Trena Spurlock’s career in education has spanned over 45 years. Ms. Spurlock has served as a Special Education Department Director/Special Education Local Plan (SELPA) Director, a State Performance Plan Technical Assistance (SPP-TAP) Facilitator, an independent educational consultant, and university adjunct faculty member.
As a SELPA Director/Special Education Director for the Pomona Unified School District SELPA, Ms. Spurlock designed effective evidenced based educational programs that supported students with disabilities including an inclusive infant and preschool program, programs for students with Autism and a community based program for young adults. Additionally, as part of establishing the Pomona Unified School District SELPA, Ms. Spurlock was instrumental in building collaborative partnerships with the parents in the district and members of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC).
Over the past nine years, as a SPP-TAP Facilitator, Ms. Spurlock has worked with over thirty districts across the state. Ms. Spurlock’s work has focused on supporting districts by assisting with equity planning centered on the district’s “significant disproportionality” status and the development and implementation of Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) Plans. She has expertise in developing systemic reforms that build on establishing policies, practices and procedures designed to interrupt disproportionality.
Ms. Spurlock has also served as an adjunct faculty member in both public and private universities in located in the Los Angeles County area. Ms. Spurlock has designed teacher training courses that address effective teaching strategies that promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for students with disabilities. She has been the university supervisor for aspiring Student Teachers and Interns earning their Special Education Teaching Credentials. Ms. Spurlock has received training on Racial Healing Circles and has acted in the capacity of a Facilitator for Racial Healing Circles. Ms. Spurlock also serves as a mentor for administrative members of the Association California School Administrators (ACSA) organization.
Areas of Particular Interest/Expertise:
Step 1: Gather and Inquire
- Leadership Meetings
- Educational Partners’ Meetings
- Infrastructure Analysis
- Policies, Practices, and Procedures Review
- Consolidation of Step 1
Step 2: Data and Root Cause Analysis
- Root Cause Analysis
- Prioritizing Factors Contributing to Significant Disproportionality
- Initiative Inventory
- Identification of Target Population
- Consolidation of Step 2
Step 3: Plan for Improvement
- Development of a CIM for CCEIS Action Plan
- Budget Development
- CIM for CCEIS Action Plan Review
Step 4: Implementing and Monitoring
- Support data collection for evaluating effectiveness of interventions
- Support implementation monitoring
- Provide guidance around student tracking requirements
- Assist with development of Progress Reports
- Assist in identifying successful activities to continue once CCEIS funds have been expended
