Douglas Kipperman

• California Professional Clear Single Subject Teaching Credential: Art
  October 2000
  Supplementary Authorization: Introductory Business; Computer Concepts and Applications; Marketing/Entrepreneurship; Crosscultural, Language & Academic Development Emphasis
• Clear Full Vocational Credential in Retailing Sales and Marketing; Graphic Design; Business Office Occupations
• California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) - passed
• Educational Technology master's program at San Diego State University (SDSU) - completed 39 (semester) units post grad, Cum GPA: 3.9 - degree earned May 1999
• National University - 55 (quarter) units, Cum GPA: 4.0 - Credential coursework completed June 1999
• California State University at Humbolt - 9 (semester) units post grad
• University of San Diego (USD), San Diego, CA - 3 (semester) units post grad
• City College, San Diego, CA - 1 (semester) unit post grad
• University of California at San Diego (UCSD) Extension - 18 (quarter) units post grad

Total 73 (quarter) units post grad - 52 (semester) units post grad

• Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Communication Design emphasis on graphics and packaging - 1982 - 121 (semester) units under grad
• UCSD extension, La Jolla, CA - 2 (quarter) units under grad
• University of Colorado, Boulder, CO - 76 (semester) units under grad
• Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA - 19 (semester) units under grad

Total 2 (quarter) units under grad - 216 (semester) units under grad

PG Activities (11)	Goals Numbers (12)	Category (14)	Time Spent in Hours (17)	Dates of Activities
9th grade Cal-by-rail	5 - 6 - 7	7E	32 hrs	April 29-May 4, 2001
Facing History workshop	2 - 4	2	2 hrs	August 22, 2001
CPR/ First Aid	8	2 - 7F	3 hrs	August 22, 2001
6th grade Yosemite Institute	3 - 5 - 6 - 7	2 - 7E	32 hrs	October 28-November 2, 2001
ADHD workshop	4 - 8	2	1.5 hrs	November 7, 2001
7th grade Shalom Nature Camp	3 - 5 - 6 - 7	2 - 7E	24 hrs	November 13-16, 2001
Promising Practices XV	2 - 4	2	6 hrs	December 12, 2001
10th grade LA college/art trip	5 - 6 - 7	7E	6 hrs	May 19, 2002
WASC visitation - Edison High School - Huntington Beach, CA	4 - 7 - 8	4	7 hrs	May 23, 2002
6th grade Yosemite Institute	3 - 5 - 6 - 7	2 - 7E	32 hrs	October 27-November 1, 2002
Four Steps to Menschlekite	4 - 6	2	2 hrs	November 20, 2002
Huntington Library	1	1T - 7E	4 hrs	February 16, 2003
Norton Simon Museum	1	1T - 7E	3 hrs	February 17, 2003
UC Berkeley Art Museum	1	1T - 7E	3 hrs	June 8, 2003
CPR/ First Aid	8	2 - 7F	3 hrs	August 25, 2003
Los Angeles County Museum of Art	1	1T - 7E	3 hrs	October 6, 2003
Tate Modern, V&A, Courtauld Institute Gallery, British Museum, and British National Library	1	1T - 7E	15 hrs	April 9-14, 2004
Total			178.5

Professional Growth Goals (Section 8 on the Growth Plan)

All activities must contribute to a credential holder's competence, performance, or effectiveness as an educator. Every goal selected must meet this standard. Your goals may relate to teaching, specialist, or services credentials or to authorizations that you currently hold or ones you are trying to attain. The goals and activities that you select should potentially lead to your growth and improvement as an educator, to the overall improvement of your school, or to education as a profession.

Goal Numbers	Professional Growth Goals
1	Develop a broader understanding of art. (1T)
2	Develop a broader understanding of humanities. (1T)
3	Develop a broader understanding of our connection to the environment and social responsibility. (1T)
4	Learn concepts, principles and methods of effective teaching, curriculum, and evaluation. (3T)
5	Learn concepts and principles of physical, intellectual, social and emotional development among children and youth. (4T)
6	Learn concepts and principles of human communication, learning, motivation, and individuality. (5T)
7	Learn more about the cultural backgrounds of groups of children and youth who attend California schools. (6T)
8	Learn skills that will lead to the development of a safe and productive learning environment for all students. (3T)

Domains of Professional Growth for Multiple and Single Subject Credential Holders (Section 13 on the Growth Plan)

The substance or content of each activity must clearly fit one or more of the following domains of professional growth for multiple and single subject teaching credentials.

(1T) A subject or subjects the credential holder teaches.

(3T) Concepts, principles and methods of effective teaching, curriculum, and evaluation.

(4T) Concepts and principles of physical, intellectual, social and emotional development among children and youth.

