January 2015

The Kremen Newsletter Fresno State Nationally Accredited

for Educator Preparation

California State University, Fresno recently

received accreditation for 2014-2021 under the

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher

Education (NCATE) standards. NCATE’s

performance-based accreditation system for teacher

preparation ensures that teacher candidates are

prepared to make a difference in P-12 student learning.

Fresno State was evaluated by a team of 14 professionals from both

NCATE and the California Commission on Teacher Credentials last spring

with the final results announced in November. The University’s success

was exceptional; it passed all standards and all levels for all programs. The

team cited no areas for improvement and delivered six commendations to

the school. Three of the six overall standards were not just met, they were

deemed to have achieved the “target” level, meaning the campus meets it at

the highest conceived level.

Paul Beare, Dean of the Kremen School and the campus’s Director of

Teacher Education said, “Fresno State is proud to be recognized at this

level of accomplishment. It is a rare thing to have no areas needing

improvement and rarer to be at the target level on half the overall standards.

It is totally due to the hard work of our faculty and our strong partnerships

with the school districts of the central valley.”

Fresno State credentials approximately 800 education professionals

per year. They are all prepared with the disposition to be dedicated to

improving the achievement of the students they will help to educate.

Providers accredited under NCATE standards, as well as those

accredited under the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)

Quality Principles, are now served by the single specialized accreditation

system for educator preparation in the United States, the Council for the

Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). More than 900 educator

preparation providers participate in the CAEP accreditation system.

More information about CAEP: http://caepnet.org/

The Central Valley Partnership

for Exemplary Teachers Receives

Honor Fresno State’s Central Valley Partnership for

Exemplary Teachers, also known as Partner

Schools, earned the Christa McAuliffe

Excellence in Teacher Education Award from the

American Association of State Colleges

and Universities. Operated by the Kremen

School of Education and Human Development

and coordinated by Dr. Colleen Torgerson,

Partner Schools is a collaborative venture

between Fresno State and regional public school

districts (Fresno, Clovis, Central, Porterville,

Washington, and Sanger).

The program allows future teachers to take

their credential courses on-site at a school in the

partner districts, giving them practical

experience while they learn. Courses are taught

through the district’s lens. Research published

by Kremen faculty has shown that teachers

prepared through partner schools feel better pre-

pared than those going through more

traditional programs.

The program was recently bolstered by a

$7.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of

Education to continue a teacher residency

program with the Fresno Unified School District

with an emphasis on science, technology,

engineering and math (STEM) education. The

program is currently operated with the support of

the Bechtel Foundation.

“The Kremen School is one of the largest

educators of K-12 teachers in the state,” says

Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro. “We are

so proud that our programs are now gaining

widespread attention for quality and innovation.”

Sanger Unified superintendent Matt Navo

said the partnership better prepares teachers for

the education work force.

“Over the last 10 years Sanger has been able

to make tremendous strides in improving student

achievement. This is partly due to the

partnership with the Kremen School that helps

prepare teachers to help close the achievement

gap of students,” Navo says. “I believe this is

the way to prepare new teachers to meet the

needs of students as we face the 21st century

and embrace the college and career educational

expectations.”

President Castro and Dean Beare receive the

McAuliffe trophy at a ceremony in

Washington, DC.

Faculty News

Dr. Kenneth Magdaleno is now the

Director of the Doctoral program

Staff News

Ivy Fitzpatrick is now an Academic Advisor for the Education Student

Services Center

Mediator Mentors Leaders Receive National Award

Mediator Mentors’ leaders were recently

honored with a national award recognizing their

outstanding work in Conflict Resolution

Education. Karen DeVoogd, Project Director

and Faculty in the Kremen School of Education

and Human Development, with CalState

TEACH and Christina Cassinerio-Wilson,

Project Coordinator and Fresno Unified Teacher

on Special Assignment, Office of Department of

Prevention and Intervention, School Climate

were both awarded the William J. Kreidler

Award by the Association for Conflict

Resolution (ACR). They received their awards

during the Presidential luncheon at the annual

conference of the association in Cincinnati, Ohio

on October 8th, 2014.

Each year, the Education Section of the

ACR presents the William J. Kreidler Award to

an individual who has shown “Distinguished

Service to the Field of Conflict Resolution

Education.” This national award is the highest

honor for scholars working in the Education

Sector. The recipient must show continued

dedication and accomplishment in increasing the

reach and impact of conflict resolution in

and outside the classroom. Established in 2007,

the award is named after the late teacher, author,

trainer, and Quaker, William J. Kriedler, whose

conflict resolution curriculum materials were in

use in more than 50,000 classrooms by the time

of his passing in 2000.

