Shawna Draxton

Shawna Draxton was a founding teacher of the award-winning CHIME Charter School and the founding principal of WISH elementary school. Her work at CHIME, WISH, LAUSD, and through global partnerships has made her well versed in creating effective, student-centered, and teacher-supported macro systems within TK-12 educational settings. Dr. Draxton is dedicated to creating and maintaining innovative, meaningful, and engaging, data-informed instructional experiences grounded in social and emotional responsiveness. She regularly leads professional development sessions on best practices in education, including collaboration, co-teaching, differentiated instruction, using technology in the classroom, inclusion, and school-wide positive behavior support systems. She is a multi-credentialed National Board Certified Teacher. Previously, she taught credential candidates at California State University, Northridge, and Occidental University. This last decade she has worked closely with a group of passionate teachers, parents, professors, and engaged community members to build high-quality public schools for ALL students. WISH Community and Academy, TK-12 schools, serve as a professional development school for LMU’s School of Education. WISH charter schools include WISH Community elementary school, grades TK-5, which launched in 2009, WISH middle school serving grades 6-8, which began in 2013, and WISH Academy high school, which launched in 2017. WISH TK-12 serves as a professional development school for LMU’s School of Education.