Adele Cruz has extensive experience in the field of education. Her 40 years of experience include direct classroom work with Infants and toddlers, preschoolers and school age students. She has been a program director with experience managing private, state and federally funded early education centers.
Her early childhood teaching experience has led her in the direction of coaching and training. She is a consultant with the San Mateo County Office of Education where she provides instructional coaching support to preschool teachers. In addition to professional development trainings, in person and online, Adele is also a college level instructor. She co-teaches the Dual Language Learners Course for early education professionals in the SF bay area.
Adele's work also includes work as a Data Collection and Data Utilization coach with Applied Survey Research, in San Jose for Educare California at Silicon Valley School. This research work includes collecting student data through administering child assessment and supporting preschool teachers in using the data to inform classroom instructional practice.
Adele holds a Masters of Early Education and as well as training certifications in DRDP, ECERS, ITERS , CLASS and PITC. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, biking, and spending time at the beach. Adele enjoys spending as much time as possible with her grandchildren and looks forward to cooking dinner on Sunday nights for her grown children.