2014 Program
2014 Educational Leadership Symposium—Practice, Policy, and Research
Developing Leaders for Social Justice: Working Towards Transformative P - 16 Education
Saturday, January 25th, 2014
California State University, Long Beach
College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership
2014 Educational Leadership Symposium Program (PDF)
8:15AM – 8:45AM
Check-in and continental breakfast
Karl Anatol Center
9:00AM – 10:00AM
Keynote Address: Dr. Tara Yosso
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Dr. Tara Yosso will join us this year as the keynote speaker at this year’s event. Dr. Yosso is an associate professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Yosso’s teaching and research apply a framework of critical race theory to examination educational access and equity, emphasizing the community cultural wealth Students of Color bring to school.
10:10AM – 11:00AM
Panel Sessions
Latina/o Voices in Higher Education: New Perspectives Throughout the Pipeline Anatol Center Susan Salas, MSSW, LCSW, CalSWEC Field Education Consultant, Undergraduate Field Education Coordinator, School of Social Work, CSU Long Beach, Doctoral Candidate, CSU Long Beach Genice Sarcedo, Graduate Intern, Women's Resource Center and Office of Equity and Diversity, Doctoral Candidate, CSU Long Beach Truc HaMai, Graduate Student Board Member, Council for the Study of Community Colleges, Doctoral Candidate, CSU Long Beach Angela Acosta-Salazar, Former Trustee, Rio Hondo Community College, Doctoral Candidate, CSU Long Beach Marching Towards Equity: Access and Success for African American College Students Academic Services Room 235 Pamela Lewis, USU Building Operations Manager, CSU Long Beach, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Markeshia Babers, CBA Academic Advisor, CSU Long Beach, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Ashlee Wilkins, EOP Academic Advisor, CSU Long Beach, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Educational Administration Masters Students Study District-WIde Piloting of New Technology Literacy Skills Academic Services Room 241 Kristen Dobyns, 8th Grade Math Teacher, Hawthorne School District, Ed. Admin. Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Ken Takata, 3rd Grade Math Teacher, Hawthorne School District, Ed. Admin. Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Raquel Dickert, K - 5 Elementary Math Coach, Hawthorne School District, Hawthorne School District, Ed. Admin. Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Jim Scott, Ed.D., Distinguished Lecturer In-Residence, Educational Leadership, CSU Long Beach Linda Symcox, Ph.D., Professor, Educational Leadership, CSU Long Beach Raising the Bar for STEM Education in California: Preparing Elementary Teachers in a Model, Scalable, STEM-Rich Clinical Setting Academic Services Room 244 Stacey Benuzzi, Middle School Math Coach, LBUSD, Doctoral Student, CSU Long Beach Jennifer Kolb, Math Teacher, LBUSD, Doctoral Student, CSU Long Beach Michael Trimmell, Principal, Jersey Elementary School, LBUSD, Doctoral Student, CSU Long Beach11:10AM – 11:30AM
Paper Sessions I
The Importance of Addressing Spiritual Development in Higher Education Academic Services Room 233 Matt Cabrera, Student Life and Development Coordinator, CSU Long Beach, Doctoral Student, CSU Long Beach Higher Learning: African American Males Who Pursue Post-Secondary Degrees Academic Services Room 235 Mark Worthy, Adjunct Professor, Brown Mackie College/University of New Mexico Exploring Latina/o Undocumented Students' Social-Political Navigation in Higher Education Academic Services Room 240 Jeanette Maduena, Counselor, Los Angeles Harbor College, Doctoral Student, CSU Long Beach Facilitating the Successful College Choice Process for Urban High School Students Academic Services Room 241 Sonya Smith, Assistant Principal, Hawthorne School District, Doctoral Candidate, CSU Long Beach Unstandardizing Teaching: Teacher as Institutional and Empowerment Agent for Latina/o Students' College Access Academic Services Room 242 Leticia Rojas, Educator, Doctoral Student, CSU Long Beach Studies of Committed Principals: A Collective Leadership Approach to Improve Schools in Barcelona, Spain Academic Services Room 243 Charles Slater, Ph.D., Professor, Educational Leadership, CSU Long Beach Jose Mateo Bastidas, Ph.D., Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa Mexico Community Cultural Wealth in STEM Education of Latinos/as Academic Services Room 244 Cathalina Juarez, SCAE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach11:40AM – 12:00PM
Paper Sessions II
The Sunshine State: Shedding Light on the Improvement Plans of California's TK-12 Districts to Reduce the Disproportionate Identification of Emotional Disturbance Academic Services Room 233 Dorothy Cotton, Doctoral Candidate, CSU Long Beach Nat Hansuvadha, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Liberal Studies Department, CSU Long Beach Blue Print to Success of Undergraduate African American Males Academic Services Room 235 Kim Tabari, Ed.D., Assistant Director, Associated Students Inc., CSU Long Beach International Alternative Spring Break: A Qualitative Study Examining Personal and Professional Identity Development of Graduate Students Academic Services 238 Kashima Samuels, Academic Advisor, Honors Program, CSU Long Beach Succeeding Despite Institutional Barriers: The Journey of Mexicana Undocumented Students and their Families Towards Accessing Higher Education Academic Services Room 240 Brenda Pulido, SCAE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach College Access: Success and Retention of Online Basic Skills Math Academic Services Room 241 Stephen Ward, Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Researcher, Claremont Graduate University Empowering Chicana/o and Latina/o Students: A Framework for High School Counselors Academic Services Room 242 Alejandro Padilla, School Counselor, Santa Ana Unified School District, Doctoral Candidate, CSU Long Beach The "Other" Women: What About the Experiences of Women Faculty of Color in Community Colleges? Academic Services Room 243 Truc HaMai, Graduate Student Board Member, Council for the Study of Community Colleges, Doctoral Candidate, CSU Long Beach Creating Healthy Community-University Partnerships Alongside Migrant Families: A Conceptual Model Academic Services Room 244 Miguel Zavala, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, CSU Fullerton Patrica A. Pérez, Ph.D., Assisant Professor, CSU Fullerton Alejandro González, Ed.D., Program Specialist, Migrant Education Program, Region IX Anna Díaz Villela, Graduate Student, San Francisco State University12:00PM – 1:15PM
Lunch
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The Watts Youth Collective (WYC) will present during the lunch hour.
