Trisha Callella, Ed.D.
About Trisha Callella
Director of Global Product Partnerships, Digital Promise
Educational Psychologist (Ed.D.) - Learning Sciences
Learning experience designer - digital, analog, & hybrid
Published author of 54 teacher resource books
Trainer/speaker/presenter/facilitator
former Director of Innovation and Instruction
former Director of Educational Technology
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Research + Design + Implementation + Iteration + Publications
Focused on making a positive difference in the world.
Passionate learner driven to innovation in education and creative technologies.
Always searching for like-minded people with a similar vision of what is possible.
Thrives in futurist think tanks at the intersection of learning, technology, and neuroscience.
Interests:
AI and machine learning
AR/VR/MR/XR
creative, exponential technologies
rockets & rocket launches
data science
personalized learning
robotics, 3D printing, laser cutting
Leadership Experience & Background
Apple Distinguished Educator
Director of Global Product Partnerships
June 2019-present
Work at the intersection of edtech, education, and learning sciences research helping companies design and develop features to support learner variability.
Director of Innovation and Instruction
September 2016 - July 2019
Organizational leadership specializing in change and innovation
Talent and capacity building with district leadership, principals, coaches, and teachers
Advise on next steps and designs for scalable success
Designed and ran Escape Rooms
Design, organize, and lead professional learning conferences
Created scalable models of integrated STEM implementation and K-12 coding/programming
Created and aligned frameworks of learning, vision, and purpose driven strategic learning
Created and leads the Saturday Exploration Academy
Created and leads Parent STEAM Exploration Nights at schools
Designs professional development for various stakeholder groups
Implemented and led the 3 year Future Ready plan
Proficient in all Apple, Google, and Microsoft suites
Consultant & PTN Facilitator - Cotsen Foundation
January 2005 - Present
Co-created Learning Experience Design webinar series
Multimedia producer of Cotsen's Learning Experience Design videos
Created, designed, and led the 4 day Integrated Learning Institute
Co-created the Principals Tech Network - 2015 to present
Created Change Implementation Matrix as a series of specific factors and indicators for qualitative analysis of school innovation readiness
Facilitator working with principals on technology integration across multiple school districts
Create, organize, & lead multi-district conferences centered on pedagogy integrating technology Coaching principals in customized best practice for tech implemention across grade levels at various school sites
Cotsen demonstration teacher 2007-2013; Cotsen mentor 2005-2007
Faculty, Teachers College - Western Governors University
June 2018 - Present
Research evaluator for Capstones, final research studies, and all courses in the Masters in Education program of the Teacher's College
Expertise in evaluative feedback, personalized learning, online learning, and competency based education
Proficient in multiple online learning management platforms including Microsoft
Vice President, Curriculum - Code to the future
May 2016 - December 2016
Led special projects nationwide and remotely
Designed and wrote integrated computer science and robotics curriculum for coding/programming immersion schools across the country
Trained school districts in the League of Innovative Schools in computer science in grades K-8
Co-facilitated strategic meetings with Superintendents within the League of Innovative Schools across the United States
Director, Learning Designer, & Instructor - ESTAD
October 2015 - May 2016
Learned the business and legal side of start-ups
Led strategic meetings with venture capitalists and interested parties
Designed and created cross curricular coding, programming, robotics, stock market, and entrepreneurship series of classes
Designed then personalized each module to each group of students
Director of Educational Technology - Los Alamitos USD
March 2014Â - June 2016
Designed and helped build the first STEM + NGSS focused Makerspaces in schools
Led educational technology integration across all schools K-12
Modeled, trained, coached, and designed integrated STEM curriculum
Created the scope and sequence for tech tool implementation across K-12
Learning Experience Designer
January 2012 - Present
Designed Escape Rooms for the Cotsen Foundation and RUSD
Created and led EdCamp Long Beach at the Aquarium of the Pacific
Created and led EdCamp Los Alamitos
Created and led conferences across Southern California
Author - Creative Teaching Press
June 1994 - August 2012
Published author - 46 teacher resource books and 6 emergent readers
Researched, designed, wrote, and edited original content
Editor and manuscript evaluator
Course Instructor - University of La Verne
January 2002 - December 2005
Designed and taught 5 different upper division Master's level courses for the Master's in Reading program
EDUC 515 - The Reading Process: Theory and Application
EDUC 514 - Diagnostic Teaching of Reading: Basing Instruction on Diagnosis EDUC 514 Lab - Applied Diagnostic Instruction in Reading
EDUC 510 - Advanced Reading Methodology
EDUC 417 - Children's LiteratureCustomized coursework to students
Led the Reading Lab which involved Master's students implementing what was learned in coursework with students at school sites
Proficient
Google Suite
Apple Suite
Microsoft Suite
iPad Apps
Laser Cutting
Multimedia Design
Numerous Tech Tools
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Learning in Progress
Adobe Suite
Data Science
Designing for AR/VR
Volunteer work
kiva.org
OECD
Habitat for Humanity
Cotsen Education Foundation
Animal Rescue Organizations
Advisory Boards
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Education
Certificate Program 2020
Effective Online Course Design
University of Oxford
Doctorate - March 2015
USC
Concentration: Educational Psychology- Learning Sciences/Cognitive Sciences
Dissertation: STEM + Design Thinking Implementation
Masters - January 2002
University of LaVerne
Master of Arts in Education
Concentration: Literacy Development
conference speaker
&Â learning designer
Rocket Launches
"Be the change you want to see in the world."