Lindsey Gonzalez
Lindsey Gonzalez started her teaching career after working in social justice documentary filmmaking. While researching and working on documentaries about systemic inequities in urban communities, she became particularly interested in the impact of public education on the lives of children and their families. Lindsey then attained an alternative teacher certification and became an upper elementary teacher in both ESL and Bilingual classrooms in Del Valle ISD, where she developed a passion for addressing opportunity gaps in her classroom and campus-wide. She worked as an instructional coach, assistant principal, and principal at Joseph Gilbert Elementary in Austin, TX, a Title 1 campus with a high Emergent Bilingual population. Under her tenure as principal, the campus shifted from an Early Exit model to a Dual Language model in order to honor biliteracy, sociocultural competence, and bilingualism. She led the campus from a 62 D rated school to an 87 B rated school, outperforming the schools comparison group in student achievement.
Lindsey transitioned from her principal role to Director of Human Resources in Del Valle ISD in order to address the teacher shortage crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting in 2022, she developed pipelines of traditionally certified teachers for the district by strategically building University partnerships and tripling the number of student teachers brought to the district. Lindsey has secured multiple grants from the Texas Education Agency to ensure historically marginalized students have access to a high quality and prepared teachers and campus administrators. In the past two years she has launched a Principal Residency program, Teacher Residency program, and New Teachers Thrive mentoring program for first and second year teachers. She is currently the Vice President of the Central Texas Association of Personnel Administrators (CTASPA) and sits on many advisory committees in the Central Texas area related to teacher preparation and certification. Lindsey is particularly interested in research around culturally responsive leadership practices of superintendents and the impact of district-wide equity initiatives.
Lindsey transitioned from her principal role to Director of Human Resources in Del Valle ISD in order to address the teacher shortage crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting in 2022, she developed pipelines of traditionally certified teachers for the district by strategically building University partnerships and tripling the number of student teachers brought to the district. Lindsey has secured multiple grants from the Texas Education Agency to ensure historically marginalized students have access to a high quality and prepared teachers and campus administrators. In the past two years she has launched a Principal Residency program, Teacher Residency program, and New Teachers Thrive mentoring program for first and second year teachers. She is currently the Vice President of the Central Texas Association of Personnel Administrators (CTASPA) and sits on many advisory committees in the Central Texas area related to teacher preparation and certification. Lindsey is particularly interested in research around culturally responsive leadership practices of superintendents and the impact of district-wide equity initiatives.
