February 2016 Newsletter

EVENTS

February 23: Words Take Wing with Author Sheila Hamanaka

Join us at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, Sacramento Main Library, for a special evening presentation by celebrated children’s author Sheila Hamanaka. Hamanaka is the author and illustrator of over 20 beloved children’s books, including All the Colors of the Earth and The Boy Who Loved All Living Things. Register for this free event here while space is still available.

Distinguished Speaker Prof. Haertel to Speak on Rethinking School Accountability on March 9

Professor Edward Haertel will examine California’s opportunity to design a new system of accountability on March 9 from 5:30-7:30 pm in Room 174 of the School of Education Building. Dr. Haertel is Jacks Family Professor of Education, Emeritus, at Stanford University. His research centers on policy uses of achievement tests, validity arguments for high-stakes testing, the logic and implementation of standard setting methods, trend comparisons across tests, and the examination of value-added models for teacher evaluation from a psychometric perspective. Please join us for this free lecture.

ALUMNI EVENTS

Seeking Alumni Nominations!

Alumni and friends of the School of Education are invited to nominate alumni for recognition at our annual Honoring Educators celebration in May. Nominations are now being accepted for the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Rising Star Alumni Award. Nominations are made online and the nomination process is open until March 15. Please take a moment to nominate School of Education alumni.

FACULTY NEWS

Dr. Christian Faltis Named AERA Fellow

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Christian Faltis, Professor and Co-Director of Teacher Education, and Dolly & David Fiddyment Chair in Teacher Education, has been selected to become a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). He will be installed in the 2016 Class of Fellows. The AERA Fellows Program was established by the AERA Council in 2007 to honor education researchers with substantial research accomplishments, to convey the Association’s commitment to excellence in research, and to emphasize to new scholars the importance of sustained research of excellence in the field. “The selection of Dr. Faltis as an AERA Fellow is a very fitting recognition of his scholarly contributions to the field and the high regard in which he is held by our peers,” said School of Education Dean Harold Levine. We hope you’ll join us in congratulating Dr. Faltis on this much-deserved honor.