Fabiola Bagula, Ph.D.

Experience

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  Balboa Elementary School

  Jun 2007 - Jun 2014

  Principal

  Market and create community connections to enhance monies and human resources available to school. Create and maintain strong relationships with communities and parents. Inspire and motivate staff and community towards a shared vision of academic excellence. Nurture behavior and academic relationships with all students. Monitor and coach classroom instruction and student progress. Create structures for staff collaboration, student intervention, and study teams. Lead conversations and collaborations in studying academic gaps in our instruction. Administrators Union Negotiation team member provided experience in negotiations.Outcomes: Acquired grants for school site and lead projects of over $500,000 to improve the environment for children including an addition of a library and computer lab. Lead and organize structures of intervention (RTI- Response to Intervention) for struggling learners (both special education and English language learners) that resulted in positive academic data as well as decrease of special education referrals. Develop and train staff on research based interventions and integration of all learners (ELL and SPED). Mobilized a dynamic team to create levels of support for all students. Lead active PLC’s that conducted Action Research.During my tenure at Balboa, API has risen from 644 API points to 749. Show less

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  San Diego Unified School District

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2017

  Area Superintendent

  Area 6 Superintendent: Hoover, Crawford and Scripps Ranch Clusters, San Diego Unified School DistrictLead and monitored instructional practices of 29 schools K-12. Ensured vertical articulation for each student in all three clusters. Lead differentiated professional development for all principals. Lead coaching cycles with principal at school sites in order to further understand student learning while leveraging district resources. Coached principals on research based pedagogical and leadership practices in order to build teaching capacity at school sites. Oversaw budget decisions at all schools. Created and maintained strong relationships with communities and parents. Inspired and motivated staff and community towards a shared vision of academic excellence. Actively engaged with parents and community members. Presented data, highlighted practices, and led discussions with school board members. Created learning conditions for team members across different aspects of a school district. Monitored instruction and student achievement for all 29 schools. Developed conditions for shared leadership and shared decision-making. Engaged all stakeholders in opportunities to ideate and problem solve/solution seek. Utilized design-thinking methodologies across systems and structures. Engaged principals, teachers, students and families in equity work across school systems. Outcomes: 24 of 29 schools increased in ELA/Math on SBAC; 21 of 29 schools decreased suspension rates-grew bilingual programs, built comprehensive plans of support and implementation for all schools to continue trajectory or interrupt lack of growth; Graduation rate increase at all three high schools. Show less

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  San Diego County Office of Education

  Jul 2017 - May 2022

  Build the capacity of principals and district leaders alongside partners/stakeholders andpolicymakers to improve equity consciousness and cultivate inclusive learning environments.Focused attention on transforming public education systems into places of opportunity and high-quality learning for all students

  • Senior Director, Equity Department, San Diego County Office of Education

    Mar 2020 - May 2022

  • Executive Leadership Coach

    Jul 2017 - Mar 2020
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  San Diego Unified School District

  May 2022 - now

  Deputy Superintendent