Hall of Fame 2004

  

Nancy Giberson Ph.D.

Class of 1967

Dr. Nancy Giberson, born in Watsonville, attended Mintie White elementary school, E.A. Hall, and Watsonville High School. As an E.A. Hall student, Nancy set a record in the 660 yd. run at the CA State Track Championship, a record that lasted eight years.  While attending WHS, Nancy was voted "Best All Around" by her senior class and Basketball Sweetheart by the Varsity Basketball Team. As a senior she served as ASB Vice President; served as Junior Class Treasurer, Sophomore Class Secretary and Freshman Class ASB Representative.  Nancy's father, Augustus (Gus), also attended Watsonville High School and served the Watsonville area as a physician for over 50 years.  Her mother, Ruth, also a California native, taught in the fine arts department of WHS and briefly at E.A. Hall (she was Nancy's 7th grade art teacher!).

                After graduating in 1967, Nancy began her college career at the University of Colorado receiving her B.A. in Pre-Medicine; and Fine Arts.  She received her M.A. in Educational Technology and Librarianship at California State University, San Diego, and her Ph.D. in Leardership and Organizational Development from the United States International University in San Diego and is a Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA.  She was also a Visiting Practitioner at Harvard University.  Dr. Giberson's career includes being a High School Assistant Principal and Principal, an Assistant Superintendent at the Santa Cruz County Office of Education and presently as an Assistant Superintendent in the Learning Resources and Educational Technology Division of the San Diego County Office of Education.  In her current position she is responsible for the Division  ($32,000,000) and for all division activities and services provided to 42 San Diego County school districts in support of the development and improvement of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and educational technology. She supports activities of the Superintendent's Technology Advisory Committee, including facilitating development of an Academic Data Management Consortium for over 130,000 ADA from 22 districts. She serves as liaison to the California Department of Education for the county of San Diego, Orange, and Imperial.  Nancy is the chair elect for the state level Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee, working with appropriate staff at the California Department of Education in support of policies important to county offices and to education statewide.

                Dr. Giberson has received many honors, including the Soroptimist Woman of Action, President's Council Woman of Achievement, ACSA's Exemplary Service Award, ACSA Partners in Educational Excellence Award, California Reading Association's Outstanding Leadership Award, the Santa Cruz County Sustainable Quality Award, and ACSA's Administrator of the Year.

 

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