SJSU Lurie College of Education undergraduate, graduate, credential, and doctorate students – complete this brief Google form for a chance to join Dean Heather Lattimer, a special guest, and a group of students for great conversation and a complimentary meal each month!
Spring 2020 semester meals will take place on the following dates and times:
Thursday, February 13, 12:00-1:30pm
Monday, March 16, 5:15-6:45pm
Monday, April 13, 12:00-1:30pm
Note: Dates and times subject to change based on availability of special guests.
The moment we’ve been waiting for has arrived – the new SJSU Connie L. Lurie College of Education website, sjsu.edu/education, is officially live! We’ve significantly improved our navigation and the new SJSU webpage templates are very responsive to different screen sizes such as desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablets. We are currently working on migrating all of the Lurie College department websites – sjsu.edu/cds, sjsu.edu/chad, sjsu.edu/counselored, sjsu.edu/edd, sjsu.edu/edleadership, sjsu.edu/specialed, and sjsu.edu/teachered – and hope that they will go live later this year. If you have any input about our websites, please contact us at luriecollege@sjsu.edu.
Video description: Lurie College student Megan Nebesnick – MA, Education, Concentration in Curriculum and Instruction with Multiple Subject Credential, speaks at our Fall 2019 ceremony.
We are looking to select a graduating student to represent and speak on behalf of the Lurie College community at the Spring 2020 Commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 21, at 7:30pm in the SJSU Event Center! In order to be eligible to apply to become the commencement speaker, you must also be eligible to participate in the commencement ceremony. Your speech can take any number of approaches, but should be original and should resonate with the commencement attendees, which will be made up of Lurie College students of different academic levels and disciplines, SJSU and Lurie College faculty and staff, and family and friends of all ages and backgrounds.
To apply, submit a 3-5 minute video of you reciting your commencement speech by Sunday, March 1, via this Google form.
Those who are graduating and planning to participate in the Lurie College Commencement ceremony should also save the date for our Lurie College Pre-Commencement Celebration for faculty, staff, graduates, and their guests on Thursday, May 21, from 5-6:30pm in the Sweeney Hall courtyard!
Brent Duckor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education. He taught history, economics, and civics in the Senior Institute at Central Park East Secondary School in East Harlem, NYC. He later received his Ph.D. in Quantitative Methods and Evaluation at the University of California, Berkeley. Brent specializes in educational measurement, testing, and assessment. He has served on state and national boards providing educational assessment and measurement expertise to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the California Department of Education, and the College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium in Washington, D.C. His most recent scholarship has appeared in the Journal of Educational Measurement, Teachers College Record, Journal of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership, and Phi Delta Kappan. His book, Mastering Formative Assessment Moves: 7 High-Leverage Practices to Advance Student Learning (ASCD, 2017) with Dr. Carrie Holmberg, has been presented to audiences across the U.S. and abroad in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia.
Associate Professor, Teacher Education
Education
Ph.D., Education, Quantitative Methods and Evaluation, U.C. Berkeley
M.A., Education, Quantitative Methods and Evaluation, U.C. Berkeley
Lurie College graduate students – our faculty want to support you in your development as academic writers! Attend the Lurie College Graduate Student Writing Retreat on Saturday, March 21, from 9am-3pm, where you will receive individualized writing support while enjoying coffee, snack, and lunch at no cost – RSVP at http://bit.ly/lurie-gradwriting
Lurie College of Education students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends are invited to join us at our Spring 2020 Welcome Event on Monday, February 3, from 3-5pm at the SJSU Bowling and Billiards Center to connect and network with classmates, peers, clubs, faculty, deans, and staff while enjoying food, games, and a chance to win prizes – RSVP at bit.ly/lurie-sp20welcome!
NOTES: Your children / dependents are welcome to attend. The spots for bowling and billiards will be first-come, first-served, but we ask that you share bowling lanes and billiard tables so as many people as possible get to play. We’ll also have other games available such as giant Jenga, giant Connect 4, jumbo Bananagrams, and more!
The seventh cohort of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at San José State University begins Summer 2020! For more information on the doctoral program, please sign up for one of our information sessions by filling out this brief Google form. The next info session will take place on Tuesday, February 4, from 4:30-6pm in Sweeney Hall 331.
