November 2019 Newsletter
CAP-Ed Principals’ Support Network Awarded New Stuart Foundation Grant
The California
Principals’ Support Network (CAPS Network), a program
designed and administered by the School of Education’s Center for Applied Policy in
Education (CAP-Ed), will receive a $600,000 grant from the
Stuart Foundation to expand its current work and evaluate its
statewide impact. The CAPS Network is designed to support K-12
principals in their leadership roles through an annual series of
facilitated professional learning sessions with a cohort of
peers. CAPS Network principals examine and develop practices that
improve school culture, enhance teacher collaborative practices
and create schoolwide supports for student learning. Now in its
third year, the program serves five regional cohorts of 139
school principals and 284 school teachers in 67 school districts
throughout California.
“The role of principal is widely acknowledged as being absolutely
essential to improving schools,” said Christina Murdoch, CAP-Ed
Executive Director, “and yet there are few research-based
leadership development opportunities available to principals
interested in developing practices that impact student outcomes
and academic success. The CAPS Network is a program that answers
this unmet need and helps principals build the collaborative
capacity of their teams. We’re excited to expand this network and
grateful to the Stuart Foundation for supporting our rapidly
growing program.” Learn more about the CAPS Network on our
website.
Faculty Members Join Inaugural
Cohort of CAMPSSAH Scholars
Photo Credit: José Luis
Villegas
School of Education Prof. Darnel Degand and Prof. Faheemah N. Mustafaa were inducted last month as part of the inaugural cohort of Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities (CAMPSSAH) Scholars. The newly established CAMPSSAH builds on the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) mission to encompass the multicultural perspectives of academic faculty in the social sciences, arts and humanities as well as STEM. Both Centers focus on expanding the presence of women and underrepresented faculty in those disciplines.
Degand and Mustafaa join a group of eight outstanding scholars from across UC Davis whose work provides unique multicultural perspectives in social sciences, humanities and the arts. Both were honored late last month at a special reception that included UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May, Provost Ralph J. Hexter and other campus leaders. Learn more about CAMPSSAH on the Center’s website.
Center for Shakespeare in Diverse Classrooms Brings Globe Education Learning Consultant to Campus and Community
The School of Education’s Center for Shakespeare
in Diverse Classrooms (CSDC) works to empower language arts
and social studies teachers with innovative, equitable K-12
classroom practices for the study of Shakespeare and other
complex texts. Through CSDC’s partnership with Shakespeare’s
Globe in London, the center recently brought Globe Education
Learning Consultant Conor Short to UC Davis to provide
professional development to local teachers. Over two weeks, Short
presented in Twin
Rivers Unified School District transitional kindergarten
classes, held sessions on the UC Davis campus for our teaching
credential students, and led school and district workshops for
both students and teachers. Check
out photos from his visit and learn more about CSDC on our website.
Alumna Diane Dekker Clausen Supports Students with New Scholarship
Diane Dekker Clausen (’70, Cred.
’71) has generously established an endowed scholarship fund of
$50,000 to benefit students in the School of Education’s teaching
credential/master’s degree program. A former UC Davis development
officer, Dekker Clausen has been dedicated to her alma mater
throughout her career in teaching, administration and
fundraising. She was inspired to make this gift as a response to
the slowing number of people going into the field of teaching,
and she hopes to encourage future students to serve as
life-changing teachers in California’s K-12 schools. For more
information about how you can support student scholarships, visit
our donation page or contact Quentin
Graeber at qgraeber@ucdavis.edu.
Alumnus Eric Dyer Wins National Teaching Award
Alumnus
Eric Dyer (’84, Cred. ’89), a longtime agriculture teacher at
Woodland High School and a resident (mentor) teacher in our
Teacher Education program, recently won second place in the
national
2019 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching
Excellence. Have your own alumni news to share with us? Email
us at ed-alumni@ucdavis.edu!
EVENTS
Dean’s Leadership Circle Luncheon Celebrates Philanthropic Supporters
Alumni and friends of the School of
Education joined Dean Lauren Lindstrom on campus last month for
the Dean’s Leadership
Circle Luncheon. This annual event celebrates those who have
significantly supported student scholarships, faculty research,
community outreach and other programs that make a difference in
the lives of researchers, teachers and students. Members of the
Dean’s Leadership Circle have an extraordinary collective impact
on education at the local, regional and national levels. We thank
them for their philanthropic leadership that continues to advance
excellence at the School of Education!
POSTPONED: New Expanding Equity in Education Research Speaker Series Welcomes H. Samy Alim
Our November 12 event with H. Samy Alim has been postponed to a future date due to illness.
The School of Education’s new
Expanding Equity in
Education Research Speaker Series brings multidisciplinary
experts to UC Davis to explore how faculty and students can use
their research to shift practices and create more equitable
outcomes across the educational field. Join us for the inaugural
Speaker Series event on Tuesday, November 12, at 5:30 pm, at the
Manetti Shrem Museum, UC Davis. H. Samy Alim, the David O. Sears
Presidential Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences and Professor
of Anthropology at UCLA, will present his talk, “I Hope I’m Not
Bothering You: Disrupting White Cultural and Linguistic Hegemony
in the U.S. and South Africa.” This event is free and open to the
public. Find out more and RSVP on our website.