Sep
2014
Vol 6:1
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In This Issue 
 
  • From the Director: Dr. Robert Gabriner 
  • Welcome our new 2014 Student Cohort! Jump to Profiles
  • Dr. Rebecca Wong: Factors Promoting the Adoption of Acceleration Among Community College Mathematics Faculty  Jump to Article
  • Profiles of our Student Assistants Jump to Section
Prospective Students
From the Director - Dr. Robert Gabriner

Our Educational Leadership Doctoral Program continues to prosper.  During the past four years, we have graduated 75 students, and we have 48 current students in the pipeline including a new cohort of 18.  You can find their photos and a brief profile of each in this newsletter.  Our most recent graduates produced a number of significant studies including one by Dr. Rebecca Wong.  We asked Dr. Wong to provide a summary of her findings from her dissertation:  "Factors Promoting the Adoption of Acceleration Among Community College Mathematics Faculty."  And finally, Agustina Cartagena, our current student assistant, has written a set of profiles of our two former student assistants as well as piece about herself.

Here is some additional news of interest:

  • Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud, one of our lecturers in educational leadership and President of Skyline College, has been appointed by President Obama to the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans;
  • Dr. Matt Harris, a graduate from our first cohort (2007), has been elected chair of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Technology Education;
  • Dr. Michelle Donohue-Mendoza, also a graduate from the 2007 cohort, has recently taken a position at Cabrillo College as Dean of Student Services;
  • Jeanine Hawk, now completing her dissertation this semester, is the Interim Vice President of Administrative Services at Napa Valley College. 

2014 Cohort

Welcome Student Members of the EDDL's Seventh Cohort

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Article

Factors Promoting the Adoption of Acceleration Among Community College Mathematics Faculty

Wong


 

Dr. Rebecca Wong graduated from the EDDL Program in May 2014.  She is the Division Chair of the Science/Math Division and a faculty member in the Mathematics Department at West Valley College in Sarasota

 

Assisting under-prepared students attain the basic skills they need to successfully complete college-level coursework is one of the primary missions of the community college.  Research shows, however, that community colleges are failing in this charge (Bahr, 2010; Bailey, Jeong & Cho, 2010).  A majority of community college students enroll in developmental courses designed to remediate deficiencies in the foundational subjects of math and English prior to enrolling in a college-level course; however, less than 25% of these students will go on to complete a college-level course within six years of enrollment and the outcomes are even worse for Latino and African-American students (Bahr, 2010). 

 

Read the rest of the Article Here.   

 

Where Are They Now? - EDDL Student Assistants Assistants

Tonesha Russell

 

Tonesha Russell was our first Student Assistant.  She left in 2010 and now Tonesha works for a non-profit organization, PICO National Network on their LIVE FREE Campaign to reduce gun violence and eliminate mass incarceration. She also teaches English part-time at Los Medanos Community College. The administrative skills she learned at SFSU have given her the capability to connect with lots of people and she has been able to organize her students and campaign work better. Tonesha has a two-year old son and has been married now for six years. She hopes to begin an annual summit helping people focus on achieving their dreams utilizing their given talents. You can read an article written by her here.


 

Noah Hall

 

Noah Hall was our program's second student assistant and is currently the Manager of Business Operations and Automation at Adap.TV.  He is also studying business at SFSU.  His work with us has endowed him with great understanding and respect for educators, their work, and the education system.  In the next few years he plans to enroll in a technical graduate program.


 

Agustina Cartagena

 

Agustina Cartagena is the Ed.D. Program's third and current student assistant.  She is majoring in Mathmatics, and expects to graduate with a minor in Mechanical Engineering.  After graduation she will go into the teaching credential program in mathematics at San Francisco State.  After being with the EDDL Program for a year, she feels that she has learned a lot that will carry over to her future teaching career.  Agustina is originally from Panama, and has co-written an article about her journey to the United States.  You can access the article here.