The Watts Youth Collective (WYC), simply known as “dub-why-cee”, is a grassroots community organization of youth (5th grade through college) living in and around Watts, who work towards creating changes in their community and, more importantly, in themselves. WYC was created and established in 2005 by youth who were tired of all the negative stereotypes about their Watts community and could not find a space or organization that met their needs. WYC’s main program components include: a critical mentorship (where the older students help pass on the leadership, community skills, critical knowledge, and advise the younger members), Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), developing workshops and presentations, and creating counter media (documentaries and public services announcements). The Watts Youth Collective are also involved in coalition building with other grassroots organizations to support political actions and organizing. WYC is a space that grew organically into a tight-knit family trying to create changes and dispelling negative stereotypes.
1:30PM – 2:15PM
Workshops I
The Role of a University-Community Partnership in Developing Leaders for Social Justice Academic Services 235 Eugene Fujimoto, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, CSU Fullerton Dear Aunaetitrakul, Graduate Student, CSU Fullerton Elizabeth Gomez, Graduate Student, CSU Fullerton Abrahan Monzon, Graduate Student, CSU Fullerton Kenny San Nicolas, Graduate Student, CSU Fullerton An Interpretive Approach to Advising Men in Postsecondary Settings Academic Services Room 241 Jonathan O'Brien, Ed.D., Coordinator, Student Development in Higher Education, CSU Long Beach The Purpose, Structure and Effectiveness of Faculty Training Programs Academic Services Room 242 Kirstie Debiase, Manager of Instructional Quality, Charter College, Doctoral Student, CSU Long Beach Advocacy and Transition Services in the Field of Special Education Academic Services Room 243 Tina Arora, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Education, CSU Long Beach Nazareth Lijiam, Fiscal Coordinator, College of Education, CSU Long Beach Hilda Sramek, Director, SERVE, College of Education, CSU Long Beach Vocational Identity and Well-Being Among Diverse, Upper-Division Health Science Students Academic Services Room 244 Ayla Donlin, Director, LifeFit Center, CSU Long Beach, Doctoral Candidate, CSU Long Beach2:25PM – 3:10PM
Workshops II
Creating Cultural Competency on Campus Academic Services Room 235 Dominica Scibetta, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Connie Cheng, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Monet Warren, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Charlie Nguyen, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Eileen Jimenez, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Alternative Faculty Induction as a Model for Organizational Resilience Academic Services Room 242 Bradley Olin, System Budget Analyst, CSU Chancellor's Office, Doctoral Student, CSU Long Beach Social Media and You: Curating a Justice-Minded Digital Identity Academic Services Room 243 Aileen Bernardino, Study Abroad Graduate Assistant, CSULB International Education, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Kasie Hipp, International Center Assistant, UCI International Center, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Luis Miranda, Career Guidance Assistant, L.A. Harbor Youth Source Center, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Chris Perez, Transfer Advisor, CSULB University Outreach and School Relations, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Jacqueline Toy, Student Conduct Assistant, UCI Student Life and Leadership, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach The CSULB Men's Success Initiative: A Potential Model for Addressing African American and Latino Male Success in Higher Education Academic Services Room 244 Matt Cabrera, Student Life and Development Coordinator, CSU Long Beach, CSULB Doctoral Student, CSU Long Beach Justin Stallings, Student Life and Development Coordinator, CSU Long Beach Samuel A. Romero, Graduate Assistant, Student Life and Development Office, SDHE Masters Student, CSU Long Beach Information Session: Student Development in Higher Education Program Karl Anatol Center Jonathan O'Brien, Ed.D., Coordinator, Student Development in Higher Education Program, CSU Long Beach3:10PM – 4:00PM
Networking Mixer
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Light refreshments and an opportunity to connect with symposium presenters, students, faculty and community partners.