Ed.D Leadership Program, Cohort 6. Photo by Karl Nielsen
Learn about Leslye Tinson, a doctoral student in the Ed.D Leadership Program at the SJSU Lurie College of Education. Leslye is also the recipient of the Lurie College of Education General Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year!
Watch more student spotlights on the Lurie College blog and connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life! Video and audio recorded by Brian Cheung Dooley and edited by Sydney Torrens. Music by Quincas Moreira.
We’re excited for you to begin the Spring 2020 semester at SJSU and the Lurie College of Education! Check out this short welcome video on YouTube from Lurie College Dean Heather Lattimer and Student Success Center Director Janene Perez and learn more about some upcoming Lurie College events and opportunities below:
Lurie College Bluetooth Speaker Giveaway | Follow the Lurie College Instagram accounts – @sjsulurie and @luriesuccess – for a chance to win a Bluetooth speaker! READ MORE
SSC and SAC Updates | Utilize the resources, upcoming events, and extended hours at the Lurie College Student Success Center (SH 106) and Study and Collaboration Room (SH 446)! READ MORE
Student Research Opportunities | Apply for the SJSU / CSU research competition and Lurie College research grants! READ MORE
Spring Welcome Event | Lurie College students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends are invited to our Spring Welcome Event on Mon., Feb. 3, from 3-5pm in the SJSU Student Union Bowling and Billiards Center! READ MORE
Dine with the Dean | Enter your name for a chance to join Dean Heather Lattimer, a special guest, and a group of students for great conversation and a complimentary meal each month! READ MORE
Lurie College students – utilize our Student Success Center resources, which include professional development workshops, mentoring, networking events, and access to university, college, and career resources!
General Academic Advising
In addition to support from their academic departments, Lurie College undergraduate and graduate students can meet with the Student Success Center academic advisors for questions about registration, degree progress, forms/petitions, probation, disqualification, and university policies – make an appointment or stop by Sweeney Hall 106 today!
Select the blue Get Advising button and then Lurie College of Education from the drop-down menu
Select LCOE Student Success Centeras the location for the appointment and the service
Choose a date and time that works for you and confirm your appointment!
Writing Tutor Hours*
Wednesdays | 11:00am-1:00pm
Thursdays | 1:00-4:00pm
*Additional hours are held at the SJSU Writing Center.
Open Study Hours**
Monday-Thursday | 8:00am-6:00pm
Friday | 8:00am-12:00pm
**The Student Success Center is unavailable for open study hours during workshops and events – view theLurie College Student Google calendar for upcoming workshops and events and feel free to register to attend them!
The SJSU Office of Research in partnership with the SJSU Research Foundation provides undergraduate and graduate research students the opportunity to present their work and compete for selection as SJSU representatives at the annual CSU Student Research Competition. The research presented should be appropriate to the student’s discipline and career goals. Proprietary research is excluded. Each college may send forward a total of four student projects (undergraduate and/or graduate) representing outstanding research or creative activity to the university-wide competition.
Shoutout to SJSU Lurie College Ed.D Leadership Program student Candice Nance, who recently produced a video to highlight her research around teacher preparation at the community college level – give it a watch via YouTube!
The SJSU Office of Research in partnership with the Research Foundation provides undergraduate and graduate research students the opportunity to present their work and compete for selection as SJSU representatives at the annual CSU Student Research Competition. Applications are made to the appropriate college and each college submits their selections to the Office of Research. The research presented should be appropriate to the student’s discipline and career goals. Proprietary research is excluded. Each college may send forward a total of four student projects (undergraduate and/or graduate) representing outstanding research or creative activity. Applicants should visit sjsu.edu/education/student-research for instructions on how to submit their materials to the Lurie College of Education Dean’s Office, SH 103, by 5pm on Friday, February 7, 2020.
Communicative Disorders & Sciences student Avneet Sandhu shares her presentation on colorism.
