Rashanda Snead, M.S.Ed.

Master Teacher
Tucson Unified School District
Curriculum and Instruction
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy & Instruction Dept.

I currently serve as a Master Teacher in Tucson Unified School District’s Curriculum and Instruction - Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Instruction Department since 2017.

I am a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City in Sociology and I have a graduate degree in Education from Pittsburg State University. While at the University of Missouri, I double-minored in History and African American Studies and completed graduate hours in both Sociology and Social Work.

Prior to teaching I worked for a GE Capital business as a Competitive Intelligence Analyst. I began teaching in 2003 in Kansas City, Kansas. I initially taught social studies to grades 6-8. In 2006, I moved to high school and taught both World and American History. In high school, I have also taught Economics, IB Economics, American Government and Sociology.

While teaching Economics, I was awarded Star Teacher and district Secondary Teacher of the Year in 2011. I have also been recognized by the Kansas City, Kansas Rotary Club as an Educator of the Year, on the Kansas State PTSA teacher “Wall of Fame” in 2011 and as a Kansas Governor’s Teacher of Influence recipient in 2014. I have sponsored a variety of clubs and activities including Senior Class Sponsor and Varsity Cheerleading Coach. In addition, I have sponsored student trips to England, France, Scotland, Italy and Greece.

My husband (a retired school administrator) and I moved to Arizona in 2016. I taught middle school for one year and then joined the CRPI Department. As a teacher leader in Arizona, I served on the Superintendent’s Advisory Council and in 2019, I was selected to participate in TUSD’s Leadership Prep Academy. In Kansas, I served as both Site Council President and PTSA Executive Board Member at two different schools as well as often serving as a New Teacher Mentor.

In my present role, I work with 15-20 teachers each year who are committed to learning and implementing culturally responsive teaching strategies and culturally relevant content. It is incredibly fulfilling.

Kevan A. Kiser-Chuc

A recent PhD graduate in Language, Reading, and Culture from the University of Arizona, is a long-time bilingual gifted educator in public schools and an adjunct undergraduate/graduate instructor in Education and Spanish. She works in the borderlands of the southwestern United States. She is a recipient of several teaching awards including the Javits-Frazier Scholar recognizing work done with underrepresented populations in gifted programs from the National Association of the Gifted Child and an Outstanding Teacher Award 2017 from Pima County Environmental Education. For several years in a row, her students have been recognized locally, nationally and internationally for their projects, artwork and poetry. Recently, she has been collaborating with the Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Instruction Department of a large urban school district as a master-mentor teacher servicing both elementary and middle school teachers and their classrooms.

Corina Teresa Ontiveros

A Southwest native, public school educator, wife, and mother.  She has been involved with public education in New Mexico and Arizona over the last 26 years.  Working in urban and rural settings as both a teacher and a principal, she has been an ardent supporter of student empowerment throughout the years.  Corina earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Secondary Education (History & English) at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico (from which she hails) and her Master’s in Education Leadership from Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona.  Currently working as a Master Teacher in the Tucson Unified School District’s Department of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy & Instruction, she appreciates and values collaboration, innovation, and creativity as well as the energy that youth bring to our communities.

Ron Hennings

Associate Faculty / Coordinator, Educational Leadership

I currently serve as Coordinator, M.Ed. - Principal Certification Program at PC . As Associate Professor since 2007, I teach Undergraduate Teacher Prep and Graduate EDL courses (ESL/ SEI Complete, Curriculum Design, Secondary Methods, Reading in Content Areas, Creating and Managing Learning Communities EDU 47040 / 57040, EDL 50030 School Law , Personnel Management, Foundations of School Leadership,and EDL 50040 School Finance) for Prescott College. I also teach Cultural Diversity, Special Education and Classroom Management for Cochise College and Arizona Western College. In addition, I have taught 40 graduate Educational Leadership courses (The Superintendency, The Principalship, School Law, Educational Research, and Multicultural Education) for Northern Arizona University in Nogales, Phoenix and Tucson.

I retired in 2012 upon completing 43 years service in public education, 36 in administration (Elementary Principal, High School Principal, Director of C. & I., Assistant Superintendent), with 20 as Superintendent of Schools in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maryland, and Arizona. I served with the Department of Defense Schools (DoDEA) in Europe as an Educational Ethnologist - Minority Achievement Specialist / ESL Program Coordinator for 44 schools.