Shinay Bowman is a transformational leader who believes that leadership is not a title but a state of mind, heart and spirit required of any individual seeking to make replicable, scalable, and sustainable change.
Mrs. Bowman has served in education for 18+ years as a middle school teacher, Academic Coach, Program Facilitator, Equity Program Specialist, Assistant Principal, Interim Principal, Program Manager providing professional learning, coaching and technical assistance in prevention and intervention programs like PBIS, Restorative Practices, and Social-Emotional Learning, in 14 school districts and over 200 schools across the county of San Bernardino. She currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services for Upland Unified School District. Mrs. Bowman is a highly sought after educational professional with a myriad of skills including a certified Asist Suicide Intervention Trainer, a licensed IIRP Restorative Practices Trainer, a SWIS trainer for student information systems, College Board Certified Curriculum Coach and Consultant, Implementation Scientist, and Equity Specialist. Mrs. Bowman truly believes that leaders must tap into the hearts and minds of those they serve and take a collective impact approach to ensuring that all means all when it comes to providing an exceptional and equitable educational experience for children.
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Keishia Handy is a transformational leader who believes a leader’s primary role is to unite individuals around a shared vision while building their knowledge, skills, and mindset towards a model of excellence.
Mrs. Handy has spent most of her seventeen-year career devoted to building teacher capacity through highly engaging professional learning, coaching and mentoring, peer collaboration and curriculum development. In addition, she continues to design systems to build coherence of practice and knowledge that is multi-tiered to meet the needs of all learners. Mrs. Handy has held numerous positions over her educational career such as an Elementary Teacher, English Language Development Teacher, Program Specialist for English Learner Programs, Academic Coach, Reading Intervention Specialist, BTSA/TIP Support Provider, State Testing Coordinator, TESOL University Instructor, Secondary Assistant Principal and Elementary Principal. As a seasoned educator, presenter, coach, lecturer, and administrator, Mrs. Handy has received city and county recognition for her transformational work in the educational field. In 2018 she was named Principal of the Year by the Cooperative Economic Empowerment Movement Foundation and in 2019 she was given The Black Rose Award by the San Bernardino Black Culture Foundation for her work in the community.Keishia Handy firmly believes that transformational leadership is not the responsibility of one. Rather, transformational leadership is the collective responsibility of every member within an organization to develop a shared vision and take-action.
Marcia Hunter is a transformational leader that believes that leadership is based on the integration of diverse perspectives, needs, and coherence in order to shape and maintain a safe environment that promotes equity, teacher efficacy, and student empowerment.
Ms. Hunter has spent 12+ years advocating, educating, and mentoring underserved students as a secondary and elementary school teacher. She has molded her beliefs in equity, social justice, and building partnerships through developing student empowerment groups. Through these empowerment groups, she is driven to help students overcome barriers that impact their learning while helping them find their voice. She has been a teacher leader, serving on administration teams, team leader, mentor teacher, program specialist, and is committed to educating students, colleagues, families, and the community through establishing strong connections.Ms. Hunter a renown SANFOKA teacher was recognized by the community as teacher of the year in 2018. Her culturally responsive classroom allowed students of diverse backgrounds to become immersed in cultural experiences and African American history. Her classroom valued the essence of the students no matter what they brought into it transforming her ordinary students into extraordinary visionaries, thinkers, advocates, innovators, and achievers. Currently, Mrs. Hunter serves as a program specialist in elementary instruction providing sustainable, meaningful, and effective professional development and creating conditions that support the work of strengthening instructional outcomes.Ms. Hunter is a transformational leader that believes that motivating teachers through inspiration can ignite transformation.
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Tawiah Finley is a transformational leader who believes that leadership is a collaborative process that effectively brings together the talents and passions of teachers, students, and parents to improve not only the quality of education but to improve our education system itself.
Ms. Finley has served in education for 16+ years as a middle school science teacher, science coach, Program Facilitator, and Program Specialist providing professional development and coaching in the areas of Equity and Culturally Responsive Education, Gifted and Talented Instruction and Program Design, PBIS, and Data-Driven Decision Making. In her role as a teacher leader and coach, Ms. Finley is well-known for her commitment to the use of data to guide instruction, intervention, and program implementation. She currently serves as a Program Facilitator in San Bernardino City Unified School District.Tawiah Finley believes that when we achieve true transformational leadership, educational leaders will have the power to replicate and scale up pockets of success resulting in high achievement for all students.
Euridici Fitz is a transformational leader who believes that leadership is a way of being in which one can encourage, motivate and inspire others to ignite positive change within an educational system. By modeling the way of exemplifying moral standards, getting to the hearts before the minds, and cultivating collective effort, leaders can create positive change within our students, schools and communities.
Mrs. Fitz has served in education since 2002 in San Bernardino City Unified School District as a Guest teacher, Classroom Teacher, Lead Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Consulting Teacher, Onboarding Coach, Interim Vice Principal and she currently serves as a Vice Principal at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School right in the HEART of San Bernardino. Mrs. Fitz has educated our youth for many years in San Bernardino and she has the ability to build relationships, inspire and challenge students to love learning as they grow to reach their fullest potential…even the ones most difficult to reach. She consistently reminds students to not allow their current circumstances dictate their future potential because they have a choice and voice in their life ahead. Mrs. Fitz wholeheartedly believes that transformational leadership is obtained when we work collectively to relentlessly and fearlessly disrupt the traditional educational system by creating sustainable systems of practice that are equitable and positively impact ALL students in achieving greatness
