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This guided exploration of career possibilities in education offers important benefits that helps you to better yourself and your community.   

This session provides participants an array of possibilities to explore careers in education while deepening one’s understanding of the community in which s/he lives. A particular emphasis centers on individual’s assets and how those resources can be the tools that create career opportunities while serving your community. 

Presented by Dr. Raymond R. Isola – Connect via email 

Dr. Isola brings over 40 years of experience in California public schools as a bilingual cross-cultural teacher and principal. He has worked with diverse communities from preschool to university in Mexico, Canada, Guatemala, and Italy, and held leadership roles in rural, suburban, and urban settings. A recipient of the California School Board Association’s Golden Bell Award, he significantly improved graduation and college entry rates for migrant farmworker students in Monterey County. Dr. Isola served 13 years as principal at Sanchez Elementary in San Francisco’s Mission District and earned a doctorate in International and Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco, focusing on social justice and closing opportunity gaps for marginalized communities worldwide. 

“The teacher is the heart of the educational process, and teachers must be given opportunities to teach and devote themselves whole-heartedly to this job under the best of circumstances. The battle for a better world will be won or lost in our schools.” - quote by Leonard Covello 

Mr. Covello spent more than half a century teaching in the most challenging boroughs of New York City. 

This program is part of the Career Insights series.