Sweeney Hall was buzzing with excitement on Friday, December 6, 2019, as hundreds of SJSU Lurie College of Education undergraduate, graduate, credential, and doctoral students shared their academic accomplishments and insights to peers, faculty, staff, family, friends, and community partners during the inaugural Learning Showcase. The showcase was established to build upon the end-of-semester academic celebrations that many of the Lurie College of Education departments had organized in previous semesters by organizing a college-wide event to demonstrate how the Lurie College of Education and its students are interdisciplinary, community-engaged, culturally-sustaining, and holistic, according to Dean Heather Lattimer. The event began with a wide range presentation panels such as “Advising Idol – A Friendly Video Competition to Support Student Success” and “Voice Care Workshop for Educational Professionals + Mini Clinic for Voice Screening” before transitioning to poster presentations and other stations such as “Film Making as a Research Method” and “Special Education Lesson Plan Gallery Walk.” The grand finale of the Learning Showcase was the plenary session, which featured a student or small group of students from each academic department in the Lurie College of Education who spoke to a crowd of about 75 attendees about their academic research, experiential education, and more! Plenary speakers included:
Joseph Ernst and Finnian Sheehan – SPED Resident Teachers on Their Experiences – Special Education
Jessica Brym, Tiffany Park, and Ashlyn Tadokoro – Starting and Sustaining an Aphasia Rehabilitation Program at a University Clinic – Communicative Disorders & Sciences
SJSU Lurie College of Education students, alumni, faculty, staff, partners, friends, and family are invited to attend the inaugural Learning Showcase on Fri., Dec. 6, from 4-8pm in Sweeney Hall! This event will highlight Lurie College undergraduate, graduate, credential, and doctoral students’ academic accomplishments from the Fall 2019 semester. Watch the video above to learn more about how to present a poster during the showcase and RSVP to attend the event at sjsu.edu/education/showcase.
Learn about Nikki Dang, a Doctoral Candidate student in the Ed.D Leadership Program at the SJSU Lurie College of Education. Nikki is also the recipient of the Lurie College of Education General Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year!
Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life! Video and audio recorded by Brian Cheung Dooley and edited by Sydney Torrens. Music by Sarah, Illstrumentalist.
Shoutout to Lurie College of Education Student Success Center Director Janene Perez, who was recently featured on the California State University’s Diversity Toolkit blog for highlighting some of the ways in which Lurie College has enhanced its efforts to recruit a diverse range of teaching candidates. Listen to and read what she had to say below!
Teacher educators, consider your own journey into education. Did you come from a family of educators? Or maybe you had a teacher who left an indelible mark that influenced your decision? These are inspired reasons to enter the field, but how do we reach those who never considered teaching, who may be the first in their family to attend college, or who didn’t have a teacher they connected with? Recruiting candidates with a diversity of experiences is absolutely vital to our mission of enhancing the quality of education for all students, but this work takes time, intention, and continuous reflection.
This article was originally published on the SJSU Newsroom website by Julia Halprin Jackson.
Lurie College of Education Dean Heather Lattimer with speakers from the inaugural Future of Learning Summit: Shar Naidu, Vivian Vu, Kent McGuire, Valerie Lundy-Wagner, Laura Quintana, Irene Castillon, SJSU professor Ellen Middaugh, and Arun Ramanthan. Photo by Francisco Mendoza.
San Jose, Calif. — About 100 Silicon Valley thought leaders, policymakers and K-12 educators filled SJSU’s Diaz Compean Student Union Theater November 13 at the inaugural Future of Learning Summit, hosted by the Connie L. Lurie College of Education. The event included five keynote speakers and talks by five SJSU community members, all of whom addressed the question, “What is the future of learning?”
“We’re at a time of significant change in education and across society,” said Heather Lattimer, dean of the Lurie College. “We have changing job markets, demographic shifts and new understandings around what learning and cognition mean and look like. It’s a time of rapid change that can be really scary. But it’s also an opportunity for all of us to challenge the way that we think of education and schooling to find new ways to support stronger, more equitable and more relevant outcomes.” Lattimer described SJSU’s upcoming Future of Learning Initiative, a cross-disciplinary program to spur innovation on campus, serve as a hub for transforming education in the region, generate new knowledge that will elevate the importance of the scholarship of teaching and learning, and position SJSU as a thought leader in the field of educational innovation.
