TECHNOLOGY & SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
Director of Technology, San Francisco University High School, San Francisco, CA, starting July 2023
Excited!
Director of Educational Innovation & Information Services, Convent & Stuart Hall, Schools of the Sacred Heart, San Francisco, CA (K-12 multi-campus, 1150 students), 2011–June, 2023
Led strategic change initiatives including: virtualizing 100% of courses during the COVID-19 pandemic; instructional technology overhaul leading to ubiquitous device access for all K-12 students & natural integration throughout the curriculum; co-led pedagogy of space initiative to design & transform over 100 classrooms; managed $1.2M operating budget
Co-designed K-12 Spark Studio innovation space and Students as Producers pedagogy
Reorganized Tech & Innovation Department budget, program, staffing, and professional development
Modernized tech infrastructure to industry standards including overhaul of wifi, server/switch infrastructure, and gigabit Internet
Member of 4-person core writing team for the 2017 Strategic Plan
Nurtured stakeholder fear and resistance through empathetic change management
Taught Oral History Production of the Civil Rights Movement
Director of Technology, The Urban School of San Francisco, CA (9-12), 1999-2011
Implemented one of California's first fully-integrated 1:1 device programs with high adoption, limited resistance, and national recognition
Developed and taught Telling Their Stories, service-based, civil-rights and justice-centered student-produced oral history publishing program
Led dozens of professional development initiatives and wrote multiple published articles supporting educators across the country
Assistant Head of School, The Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle (K-8), WA, 1996-1999
Supervised K-8 staff including hiring, scheduling, and development of new performance feedback and evaluation systems
Led collaborative process of curricular review, systemic change, publishing and parent communication of academic program
Department Chair, History, The Overlake School, Redmond, WA, (5-12), 1987-96
Taught history, political science, photography & yearbook, chaired Academic Council; led student experiential learning trips to Washington, DC; overhauled social studies course offerings to enhance global studies
OTHER PROFESSIONAL WORK
Educational Technology Consultant, 2004-2012
Selected clients include: Sidwell Friends School (DC), Phillips-Exeter Academy (NH), St. Andrew’s Episcopal School (MD), Stone Ridge School (MD), The Nueva School (CA), The Willows Community School (CA), Worcester Academy (MA), Westwood School District (MA), Jewish Community High School of the Bay (CA)
EDUCATION
University of Washington, MA Ed, Curriculum and Instruction, 1987
Western Washington University, BA Ed, Social Studies Education, 1983
Selected professional development: Leadership+Design Felllowship, Science of Teaching and School Leadership Academy; Strategic Agility In Practice at Columbia Teachers College; Emotional Intelligence Coaching; international workshop on educational space, design & furniture in Tauberbischoffheim, Germany; Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads; The Big Ideas Fest, Action Collab Workshops; Stanford d.school’s K-12 Design Thinking Workshop
RECOGNITION
2023 Pillar Award, Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS)
Board of Directors, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Board of Directors, Pacific Northwest Anti-Defamation League
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Innovation Task Force
Publications Board, Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS)
Apple Distinguished Educator and Apple Distinguished School
Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads, National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
NAIS Leading Edge Award, Telling Their Stories: Oral History Archives Project
Outstanding Presentation Award, World Conference on E-Media
Interviewer, Survivors of the Shoah, a Steven Spielberg Holocaust oral history project
PUBLICATIONS
Authentic Doing: Student-Produced Digital Video Oral Histories, The Oral History Review, Journal of the Oral History Association, Oxford Journals, 4/11
Rethinking Technology Leadership in Today’s Independent Schools, ISTE Independent School Special Interest Group (SIGIS), 2/14
Here & Now in the School of the Future, Independent School Magazine, National Association of Independent Schools, Winter/08
Telling Their Stories: Student Production of Digital Video Interviews, On Tape, Oral History Association of Australia, 4/08
Reflections on the Effects of One-to-One Computing in a High School, Learning and Leading with Technology, ISTE, 1/06
Laptops Unleashed! A High School Experience, Learning and Leading with Technology, ISTE, 4/04
Making History Come Alive: Students Interview Holocaust Survivors, Learning and Leading with Technology, ISTE, 11/03
PUBLIC SPEAKING AND WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP
Future FocusED Conference, Students as Producers: Create Schools Where Learners Create, Produce, and Share, Boston, 2023
NAIS Annual Conference, presenter and workshop leader (multiple)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), presenter (multiple)
Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (multiple)
Independent Schools Association of the Central States, keynote speaker, Columbus, OH
Integrated Technology Symposium for School Leaders, lead organizer, San Francisco
iSummit, Coalition of Lighthouse Schools, keynote speaker, Memphis, TN
Oral History Association Annual Meeting, presenter (multiple)
The Society of American Archivists, keynote speaker, San Francisco, CA
Holocaust Forum, National Holocaust Memorial Museum and USC, Los Angeles, CA
Building Global Communities Technology Conference, Honolulu, HI
International Oral History Association World Conference, Sydney, Australia
CAIS Annual Head and Trustee Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA
Laptop Institute, keynote speaker, Memphis, TN
Ed-Media, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Montreal, Canada
CITED BY OTHERS
Student-Centered Oral History: An Ethical Guide, Summer Cherland, "Spotlight on Howard Levin: Empower Academic Achievement": 150-152
Story Bridges: A Guide to Conducting Intergenerational Oral History Projects, Angela Zusman, cover photo and references throughout
PERSONAL INTERESTS & INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
Biking, hiking, photography, baking; non-fiction, documentaries
Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, France, Germany, Israel, Jamaica, Mexico, Tahiti
VOLUNTEER
I continue managing the oral history archives - www.tellingstories.org - and coordinate with other schools to produce new student interview
resume_Levin_2023.pdf