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CALL FOR ITINERANT DECLARATION FORMS
UTLA Members not assigned to a single school site should complete the declaration form to be on the school roster where you work more than 50% of the time and to be assigned to a UTLA Area. This allows itinerants to vote and run as leaders at your school and Area, including being part of the Area Steering Committee and Bargaining Team.
CHAPTER CHAIRS
Sara McDonald
Sara McDonald has been working with LAUSD in Central and South since 2017. She studied speech at the University of Arizona, but is a California girl at heart, so she had to come back to the coast! This is her third year as Chapter Chair with UTLA.
Kyoko Bristow
Proud East area SLP and parent of three LAUSD students. This is her third year as Chapter Chair.
JOIN OUR TEAM!!
This space is for you!
Are you interested in developing your organization and leadership skills?
Would you like to be an advocate for speech language pathologists and our students?
JOIN OUR TEAM!!
This space is for you!
Are you interested in developing your organization and leadership skills?
Would you like to be an advocate for speech language pathologists and our students?
Sally Machado
Sally Machado has been with LAUSD since 2018 and currently works in the North region. She graduated from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and primarily loves working with students who use AAC devices as well as students enrolled in the district’s Career and Transition Centers (CTC). This will be her first year as a Chapter Chair with UTLA and is excited to be part of such a fabulous team.
Leah Mizrahi
CHAPTER ACTION TEAM
Heather Teixeira
Heather Teixeira has worked in SLP with community, hospital, clinic and school settings across the life span. Heather served as chapter chair for 8 years overseeing planning action and strategy through the strike the pandemic and beyond. In 2019 she presented at the ASHA Schools Conference in Chicago: Educator Strikes and Educator Reform.
Sara Palmer
Sara Palmer has worked with LAUSD for 9 years as an SLP both on a General education campus, special education center, and as the AAC Consultant for the Central area. She has been a Chapter Chair for UTLA for 7 years.
Elizabeth John
Do you have questions about what it would be like to be a Chapter Chair or Chapter Action Team Member?
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UTLA AREA REPRESENTATIVE - DARLENE HAEZAERT
Darlene.haezaert@utla.net
UTLA BOARD REPRESENTATIVE - MALLORIE EVANS
