Karolynne Gee brings extraordinary insight, a rich professional history, and a certain finesse to LFCSA. She is what you would call a “natural,” and is an invaluable resource for LFCSA, continuously pushing the envelope and our teachers.
Before joining LFCSA, Ms. Gee was the Senior Vice President at the Galef Institute. It was there that she initiated, co-designed, organized, and administered Different Ways of Knowing, a school improvement program rooted in research-based best practices. Implemented nationally, DWOK allowed for the emergence of a robust inquiry-based model of professional learning focused on results for students and teachers. Ms. Gee gained her teaching experience at the acclaimed University Elementary School, the lab school at UCLA. Working with renown educator Madeline Hunter, she grew as a professional and leader, becoming one of the school’s Demonstration Teachers, co-writing several books, and consulting on a national level on topics such as: The Arts and Integrated Learning; Team Teaching; Multi-age Grouping; Non-Grading; Classroom management; Mentoring & Peer Coaching; and Teacher Development.
In 2006 Ms. Gee co-designed and facilitated one of twelve week-long NEA Teacher Institutes funded across the nation by the National Endowment for the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts Teachers Institute: Finding Voice Institute involved K-8 teachers who studied anchor works of art as a basis for designing and implementing standards-based curriculum units integrating the visual and performing arts with English-Language Arts and Social Studies/History.
Ms. Gee has worked with the Arts Education Partnership Steering Committee, California Arts Alliance for Education, National Staff Development Council, and the National Association for Curriculum and Instruction. She is an active member of several UCLA Alumni Associations and a Founding Member of the Chinese-American History Museum. Ms. Gee earned her B.A. in Art from the University of California, Los Angeles.
