Asian American Pacific Islander Leaders Network

The Asian American-Pacific Islander (AAPI) Leaders Network is open to site and systems leaders in districts served by the 21CSLA Bay Area Regional Academy, including Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano counties.

The AAPI Leaders Network is a space where education leaders who identify as AAPI come together to build community. We aim to build trusting relationships among AAPI school leaders in the Bay Area as a way to support, retain and mentor each other. To accomplish the goals of this affinity group members co-create a confidential, non-supervisory space where the use of reflective storytelling, the processing of complex challenges we experience in the field; and the sharing and mentoring of each other serves to uplift, empower and amplify our community as AAPI leaders.

The community we create serves to strengthen our resolve to address the systemic inequities that exist in our leadership contexts.

Community Members will:

Create a network of AAPI leaders across the Bay Area who will support, uplift, empower, and amplify each other through the sharing of experiences, practices, and expertise
Engage in meaningful conversations, to build community, and promote the sharing of ideas, advice and wisdom
Improve resilience and sustainability in the profession, through the maintenance of mental health
Focus on the importance of balancing family, life and work
Explore strategies that support improving professional practice and career advancement for AAPI leaders

Facilitator

Quarry Pak (she/they) is a mental health project manager in the Health, Safety and Support Department of the Marin County Office of Education and an equity-focused leadership coach for the UC Berkeley School of Education. As an educational leader and licensed mental health provider, she has worked in and with schools at all levels for over 20 years to implement comprehensive health education, social emotional learning, and school-based wellness services to redesign systems in order to transform young people’s experiences at school. She has lectured in Bay Area graduate social work programs on the topics of educational policy, group, family, and community work. Quarry holds a BA in Psychology & Women’s Studies from Pomona College and an MSW from UCLA.

Wesley Tang - As a proud Principal Leadership Institute (PLI) Cohort 12 graduate, Wesley Tang brings over 30 years of experience in the K–12 educational system as a teacher, literacy coach, instructional reform facilitator, site administrator, and district office leader. He is deeply committed to equity and social justice work, and he recently joined the 21CSLA Bay Area Regional Academy team, serving as the Coaching Coordinator. He is excited about his new role and eager to support and enhance the impactful work across the UC Berkeley leadership programs.

Mai Xi Lee, Ed.D. is the Social Emotional Learning Director at the Sacramento County Office of Education, having served in various K-12 educational and leadership roles for 27 years. As the SEL lead in Sacramento City Unified School District, Ms. Lee’s work bolstered CASEL’s groundbreaking Collaborating Districts Initiative (CDI) on systemic SEL implementation. She has also contributed to several pioneering CA SEL priorities, including the CA Collaborating States Initiative, Advance SEL in CA, and California’s Transformative SEL Skills & Conditions Workgroup. Ms. Lee believes that transforming school systems requires intentionally braiding SEL and Equity efforts into teaching and learning from the boardroom to the classroom. Ms. Lee holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pepperdine University, Master of Arts in School Counseling, Pupil Personnel Services Credential and Administrative Services Credential from California State University, Sacramento. Ms. Lee is a graduate of the Leaders for Equity and Democracy (LEAD) doctoral program at the University of California, Berkeley.

Calendar

This professional learning series will be delivered in-person at Berkeley Way West (UC Berkeley) from 9:00am–12:00pm on the following Saturdays:

September 28, 2024
November 2, 2024
February 1, 2025
March 15, 2024
April 12, 2025

Who Should Participate

Site leaders, systems leaders, teacher leaders, counselors, school psychologists, TOSAs.

21CSLA programs are offered at no cost to participants employed in Title II districts and schools in six Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano.

Click here to see schools served by the 21CSLA grant. If you do not see your school, district or charter system, please contact us at 21csla_bayarea@berkeley.edu

Registration

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Questions?

Contact us at 21csla_bayarea@berkeley.edu