Source: KABC (video - start at 10:01) KABC's Tim Pulliam covered the CSUDH College of Education Credential Celebration, where new teacher-students celebrated the completion of their credential programs. ... Read More
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Univision: LAUSD Needs Credentialed Teachers, and a Program Can Help Those Interested
Source: Univision 34 (video, Spanish) In his commencement address at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent Alberto Carvalho stressed that there is a great need for credentialed teachers. “I am here recruiting the talent that we need in our schools,” said Carvalho. There is an aid program for those who are interested in becoming certified educators, and this is what they should know. ... Read More
College of Education Awarded $2.57 Million Grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the College of Education a five-year, $2.571 million grant in support of Project MEDALLA (Multilingual Educator Development Advancing Language Learning Achievement/Activism), which aims to create a network of certified bilingual educators in the greater Los Angeles area. Until the 2016 passing of the Multilingual Education Act in California, English immersion classes had been required for English learners in the state. Now, by law, schools must provide dual language programs if requested by enough parents. Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has implemented more than 200 of these programs since 2016, but demand continues to ... Read More
Daily Breeze: CSU Dominguez Hills Launches Institute to Train More Computer Science Educators
Source: Daily Breeze Cal State Dominguez Hills will try to address the lack of diversity in the tech industry by training more educatorsto teach computer science in K-12 schools – thanks to a $5 million grant from the company that owns social media application Snapchat. CSUDH sudents, teachers, administrators and alumni, as well as Snap Inc. representatives, recently gathered to celebrate the launch of the Snap Inc. Institute for Technology and Education, which is housed within the College of Education on the Dominguez Hills campus, with support from the nonprofit CSforALL. The institute will train aspiring educators to effectively impart computer science skills to students with an ... Read More
