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Anita Moultrie Turner, Program Director
has previously been Literacy Director at Urban Education Partnership, the Secondary Principal at the Accelerated School (a charter school), and program coordinator for DELTA (Design for Excellence: Linking Teaching and Achievement). Within LAUSD, she has also been a teacher, mentor teacher, and instructional advisor. |
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Esmeralda Mora, Field Director
has been a Secondary Literacy Leadership Partner for UCLA, a Teaching and Learning Specialist for the Los Angeles Educational Partnership, and a coach for the Achievement Council. She has also overseen migrant education for the San Joaquin County Office of Education and been a Spanish language high school teacher. |
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Molly Arevalo, Recruitment / Placement Director
has served as a bilingual teacher and mentor in public and charter schools, and has been an adult ESL teacher. She earned Master’s degrees in Bilingual/Multicultural Education and in TESOL from CSULA. She has been an Instructional Advisor for Teacher U, and is an alumna of Teach For America. |
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Maria Chan, Induction Director, was an expert on LAUSD’s Local District 5 Response to Intervention & Instruction team. Formerly, she was LD5’s Lead Facilitator for Social Studies & History, a co-teacher leader of the Social Justice Academy SLC at Los Angeles High School, and a Social Studies Literacy Coach. |
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Whitney Willis, Office Manager
has been a Senior Student Supervisor with Associate Students of UCLA, and volunteered at Casa Heiwa Angelina Mentorship Program and Los Angeles Small Schools Center. |
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Dr. Dan French, Executive Director
Former Director of Instruction and Curriculum for the Massachusetts Department of Education, and special educator. Ed. D. from UMass./Amherst. Author of 1998 Phi Delta Kappan article, “The State's Role in Shaping a Progressive Vision of Public Education.” |
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A. Dee Williams, CSULA
Dr. A.Dee Williams joined the faculty of the Charter College of Education in the fall of 2007 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland - College Park. Dr. Williams is continuing to explore the emerging links between Popular Culture (Nationally and Internationally) and Mainstream Academic Classrooms, as well as the link's influence on Student Identity Formation/Development. Off Campus, Dr. Williams works as a consultant for school districts in the area of Diversity Training |
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Dr. Mary Falvey,CSULA
Dr. Mary Falvey joined the faculty at CSULA in 1980, and assumed the responsibility of coordinating the program in severe disabilities and inclusive education. She is a national authority on inclusive education for students with and without disabilities. For her excellent contributions as a professor at CSULA, Dr. Falvey received recognition as an Outstanding Professor in 1987-88. She was the Director of Student Services for the Charter College of Education from 2004-2006. Since July of 2006, she has been the Dean of the Charter College of Education. |
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Dr. Diane Haager, CSULA
Dr. Diane Haager is a professor in the Division of Special Education and Counseling. Her primary areas of expertise include instruction and assessment for students with learning disabilities, dyslexia and reading disabilities, attention deficit disorders, and behavior disorders. She has taught students of different age and grade levels in urban schools and clinical settings as a learning disabilities specialist and reading specialist. She often provides professional development and consultation for schools. Additionally, she has published three books, a textbook, a reading intervention handbook, and co-edited a book. She has also authored or co-authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. She is currently serving as Co-Editor of the journal Learning Disabilities Research and Practice. |
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Alberto Heredia, Evaluation Director, WestEd
is LAUTR Evaluation Director. He has evaluated education programs from Los Angeles to Miami-Dade County and worked on national evaluations of comprehensive school reform and smaller learning communities programs and in the areas of school leadership and migrant education. Once a teacher, he holds a BA from Williams College and an MA from Stanford University's School of Education. |
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Becky Moore, LAUTR Office Administrator, CSULA
has responsibility for fiscal and logistical operations for the LAUTR program on the CSULA campus. Previously, Becky worked for United Centers for Spiritual Living as an administrator, where she was instrumental in implementing and managing innovative programs. She is exceptionally resourceful in transforming talents of groups into actions and results.
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