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Trudy T. Arriaga

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Dr. Trudy T. Arriaga served the Ventura Unified School District for 14 years as the first female superintendent. She began her career as a trilingual paraeducator and enjoyed 40 years of service in education as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, director, superintendent and university instructor at all levels.
Trudy retired as superintendent in July 2015 and was honored by the naming of the VUSD District Office, The VUSD Trudy Tuttle Arriaga Education Service Center. She recently retired from Cal Lutheran University as a faculty member in the Educational Leadership Department in the Graduate School of Education. Trudy is the co-author, with her esteemed colleague Dr. Randall B. Lindsey of Opening Doors: An Implementation Template for Cultural Proficiency, which delivers a compelling account on how leaders can create and expand cultures of inclusion and equity by dismantling and crafting new organizational policies and practices on behalf of the students they serve. Her second book, “Leading While Female: A Culturally Proficient Response to Gender Equity” and co-authored with Dr. Delores Lindsey and Dr. Stacie Stanley offers a counter narrative and strategies to overcome the barriers of women in educational leadership, followed by the companion journal, “My Leading While Female Journal”. It has been her privilege to assist educational districts, institutions and organizations throughout the United States through keynote speeches, workshops, leadership and equity institutes and online professional development to align the actions of the organization with their stated values and principles in their effort to build a culturally proficient and inclusive organization for each and every one. Trudy and her husband, Raymundo, are enjoying this grand chapter of life as grandparents to Rayo Mana and Sofia Anuhea. Trudy can be contacted at trudyarriaga73@gmail.com

Books

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Women Mentoring Women for Momentum - Book Cover
Women Mentoring Women for Momentum
The Next Step in Leading While Female
By: Trudy T. Arriaga, Stacie L. Stanley and Delores B. Lindsey
My Leading While Female Journey - Book Cover
My Leading While Female Journey
A Guided Reflective Journal
By: Trudy T. Arriaga, Stacie L. Stanley and Delores B. Lindsey
Leading While Female - Book Cover
Leading While Female
A Culturally Proficient Response for Gender Equity
By: Trudy T. Arriaga, Stacie L. Stanley and Delores B. Lindsey
Opening Doors - Book Cover
Opening Doors
An Implementation Template for Cultural Proficiency
By: Trudy T. Arriaga and Randall B. Lindsey

    Professional Learning

    Expertise

    • Cultural proficiency
    • Schoolwide and districtwide equity reform
    • Diverse learners

    Workshops

    Trudy can help you:

    • Articulate the language, beliefs, policies, and practices that support all learners

    • Promote a values-based, inside-out approach for embracing cultural differences within anorganization or district

    • Understand the tools and strategies needed to embed Cultural Proficiency into organizational culture

    Workshops

    • The Guiding Principles of Cultural Proficiency: An introduction to the Four Tools of Cultural Proficiency, values, behaviors, knowledge and skill. An emphasis on breakthrough communication and door opening skills will be placed on the first professional development day. Embracing the Guiding Principles as core values in esteeming culture as central to professional and institutional practice will be the agreed upon outcome of the day. The book, Opening Doors, will be introduced as the book study for the year.
    • Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency: The essential elements will be demonstrated as standards to guide upcoming practices and to examine existing policies and procedures on campus. A focus on parent / guardian interactions, classroom instruction, approaches to assessment and accountability and curriculum development will be covered during this session.
    • Overcoming Barriers: Proficiency Barriers will be introduced and discussed. Identification of barriers on campus and opportunities to develop action plans to eliminate practices that serve as barriers to students. Time will be devoted to the recognition of personal and professional barriers to Proficiency as we addresses unintentional biases.
    • Cultural Proficiency Continuum: An opportunity to examine the six areas on the cultural proficiency continuum and strategically place current practices at the site on the continuum. This session ensures a sound understanding and common language to be agreed upon by all staff as expectations of success are modeled. Discerning unhealthy values, behaviors, policies and practices in a way that allows educators to use healthy values, behaviors and practices as we embrace the culture of students as assets will be the focus on this session.
    • Equity Walk Throughs: Scheduled equity walk throughs for all staff to identify practices on campus in the four areas of Cultural Proficiency with an opportunity to discuss and share at the culmination of the day. End of the day will be a time of celebration, review and goal setting for the upcoming school year.

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    What People are Saying

    "Couldn't have asked for a more perfect PD experience. Having the actual author working with us was incredible."

    -Cynthia Delgado, Principal, Hueneme Elementary School District, Oxnard, CA

    Certified In

    • Deep Equity

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