On October 22-24, 2019, I, and three colleagues from VU’s Graduate Programs in Education, Dr. Terrelle Sales, Dr. Jennifer Jagerson, and Dr. Rebecca Spady, attended the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE) conference in San Diego, California. The CCTE’s focus of the conference was to address a growing need in the field of teacher education…Read More
Discover Culturally Responsive Teaching – Sylvia Kane
In the following series of videos, Dr. Sylvia Kane shares ways that we can collectively become more culturally-responsive in our teaching. Classroom Observation One way she shares that is so powerful is classroom observation. Observation Methods There are different types of observation that may be employed. Summative is the type that has historically most often…Read More
Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success: Driving America’s Prosperity
As part of an entourage of nine, I was blessed to have attended the 31st HACU Annual Conference at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, CA, held October 28-30, 2017. I arrived one day early for the PreK-12 Higher Education Collaboration Symposium, where I collaborated with individuals from other Hispanic Serving Institute’s (HSIs)…Read More
Vanguard’s Contribution to the American Educational Research Association Conference
More than 12,000 education researchers descended on San Antonio for the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Philip Newlin, Research Analyst for the Academic Writing and Research Office, Office of Institutional Research, and Global Center for Women and Justice and I presented our paper, The Impact of Supplemental Instruction on At-Risk STEM…Read More
University Teacher Educators and Administrators “Storm” the Capital
Well, maybe not so much of a “storm,” it was more of an invited visit. The March 30th California Education Deans Meeting – Legislative Roundtable and the Spring 2017 Conference of the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE) were held this year in Sacramento and the conference was coined SPAN – Spring Policy Action Network.…Read More