Transformative Principal

Marisa Thompson (M.A. Teacher Education) has fourteen years of experience teaching various levels of English including advanced and support classes.  District’s first Innovation Support coach.  She is a designated cooperating teacher for several credential programs and a Professional Development instructor for University of San Diego.  Her experiences culminate in a pedagogy she calls “Instruction-less Teaching,” which includes her TQE Method, currently in classrooms around the world from kindergarten to graduate school.  Marisa appears on many podcasts including Cult of Pedagogy, writes for her own UnlimitedTeacher blog and others, and speaks regularly at districts’ professional development, universities’ credential programs, and education conferences.  She recently won the 2019 Ed Innovate Live Pitch competition and was named CUE’s 2019 San Diego Innovative Educator of the Year. What is instruction-less teaching? So many expectations from everyone. Students are experts in their educational experience. So