Kathryn Chib

My passion for advocacy developed in the classroom. I started out as a substitute teacher in rural Michigan but spent the majority of my teaching career working with students with disabilities in central and southern Los Angeles. Later, as an IEP chair and school administrator, I gained an intricate knowledge of best practice in writing and implementing hundreds of IEPs but also learned to navigate the “system”: the mechanisms through which school teams can deny services to students. My related credentialing includes an M.S. in Special Education and Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development (CLAD) Certification from the University of LaVerne, Autism Authorization from UCLA, and School Leadership and Administration from Johns Hopkins.