Job Description:  Provides curricular and instructional leadership at CHIME Charter School, Grades 6-8.  Oversees instructional program and evaluates staff effectiveness.  Oversees business practices and recruits resources.  Provides effective communication with community, parents and University.

Phone:  (818) 998-6894
Fax:  (818) 998-0121
Email: jennifer.lockwood@chimeinstitute.org

Jennifer Lockwood realized that education was the field she felt most passionate about while working towards her undergraduate degree in Theatre Arts.  Ms. Lockwood had the privilege of teaching workshops for high school students in the areas of the Dramatic Arts.  After receiving her Single Subject Teaching Credential in Language Arts, Ms. Lockwood taught Language Arts and Social Studies at Sylmar High School.  In the summer, she traveled to Ghana where she taught English to girls at a UNICEF school through the program Global Volunteers.  It was while working at Sylmar where a close friend encouraged her to bring her talents to a brand new charter middle school, CHIME.  At CHIME she was able to refine her teaching skills and become a teacher of students of all abilities.  Ms. Lockwood became a master teacher and trained numerous student teachers in the area of Language Arts.

Ms. Lockwood is a member of Pi Lambda Theta, an International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education.  She is also a member of the National Association of Secondary School Principals.  During her teaching career she also attended such workshops and trainings as the Charter School Leadership Institute, Schools Attuned, the 5th Annual Southern California Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education, What’s New in Young Adult Literature, AVID, Teaching the Jane Schaffer Writing Program, and Sopris West: Language.

Through assisting in the development of policies and procedures at the brand new CHIME Charter Middle School, Ms. Lockwood developed an interest in school administration.  She began her studies at California State University, Northridge in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies where she was able to obtain her Masters in Educational Administration.  As principal of CHIME Charter Middle School for three years, Ms. Lockwood has been able to facilitate the continuation of the Drama, Sports, Arts, Publishing, Yearbook, and Science Enrichment courses.  She has developed a close relationship with the Parent Association, helping to facilitate fundraisers involving the surrounding community.  For example, through two beautification grants and workdays involving Chatsworth community members, a lovely mural was painted on the yard wall depicting varying aspects of the school, the community, and the world at large.  Ms. Lockwood looks forward to applying for more grants to improve the school’s facilities and enriching CHIME’s already high quality educational programs.

In CHIME Charter Middle School’s fifth year of existence, Ms. Lockwood played an integral part in obtaining a five year renewal for the school.  She partnered with LAUSD in rewriting the charter document to reflect new policies and intimately describe CHIME’s programs.  She looks forward to another five wonderful years at CHIME Charter School!