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 High School 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 at CHIME 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 and administrative 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, Charter School Fiscal Management, Behavior Intervention Case Manager Training, 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 (2003), 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. She now holds a Clear Administrative Services credential, able to serve in grades twelve and below.

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 then brought her renewal expertise to CHIME Charter School, where CHIME was able to obtain another five year renewal in 2011. She partnered with LAUSD and Amy Hanreddy in rewriting the charter document to reflect new policies and intimately describe CHIME’s programs. Ms. Lockwood was the principal of CHIME Charter Middle School for five years and is now honored to be the principal of CHIME Institute’s Schwarzenegger Community School in Woodland Hills, a K-8 campus.