1. Vera L. Jacobson-Lundeberg, Ed.D.
2245 18th
Street #1
San Francisco, CA 94107
650-867-0129
veralee14@yahoo.com
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: To reform education by creating and supporting career and technical
education for all students
EDUCATION
 California State University East Bay, June 2013, Doctorate, Educational Leadership for Social Justice
 San Francisco State University, May 1998, Master of Arts in Creative Arts
 California State University Hayward June, 1992, Bachelors of Art in Theatre Arts
WORK HISTORY
Sequoia Union High School District, Carlmont High School
 California Partnership Academy Project Manager—June 2013—June 2015
 Project Director, The Biotechnology Institute—January 2014----to present
 Personal Finance Educator—August 2014-- to present
 Social Studies Teacher/Life Skills/Entrepreneurial Educator—August 2010 to present
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Coordinator, Sequoia Union High School District Office, June 2007-
June 2010
 Wrote the Five-Year Carl Perkins CTE State Plan
 Adopted California Department of Education’s CTE Standards for the district and obtained Board approval
 Changed the graduation requirement making one year CTE mandatory for all students within the district
 Worked with teachers developing new, state-of-the-art CTE courses,obtaining Board approval i.e. Green
Engineering, Entrepreneurial Course, Illustration & Design, etc.
 Qualified and amended existing CTE programs updating for new CTE standard regulations
 Worked on grant writing teams, e.g. Green Technology Academy—grant obtained
 Created and facilitated the district-wide, “Green Team” which included board members, administrators,
community/business partners, teachers,parents and students
 Certified Soft-Skills trainer; trained diverse groups of students, faculty,and staff
 Coordinated and formed 36 business/industry partnership drawing from bio tech companies and high-tech
industries
 Facilitated CTE Steering Committee with the business partners and educators
 Coordinated articulation efforts and programs with nearby community colleges
 Worked with NASA team of scientists to input soft skills curriculum in the high schoolsummer science
program
 Coordinated several state-wide CTE schoolsites with board members, superintendents,administrators and
teachers
 Developed a week-long CTE Awareness Brown Bag Lunch Series including business partners,ROP,
community college and CTE alumni

2. Vera L. Jacobson-Lundeberg, Ed.D.
Academy Department Chair, Carlmont High School--August 2000-June 2007
 Coordinated and led a team of teachers in the California Partnership Academy Program
 Gave several professionalworkshops at the annual Educating for Careers Conference 2004-2007
 Developed a strong and stable program that was acknowledged for being the “model” of an effective
Academy
 Developed and maintained a strong mentor program
 Developed and maintained the budget for the program
 Prepared at-risk students for21st Century college preparedness and workforce skills
 Presented annually at the Educating for Careers State Conference
 Served on the district-wide Academy steering committee
 Led fundraiser and took several students to the Civil Rights ten day trip, “Sojourn to the Past”
 Taught all levels of high schoolSocial Science and developed a new course,“Media Literacy”
Drama Teacher/Director Carlmont High School--August 1998-August 2000
 Created a new drama program for the school
 Formed a Thespian Drama Club
 Directed four plays and two musicals
 Created lunch-time Improv Games program
 Presented at conferences—(1) Northern California Educational Theatre Teachers Annual conference; (2)
Empora State University, Empora, Kansas, “Metamorphosis Becomes Theatre”; (3) Board of Directors,
Theatreworks, Mt View, CA
 Teacher-trainer for the Bay Area California Arts Project
 Board member of Young Audiences of the Bay Area
 Board member of the Northern California Educational Theatre Teachers
 Served on the committee to create new Visual and Performing Arts Standards,CDE, Sacramento, CA
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
 IVETA, International Vocational Education Association
 ACTER, National Association of Career and Technical Education, Research Division
 ACTE, National Association of Career and Technical Education
 CACTE, California Career and TechnicalEducation: Secretary 2010-2011, Chair of Economic and Workforce,
2012-current
 AAA, American Anthropological Association

3. Vera L. Jacobson-Lundeberg, Ed.D.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS
 Leadership InstituteTraining,DevelopingCTEprograms forCalifornia’s DepartmentofEducation,October2014to June
2015—“Wrote and presented, “Local Control for Global Outcomes—A Pilot Proposal”
 Invited to present research as the Key Note Speaker, World Conference, TVET 2015, Sarawak, Malaysia
 Served on the Business Education Leadership Project, Writing Standards for CTE on Line, March 2015
 Presented at the ACTER Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2014
 Published in International Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Vol.21, Number 2, May 2014
 Reviewerfor Doctoral students Qualifying Examinations, California State University East Bay, April 2014 to present
 PresentedResearch Findings at San Francisco State University NorthernCalifornia EducationalLeadership Symposium,
February 2014
 Guest Lecturer at CSUEB, Doctoral programand Theater Arts Program, February 2014 to present
 Served on the Pathways to Prosperity Grant Writing Team, College of San Mateo, Winter 2014
 Presented Research Findings at The American Anthropological Association, Chicago, November 2013
 Lobbying Washington DC with ACTE for Educational Reform/funding, March 2013 and March 2014
 Lobbying, Sacramento for CTE funding, March 2015
 CACTE Fellowship Award Recipient 2012-2014
 Served on the California Department of Education’s CTE Standards Revision Writing Team, Fall 2012
 Administrative Credential, January 2008
 Serve on the Business Education Resource Group (BERG) advisory group for the California Department of
Education, 2007 – present
 Serve on Canada Community College Business Advisory Group 2007-present
 WASC Report findings and California Distinguished School Committee named the Academy, “An exemplary
Academy Program”, Carlmont High School, 2007
 Recipient of the 1998 “New Teacher of the Year” Award, Northern California Educational Theatre Teachers
 Four Teaching Credentials: Single Subject English/Drama, 1994; Multiple Subject 1994: CLAD, 2000,
Supplemental History 2007
 Real Estate License August 1978
 A.A. Degree in Medical Assisting,College of San Mateo, June 1972
COMMUNITY SERVICE
 Magic Makers, Music Band for Special Needs Adults
 Special Olympics
 Wheel Chair Regatta
 San Mateo County Democratic Society
REFERENCES
 Peggy Huston, Chief Operating Officer, Campus Shared Services, University of California, Berkeley, (510) 664-9299,
phuston@berkeley.edu
 Dr. James Liandes,Superintendent,Sequoia Union High School,Redwood City, CA (650) 369-1411, jliandes@seq.org
 Dr. Raul Zamora, Classified Personnel Director, Fremont Unified School District, Fremont, CA
(510) 657-2350, raulmzamora@gmail.com