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Stephanie Na
Stephanie Na is a high school English and Special Education teacher. She is currently working at Workman High School in the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District and will be entering her 6th year of teaching.
She recently completed her M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Design-Based Learning (DBL) from California Polytechnic University, Pomona. Stephanie began implementing the Doreen Nelson Method of Design-Based Learning in her second year of teaching after attending the Summer Institute for Teachers (SIFT) at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Stephanie has applied the methodology in a range of courses from Special Education English classes (grades 9-12), general education English classes (grades 9-10), Advanced Composition, study skills, and in AVID 1 and 2. Stephanie has also been a DBL coach at SIFT in Pasadena and in Pomona. In addition to her background in Design-Based Learning, she holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles and a M.A.T in Secondary English from the University of Southern California. She is also a Link Crew advisor and is on the AVID site team at her school.