Self-Transformation for World Transformation...

Mission: To promote humanistic systems thinking and design thinking. To foster educational leadership and cultivate transformative design and evaluation capacities.

​Vision: We develop people-centered practice, research, design, and evaluation strategies with a pragmatic focus.  We engage individuals and organizations in teaching and learning processes that support continuous improvement, sustainable change, and transformation. 

The People

Educational Sociologist

PictureTabia Lee, Ed.D.
Tabia Lee (known simply as "Lee") has contributed to the design, implementation, and evaluation of numerous educational and professional development programs.
In the late 90's she coined teacher ideology-in-practice and her Life Work is devoted to raising awareness about the ways that race, gender, and other ideologies influence and inform teaching practice. Dr, Lee is the author of the Empowered Social Justice Resources and Standards for K-12 teaching and learning.

Her commitment to teacher education and pedagogical design is grounded in her experience as a lifelong educator and a National Board Certified English, Civics, and Social Studies teacher in urban American public middle schools.  Dr. Lee prepares K-12 and higher education faculty to work with diverse students by focusing on better understanding the pedagogical and curricular implications of ideology-in-practice.

She has been a guest on many popular TV shows and podcasts, such as American Thought Leaders on Epoch Times, Real America on One America News Network, The Bottom Line with Dagen & Duffy on Fox Business, Greg Kelly Reports on Newsmax, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Megyn Kelly Show, Breitbart News Sunday, Conversations with Peter Boghossian, and others. Her articles have been published in New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Daily Mail UK, COMPACT Magazine, and Journal of Free Black Thought.

Lee has served in the following positions:
                                                
  • Senior Fellow: Do No Harm Medicine
  • Board of Directors: Free Black Thought​
  • Commissioner, Grants Committee Chairperson: Stockton Arts Commission
  • Vice President: Kiwanis Club of Stockton
  • Vice President, Grants Committee Co-Chair: Library and Literacy Foundation for San Joaquin County
  • Program Reviewer, Site Visitor: Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation ​​
  • Governing Board Member:  Center Joint Unified School District (elected in 2020 General Election)
  • Member: Pi Lambda Theta, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, American Evaluation Association, American Educational Research Association, Teaching English to Speakers of Other  Languages International Association,  World Education Research Association
  • Certifications:  Certified Yoga Instructor (200-hours); Certified Social and Emotional Learning Facilitator; Sacred Conversations Master Dialogue Facilitator; U.Academy by Presencing Institute Digital Leadership: Activating and Holding Transformative Change Online Certificate; Google Certified Educator Level 2; Adobe Creative Educator; Microsoft Technology Enriched Instruction Faculty Fellow; Teaching and Learning with Technology Certification (Center for Instruction and Technology, University of San Francisco); Certified Gifted and Talented Educator; National Board Certified English Teacher; National Board Certified Social Studies Teacher; Clear Single Subject Teaching Credential: Social Science with English Learner  Authorization, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Lee holds a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Administration from University of California, Irvine, a Master of Arts in Education (Curriculum and Instruction, Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development) from University of Phoenix, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Social Deviance) from University of California, Davis. 

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Current Collaborators

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Recent Collaborators

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