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Patti Crotti, Senior Program Associate
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Patti Crotti works as a Senior Program Associate for WestEd's Comprehensive Assistance Center Program. Crotti works extensively with underperforming middle and high schools to improve their capacity to support the implementation of No Child Left Behind. Her responsibilities include working as a lead and member of a state assistance intervention team for secondary schools, establishing and developing long-term sustainable literacy plans, providing technical support to assist federally identified program improvement districts to meet AYP, and serving on the state language arts committee.
Before joining WestEd in 2004, Crotti served at the district, site, and county office levels, including K-12 Senior Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Director of Secondary Education, County Office of Education Curriculum Coordinator, High School Vice Principal, and Secondary Reading Specialist. Her experience also includes chairing accreditation committees and conducting professional development on the implementation of standards-based assessment and accountability systems.
Crotti received a BA in English from Holy Names University and an MS in educational leadership from California State University, Hayward. In addition, Crotti earned an Administrative Services Credential and Reading Specialist Credential from California State University, Hayward, and a Standard Secondary Credential from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Jaime Gonzalez, Research Associate
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A member of WestEd since 2001, Jaime González is a Research Associate in the Comprehensive School Assistance Program. González focuses on servicing low-performing schools and districts. His responsibilities include managing the collection and organization of student achievement data, as well as, assisting with the development of elements critical to school and district reform. Currently, González’ primary responsibility is assisting with the management of WestEd’s award winning school improvement website, SchoolsMovingUp.
González also works closely with California’s School Assistance and Intervention Teams (SAIT) and District Assistance and Intervention Teams (DAIT) leads. He has experience in creating and maintaining database systems that assist key stakeholders to better understand how effective data can be towards improving classroom instruction. González also provides and assists with professional development trainings, facilitating workshops and focus groups, and conducting various types of interviews among key stakeholders.
González worked in the Region XI Northern California Comprehensive Assistance Center, where he assisted with the development and implementation of literacy workshops and school site observations based on the Reading Success Network, Secondary Literacy Support Network, and the Reading Excellence Act projects.
González holds a BA in government from California State University, Sacramento; and is currently in the process of completing his MA in education from California State University, Dominguez Hills.
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Teresa Maldonado, Program Assistant
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Bob Rosenfeld, Program Associate
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Robert Rosenfeld is a Lead Trainer and School Assistance and Intervention Team Lead with WestEd’s Comprehensive School Assistance Program (CSAP). He works to build the capacity of districts, schools, and those who work with them to plan, implement, and monitor research-based, comprehensive reform efforts. For the past four years, he has been working with districts in California, Arizona, North Carolina, and Massachusetts to build local accountability systems to meet the challenges of No Child Left Behind and Adequate Yearly Progress.
Prior to coming to WestEd, Rosenfeld managed the development of educational toys and educational software. Rosenfeld is a former math and science teacher and is bilingual (Spanish and English).
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