In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews South Junior High School teacher Jason Collar. During the talk, Mr. Collar discusses his educational journey, Minecraft education, community schools, a new Esports pathway, and participation and representation in Esports.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Lorena Moreno and Bindi Crawford, principals of Western High School and Orangeview Junior High School. During the talk, both principals discuss their journey that led them to their leadership roles, school consolidation and redesign, strengths at each site that can be built on for school redesign, key ideas from California State Board of Education President Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, and next steps in redesigning.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews former AUHSD student ambassador from Western High School, Vasu Bagga. During the talk, Mr. Bagga discusses the importance of student voice, the importance of athletics in self-development, school redesign at Western and Orangeview, how his family has shaped him, his aspirations as he heads to U.C. Berkeley, and hopes for Generation Z.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Jan Morrison, Founder and CEO of TIES – Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM. During the talk Jan discusses her journey,  the Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM, FAB Labs, collaboration and challenges, United States compared to other countries in STEM education, arts and design embedded in STEM, criticism of science, women in STEM, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies policy, and training teachers.

Jan Morrison has served as the Senior Consultant for College Ready STEM Education as well as Post-Secondary Success for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Battelle Memorial Institute, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Innovate to Educate, S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, Senior STEM Education Consultant for the Ohio STEM Learning Network and many other statewide STEM networks, and served as an advisor with the White House and Department of Education for the past four administrations. Currently, Jan and TIES serve as the designer and lead for the National STEM Funders Network, a collaboration of more than twenty-eight STEM funders seeking to fund STEM for the USA with greater return on their investment and therefore for the nation’s students. 

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Arlene Inouye, who has served as the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) secretary, treasurer and bargaining co-chair, has completed her term, and retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District. During the talk, Arlene discusses her journey, ethnic studies, and humanizing through ethnic studies. 

She currently works part-time with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Multimedia Textbook project, a one-of-a-kind narrative change resource being developed for high school students. The California AAPI Legislative Caucus committed to teach AAPI history and funded an initiative as anti-Asian hate crimes have risen since the COVID pandemic. The project brings together distinguished scholarship, open access technology and ethnic studies pedagogy. She is excited about this opportunity to deepen and provide  comprehensive public knowledge about who Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are, which is highlighted through four foundational themes: global capitalism and migration; war and empire; race, power and identity; and community-building and social justice. 

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Dr. Michelle Herczog is History-Social Science, Consultant III for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. During the talk, Dr. Herczog discusses her journey, civic learning in the classroom, Democracy Schools, stories of change, the importance of teachers in civic learning, Californians for Civic Learning, and her outlook on democracy in the United States.

As History-Social Science, Consultant III for the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Dr. Herczog is responsible for providing professional development, resources, and support for K-12 social studies educators throughout the 80 school districts of Los Angeles County.  She currently serves on the Power of Democracy Steering Committee led by California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye and completed service on the California Task Force on K-12 Civic Learning led by the Chief Justice and California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Rabbi Peter Levi, Regional Director of the Orange County/Long Beach Anti-Defamation League. During the talk, Rabbi Levi discusses his journey, antisemitism and hate, recommendations for schools, the work of the Anti-Defamation League, and a healing pathway for young people.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Shana V. White, Director of CS Equity Initiatives at the Kapor Center. During the talk, Dr. White discusses her workshop at the AI Summit, equity and technology, teaching methodologies, the Kapor Center, working collaboratively, meeting schools and teachers where they are, empowering students and helping them find their identity, algorithm bias, expenses in artificial intelligence, and words of advice for education leaders.

Dr. White is working on Equitable CS Initiatives, supporting both CSforCA and CSforGA, and working with stakeholders in Georgia to improve teacher professional development and increase participation and success for students of color in K12 CS courses. Prior to joining the Kapor Center, she worked for sixteen years in K12 education, serving in both public and private schools as a teacher and instructional technology specialist in metro Atlanta. 

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda talks with AUHSD's Principal/Coordinator of Alternative Education, Jose Lara. During the talk Principal Lara discusses his journey, equity and social justice, strategies and the Community Schools model at Gilbert High School, civic engagement projects, the future of alternative education, and the new schools equity advisory board.

Steven Butschi is the Director of the North American Google Education Sales team, which works with school districts, universities, and colleges to leverage Google’s Workspace and Chromebook products to personalize learning.  During the talk, Mr. Butschi discusses his journey that led him to Google, A.I. to help foster a human connection,  efficiency and familiarity with A.I., responding to concerns of students cheating with A.I., understanding how to use new tools effectively, prompt engineering, A.I in the workforce, addressing the costs of accessing new tools, and the A.I. K12 Deeper Learning Summit.

After working in IT consulting and volunteering as an adult English Language Learner (ELL) teacher, Steven combined his interests in education and technology by joining the Google Education team in 2009.  During his 13+ years at Google, he has helped universities migrate to Google Workspace for Education; worked on the founding team to bring Chromebooks to the education market, which have become the #1 device in K-12 education in the U.S.; and launched Google’s efforts to bring Google Cloud Platform to researchers, universities and EdTech companies.