AUHSD Future Talks

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Geoff Morganstern. During the talk, Mr. Morganstern discusses his journey leading up to ASTA President, Community Schools, involving classrooms in community schools, a Minecraft project, school redesign, and public schools funding,

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Anaheim High School teacher leader Bill Johnson and Principal Ruben Calleros. During the talk they discuss their journey into education, school revisioning, solving problems through street data, drivers in education, changing mindsets of a community, the story of Axl, working with the Learning Policy Institute, exploring ideas with the redesign team, the importance of time and technology, and artificial intelligence in the classroom.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Dr. Cynthia Olivo, President of Fullerton College. During the talk, Dr. Olivo discusses her journey, remaining authentic in leadership, addressing issues in collaboration with others, challenges and opportunities within community colleges, the Drone Pathway, dual enrollment, the Esports and Game Design Pathway, hiring for advocacy, and advice to young people.

Dr. Olivo began serving as the 10th president of Fullerton College in January 2023. Her career spans nearly three decades, serving as a champion for equity, inclusion and academic excellence for students. Her time in educational leadership is marked by a student-centered philosophy that aligns with Fullerton College’s mission to empower students to achieve their educational goals. Dr. Olivo personally identifies with the challenges faced by Fullerton College students and the broader community. Her personal history as the granddaughter of migrant farmworkers, the daughter of a single mother, a first-generation college student and third-generation Chicana, deeply informs her empathetic and equity-driven approach to leadership in higher education.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks Superintendent Matsuda interviews Dr. Patrick Gittisriboongul, Superintendent of the Lynwood Unified School District. During the talk, Dr. Gittisriboongul discusses his journey, building trust with the community, his 100 day plan for Lynwood Unified School District, pathways, teacher training, integrating artificial intelligence in education, the impact leaders can have in an organization, and his family.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Jennifer Adams, former Director of Education for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Ontario Canada and Editor-in-Chief of the Knowledgehook Signature Leadership Series. During the episode Ms. Adams discusses the Global Alliance for Social Emotional Learning and Life Skills, artificial intelligence and human skills, a North Star for education, framing social emotional learning, beyond standardized testing, artificial intelligence policies, AI literacy and AI fluency, AI implications for K-16, and professional development/learning.

​In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Lyle Kirtman, CEO of Future Management Systems Inc. Mr. Kirtman has been a leadership development consultant for more than 30 years and has worked on developing leaders to increase results for students in 500 school districts in 15 states. During the talk, Mr. Kirtman discusses his journey, HR and innovation, how to build an innovative culture, the right drivers for improvement, negative accountability to capacity building, collaboration and teamwork, integrated thinking, and ways forward in evaluation.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda discusses Game Design with the following panel: Carlos Ayon (Dean of Business and Computer Information Systems at Fullerton College), Carlos Antunez (Instructor of Computer Information Systems at Fullerton College), and AUHSD educators Jason Collar and Bijan Kazerooni. During the talk the panel discusses the importance and potential of game design, a new game design pathway, career opportunities in game design, the role of artificial intelligence in game design, the challenges of building a game design pathway, launching the game design pathway at the AUHSD College and Career Fair, and partnerships with Extron and UC Irvine.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Dr. George Philhower, Superintendent of Eastern Hancock Schools. During the talk, Dr. Philhower discusses his journey, joy in schools, connecting joy to a career pathway, work-based learning experiences, the value of higher education, measuring student learning, microschooling, the role of artificial intelligence, being a kayak, and building innovation/being nimble.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews AUHSD mother and daughter/student Carol and Brandyn West. During the talk, the group discusses their educational journey, Cambridge Virtual Academy (CVA), virtual learning, the AUHSD Film Academy, and the Kindset program, and advocating for AUHSD.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda discusses the redesigning and reimagining of education with a panel of educational leaders from Cambridge Virtual Academy (CVA): Jae Kim, Ray Solorzano, Kasey Spencer, and Hilda Vasquez. During the talk, the group discusses why CVA exists, current innovative projects at CVA, the CVA difference, overcoming criticism of online learning, traditional grading versus mastery, becoming co-creators in the classroom with AI, how to use AI to serve students and families, and how to help teachers embrace AI and new technology.