Joshua Arnold
Joshua F. Arnold (born August 24, 1979) is an American educator who has served as a teacher, principal, and Superintendent in California public schools. With stints in the Santa Monica-Malibu, Los Alamitos, and Culver City Unified School Districts, Arnold has held positions in, both, Los Angeles and Orange County over his career.[1][2]
Originally from Beverly Hills, California, Arnold is the son of television sitcom writer Nick Arnold[3][4], and holds a Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degree from UCLA, Harvard, and USC respectively.[5]
Early Years[edit]
Arnold was born on August 24, 1979, in Los Angeles, California.[1][2] His mother is of Polish descent, and his father, Nick, was Italian-American. Nick was born with cerebral palsy, and Arnold has said that growing up listening to stories of his father's experiences of educational exclusion in Belleville, New Jersey in the 1950's[6] inspired him to become a teacher and lifelong educator.[7]
After graduating from Beverly Hills High School, Arnold was accepted into the English Literature program at UCLA. During his Senior year of college in 2001, Arnold changed career paths from pursuing a law degree at Georgetown University to becoming an English teacher at an inner city high school in South Central Los Angeles.[8] Following a brief period of teaching English at Santa Monica High School[9], Arnold attended Harvard University's Graduate School Of Education and earned a Master's in School Leadership.[10]
Educational Leadership Career[edit]
Arnold's first job in educational leadership was as principal of Crenshaw Arts-Tech Charter High School in Los Angeles.[11] After leading the school to record API gains in student achievement in 2008[12] and 2009[13], Arnold was recruited to Orange County and was selected as principal of nationally-recognized[14] Los Alamitos High School in 2012, a Newsweek Top 100 High School in the United States.[14]
Arnold's time at Los Alamitos High School is associated with increased student and community engagement, noted in part by the school being featured on the front page of the O.C. Register several times for achievements in academics, athletics, activities, and the arts.[15] From 2012-2015, Los Alamitos High School won multiple CIF Southern Section Division I Championships in Girls Volleyball[16], Boys Tennis[17], Wrestling[18], Boys Golf, and Girls Lacrosse,[19] as well as multiple National Championships In Song & Cheer, and Show Choir.[20][21]
After being promoted to Assistant Superintendent Of Educational Services in Los Alamitos[22], Arnold accepted a position as the Superintendent of the Culver City Unified School District.[23] In Culver City, Arnold is credited with district achievements in diversity[24], the arts[25], and an environmental sustainability effort that garnered the district a Green Ribbon award from the U.S. Department Of Education.[26]
In 2017, Arnold rejoined Crenshaw Arts-Tech Charter High School as Chief Education Officer, and has since led the school through the third reauthorization of its charter which was first established in 2003.[27] The school has also evolved its name since Arnold rejoined in an executive leadership role; it is now formally known as CATCH Prep Charter High School and owns the highest college access rates of any high school in South Los Angeles.[28]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch, Joshua Franklin Arnold, 24 Aug 1979
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Family Search Database".
- ↑ "Nick Arnold". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths ARNOLD, NICK". The New York Times. 1999-10-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Should it say or should it go: how successful superintendents build, shift, and transform district culture in an age of increasing accountability :: University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses". digitallibrary.usc.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Oh, Nicky, We Hardly Knew Thee". Good News on the Doorstep. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ Grodin, Charles (2002). I Like it Better when You're Funny: Working in Television and Other Precarious Adventures. New York: Random House. pp. 6, 7, 229. ISBN 978-0375507847. 9780375507847 Search this book on
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- ↑ "New Los Al Principal and the Hug that Changed Everything". Los Alamitos-Seal Beach, CA Patch. 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ Cotten, Sam (June 14, 2007). "Teacher Bios: Staff Leaving Samo" (PDF). The SAMOHI. XCVI Number 15: 8 – via Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
- ↑ Calefati, Jessica (April 22, 2009). "Picking the Right School for an Education Grad Degree". US News & World Report. Archived from the original on March 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Home". CATCH PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "California Standardized Testing And Reporting (STAR) Program". star.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "STAR 2009 CST - Los Angeles Unified District, All Students". star.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "America's Best High Schools 2012". Newsweek. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "'Facebook is forever': Teaching cyber savvy to Orange County's students through social media". Orange County Register. 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Los Alamitos holds off Mater Dei for CIF girls volleyball title". Press Telegram. 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Los Alamitos rolls past Harvard-Westlake to boys tennis championship". Press Telegram. 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "CIF Champion". www.newsenterprise.net. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "2013-14 champions: Spring sports". Orange County Register. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Los Alamitos choir captures championship". Orange County Register. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Los Alamitos Song Team Awarded Repeat Championship". Los Alamitos-Seal Beach, CA Patch. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Los Alamitos Unified School District welcomes new Assistant Superintendent | Orange County Breeze". Orange County Breeze. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Board Makes Super Dr. Arnold Official". The Front Page Online. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Culver City Ranks Lofty 4th in Diversity". The Front Page Online. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "CCUSD Front and Center Theater Extravaganza Puts Children at the End of the Rainbow". Culver City Crossroads. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Culver City School District honored for environmental efforts - Wave Newspapers". Wave Newspapers. 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "Crenshaw Arts/Tech Charter High Renewal Petition | Board of Education - Los Angeles Unified School District". boe.lausd.net. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ↑ "School Graduation Numbers". data1.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
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