Lauren Chambers

PO Box 496, Santa Margarita, CA 93453 | 805.714.7617 | lauren.green.chambers@gmail.com | pronouns she/her

Education
MASTER OF ARTS IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION WITH DISTINCTION | JUNE 2021 | CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC
STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO
Master's Thesis: Racial Literacy and Critical Media Literacy in the Secondary English Classroom

TEACHING CREDENTIAL | JUNE 2016 | CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO

GPA 4.0, Single Subject English Credential

BACHELORS | JUNE 2006 | CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO

Major: Communication Studies, Minor: Women’s Studies, GPA 3.4

Teaching Experience
ENGLISH EDUCATOR | ATASCADERO HIGH SCHOOL | AUGUST 2017-PRESENT
-Create authentic relationships with students through community building practices such as greeting
students at the door, and weekly check-ins.
-Use student relationships and assessments to identify diverse needs of all students.
-Utilize backward design methods connecting students’ lives with content to develop units and lessons.
-Apply Universal Design for Learning UDL strategies to increase access to content for all students.
-Use Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition (SAMR) to guide technology use.
-Collaborate with co-workers at grade level, vertically and inter-disciplinary to create curriculum and
assessments to meet the needs of diverse learners.
-Organize and facilitate a group of staff members, certificated and classified, for professional development
around anti-bias/anti-racist work with students.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT

-7th Grade Soccer Coach, Laguna Middle School (February 2023-present)
-Culturally Responsive Teaching Fellowship, Cal Poly SLO (September 2022-Present)
-Instructional Leadership Team, Atascadero High School (AHS) (August 2022-present)
-Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices Group, AHS (June 2019-June 2021)
-Social Justice Conference Presenter, Cal Poly SLO (May 2021)
-Instructional Rounds Team, AHS (October 2019-June 2020)
-CUE Conference (October 2021)
-Atascadero Unified District Writing Committee (April 2019-March 2020)

Volunteer & Community Experience

-San Luis Obispo American Youth Soccer Association Coach, regular season and All-Stars (September
2021-February 2023)