Dr. Ting L. Sun

Secretary of the Board

Ting Lan Sun has more than 18 years in the field of education and has been actively involved in the charter schools movement for more than a decade as a teacher, administrator and school operator.

The co-founder and Educational Programs Director of the Sacramento-based Natomas Charter School, Ting directed curriculum, instruction, staff development, and professional growth. From 1997–2000, she was an Educational Programs Consultant in the California Department of Education’s Charter Schools Unit where she participated in the development of charter school administrative policies and regulations, and the administration of the federal public charter schools grant program.

From 2003-2006, Ting Sun served as Vice President of Leadership and Quality for the California Charter Schools Association where she has developed and implemented the Association’s quality assurance strategy and initiatives, including standards articulation, quality site visits and program reviews aligned with quality initiatives. Ting was also responsible for technical assistance publications, knowledge briefs, reports and articles commissioned, issued and published by the organization. In addition she has created, directed and implemented effective leadership training programs in all aspects of school administration for charter schools on a statewide basis and served as a mentor for the Leadership for Educational Entrepreneur (LEE) Program at Arizona State University.

Ting was appointed to California’s Public Schools Accountability Act (PSAA) Advisory Committee and is on the Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM) sub-committee. She is a member of the Education Arts and Outreach Committee at the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC). Ting received her bachelor’s degree in Latin and English from Austin College, a master’s degree in education from Stanford University, and a doctorate of education from the University of California at Davis.