May
2014
Vol 5:7

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The Educational Leadership Program is proud to announce the graduation of the members of the class of 2014. A total of 74 students have now completed the EDDL Program. Congratulations to the members of Cohort 2011, the fifth cohort to finish the program.

Achievements of Our Faculty, Graduates and Current Students

As I worked on this update about our faculty, graduates and current students, I came to a new level of appreciation of how this program translates for so many of our people. This update is only a partial picture of the over 100 faculty, graduates and staff, but it provides us with significant indicators of our collective intelligence, commitment and achievements.

Bob Gabriner, Director, Educational Leadership Program

Achievement and Awards

Valerie Royaltey-Quant (cohort 2013) was awarded ACSA Middle School Principal of the Year for her region.... Carissa Purnell (cohort 2011) has won the Salinas Community Empowerment Award this year...Holly Royaltey (cohort 2013) was awarded Teacher of the Year for Campbell Unified High School District....Dr. Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales (Ed.D. faculty) was voted the 2014 recipient of the AERA's Critical Educators for Justice Community Advocacy Award....Dr. Michael Gallagher (cohort 2008) was recently recognized by the Acknowledge Alliance for his dissertation research on teachers and student learning. Mike reports that in his school district-Sunnyvale--"we really are embarking on some ground breaking work around the concepts of student achievement and social emotional learning"....Dr. Alexis Montevirgen (cohort 2007) is now the Vice President of Student Services at College of Alameda....And Dr. Luis Escobar (cohort 2008) is now Director of Student Activities and Campus Life at College of Alameda...Amy Lee (cohort 2008)is also at College of Alameda as an Interim Dean...Tram Vo-Kumamoto (cohort 2012) will be Vice President of Instruction at Berkeley City College joining BCC President, Dr. Debbie Budd (cohort 2007)....Two of our graduates are now tenure track professors in Bay Area universities: Dr. Darrick Smith (cohort 2009)is an assistant professor of educational leadership at University of San Francisco and Dr. Macheo Payne (cohort 2010) is an assistant professor of social work at CSU-East Bay....And Eric Claravall (cohort 2011) just published an article in the Connecticut Reading Association Journal "Using Morphology Instruction in Special Education: A Teacher Research Study".... Drs. Jamal Cooks (Ed.D. faculty) and Anita Sunseri (cohort 2008) will be publishing an article in The CATESOL Journal in September, 2014 entitled: "Leveling the Playing Field: The Efficacy of Thinking Maps on English Language Learner Students' Writing...Courtney Rudd (cohort 2012) presented a paper on her study of women in the STEM disciplines at both the AERA and the Council for the Study of Community Colleges last month....Armineh Noravian (cohort 2011) presented a paper at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Zone IV Conference last month. The paper, co-authored with Dr. Patricia Irvine (Ed.D. faculty), is called "Increasing Diversity in Technical Education: The Importance of Building Technical Capital"...Carol Hill (cohort 2012) recently published an article entitled "Building Strong School-Community Partnerships" http://www.youthtoday.org/view_blog.cfm?blog_id=827 The Harvard Education Letter (May/June 2014) features an article entitled "District-Based Dissertation-'Real World' projects link research and practice" and makes mention of the SFSU Ed.D. Program and cites Mark Reibstein's (cohort 2012) common core standards project with the San Mateo County Office of Education...Lisa Andrew (cohort 2009) won the ACSA Valuing Diversity Award for her work on equity at the Santa Clara County Office of Education... Ana Gutierrez (cohort 2011) has accepted a job at the Monterey County Office of Education as the Administrator in charge of the Induction/BTSA program for the county.

Norena Badway and Charlotte are retiring on July 1^st. Norena and Charlotte have been at core of the Educational Leadership Program, and their talents, tenacity and commitment to excellence enabled countless students and faculty to navigate the EDDL Program. We wish them well as they go forward to a new stage in their lives.