Shelly Spiegel-Coleman

Affiliation

Californians Together

Biography

Shelly Spiegel-Coleman is currently the Strategic Advisor of Californians Together focused on policy and practice. She previously served for 13 years as the Executive Director of Californians Together, a coalition of 31 statewide teacher, administrators, school board members, teacher educators, parents and civil rights organizations focused on improving schooling for multilingual learners. Shelly was the Senior Project Director for the Multilingual Academic Support unit for the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE). She also worked as an English Language Development Consultant, Coordinator for the Bilingual Teacher Training Program and Title VII Developmental Two-Way Immersion Director for LACOE. She served as a member of the English Learner Advisory Committee to the California State Board of Education. She also served as a member of the Public School Accountability Act Advisory Committee, English Language Development Standards Project and the California Curriculum and Supplemental Materials Commission. She was a teacher in one of the first Title VII funded bilingual programs. She created and served as the principal for children of United Farmworker Union children in Delano, California and a district bilingual/ELD specialist. Shelly received her Masters in Education with an emphasis in Bilingual Education from Whittier College, credential from UCLA and undergraduate work at California State University at Northridge.