CAL-MSCS Computer Science Models of Practice Summit

Dr. Jennifer Elemen serves as Digitally Mediated Learning Coordinator for the 21st Century California School Leadership Academy (21CSLA) State Center at UC Berkeley School of Education, providing equity-centered professional learning for education leaders. She is also President of the California Council for the Social Studies, an Officer on the Center for Leadership, Equity, and Research (CLEAR) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative (CAI) Steering Committee, Media Literacy Coalition Member, a BeGLAD Certified Agency Trainer and Consultant. She has a record of improving equitable achievement and outcomes at the local, county, regional and state levels, having served in roles from Teacher to Administrator and Director for grades P-12 through higher education, and with the California Department of Education’s State Literacy Plan Team.

Jennifer enjoys collaborating, writing, and presenting. In 2025 she was featured on the Equity Leadership Now! podcast episode "School leaders our children deserve: Bringing George Theoharis and Pedro Noguera's principles into conversation with 21CSLA," the California Educators Together podcast episode "Critical AI literacy and the future of education," the California Department of Education's webinar "AI literacy: What is it and why does it matter?" sharing her article for the International Literacy Association's Literacy Today magazine "Teaching critical GenAI literacy: Empowering students for a digital democracy" and lesson series "Critical AI literacy, ethics and justice."