Category: Colleagues
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Invitation to Connect For IRC Faculty Goals and Support Needs
Dear SEHD IRC Faculty, I’d like to invite you to meet with me for a 30-60 min. conversation focused on your professional goals, promotion interests and experiences, and the kinds of faculty affairs supports that would be most relevant and meaningful to you. These conversations are an opportunity for me to learn directly from you and…
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Drs Ferrell, Harris, and Porter to be Featured in Webinar Series from Colorado Dept of Education
Dr. Amy Ferrell, Dr. Bryn Harris, and Dr. Holly Porter will be featured in a webinar series organized by the Colorado Department of Education. The title of the series is, “Multilingual Learners with Educational Disabilities Webinar Series: Voices from the Intersection of Language, Literacy, Culture & Opportunity.” Registration closes two weeks before each session, so…
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Bryn Harris Published in Psychology in the Schools
A Systematic Review of Academic Screening Tools for Active Bilingual Learners/Users of English “Academic screener tools are commonly used within the context of multitiered systems of support, and it is expected that they have a high standard of technical adequacy, including reliability and validity evidence. In United States school systems, there are large numbers of…
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Heather Lynn Johnson New Publication
“This work-in-progress paper explores how students express their understanding of torque. Typically introduced in first semester physics, torque is a fundamental concept across many engineering disciplines. However, the transition from physics to engineering mechanics (i.e., statics) appears to be a hurdle for students. Specifics on why students struggle with torque are sparse. Both quantitative and…
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New Book by Kara Viesca and Nancy Commins, Former SEHD Colleagues
Nancy and Kara are excited to announce that they have just published a book together. They began the project 10 years ago when they were still closely connected with our school. Viesca, K.M. & Commins, N.L. (2025) Humanizing pedagogies with multilingual learners: Transforming teaching in the content areas. Routledge. Here are a few more details: Click…
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Nancy Leech Published in Home School Researcher
Schooling During COVID 19: Homeschooling Parents’ Stress Levels Measured by the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Survey “More families have chosen to homeschool since the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants included 64 homeschooling parents and 661 teachers. This survey-based quantitative study utilized the Professional Quality of Life Scale to understand the level of compassion satisfaction, burnout,…
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Adriana Alvarez, Sofia Chaparro, Ester de Jong, Cristina Gillanders, and Lucinda Soltero-Gonzalez Published in the Bilingual Research Journal
Bilingual contexts within and beyond the United States “This issue is centered in non-US based and transnational studies, examining bilingual contexts in Hong Kong, Pakistan, Germany, Guatemala, and New York, US representing varied named languages. Common among all these studies are settings with a history of coloniality, which have shaped not only what languages are…
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Julia Mahfouz Published in Psychology in the Schools
Homeroom Teachers and Their Role in Addressing Students’ Needs “Drawing on self-determination theory (SDT), this qualitative study examines elementary homeroom teachers’ beliefs and values, and how they perceive their role in addressing students’ needs.” [Read More]
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Elizabeth A. Steed Published in the British Educational Research Journal
The future in a bubble: Supporting Finnish early childhood professionals working in diverse settings “The purpose of this study was to contribute to the knowledge about early childhood education and care (ECEC) personnel’s perception of the support structures that are most effective in assisting them in their work with culturally and linguistically diverse children. This…
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Franci Crepeau-Hobson Awarded Fellow Status by the American Psychological Association
Congratulations to Franci Crepeau-Hobson, who was awarded Fellow status by the American Psychological Association. After careful consideration by the APA Fellows Committee, and upon the recommendation of the APA Board of Directors, the APA Council of Representatives has elected Dr Franci Crepeau-Hobson to Fellow status in the American Psychological Association, effective January 1, 2026. Fellow status is awarded, in part, on…