Andrew Hogan

Background

About Andrew Hogan

For a large part of my adult life, I have worked for Santa Ana Unified School District in some capacity and I have grown to love working with young people and helping them become well-rounded members of society. Before going off to college, I was able to work at Monte Vista Elementary—I was brought in to help get the school’s technology under control. In just a year, I was able to repair most of the school’s older computers and then secure funding for many new systems—at the height of the California budget crisis. At the time, even the youngest students expressed their gratitude for my efforts and their thanks simply melted my heart. In 2014, I returned to the district and since then, I have taken on many new roles in addition to my official position as a computer technician. Since joining the Advanced Learning Academy team, I have been given the opportunity to work with students one on one and in small group instruction to help them better understand both world history and comparative politics. I have helped facilitate a “MakerSpace” full of tools that help foster creativity while also teaching video productions, overseeing the creation of the weekly news, and working to create a school yearbook. In the end, however, my passion has long been history and politics and being able to work with students and help them understand the intricacies of the world made me realize that I can make the biggest impact as a history teacher.