This post is the third in a three-part series by Common Indicators System Network participants, who are sharing their experiences with the Network and…
This post is the second in a three-part series by Common Indicators System Network participants, who are sharing their experiences with the Network…
For years, Temple University’s College of Education has collected comprehensive and accurate information about what’s working and what could improve. Participation in the Common Indicators System Network is a way to amplify and extend its previous work, offering new and deeper ways to explore the pressing questions that we, and the field more broadly, need to answer.
Tom Philion is the dean of the College of Education at Chicago’s Roosevelt University, which was founded in 1945 with a mission of making higher education available to all students who qualify academically, regardless of their backgrounds. Roosevelt is the second most diverse college in Illinois, and about 45 percent of the university’s students are the first in their families to attend college. We spoke to Tom recently about how his personal experiences have influenced his approach to educator preparation and why he joined Deans for Impact.
Michael Hillis is the dean of the Graduate School of Education at California Lutheran University, a private, liberal-arts university located in Southern California. In its 25-year history, the Graduate School has prepared more than 8,000 professionals in K-12 and higher education, and currently offers 10 graduate programs through the departments of Learning and Teaching, Counselor Education, and Educational Leadership. We spoke to him recently about why he joined Deans for Impact and his passion for transforming teacher preparation.
In the wake of the violence committed by American white nationalists in Charlottesville over the past weekend, we reached out to offer our support to Dean Bob Pianta of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.
From our inception in 2015, Deans for Impact has faced a self-imposed problem. We have deliberately chosen to limit our core membership to no more than 30 leaders of educator-preparation programs at any one time.
We are at a crucial moment in the relationship between learning science and education.
Bill McDiarmid is an Alumni Distinguished Professor and formerly dean of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.…
Editor’s note: We recently released Practice with Purpose: The Emerging Science of Teacher Expertise. We’ll be periodically posting follow-up blog…
Ken Coll is a former member dean of Deans for Impact. He served as a facilitator for the inaugural cohort of Impact Academy.
When I joined Deans…
Michael Hillis was a Fellow in the inaugural cohort of Impact Academy, a leadership development experience for deans in their first one to four years…
Some teacher are more effective at teaching their students than others. Why? And how might all teachers improve their performance in this most noble…
There are few more important goals in this country than improving student learning by transforming the field of teacher preparation. That’s why I…
Over the past seven months, we’ve run a six-part series — generously guest authored by several scholars and friends of Deans for Impact — about…
Jennifer Green is the CEO and co-founder of Urban Teachers, a residency program for teacher preparation. Founded in 2009, Urban Teachers is committed…
This post is the sixth and final in a periodic series exploring common misconceptions around how students learn. We first touched on these…
Patricia Alvarez McHatton is the dean of the College of Education and P-16 Integration at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. UT-Rio Grande…
It’s no secret that teacher education has been under great scrutiny in recent years. The critique? Many teacher-education programs are graduating…
This post is the fifth in a periodic series exploring common misconceptions around how students learn. We first touched on these misconceptions in our…
This post is the fourth in a periodic series exploring common misconceptions around how students learn. We first touched on these misconceptions in…
This post is the third in a periodic series exploring common misconceptions around how students learn. We first touched on these misconceptions in our…
When I was a kid, my mom baked a lot – cookies, cakes, muffins, all kinds of yummy treats. And she usually used her own recipes, written by hand on…
This post is the second in a periodic series exploring common misconceptions around how students learn. We first touched on these misconceptions in…
In 2007, when I arrived on the campus at Western Oregon University as a newly-minted assistant professor, I kept hearing stories about a remarkable…
Ellen McIntyre is dean of the College of Education at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. The College enrolls more than 3,000…
This post is the first in a periodic series exploring common misconceptions around how students learn. We first touched on these misconceptions in our…
What does a highly effective teacher-preparation program look like?
I don’t believe there’s only one answer to this question. Any definitive…
In September, I had the chance to get out of the office and dig into the real work of teacher preparation. I traveled to Moscow, Idaho – a community…
Linda Patriarca is the former dean of the East Carolina University College of Education. She stepped down from her deanship in July and is currently…
Greg Anderson is dean of the College of Education at Temple University. Located in the heart of North Philadelphia, the College of Education enrolls…
David Andrews is dean of the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. Established in 2007, the School of Education offers doctoral and…
Shane P. Martin is the dean of the School of Education and dean of Graduate Studies at Loyola Marymount University. While education courses were…
Tom E.C. Smith is dean of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas. The College comprises five academic…
Carole Basile is dean of the College of Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. UMSL’s College of Education is the largest preparer of…
Scott Ridley is dean of the College of Education at Texas Tech University. Located in Lubbock, Texas, TTU’s College of Education enrolls about 2,100…
Jesse Solomon is the executive director of BPE. For the past 30 years, BPE has devised solutions to the toughest challenges faced by Boston’s students…
Cori Mantle-Bromley is dean of the University of Idaho’s College of Education. The UI College of Education offers research-based programs in three…
Alan Lesgold is the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education. The university’s School of…
David Chard is the dean of the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education & Human Development at Southern Methodist University. The Simmons…
Frank Hernandez is the dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas-Permian Basin. The mission of UTPB’s College of Education is to…
Mark Girod is the dean of the College of Education at Western Oregon University. WOU, which is the oldest institution in the Oregon University…
Robert Pianta is the dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. The Curry School offers 21 areas of study, three…
Mayme Hostetter is the dean of the Relay Graduate School of Education. Relay is a national, accredited nonprofit institution of higher education…
Josh Thomases is the Dean of Innovation, Policy and Research at Bank Street College of Education. Bank Street’s Graduate School of Education, which…
Karen Symms Gallagher is the Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education. The mission of the USC Rossier School of…
David Steiner leads the Institute for Education Policy at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education and is also a professor at the…
Kenneth Coll is the dean of the College of Education at the University of Nevada-Reno. UNR’s College of Education offers comprehensive education,…
Mari Koerner is the dean of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (MLFTC) at Arizona State University. MLFTC serves students on all four campuses of…
Jack Gillette is the dean of Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Mass. Over its history, Lesley University’s Graduate…
Sara Ray Stoelinga is the Sara Liston Spurlark Director of the Urban Education Institute (UEI) as well as a clinical professor on the University’s…
Bill McDiarmid is the dean of the School of Education at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Founded in 1885 as the Department of Pedagogy, the…
Welcome to the new Deans for Impact blog!
The member deans of Deans of Impact and its new staff are committed to four guiding principles that bring…
