Context: EBIA Board Addition to expand curricular and equity perspectives and focus.
Action: Michael J De Sousa is proposed to be added to the EBIA board.
Michael J De Sousa, Ed.D., is the parent of a current EBIA middle school student. Michael is the son of Azorean immigrants and was the first in his family to attend and graduate college. Since then, Michael has remained committed to building equitable schools and communities. Michael has spent the past 22 years as a teacher, school leader, leadership coach, community organizer, executive leader, and researcher.
School Leadership:
10 years as Principal at Award Winning Schools (LPS & Downtown Prep)
Professional Development & Instructional Coaching
Purposeful School Culture & Project-Based Learning
College & Career Access and Pathways
Personalized Learning & Data-Driven Instruction
School Redesign and Innovation for Equity
Systematic and Structured Literacy and Math
Leadership Development:
Leadership Support Program: UC Berkeley
Leading for Equity & Liberatory Design: National Equity Project
Art of Coaching: Elena Aguilar
Design Thinking: Stanford d.school
Leadership & Standards Institute: UnboundEd
Principal Fellowship: New Leaders for New Schools
Community Leadership:
Community-Led Design Processes
Chief of Staff for “Literacy for All” Campaign
Chief Program Officer at The Oakland REACH
Family Leadership Development and Fellowships
Design and Lead: Community Literacy Center
Focus Groups, Surveys, and Outreach
Education and Research:
Multilingual First Generation College Graduate (BS and MS)
EdD in Educational Leadership for Social Justice
Critical Pedagogy & Dialogical Instruction
History of Education & Leadership Studies
White Racial Identity Development & Antiracism
Critical Discourse Analysis & Critical Theory
