AUHSD Future Talks

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Brigadier General Michael Siegl. During the interview, Brigadier General Siegl discusses a defining moment in his life (a helicopter crash in February 1999), that has guided how he lives his life, framed around faith, personal growth, family and relationships, and career. In addition, he discusses the Quartermaster role and school, army logistics, recruiting challenges, serving in the military, benefits of the Army, and sharing personal narratives.

Prior to becoming the 57th Quartermaster General and Commandant, BG Siegl served as the Deputy Director for Readiness, Strategy, and Operations in Department of the Army (DA), G4 (Logistics). From 2020-2021, BG Siegl  was Executive Officer (XO) to the Army Materiel Command (AMC) Commanding General (CG) and the Director, CG's Initiatives Group (CIG) at AMC. From 2018-2020, BG Siegl served as the Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Sustainment) and as the XO to the DA G4 (Logistics).

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Steven Lee, Chief Executive Officer at SkillUp Coalition. SkillUp Coalition is a non-profit that connects workers with the right tools, resources, and support to make confident career shifts and achieve high-opportunity employment. During the talk, Steven discusses his background/drivers, how SkillUp works, challenges, working with school districts, big shifts in labor markets, and shifts at the college level.

In his role at SkillUp, Steven oversees the strategy and operations of SkillUp’s programs and staff, with a focus on scaling SkillUp’s reach and impact directly with workers and through its coalition partners. To date, SkillUp has supported more than 1.3 Million workers in partnership with over 100 coalition partners.

Prior to joining SkillUp, Steven was the Managing Director, Income Security at the Robin Hood Foundation, where he oversaw $40 million in grants in the areas of impact investing, workforce development, micro-lending, financial services, and access to benefits. Prior to joining Robin Hood, Steven was an Associate Partner at Bain and Company. Prior to Bain, Steven founded ThreeToEight, an educational software company. Prior to founding ThreeToEight, Steven was a corporate lawyer at O’Melveny & Myers, an international law firm.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Alex Kotran, founder of the AI Education Project. During the talk, Mr. Kotran discusses his journey, aiEDU, artificial intelligence and content area, chatGPT, ethics and artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence and teaching, and what is ahead for aiEDU and the future of education.

Mr. Kotran oversees strategy, partnerships, fundraising, and external relations for the AI Education Project. Prior to founding the AI Education Project, he built the AI Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility function for H5, Inc., a pioneering AI company in the legal services sector. At H5, Mr. Kotran led strategic partnerships with organizations including the United Nations, NYU School of Law, the OECD, and IEEE to develop judicial education programs and high profile convenings. Prior to his time in the social impact and non-profit space, he managed brand and policy communications for companies including Oracle, Airbnb, Nissan, HP, Adobe, and SAP. He was a lead Field Organizer in Columbus, OH for the 2012 Obama Campaign and served as a Presidential Appointee under HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, where he managed communications and community outreach for ACA Open Enrollment, two SCOTUS rulings, and the 2015 Ebola outbreak.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Matt Sigelman, President of the Burning Glass Institute. During the talk, Mr. Sigelman discusses the Burning Glass Institute, traditional pathways and opportunities, the disconnect between formal education and skills, artificial intelligence and the workforce, advice for education/educators, re-examining degrees, and appealing to all sides of the issue.

Mr. Sigelman has dedicated his career to unlocking new avenues for mobility, opportunity, and equity through skills. Mr. Sigelman and his team created the field of real-time labor market data, a breakthrough innovation that has transformed the way that policy makers, researchers, employers, education institutions, and workers understand, plan for, and connect with the world of work.  By mining billions of job openings and career histories, Matt led Emsi Burning Glass to become a leading authority on the global market for talent, harnessing advanced AI and natural language processing to render data that provide unprecedented granularity on the changing landscape of opportunity for workers.  

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Dr. Jaron Fried, AUHSD's Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. During the talk, Dr. Fried discusses the role of the principal in school transformation, the Career Preparedness Systems Framework (CPSF), systems and structures at the site level to align with the District's "North Star"/Vision, empowering students and teachers in the classroom to support the District's vision, shared leadership versus shared governance, relationship between student voice and agency and American Democracy, Spirit Work and Contextual Literacy in Michael Fullan's The Principal 2.0, assets-driven versus deficits-driven and learning loss, and the AUHSD Capstone.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews AUHSD teacher, Tyler Sherman. During the talk, Mr. Sherman discusses how and why he got into education, disrupting the traditional education system, eKadence, assessing the 5Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, creativity, compassion/kindness), the importance of the reflection process, Cambridge Virtual Academy (CVA), and what makes the Anaheim Union High School District different from other districts.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Cheryl Campos and Michele Gonzalez, Google Certificates co-teachers. During the interview, Mrs. Campos and Mrs. Gonzalez discuss their drivers, how they got into education, co-teaching, the advantages of Google Certificates, how they got involved teaching Google Certificates classes, and how students, teachers, and parents have responded to Google certification.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Dr. Jennifer Goldstein, CSUF Professor of Educational Leadership in the College of Education and Director of LEAD. During the talk, Dr. Goldstein discusses her educational journey and drivers, teaching to the whole child, assets vs. deficits driven education, the LEAD program, breaking through the status quo of higher education, advice to aspiring school leaders, and advantages of the LEAD program.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Magnolia High School English Teacher, Robin Turner. During the talk, Mr. Turner discusses his journey into teaching, the classroom as a microcosm of humanity, the importance of reading in the classroom, the value of fiction, the novel Dry, fiction as a mirror, advice to other English teachers, the Capstone project, working with eKadence, ChatGPT, and building a culture of mentors.

In this episode of AUHSD Future Talks, Superintendent Matsuda interviews Dale Junior High School History Teacher/5Cs coach, Rob Gaudette. During the interview, Mr. Gaudette discusses his journey into teaching, the purpose of education, ownership/agency in the classroom, eKadence, teacher culture, drivers in education, the teacher's hierarchy of needs, and ChatGPT.