Category: In the Media
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Amber Vanzant, Recent LEO Principal Licensure Graduate, Featured in NASSP
Roundtable: Why Teachers Aspire to be Principals “While schools grapple with teacher shortages across the country, let’s remember to celebrate those educators who not only plan to stay in the profession but who also want to pursue careers in school leadership. To learn more about teachers who aspire to become principals, Principal Leadership contacted Drew…
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Lisa Forbes, clinical assistant professor in Counseling in SEHD, featured in Inside Higher Education
Dec. 13, 2023 | Inside Higher Ed CU Denver professor, Lisa Forbes, was fed up with expectations that professors should take a rigid approach to teaching. She co-founded Professors at Play with David Thomas, which connects faculty interested in playful pedagogy. Thomas is the executive director for online programs in the University of Denver’s Office of Graduate…
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Scott McLeod Featured in EdTech Magazine
Four percent of all public school teaching positions were vacant, and 26 percent of districts had multiple teaching vacancies, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. With teacher vacancies on the rise, schools are turning to remote teaching to incentivize teachers to work in districts that struggle to fill jobs with in-person candidates. “This idea that every…
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Michael Kocet, Ph.D., Interviewed for Forbes Article on Parental Loss
“The death of a parent can be a profoundly devastating loss. If the parent was a constant source of love and support, their death marks the end of a deeply important relationship. Others may have more complicated feelings surrounding a parent’s death, such as anger.” Click here to read the article on the Forbes website
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SEHD MA student, Camden Farmer, Publishes Opinion/Blog in Inside Higher Education Called Using Automation to Streamline Evaluation of Transfer Credits
“A university’s transfer credit evaluation process may be an afterthought—if it is thought of at all. Often, schools are at the mercy of the out-of-the-box workflow process that comes from whichever student information system they use. This might not be an issue for a school that sees few transfer students during the admissions cycle, but…
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Bea Romer, SEHD Educational Psychology Program Alum, Former Colorado First Lady and Lifelong ECE Advocate, has Died at Age 93
Romer co-founded what is now the Montview Community Preschool and Kindergarten in 1964. She also co-founded the Stanley British Primary School and Stanley Teacher Prep Program in Denver. She received an MA in Educational Psychology from our school. Click here to learn more on the Denver Post website
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Five candidates will be on the ballot for Aurora’s school board election this November including CU Denver SEHD doctoral student
Sept 6, 2023 | Colorado Chalkbeat Only one of the five candidates is an incumbent, Vickie Reinhard. Two other board members, Stephanie Mason and Nichelle Ortiz, are not running for reelection. That means, the seven-member board will have a minimum of two new members after the Nov. 7 election. With three open seats, the election…
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Margarita Bianco and Barbara Seidl’s Leadership in Dual Enrollment Program Offerings in High Schools Results in New Programs, Including @ Douglas County School District’s New Legacy Center
DCSD’s Legacy Campus opens in partnership with local higher ed Aug 7, 2023 | Arapahoe News Douglas County School District’s Legacy Campus is a collaborative campus uniting high school and higher education for a unique approach to teaching workforce readiness. Arapahoe Community College partnered with DCSD to offer concurrent enrollment programs for high school students, as…
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Sofia Chaparro, Faculty Member in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Program, Interviewed by El Sol Habla
In this episode of El Sol Habla, hosts Vanessa Porras and Raleigh Burleigh discuss issues of language justice with Sofía Chaparro, assistant professor of culturally and linguistically diverse education at University of Colorado Denver. Click here to listen
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Franci Crepeau-Hobson, Professor in the School Psychology Program, Interviewed by CBS Colorado Regarding De-escalation Rooms
“As we learn more about a seclusion room at Denver’s McAuliffe International School, a state representative plans to sponsor a bill to ban them.” Click here to read/watch More whistleblowers come forward with allegations regarding “de-escalation,” “seclusion” rooms in Denver schools on the CBS news site “17-year-old Sedik Mote says it is surprising to hear…