Carrie Ann Ortiz Q & A
Carrie Ann Ortiz is the project director for the Lennox School District in Lennox, California, which serves approximately 7,800 students in grades preK-12, 370 teachers in eight schools (five elementary schools, one middle school, and one charter high school), and parents and students at two school-readiness centers. The project additionally provides outreach and training programs for 800 parents.
Ortiz has worked at Lennox since 1996 as a physical education teacher and a character-education grant coordinator. She was one of three pioneers to introduce character development to the district and community.
We asked her how she deals with naysayers, why she thinks custodians and bus drivers can be key components to a character-development program, and why the best way to assess a program’s effectiveness is sometimes just a camera.
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