Dr. Trisha Jones of Temple University made the

presentation during the conference. In her

remarks she described the exemplary success of

the leaders of Mediator Mentors. DeVoogd

and Cassinerio-Wilson were commended for

their outstanding commitment to bringing peer

mediation to students and teachers in the Central

Valley of California and for their countless

hours of being involved in every phase or

program development in schools. Jones

outlined the enduring impact their program has

by connecting the local university and public

schools as partners. Said Jones, “Mediator

Mentors is the most respected program of its

kind in the US.”

The mission of Mediator Mentors Project is

to teach and nurture respectful conflict

resolution skills in youth and in future helping

professionals through direct instruction, guided

practice and cross-age mentoring relationships.

The program vision is focused on supporting

conflict resolution education at all

developmental levels for the purpose of affecting

peaceful and productive problem-solving in our

communities and world. Specifically, Mediator

Mentors engages university students who are

interested in teaching, counseling, and other

helping professions in the development of school

-based peer mediation programs. Mentors

and mediators, site teacher leaders

and administrators are trained (ten to twelve

hours) of communication and conflict resolution

skills and strategies. The resulting

University-Public School partnerships currently

number 90 throughout Sanger, Clovis, Fresno,

Chowchilla, Central, Madera, Cutler Orossi,

Dinuba, Le Grand, Planada, Woodlake

and Soulsbyville. Students in grades 3-8 come

to Fresno State for at least one day of the two

days of training and again in May for a yearly

celebration of their service to their schools. The

Mediator Mentors Project has been in existence

since 1998 and has served over 7,000 teachers

and children since its inception.

Master Teacher Conference

The Master Teacher Conference is a professional development conference that the Kremen School offers our Central Valley master

teachers to show appreciation for their dedication to the profession and our students. The Multiple Subject and Special Education Master

Teacher Conference had 145 attendees on October 18, 2014 and the Single Subject Master Teacher Conference had 98 attendees

November 15, 2014. The conference consisted of a continental breakfast, a keynote speaker, presenters, and a luncheon.

Dr. Pamela Lane-Garon and Karen

DeVoogd receive special recognition for

the Mediator Mentor Program

Staff Retreat Photos - Ropes Course

Everyone made it to the island.

Collaborative work. The objective is to

balance as a group.

Dr. Beare caught the chicken!

Shapes activity

Joanne caught the

chicken!

Kirby Activity

Earthquake activity! We made it

to the island.

Earthquake activity

Team Spirit—Batman Team

Maria reaching for the chicken

The Kremen staff were invited to the ropes course at Fresno State on

Thursday, November 20, 2014. They participated in several team building

activities.

Sanger Partnership 2015 – 2016 Twelve Month, Field-Base Cohort Option

Central Valley Partnership for Exemplary Teachers Program

2014 Christa McAuliffe Excellence in Teacher Education Award

BENEFITS OF THE SANGER PARTNERSHIP:

*Candidates in the 12-month, Sanger Partnership option take Phase 1 in the summer, Phase 2 in the fall

and Phase 3 in the spring to complete the Multiple Subject Coursework.

*All credential courses are held at Reagan Elementary School in Sanger Unified School District. Field

placements are in Sanger schools.

*University professors and Sanger teachers collaborate, co-teach, and present demonstration lessons to connect

theory and practice. This is a unique opportunity found within Partnerships!

*The Partnership provides opportunities to build strong connections with Sanger Unified School District

personnel and students in the cohort.

TIME COMMITMENT:

*The schedule of coursework and field experiences for this option will

require students to commit to Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

during summer session only – May 18 - July 24, 2015.

*Fall and Spring semesters follow the regular semester calendar.

ELIGIBILITY:

*Applications are reviewed in the order they are cleared for admission to

the Multiple Subject Program. Admittance into the Multiple Subject

Program does not guarantee admittance into the 12-month partnership.

*Acceptance to the partnership will be based on:

Date of clearance for admittance to the Multiple Subject Program

Availability for summer schedule

Commitment to all 3 phases in Sanger

For blended students, preference is given to those who have passed at

least 2 parts of the CSET and who need to take no more than 1 additional

non-credential course to complete their degree.