(5T) Concepts and principles of human communication, learning, motivation, and individuality.

(6T) Languages and cultural backgrounds of groups of children and youth who attend California schools.

Categories of Acceptable Activities (Section 14 on the Growth Plan) | Top

Activities must be chosen from at least two of the following categories and must be completed during the five year renewal cycle.

(1) Completion of one or more college or university courses

(2) Conferences, workshops, institutes, academies, symposia, teacher center programs, or staff development programs

(4) Service in a leadership role in an educational institution

• Time spent assisting teachers, developing curriculum, providing staff development, or serving on a school site council engaged with improvement of the school either as a mentor teacher or in another official capacity in the school or district.
• Time spent planning and developing new sets of materials for teachers or students, either in an official capacity in a school or as a member of a district, state, national, or international panel or committee.
• Time spent preparing a proposal to create a new facility, course of study or program in an educational institution.
• Time spent selecting mentor teachers, or screening proposals for instructional improvement grants, or participating on a school accreditation team, or serving on the advisory board of a teacher center, to the extent that this time contributes to the improvement of the educational institution.

(7C) Participation in a program of independent study, provided that the credential holder investigates a specified aspect of education, produces a written report or other tangible product, and evaluates the independent study and its product.

(7D) Creative endeavors, provided that (1) the credential holder either creates a tangible product that exhibits originality of thought and execution, or exhibits a creative talent while participating in a group production, and provided that (2) the creative endeavors directly relate to a subject or student group the credential holder teaches or reasonably expects to teach.

(7E) Cultural experiences such as attendance at museums or musical, dramatic, or dance productions, or cross cultural immersion in the language and culture of an ethnic or national group, provided that each experience directly relates to a subject or student group the credential holder teaches, or reasonably expects to teach.

(7F) Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), including training in subdiaphragmatic abdominal thrust (also known as the "Hemlich maneuver"), may be an acceptable activity if it meets the standards of quality of either the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross or can be shown to be at least of equivalent quality.

Workshops Attended | Top

• WASC, Focus on Learning, Visiting Committee Two-Day Inservice - January 2000 - San Diego
• San Diego/Sha'ar Ha Negev Teacher Exchange - July 1999 - United Jewish Federation, San Diego Agency for Jewish Education, and The San Diego Jewish Academy
• Digital High School Grant Writing Workshop - 1998 - San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE)
• Digital High School Integrating Technology into the Curriculum (SDCOE) - 1998
• Museum of Tolerance Educator's Workshop (two days) - Simon Wiesenthal Center - 1998
• Rubrics as an Assessment Tool - The California Arts Project (TCAP) - 1998
• TCAP Invitational Institute and follow-up at SDSU - 1996
• Diversity Cadre mini-presentation (observe and give input on scaffolding strategies for the arts) - (TCAP) - 1996
• TCAP (integrating and improving the arts - visual, theatre, dance, and music) in school - 13 days during summer and two-day follow-up for two years - 1995, 1996
• "Focus on Success" a School-to-Career conference - 1995
• Portfolio integration - Regional Occupational Program (ROP) and SDCOE - 1995
• Tech Prep Planning - Apple and SDCOE - 1995
• School-to-Career - (ROP) - 1995
• The World of Fine Art On-Line - San Diego City/County Art Education Association - 1995
• Integrating Academics and Vocational Education -University of San Diego (USD) - 1994
• Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) (how to produce Internet home pages) - SDSU - donated over 10 hours in addition to the workshop - 1994
• Computer Using Educators - four-day conference and one-day conference - 1994
• HyperCard (multimedia software) - (SDSU) - 1994
• Telecommunications (using e-mail and other telecommunication tools) - (SDSU) - 1994
• Grant Writing (Technology Funding) - (SDCOE) - 1994
• Vocational Education for Students with English as a Second Language - ROP - 1993

Committee Participation | Top

• WASC, Focus on Learning, Visiting Committee, Ohr Haemet Institute, Los Angeles, March 2000
• Coronado High School (CHS) grant and application writing committee - design specialist. Grants and applications included: Digital High School (received 1999), New American School (received 1998), National Blue Ribbon Schools (received 1998), California Distinguished Schools (received 1997), SSP (school-within-a-school - Coronado School of the Arts - received 1996), SB1510, Partnership Grant, and Kern County Technology Grant
• TCAP Assessment Committee - researched and developed assessment tools to present to arts educators - 1998
• Coronado School of the Arts Committee - Created and implemented curriculum and policy for a school-within-a-school, at CHS, specializing in the arts. - 1995-1999
• Coronado Technology Consortium - Co-founder
  Focused and coordinated city-wide technology implementation with an emphasis on networking and information access. 1995 -1997
• CHS Media Resource Center Committee - Researched and advised CUSD on the direction of the high school and middle school libraries. - 1996
• Coronado Unified School District (CUSD) Strategic Planning Committee for Technology - Established technology action plans for CUSD - 1995
• San Diego County Superintendents' Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) - Established technology policies for San Diego County - 1994-1995
• Superintendents' Technology Advisory Training Subcommittee - Facilitated technology training policies for STAC - 1994-1995
• CHS Restructuring Committee - Focused and coordinated restructuring efforts in order to make school more relevant and beneficial for all students. 1994-1999
• ROP South County Council - Established ROP policy and curriculum for three school districts - Voting member for 5 years - 1988-1993
• ROP State Marketing Committee - Coordinated statewide marketing efforts - Served for 1 year - 1992

