MCREN Coordinating Body

Jessica Classen has been in education since 2006. She’s spent the last three years as a New Teacher Mentor in the David Douglas School District, and prior to that, taught multiple levels of ELA at David Douglas High School.

In addition to her work at David Douglas, Jessica serves at the regional and state level as a member of the Coordinating Body of the Multnomah/Clackamas REN and as a TSPC commissioner.

She also taught at the now-shuttered University of Phoenix MAT program for nine years. She initially received her MAT from Concordia University and later completed the Reading Specialist program there. She also received the Oregon Writing Project’s Certificate in the Teaching of Writing from Lewis and Clark.

Duncan is a 4th year Special Education Teacher currently working in a K-5 Learning Center at Portland Public Schools. Prior to this, he worked as an Instructional Assistant in multiple special education schools in Lane/Clatsop County and led an after-school program through an AmeriCorps program in the Bay Area.

In his first years of teaching, he worked with Junction City SD to develop and implement an equity lens, a five-year strategic vision for their Racial Justice Team, and created trainings on racial discrimination and harassment for staff.

He works with MCREN to transform the systems that have been central to his own development and to ensure more equitable outcomes for students from historically underserved communities.

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Dorothy Berry has spent over 22 years in elementary education. She is currently a third grade teacher in the Oregon City School District where she spent 7 years as the I-Team Chair facilitating the SST/SCT team in her building. She serves as the Equity Coordinator for John McLoughlin Elementary.

Dorothy believes that our education system is at its best when there is collaboration among our community, our families, and our schools. For this reason she became a member of the Oregon City Equity Steering Committee in the fall of 2021.

Amy Chapin is entering her seventh year as a physical education, health, and leadership teacher at Molalla River Middle School in the Molalla River School District. This past spring she served in a TOSA position supporting the counseling department. She has been involved in the school and district level leadership teams as a teacher representative for the past four years, including the district equity team and district improvement team.

Farnosh is employed as a school psychologist at Wilsonville High School in the West-Linn Wilsonville School District in Oregon. With over 15 years of experience in the field of education, she has dedicated her career to assisting principals and teams in enhancing their Multi-Tiered System of Support. Farnosh holds a doctoral degree in leadership in special education, and her primary focus is on providing extensive support to school team, families and their children within the educational setting. Farnosh’s guiding principle is “advocacy,” and she actively aids the school team in utilizing data to enhance the school’s overall climate while promoting equality in supporting students from diverse backgrounds.

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Gabe Hunter-Bernstein has worked in education for over forty years in New York, Massachusetts, California, and Oregon in positions ranging from teaching preschool and elementary, directing professional development in arts education, directing a teacher education program, directing k-12 education-related programs at a community college, to his present position as School Partnership Director at Portland State University College of Education.

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Kayla joined CESD in 2023. She brings with her 31 years of experience as an educator. She has been a teacher, instructional coach, building administrator and has district ​level experience. She joins this work because she has a deeply held belief that coaching and mentoring are essential for both teachers and administrators.

Kathy Childress is currently the principal of Corbett High School. She previously worked as a science teacher in Lake Oswego and Gresham-Barlow schools for over 27 years.

Her experience at Gresham High School included coordinating the International Baccalaureate program and coaching soccer.

Dr. Megan Barrett is the Program Director for Administrative Licensure, and teaches in the Principal License Program, the Professional Administrator Program, and the Doctoral program. She has worked as both a teacher and a school administrator, and brings expertise on supporting and re-engaging students who have dropped out or have been pushed out of school. Dr. Barrett’s work focuses on school leadership practices that foster care, belonging, and well-being for students and staff, with a particular focus on recognizing and supporting students and staff who are traditionally marginalized in/by schools. Dr. Barrett also has additional expertise in equity-centered leadership preparation, program redesign, district-university partnerships, and best practices for developing pipelines and pathways to leadership and licensure.

Ben Baldizon has worked in education for over 15 years across the K-16 system. His experience includes being an educational assistant, bilingual liaison, tutor, and SUN manager as well as working to support teams of educators in increasing racial educational equity.

He is currently the Project Manager of Paraeducator Professional Learning at Multnomah Education Service District (MESD).

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