UC Davis School of Education

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Anna Kato

Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education
Phone: (530) 752-3401
Email: atkato@ucdavis.edu


Expertise
Classroom management/Discipline; Counseling; In-service and preservice teacher learning; Mental health promotion in schools; School psychology issues; Teacher education research and policy

Education

  • Ed.D., Counseling - Psychology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco - 1993

Awards and Honors

  • Fellow, Bilingal/Mulicultural Education Program, California State University, Sacramento 1975-1977

Associations, Boards & Committees

  • Member. California Council for the Education of Teachers (CCET)
  • Principal Investigator, Sierra North Arts Project
  • Co-Director, Comprehensive Teacher Education Institute (CTEI), University of California, 1995-2001
  • Academic Federation Personnel Committee, Chair, 2004-2005; member, 1995-1996, 1996-1997
  • James H. Meyer Distinguished Achievement Award, UCD. Planning committee member, 1989
  • California Student Teachers Association, UCD. Faculty Sponsor, 1987-1993, 1995-1996; 1999-present
  • Academic Senate Affirmative Action Committee, 1993-1994
  • Confidential Committee, UC Davis, 1994-1995
  • Academic Federation Personnel Committee, Chair, 2004-2005; member, 1995-1996, 1996-1997
  • Search Committee, International Search for Division Chair, Division of Education, 1996
  • Planning Committee, UC Davis & CSU Sacramento Collaborative Elementary Credential Program, 1995 through 1998
  • Commission on School Violence, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 1996-1997
  • CRESS Research Committee, 1997-2006
  • Voices From the Classroom VIII, Monterey, CA, a CRESS sponsored, state-wide teacher research conference; with Dave Wampler presented various types of student teacher research; facilitated discussion about differences between the research of expert teachers and pre-service teachers; Spring, 1997
  • A seminar for student teachers in Agricultural Education, UC Davis. “The role of active listening skills in teaching,” spring, 1998 & spring, 2000.
  • California Council on the Education of Teachers, Spring Conference, group presentation, "Charting Systemic Change and Teacher Growth in a Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Teacher Education Community", Spring, 1998
  • Multicultural Education Conference, CSU Sacramento, “The Intersection of Classroom Management, Culture & Language, Spring, 2000.
  • Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference, Ottawa, Canada, “Resiliency in Student Teachers,” Summer, 2000
  • Association of Teacher Educators Convention, New Orleans, “Four Student Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Advocacy in a Non-traditional Teacher Education Program,” February 20, 2001

Funded Research

  • CRESS: Using Action Research to refine the Art of Conducting Home Visits; with Sue Heredia, Ph.D. California State University, Sacramento; 2004-2006
  • CRESS: Waldorf Education Methods In A Public School Language Arts Program' with Katherine Gaffey-Lehman, Teacher, Sacramento City Unified School District; 1994-1996