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David J. Weinstein Experienced Educator, Collaborative Leader, Public School Parent We are interdependent. To get through this pandemic and achieve the results we all want for our children we must put all of our love, care, resources, wisdom and focus on meeting the individual needs of each child and ensuring the well-being of every person in our care: child and adult – scholar, staff and educator. No one should fall through the cracks. No one should be left to languish. That is my commitment to Cambridge. I ask you to vote David #1 on November 2nd and work with me so Cambridge can achieve excellence, equity, innovation and opportunity for every child. THE EXPERIENCE, PERSPECTIVE, AND SKILLS TO SERVE Every two years we elect a school committee team to serve Cambridge. We need someone on that team with experience navigating the pandemic, the perspective of a former classroom teacher and a current Cambridge parent, and the skills of a collaborative organizational leader focused on supporting each child to achieve their best. In my first term on the School Committee I have been a leader for educational excellence, racial equity, special education services, communications and family engagement, outdoor learning and recess, and against misogyny and gender-based harassment and assault. Throughout the pandemic he has worked tirelessly for the physical and mental health and safety of our children and our educators. I am the only member of the School Committee who has been a certified classroom teacher. I taught high school English and art K-12 in public schools in New York and Massachusetts, worked with children with special learning needs at a specialized summer camp, and was a substitute teacher at the New York School for the Deaf. I have spent my career in K-12 and college education. I am a Cambridge Public Schools parent of children in 4th grade and 9th grade, and have lived in Cambridge for more than 20 years. I am deeply engaged with our schools. Prior to my election to the School Committee I served on a Cambridge elementary school council, a principal search advisory committee, teacher hiring committees, and as a rep to the Cambridge Citywide School Advisory Group (CSAG). I researched educational policy and practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education focused teaching and learning, school design, and teacher leadership. I know how to connect innovations and ideals with classroom realities. I am a collaborative organizational leader and communications professional who has guided and grown a 50-state civic education program based at Brandeis University, ENACT: The Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation. I have specialized in education, outreach, engagement, communications, curriuculum and program management for 20 years in education-focused nonprofit organizations and at Brandeis University. Priorities:
I ask for your #1 vote on November 2nd to make sure our Cambridge School Committee team includes: – Someone who has worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to ensure that our health and safety measures are guided by the best available research, in partnership with our teachers and our families. – Someone who stayed focused on making progress towards our short and long-term educational priorities even as we managed our pandemic response. – Someone who has been a classroom teacher in public elementary schools and high schools. – Someone who knows our Cambridge schools as a parent of kids in our classrooms right now. – Someone who knows what questions we need to ask about educational policy, and when we need to ask others for their experience and knowledge. –Someone who works well with others – even in the most challenging times around the most critical issues – to get the job done for our children. Endorsed by Our Revolution Cambridge CCTV candidate video (2021) 2019 Candidate page CCTV candidate video (2019) 2017 Candidate Page CCTV candidate video (2017) InsideOut - Oct 17, 2017 Cambridge Parking Day interview (2017) 2015 Candidate Page |
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