Welcome to the Center for Advanced Learning Public Charter School. As the principal, my goal is to be a support to the development of our staff, our students, our parents and to the community. I expect to do this by providing a shared vision of continual improvement through competence, coordination and team action.

My background includes fourteen years of professional experience in the field of education, working as teacher and administrator with students, parents and staff, and community groups in diverse educational settings. In 1990, I received my undergraduate degree in aviation business administration from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. After graduation, I began working as a substitute teacher with the Fresno Unified School District during the day and airline flight dispatcher at night. Three years later, in June 1993, I received my teaching credential from National University and immediately began my career as a sixth grade teacher at Mary McCleod Bethune Elementary School in Fresno, CA. In my six years at Bethune, I was fortunate enough to teach students at all of the intermediate grade levels and serve as Reading Intervention Specialist. In 1999, I went on to work in the nationally acclaimed Clovis Unified School District as a Guidance Instructional Specialist. Shortly thereafter, I completed my Masters degree in Education Administration from California State University, Fresno. Prior to my relocation to the L.A. area, I most recently served as principal of W.E.B. DuBois Public Charter School. I believe, all of these experiences have provided me with a skills and knowledge base that allows me to offer quality administrative leadership.

We at CAL intend to create a special learning environment where the focus is on the continual achievement of our students. Students will be taught how to manage their own educational "careers". We intend to have our students actively involved in the tracking of their own progress in reaching educational goals. From kindergarten through fifth grade, students will learn valuable lessons in goal setting, goal planning and eventually, goal attainment.

Additionally, we at CAL want to create an environment where parents feel welcomed and very much a part of their child�s educational experience. We believe very strongly that with a parent base that is present, visible, involved and allied with the school staff in the education of their children, it creates an atmosphere of personal and professional accountability between all stakeholders that makes failure virtually improbable.

We welcome you to find out more about our school community at Center for Advanced Learning. Please call or email me at anytime. We always welcome your interest and support.

Sincerely,
Nadar Ali II
Center for Advanced Learning, Principal

Phone: (323) 232-0245
Email: na070@cvip.net