PRIORITY SANGER SUMMER DEADLINE – FRIDAY,

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Collaboration

Professional Dialogue

Theory to Practice

QUESTIONS & ADMISSION

INTERVIEW:

Jane Moosoolian

Sanger Partnership Coordinator

janem@csufresno.edu

559.278.0115

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Tech Academy is a four-session course, taught on

Saturday mornings, using the latest technology, software,

and equipment.

The class is limited to 20 students to maximize individual

attention and to allow adequate time for practice.

Learners will develop skills in technology, as they explore

and problem solve with hands-on activities.

Learners will participate in two 90-minute classes each

Saturday and select courses from the list below.

1) Lego Robotics

2) Flight for Future Pilots

3) Web Design

4) 3D Design and Printing

YOUTH TECH ACADEMY

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING MATH SCIENCE TEACHER INITIATIVE CALIFORNIA TEACHING FELLOWS FOUNDATION

NOW ENROLLING ALL FUTURE TECHS! TO REGISTER CONTACT: Kasey Vang | kavang@csufresno.edu

When January 10, 17, 24 and 31 (Saturdays) 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Where Fresno State – Kremen School of Education

Who Students 5th – 8th grade

Fee Paid by program sponsors

WEB DESIGN ROBOTICS 3D Design

FLIGHT

The Multilingual Multicultural Education Program

Multilingual Multicultural Education Program just completed its first year with two cohorts. This exciting program provides

an advanced course of study devoted to the critical examination of theory, practice, and policy in the education of linguistically and

culturally diverse learners. Dr. Teresa Huerta, who initiated the MME program, hit the ground running by promoting the program

at various events. The events consisted of:

End-of-Year Potluck

In & Out of Shadows

by Gary Soto

Paulo Freire Conference

BAP & MME Reception

with President Castro The MME will begin recruiting this spring for Cohort 3 in Fall

2015, starting with the Fresno Hmong International New Year

on Dec. 26th at the Fresno Fairgrounds. For further information

on the MME, please contact Dr. Tony Vang at

tvang@csufresno.edu.

Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at Fresno State Faculty Research

Colloquium 2014

Dr. Paul Beare presented The Conspiracy Against Educator Preparation and the Selectivity

Factor: The Use of Data in Educational Decision Making

Recent Publications

Beare, P., Torgerson, C., Marshall, J., Tracz, S., & Chiero, R. (2014). Examination for bias in principal ratings of teachers’

preparation. The Teacher Educator, 49, 75-88.

Beare, P., Torgerson, C., Marshall, J., Tracz, S., & Chiero, R. (2013). Surveys of teacher education graduates and their principals:

The value of the data for program improvement. Teacher Education Quarterly, 40(3), 143-161.

Beare, P., Torgerson, C., Marshall, J., Tracz, S., & Chiero, R. (2012). Examination of alternative programs of teacher preparation

on a single campus. Teacher Education Quarterly, 39(4), 55-74.

Dr. Glenn DeVoogd presented Rigor

and Engagement in Online

Instruction

Recent Publication

Bathina, J. & DeVoogd, G. L. (2011). Samanjasya

staff development: Adaptive praxis

through building on teacher context

and knowledge. International Education. ISSN: 01605429

Permalink: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=ehh&AN=70220644&site=ehost-live

DeVoogd, G. & DeVoogd, K. (2011). Epistemological Reflections in

Online Discussion Boards for Preservice Teacher Education. In M.

Koehler & P. Mishra (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information

Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011

(pp. 1455-1459). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Available at

http://www.editlib.org/j/SITE/v/2011/n/1

McLaughlin, M. & DeVoogd, G. L. (2011). Critical Literacy as

Comprehension. Handbook of Research on Teaching the English

Language Arts. New York: Erlbaum.

Dr. Juan Carlos Gonzalez presented

Embracing your HSI status:

Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention of

Faculty of Color

Recent Publications

Peguero, A. A., Portillos, E. L., & González, J. C.

(2013, submitted). School securitization and Latina/o educational pro-

gress. Urban Education.

Peguero, A. A., Portillos, E. L., Sung Hong, J., González, J. C., Kahle,

L., & Shekarkhar, Z. (2013). Victimization, urbanicity, and the

relevance of context: School routines, race and ethnicity,

and adolescent violence. Journal of Criminology, 1-14. DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/240637

González, J. C., & Immekus, J. (2013). Experiences of Central California

Latino male youth: Recollecting despair and success in barrios

and schools. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education,

7(2), 180-197. DOI: 10.1080/15595692.2013.787063.

