Andrea Somoza-Norton

rank Professor/Co-Coordinator email asomozan@calpoly.edu office location 02-110 phone (805) 756-5373

Education

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• Ed.D., Leadership in Schooling, University of Massachusetts, Lowell (2012) Dissertation: A Content Analysis of Assistant Principals’ Job Descriptions in Massachusetts K-12 Public Schools.
• M.S., Information Technology in Education, University of Nevada, Reno (2004) Research: Implementation of Adaptive Technology in K-12 Public Schools
• B.A., Education, University of Nevada, Reno (1999) Major: Education/Spanish. Minor: Computer Education

Research Interests

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• Educational Leadership and Administration: Programs and Policies
• Sustainability and Climate Change Education
• Teachers and School Leaders Recruitment and Retention
• STEM

Professional Certificates

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• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Associate. U.S. Green Building Council (2022) LEED® Green Associate™
• University of Oxford, Said Business School (UK) Oxford Women's Leadership Development Programme Certificate (2020)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management: Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership (2018)
• Harvard Graduate School of Education, National Institute for Urban School Leaders (2013)
• Harvard Graduate School of Education, The Future of Learning Institute (2009)

Courses Taught

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• EDUC 500 Independent Study
• EDUC 511 Law and Governance
• EDUC 512 Education Organization & Management
• EDUC 515 Curriculum and Program Evaluation
• EDUC 517 Managing Action Research Communities
• EDUC 518 Supervised Fieldwork
• EDUC 519 Professional E-portfolios for Educational Leaders
• EDUC 542 Administration of Special Programs
• EDUC 586 Introduction to Inquiry in Education
• EDUC 587 Education Foundations and Current Issues
• EDUC 588 Education, Culture and Learning
• EDUC 589 Research Methods
• EDUC 590 Research Application in Education

Publications

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• Neumann, N., Somoza-Norton, A. F. & Lopez, L. (Accepted/August 2024) Recruitment and Retention of Latinx Teachers is Top Priority: So Why Are New Teachers Saying ¡Adiós!? Journal of Educational Leadership Studies.

• Neumann, N. & Somoza-Norton, A. (2024, May-June). Aligning North Stars: Human resources directors and university collaborate for Latinx candidate recruitment. Leadership: Association of California School Administrators. 53(5), 34-37

• Somoza-Norton, A., Cárdenas, C. R., Pabigian, L., & Drap, M. (2023). Biomimetic Leadership: Core Beliefs for Sustainable Organizations. Journal of Ecohumanism, 2(1), 77-91.

• Neumann, N., Somoza-Norton, A., Bridgeford, K., Muguira, T. (2023, June) Transformation Lab Change Package: K-16 Partners for Latinx Teacher Candidate Hiring & Retention. https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/teacher-education/educator-quality-center/featured-news/Pages/CTEPP-TLab-Cohort-1-is-Transforming-Systems.aspx

• Somoza-Norton, A. F., Szolowicz, M., Neumann, N. & Erikson, D. (2023). Environmental Climate Change Leadership Culminating Assessment. The Center to Close the Opportunity Gap Clearinghouse Resource Center. Office of Research and Economic Development, California State University.

• Somoza-Norton, A. & Neumann, N. (2022). The Impact of Climate Change on Education. In Papa, R., Saiti, A., Snodgress, F., & Kaldis, P. (Eds.), The Roads to Integrating Sustainability in School Leadership and Teacher Preparation Programs (1st ed., pp. 10-22). ICPEL Publishing.

• Somoza-Norton, A. F. (2022). Liderazgo Biomimético. In Vedoya, M. A., & Cabrera, A. V. H. (Eds.), Tesauro de Biomímesis. Estudios Transdisciplinares en Armonía con la Naturaleza. (Vol. 1, pp. 269-277). Red Internacional, Interuniversitaria e Interinstitucional de Estudios de Biomímesis.

• Somoza-Norton, A., & Neumann, N. (2021). The Assistant Principal as Instructional Leader: The Redesign of the AP Position in the 21st Century. Journal of School Administration Research and Development, 6(1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.32674/jsard.v6i1.2444

• Somoza-Norton, A. F. & Neumann, N. (2021, December). Addressing the Teacher Shortage in California: Key Findings from the California Educator Recruitment and Retention Virtual Symposium 2.0 A Research Brief prepared for San Luis Obispo County Office of Education.

• Somoza-Norton, A. F. & Neumann, N. (2021, June). Educator Recruitment and Retention: Key Findings in California. A Research Brief prepared for San Luis Obispo County Office of Education

• Somoza-Norton, A. F. & Neumann, N. (2020, February). Equity Data-Driven Leadership: What Do I Stand For? San Luis Obispo County Office of Education. ESS Missive, Educational Support Services (ESS) Department.

• Somoza-Norton, Andrea. A. F. & Whitfield, S. (2019). Biomimetic Leadership: From Theory to Practice. Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development. California Association of Professors of Educational Administration Journal.

• Meyer, E.J., Somoza-Norton, A., Lovgren, N., *Rubin, A. and Quantz, M. (2018) Title IX coordinators in U.S. schools: Challenges addressing sex discrimination in the #MeToo era. Educational Policy Analysis Archives. 26(68), 1-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.26.3690

• Meyer, E., & Somoza-Norton, A. F. (2018). Challenges addressing sex discrimination with Title IX coordinators in the #MeToo era. Phi Delta Kappan. https://doi.org/10.1177/0031721718803562

• Somoza-Norton, A. F., Robinson, S. & Moraes Robinson, M. A. (2017) Integration of Holonomic Thinking in Educational Leadership Development Courses. Journal of Management Science and Business Intelligence, 2 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.58169