funkhouser and David Abel.

Thank you for your diligent effort to improve education over the years.

On behalf of California Institute of the Arts

and the

CalArts Community Arts Partnership (cap)

Steven D. Lavine and Glenna Avila

Congratulate Peggy Funkhouser and David Abel

On your leadership and commitment to education, your many years of service on behalf of the school children

of Los Angeles and a better future for all Californians.

Peggy’s mother was a Sickler and our entire family

is mighty proud of Peggyand all she has done for everyone.

May God bless her and your wonderful organization.

Harry K. Sickler Jr.

You will DISCOVER that you have two hands. One is for HELPING yourself and the other is for helping OTHERS.

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Tom Schulte and RBZ, LLP are proud to support LOS ANGELES EDuCATION PARTNERSHIP and their commitment to helping students in high-need schools improve their academic achievement.

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THANK YOU, PEGGY & DAVID FOR HAVING THE FORE-SIGHT

AND FUTURE-SIGHTNEEDED TO REFORM OUR

EDUCATION SYSTEM

Kudos to LAEP for bringing on the Design Challenge.

How fun is that! Go teams!

With great admiration and love to Peggy and David,

Billie Greer

Thank you, Peggy and David, for dedicating your lives to improving the lives of

L.A. kids!

With love and great respect,

The Corwin Family

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Learning from each otherBy partnering for the common good we can achieve uncommon results. We proudly sponsor the Los Angeles Education Partnership’s 2013 Design Challenge.

Congratulations and thank you Peggy Funkhouser

for helping transform education in Los Angeles.

Judy & Steaven Jones

Thank you Peggy and LAEPfor allowing our company

to serve the needs of your stafffor more than 25 years!

Celebrating the Los Angeles Education Partnership and innovative teachers like

Terri Ann Sullivan

2013 Helen Bernstein Award for Teacher Leadership Recipient

2012 LAUSD Teacher of the Year Recipient

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Southern California Gas Company supports organizations like the Los Angeles Education Partnership, that help enhance the developmental potential of students through excellence in care, education, research and advocacy.

Hooray for the gifts of

Peggy and David and the LAEP Family.

We are grateful for all they have contributed to providing quality

education for all children in Los Angeles and beyond.

We salute you.

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and for the important work you do to help our

youth succeed!

David and

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of Los Angeles.

Dan Mazmanian

With special thanks to David Abel

and Peggy Funkhouser

for having the vision and making it happen.

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congratulate David Abel

Congratulations David—

Love, Ariella & David Lehrer

Continuingto make

a difference!

Cheers toPeggy and David

We salute your decades of

creative thinking and peerless activism to improve

the lives of young people

from the Board of Directors and every staff member of

Continuingto make

a difference!Congratulates

Terri Ann SullivanAcademy of Medical Arts @ Carson

Recipient of the inaugural Helen Bernstein Award for Teacher Leadership

and honors Peggy Funkhouser

and David Abel

Truly living Aristotle’s words:

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”

JAWEIR ASSOCIATES

Pittsburgh hasn’t forgotten

Peggy Funkhouser and we appreciate everything she did

for our city. LA, you’re lucky

to have her!

The Riecks

Their continuous work toward equity and excellence in education for the children of Los Angeles has been limitless. In a span of nearly 30 years, some of us have grown up

here and earned more degrees, advanced our work, raised children, and experienced the bittersweet goodbyes and

welcomed additions that new transitions often bring in work and in life. LAEP has served as a family to help the larger

family we live in—in this city of angels—and we have doneso with the pride and professionalism that you built.

staff congratulates Terri Ann Sullivan, inaugural recipient of

the Helen Bernstein Award for Teacher Leadershipand our cofounders

Peggy Funkhouser, retired president and CEO,

and David Abel, both current Board Members.

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Patrick AtwaterLaura Ullman Epstein & Mark Epstein

Peggy & Bob FunkhouserS. Gail Goldberg

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Nancy Berman & Alan BlochRobin Clement

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Special Thanks

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We have the greatest respect and admiration for

Los Angeles Education Partnership.

We are so proud to support the wonderful work

you do for students in our community every day.

It is an honor to congratulate our dear friend

Peggy Funkhouser for all of her hard work to make a difference

in the lives of children over the years.

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Camila, Matthew, Shannon, Leslie

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