Viet Nguyen is the Assistant Director for the 21CSLA State Center.
The 21st Century California School Leadership Academy (21CSLA) provides high quality, equity-centered professional learning for educational leaders of schools and districts in California that receive Title II funds. Programs are no-cost to participants and include leadership coaching, as well as an emphasis on improving instruction and achievement outcomes (including through distance learning) for English Learners, students with disabilities, low income students, and other historically marginalized students.
Viet's previous roles with Leadership Programs included serving as Coordinator of Leadership Support Program and as Coaching Coordinator for 21CSLA Bay Area Regional Academy. He also co-authored the 3rd Edition of the Leadership Connection Rubric, a research-based set of program standards for leadership preparation and induction.
Prior to joining the Leadership Programs team, Viet spent 15 years as a school teacher and administrator, serving the students of the Oakland Unified School District. He is the founding principal of East Oakland PRIDE Elementary and was recognized as Co-Administrator of the Year (ACSA) and profiled in “ABC7 Salutes Heroes.”
Viet is a graduate of the Principal Leadership Institute (Cohort 5).
