Dear OCL Students,
Please see below details of upcoming events hosted by Rossier Career Services.
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USC Rossier Leadership Series: Dr. Steve McLaughlin, Superintendent Fullerton Joint Union High School District – Mon, Feb 10 @ 4PM PT via Zoom
Register here. Join us for a dynamic conversation with Dr. Steve McLaughlin, Superintendent of Fullerton Joint Union High School District in North Orange County, as part of the USC Rossier Leadership Series. This event aims to unite thought partners, support future leaders, empower those in leadership roles, and showcase the impact of the USC Rossier Trojan Family. This is also an opportunity to gain insights for those looking to make the move from K-12 teaching to administration. Dr. McLaughlin has served as an educator for over 20 years. During that time, his roles have included teaching history, PE, and AVID, serving as a high school activities director and administrator, middle school principal, and Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction. He has led high school teachers in the implementation of the Common Core Standards, expanded social and emotional supports for students, cultivated a wide variety of community partnerships, developed targeted reading intervention programs, and overseen the expansion of Career Technical Education pathways. Join us for an inspiring discussion with this accomplished leader.
Career Pivots: Lessons from Rossier Alumni Who Have Chartered New Courses
Dr. Jeff Gold, CEO at Insights2Action – Wed, Feb 19 @ 4PM PT via Zoom
Register here. Interested in exploring other directions for your career? This series will provide some insights from successful alumni who have done just that. You will learn from alumni about their journeys, navigating the new direction in their careers, and learn more about the impact work they are doing in their current roles. In this session, we will hear from Dr. Jeff Gold who began his career as a bilingual public-school teacher in San Diego, then moved to higher education, including serving over 18 years at the Cal State University Office of the Chancellor, most recently as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Success. He has now founded Insights2Action, which “believes in the power of strategically utilizing data to empower faculty, staff, and administrators to better support students from all backgrounds to realize their true potential and promise.”
Career Pivots: Lessons from Rossier Alumni Who Have Chartered New Courses
Dr. Susie Lopez-Guerra, California State Director of the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) – Mon, Mar 3 @ 4PM PT via Zoom
Register here. Interested in exploring other directions for your career? This series will provide some insights from successful alumni who have done just that. You will learn from alumni about their journeys, navigating the new direction in their careers, and learn more about the impact work they are doing in their current roles. In this session, we will hear from Dr. Susie Lopez-Guerra, who began as a teacher and served for over 23 years at the Santa Ana Unified School District most recently as Director of Community Relations. She recently joined the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) as the State Director. NCEE seeks transformative change by working “at the intersection of education and the economy to deeply understand current systems, anticipate the future, eradicate barriers, elevate effective practices, and innovate for opportunity.”
Career Pivots: Lessons from Rossier Alumni Who Have Chartered New Courses
Dr. Eric Mejia, VP Admissions & Enrollment, Verbum Dei Jesuit High School – Mon, Mar 10 @ 4PM PT via Zoom
Register here. Interested in exploring other directions for your career? This series will provide some insights from successful alumni who have done just that. You will learn from alumni about their journeys, navigating the new direction in their careers, and learn more about the impact work they are doing in their current roles. In this session, we will hear from Dr. Eric Mejia, a Marine Corps veteran, who initially worked in collection before finding a career in higher education working at various institutions mostly in admissions. He recently pivoted to join the admissions team at Verbum Dei Jesuit High School. Verbum Dei “offers young men from supportive families of limited resources a college prep curriculum, corporate work experience, and faith formation that prepares them to graduate from college as men-with-and-for-others who serve their communities and pursue a more just and humane world for all.”
Sincerely,
EdD Program Office
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