- Occupation: Retired Teacher/Board Member
- Elected from the classroom in 1990 after 36 years teaching in San Diego City Schools
- Holds Lifetime teaching Credentials and was a Mentor Teacher.
- Active in National, State School Board Associations
- BA & MA in Business
- UNOPPOSED IN 2006
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Support our world class superintendent in having San Diego Unified School District become the best in the nation.
- Focus on making children SELF SUFFICIENT when they graduate instead of just being test-wise.
- Create student motivation programs like "Catch a Rising Star" to provide incentives for learning.
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- San Diego Education Association
- California School Employees Association
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- VISIT John de Beck's Web Page
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Messages from John
- Finding NEW WAYS to motivate students
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I am using private sources to experiment with how we can motiviate students to learn... using field trips as rewards.
- Self sufficiency is different than test scores or UC a-g courses!
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Perhaps Public Education leaders have set the wrong goals. If kids leave school with "C" grades in classes preparing them for the UC (College) system, does that make them SELF-SUFFICIENT? Is student achievement only measured by tests? A balanced education should result in informed citizens able to take care of themselves!
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