Linda D. Jungwirth, Ed.D.

Dr. Linda Jungwirth, President of Convening Conversations, Inc., is passionately devoted to coaching and building educators' capacities to engage in courageous conversations about student learning, instructional practice, leadership, and collaboration using the lens of Cultural Proficiency to achieve equity, access, and success in rigorous and relevant 21st century learning for all students. Dr. Jungwirth is recognized nationally and internationally for her work in Cultural Proficiency, personal and organizational leadership, professional communities learning, data-driven dialogue, and transforming culture. As a Training Associate for Cognitive CoachingSM, Linda supports educators in being mediators of thinking as they learn and apply the knowledge and skills of Cognitive CoachingSM. As a Training Associate for Adaptive Schools, she supports educators in being professional communities, learning as they facilitate and develop collaborative groups and as they grow personally and professionally as skillful group members.
Dr. Jungwirth currently is a practitioner for leading and coaching transformational change through her work with ConnectEd, the California Center for College and Career and through Convening Conversations. Her work includes providing Cognitive CoachingSM and Adaptive Schools leadership training, and multidisciplinary/problem-based learning curriculum development for Linked Learning staff and pathways. As the former Coordinator for the Advancement of Small Learning Environments at the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Jungwirth led 19 high schools in 11 school districts in systemic high school reform, impacting over 75,000 students. In her work as coordinator for the California Technology Assistance Project, Region 10, Dr. Jungwirth provided leadership and professional development for integrating technology and 21st century skills into standards-based learning for 66 school districts in Southern California.
As co-author of Corwin's best seller, Culturally Proficient Learning Communities: Confronting Inequities Through Collaborative Curiosity, Dr. Jungwirth supports organizations in realizing systemic school reform, addressing equity and social justice issues. Awards include: Educator of the Year for Region 10 by the California League of High Schools (CLHS) for her support of high school reform and transformation of large schools into small learning communities, and the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Wilson A. Grace Award for her ideals of tolerance, compassion, and professional leadership, and as a leader who motivates and inspires personal and professional growth in others.
Dr. Jungwirth serves as adjunct professor in Pepperdine University's Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy Doctoral Program, and as a mentor and leadership coach to administrators within various school systems. Her work includes guiding educational leaders in participatory action research, while applying the principles of Cognitive CoachingSM, Cultural Proficiency, and Adaptive Schools. She inspires educators to be culturally proficient Level 5 leaders and innovators in educational reform.
Linda D. Jungwirth, Ed.D., President, Convening Conversations, Inc., and
Linked Learning Coach, ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career
1330 Candela Street
Redlands, CA 92373
Telephone: 909–335–1688
E-mail: ljungwirth@ConveningConversations.com
Web site: http://ConveningConversations.com (new
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