Dr. Bruce Friedman presented Keep them so you can teach them: Alternatives to exclusionary discipline

Recent Publication

Friedman, BD & Allen, KM (2014) Systems Theory in Jerrold Brandell: Essentials of Clinical Social Work. Los Angeles, CA:

Sage.

Friedman, BD; Reifel, B; Reed, A; Cloud, D (2014) “Overcoming barriers to mental health services for foster children,” Journal of

Child Health and Human Development. Vol. 7(1).

Friedman, Bruce D. (2013) How to Teach Effectively: a brief guide, 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: Lyceum Books, Inc.

Dr. Kenneth R. Magdaleno presented The Role of Critical Race Theory in Education

Recent Publications

Tollefson, K. & Magdaleno, K. R. (2014). Educational Leaders and the Acknowledgement Gap. Unpublished manuscript

Magdaleno, K. R. (2013, September/October). Recognizing the cultural values students bring to school. Leadership Magazine, 43

(1), 30-32.

The Faculty Research Colloquium was held on Saturday, November 8, 2014.

Continued DPELFS Faculty Research Colloquium 2014

Dr. Nancy Akhavan presented The Effects of Coaching on Teacher Efficacy, Academic Optimism and Student

Achievement

Recent Publications

Akhavan, N. (2014). The Nonfiction Now Lesson Bank: Strategies and routines to meet today’s demands for higher-level

content-area reading, grades 4-8. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press.

Akhavan, N. (2013). "Teaching Long-Term English Learners to Write in Content Areas." in Pytash, K., Rasinski, T., & Ferdig,

R., Eds. Preparing Teachers to Teach Writing Using Technology. ETC Press.

Akhavan, N. (2013). “Information Nation: What the mind needs to do to read nonfiction”. ASCD Express. November, 2013.

Dr. James Mullooly presented Mixing

Methods: Qualitative Field Techniques that

Reveal Student Life at Fresno State

Recent Publications

(Forthcoming) (with R. M. DeLugan, et al.).

Partnerships Across Campuses

and Throughout Communities: Community

Engaged Research in California’s Central

San Joaquin Valley. In M. J. Sirgy, R. Phillips & D. Rahtz.) (Eds.).

Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VI

(SpringerLink).

Mullooly, J. (2013). Anthropology Applied to Everyday Life. Great River

Technologies, Dubuque, IA Mullooly, J. and Sturges, K. (Spring

2008) “What is Applied Educational Anthropology?”. Practicing

Anthropology.

Mullooly, J. (2007) “Regrading the Eighth Grade: Disciplining those who

Discipline in a Jesuit Middle School of the American Midwest.”

Teachers College Record, 109 (7).

Dr. Susan Tracz presented What supervisor

and graduate ratings can tell us about teacher

training programs: Issues, impasses

and improvements

Recent Publications

Beare, P., Torgerson, C., Marshall, J., Tracz, S., &

Chiero, R. (2014). Examination of bias in principal

ratings of teacher’s preparation. The Teacher Educa-

tor, 49(1), 75-88. DOI

10.1080/08878730.2013.848005.

Beare, P., Torgerson, C., Marshal, J., Tracz, S., & Chiero, R. (2014).

Surveys of teacher education graduates and their principals: The

value of the data for program improvement. Teacher Education

Quarterly, 40(3), 143-161.

McCarthy, M. A., Harris, D., & Tracz, S. M. (2014). Academic

and nursing aptitude and the NCLEX-RN in baccalaureate

programs. Journal of Nursing Education, 53(1), 151-160.

Dr. Jianjun Wang presented Logistic Regression

and Propensity Score Computing: Practical Guide

to Support Doctoral Research

Recent Publications

Wang, J. (2014). A comparative evaluation of STEM

education indicators in the era of

accountability. International Journal of

Education, 6 (1), 1-20.

Wang, J. (2013). An assessment of education quality beyond dinner table

discussion. International Education Studies, 6 (1), 111- 116.

Wang, J., Henderson, J., & Harniman, J. (2013). An empirical study of

coexisting relationships between area-specific support and early

childhood development. Journal of Social Service Research, 39

(2), 141-158.

Dr. Colleen Torgerson presented Dissertation

Advice, Research Possibilities, Sources of

Data

Recent Publications

Beare, P., Torgerson, C., Marshall, J., Tracz, S., &

Chiero, R. (2014). Examination for bias in

principal ratings of teachers’ preparation.