SJSU Lurie College of Education students, alumni, faculty, staff, partners, friends, and family are invited to attend the inaugural Learning Showcase, which will highlight Lurie College undergraduate, graduate, credential, and doctoral students’ academic accomplishments from the Fall 2019 semester! This event will take place on Friday, December 6, from 4-8pm in Sweeney Hall and include posters, presentations, panels, a plenary, and prizes. To learn more and RSVP, visit sjsu.edu/education/showcase.
LEARNING SHOWCASE POSTER WORKSHOP
If you are a Lurie College of Education student who is interested in presenting a research poster at the Learning Showcase and would like some support and guidance from Lurie College faculty, please attend the Poster Workshop on Friday, November 22, from 12-1pm in Sweeney Hall 447 to meet with Communicative Disorders & Sciences Department faculty member Lyle Lustigman and Teacher Education Department faculty member Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz!
As a transformative scholar, Dr. Porfilio brings insights from several intellectual disciplines, such as history, sociology, leadership studies, and social studies education, to examine the sociocultural and historical forces behind unjust educational outcomes and institutional forms of oppression. His intellectual work also unearths what policies, pedagogies, practices, and social movements hold the potential to humanize educational institutions, to eliminate educational disparities and to build an equalitarian society. As a result, his research has a broad appeal to scholars, leaders, and educators. Read more below and listen to Brad’s personality playlist on the Lurie College Spotify account!
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Ph.D., Sociology of Education, University at Buffalo
M.S., Social Studies Education, Niagara University
B.A., History, State University of New York at Brockport College
Thought-leaders across Silicon Valley; SJSU students and faculty; policymakers, K-12 educators, and community members; and several nationally-recognized keynote speakers will convene at this event to engage in a dialogue around the central question: “What is the future of learning?”
We are delighted to announce the following Summit keynote speakers:
Christopher Cabaldon – Hazel Cramer Endowed Chair and Professor of Public Policy & Administration, Sacramento State University
Laura Quintana – Vice-President of Corporate Affairs, Cisco
Congratulations to the winning SJSU Voices speakers who represent our SJSU community and will be on stage sharing their learning journeys and vision for the future of learning:
Irene Castillon – Assistant Principal/History Teacher, Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School (SJSU alum)
Sabrina Dao – 7th Grade, Ocala STEAM Academy (aspiring SJSU student)
Ellen Middaugh – Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Development (SJSU faculty)
In case you missed it, Lurie College undergraduate, graduate, credential, and doctoral students who will be enrolled at SJSU for the 2020-2021 academic year can learn some tips below from current scholarship recipients and view the slides below to learn more about the application process, which will begin during the Spring 2020 semester. If you have any follow up questions about the material in the slides, please email luriecollege@sjsu.edu.
Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life! Video and audio recorded by Brian Cheung Dooley and edited by Sydney Torrens. Music by Anno Domini Beats.
Lurie College students: Join folks from the SJSU Scholarship Office and Lurie College Scholarship Review Committee on Wed., Oct. 23, at 3:30pm in the Student Success Center – Sweeney Hall 106 – to learn more about the 2020-2021 Lurie College scholarship application process, which will begin during the Spring 2020 semester!
For the 2019-2020 academic year, the Lurie College of Education awarded over $250,000 to more than 100 students with a median award of $1000 and an average award of $2390. If you plan to attend this workshop, please register with the Lurie College Student Success Center at http://bit.ly/lcoeworkshops.
The Connie L. Lurie College of Education at San Jose State University is a place of transformation, where we prepare educators, counselors, therapists, and community leaders using emancipatory pedagogy across our teaching, scholarship and service. Learn more about our impact by reading through this report and join the Lurie College family by visiting sjsu.edu/education!
Meet Annette, recently graduated SJSU doctoral student and one of the leaders of Lurie College!
“Education is the arena where I find the most joy in providing service to others. My career is dedicated to leveling the playing field for students who are struggling academically, living in poverty, experiencing race-based microaggressions, and/or other risk factors. Guided by a transformative lens, my life’s work of “Bridging the Gap for Students of Promise” is to promote human rights and social justice advocacy through propelling systemic changes in unjust educational systems.”
The Leaders of Lurie College series has been curated by Brian Cheung Dooley.