Projects and Activities | Top

• San Diego Jewish Academy web site - Created and maintain site, started December 1999.
• Created and produced hundreds of graphic design, art, and technology projects for CHS, ROP, and the district, many at no charge. Average time spent each year is approximately 200+ hours. All design and production time spent was out of the classroom with my own hardware, software, and supplies. In addition, my activities included student advisor and project facilitator. 1987-1999
• Closed my graphic design business of 13 years to be able to devote my time to teaching and providing support to CHS, ROP, and CUSD. - 1995

The following items represent some of the larger projects and activities:

• WriteDesign on-line web site - Created and maintain site that was started as a pilot for a distance education course at CHS. WriteDesign is an integrated creative writing, art, graphic design, and technology class.- 1997-1999
• Coronado Jazz Festival - Created and produced marketing materials including advertising, applications, and web site - 1997-1999
• Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) - Created and produced marketing materials including advertising, applications, and web site - 1996-1999
• WriteDesign, an integrated creative writing, art, graphic design, and technology class - Created, together with an English teacher - 1996-1999
• CANVASS - Co-advised, CHS' literary magazine - 1994-1999
• CUSD Logo - Directed four students to create final logo and present to Board - 1997
• Coronado Technology Consortium - Co-founded, worked with members from the TMA and City of Coronado - 100+ hours (no pay) - 1995-1997
• CHS Bulletin Board System (BBS) - Advised, constituted 100s of hours work over four years, donated $1,500 to maintain system, helped bring $12,000 donation from Transportation Management Association (TMA) and a $500 donation from Coronado Soroptimist Club - 1994-1997
• CUSD Technology Symposium - Co-chaired, assisted in creating the first district-wide effort to focus on technology - 1995
• CHS's initial web site - Created - 1995
• CHS Logo - Designed - 1995
• Frame-relay line for Internet access from the SDCOE to Coronado - Instrumental in acquiring - 1995
• Macintosh classes for teachers after school - Instituted and taught - 1995
• First integrated pilot class for CoSA - Team taught with three other teachers - the class produced a magazine and video - 1994
• San Diego County ROP Logo - Designed - 1993
• ROP Conference Signs - 1990-1994
• School-to-Career - Work with individual students to assist them in setting up businesses and obtaining jobs - 1989-1999

Recognition and Presentations | Top

• Presenter: Leadership Education Awareness Development (LEAD) - "Ensuring a Quality Teacher for Every Child in San Diego" speaking on "The Joy of Teaching" with team-teaching partner Melissa McKinstry - January, 2001
• WASC Visiting Committee member, 1999-2000, invited by SDJA principal and WASC Visiting Committee Chair, to participate in accreditation process.
• Distinguished ROP Teacher - San Diego County & Imperial Valley California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs (CAROCP) - 1999
• Presenter: Integrating academics and technology, WriteDesign online, at the 11th Annual California Association of Leaders for Career Preparation (CALCP) and California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs (CAROCP) Joint Conference - Requested by San Diego County ROP School-to-Career Director - 1998
• Requested by CHS principal to submit application - California State Board of Education, Golden Bell Award, for WriteDesign - 1998
• "Who's Who Among America's Teachers" - Nominated by two students - 1996
• Presenter: Macintosh Scanning Techniques at Fall Joint Conference of SDCOE, CAROCP, CBEA, and CMEA (vocational organizations) - Requested by ROP Conference Director - 1996
• Presenter: Career Day (graphic design and art)
  Coronado High School, 4 years - 1995 -1998
  Coronado Middle School, 2 years - 1996, 1997
  Mission Bay High School, 2 years - 1992, 1993
  - Requested by event coordinators
• ROP Advisory Committee Member - Mission Bay High School, 2 years - Requested by ROP teachers within subject area - 1992, 1993
• ROP South County Outstanding Teacher Award - 1993
• Certificates and letters of appreciation from CUSD Superintendent, School Board, CHS principals, CAROCP, and San Diego County ROP