Meeting Speaker April 19, 2016 - Dr. Ting Lan Sun

Teaching and Learning In the 21st Century:

To ready future generations in this 21st century, we need to prepare students for jobs that don't exist yet that use technologies that haven't been invented yet in order to solve problems that haven't arisen yet. In what ways does our current public school system help or hinder education in the current millennium?

Ting Lan Sun is Co-founder and the Executive Director of the Sacramento-based Natomas Charter School (NCS). She has more than 28 years' experience in the field of education and has been actively involved in the charter schools movement for over 22 years as a teacher, administrator, and school operator.

In May 2015, Governor Brown appointed Ting to the State Board of Education. Ting previously served on California’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) from 2007-2011 and as Chair of the CTC from 2009-2011. She currently serves as Vice Chair on the board of the Golden 1 Credit Union and on the Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Judicial Library Learning Center Foundation board.

Ting received her bachelor’s degree in Latin and English from Austin College, a master’s degree in education from Stanford University, and a doctorate of education from the University of California at Davis.