The Teacher Educator, 49, 75-88.

Beare, P., Torgerson, C., Marshall, J., Tracz, S., & Chiero, R. (2013).

Surveys of teacher education graduates and their principals:

The value of the data for program improvement. Teacher

Education Quarterly, 40(3), 143-161.

Beare, P., Torgerson, C., Marshall, J., Tracz, S., & Chiero, R. (2012).

Examination of alternative programs of teacher preparation on

a single campus. Teacher Education Quarterly, 39(4), 55-74.

Dr. Albert Valencia presented Domestic Violence - Intimate Partner Abuse: Historical Perspectives, Current

Trends, PTSD, and Power and Control

Recent Publications

Lee, S. & Valencia, A. (2012). Counseling Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Book chapter In Multicultural Issues in

Counseling, New Approaches to Diversity (4th ed.), Courtland Lee (Editor). Publisher: American Counseling

Association. ISBN: 978-1-55620-313-8

Valencia, A. (2008). The Evolutionary, Historical, and Flourishing Presence of Culture in Psychology. Contemporary Psychology:

January Issue; Published by the American Psychological Association; Washington, DC. ISSN: 00107549

Valencia, A. (2007). Fulfilling the University Promise: Enriching The Art of Mentoring with Counseling Methods and Empirical

Evidence. The Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE), November 2007, p. 14-25,

Published by AMAE

Faculty Awards and Research

Fresno State Selected as University of

Pennsylvania’s Center for Minority Serving

Institutions Recipient of Capacity Building Grants

to Bolster Teacher Education at Minority Serving

Institutions

Dr. Laura Alamillo, Dr. Lisa Bennett, and Dr. Cathy Yun

were awarded a $50,000 capacity-building grant to participate

in a study of teacher education and culturally relevant curricula

aimed at increasing future K-8 teachers of color at Minority

Serving Institutions. Fresno State was one of four colleges and

universities, nationwide, selected by The Penn Center for

Minority Serving Institutions to receive this grant, which is

funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Fresno State's

capacity-building grant will allow revision of one of the

courses in the California Mini-Corps Program, a statewide

program on multiple college campuses throughout California.

We aim to ensure that the Mini-Corps program course is better

aligned with new state standards as well as the California

English Language Development Standards. To address the

issue of standardized testing as a barrier for students from

migrant backgrounds, we hope to develop an additional course

module that will include critical analysis of testing bias.

Current Research Studies and Website Production

Dr. Alamillo is working on a research study investigating the

educational and literacy experiences of Latina moms in the Huggins

Center. This study is looking at how Latina moms navigate higher

education and at the same time foster the language and literacy

development of their children who attend the Huggins Center. This study

is led by Dr. Alamillo, Dr. Susana Hernandez, and Dr. Ignacio Hernandez.

Dr. Steven Koobatian is currently doing research on two topics. The

two topics are :

Forensic Rehabilitation– Attorney Perceptions and Needs in Selecting

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors as Expert Witnesses in Civil

Litigation cases

Disability Management– Technology Transfer to Rehabilitation

Counseling Students Learning the Art of Developing Job Analyses for

Corporate Clients.

Dr. Walter Ullrich is working with graduate students to update the

Companion Website for the book, Zeichner, K. M., & Liston, D. P. (2014)

Reflective Teaching: An Introduction (2nd. Ed.).

Link to the Student Companion Website: http://www.routledge.com/cw/

zeichner-9780415826617/

Dr. Ullrich continues to update the Companion Website for Instructors for

RT: http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415826617/instructorManual/

Teacher Recruitment Fair

Thursday, March 12, 2015 from 8:00-4:00pm

Fresno Convention Center– New Exhibit Hall

For more information contact Jessica 559.278.0262

or Ana 559.278.0314

Carolyn Dobbs Special Education

Teacher of the Year

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 6:00pm

Residence Dining Hall– Fresno State

For more information contact Carrie 559.278.0278

KSEE 24 Educator of the Week Event

Thursday, May 21, 2015 from 5:30-7:30pm

In front of the Kremen School –Fresno State

For more information contact 559.278.0205

Upcoming Events

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Ana Espinosa anae@csufresno.edu

Kremen School of Education and Human Development

California State University, Fresno 5005 N Maple Ave Fresno, CA 93740

559.278.0300