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Karen Johnson
Karen Johnson is a full time Solution Tree Associate. She specializes in helping schools identify areas for growth and improvement as they implement and refine their PLC at Work® implementation.
Karen Johnson
Karen Johnson is a full time Solution Tree Associate. With nearly 25 years in public education, she has served in various roles at both the school and district levels, all focused on ensuring high levels of learning for all students. Her experience includes serving as a coordinator of language acquisition, middle school and elementary school teacher and administrator, intervention specialist, and literacy coordinator across diverse districts in California.
She is passionate about equity, inclusion, and access for all students. She specializes in helping schools identify areas for growth and improvement as they implement and refine their PLC at Work implementation.
Throughout her career in education, Karen has delivered professional development for teachers and administrators and has served as a literacy coordinator and coach in both small-group and one-to-one capacities. She presents on topics such as differentiated instruction, serving students who are IEP entitled, the components of a structured literacy program, response to intervention, and the various components associated with PLC at Work. In her last district, she was nominated for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Elementary Principal of the Year.
Karen earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley; a bilingual, cross-cultural, language, and academic development (BCLAD) credential from San Jose State University; a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Santa Clara University; and an administrative services credential from California State East Bay.
PLC at Work®
PLC at Work® experts have proven success in leading the PLC at Work process in a school or district. Work with them to implement a focus on learning, build a collaborative culture, and create a results orientation that leads to sustained, substantive school improvement.
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RTI at Work experts focus on learning for all students and will empower you to build your own timely, targeted, and systematic intervention program. Work with them to implement a results-driven program that provides targeted instruction at all tiers of intervention.
Beyond Labels
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