Santa Clara University

ECPPM Newsletter, Mission Matters

Faculty News

Education

Awards:

Ruth Cook, Mutual of America Foundation's 2006 Community Partnership Award for her work over the last six years with the Morgan Center for children with autism


Bob Michels, received the first annual John Peshkoff Award at the annual Juvenile Court and Community School Administrators Association of California (JCCASAC) meeting.


Selected Presentations:

Melissa Gilbert, "Motivating students in manth: Lessons learned and tools to use," at Tuskegee University


Cheryl McElvain, "English learners reading in the transactional learning community" at the Oxford Round Table


Priscilla Myers, a reading comprehension workshop at Notre Dame High School


Selected Publications:

Ruth Cook, 7th edition of Adapting Early Childhood Curricula for Children with Special Needs


Tim Myers, two books: If you Give a T-Rex a Bone and The Out-Foxed Fox


Lester Goodchild, 3rd edition of The History of Higher Education


Pedro Hernandez-Ramos coauthored "Designing the Online Collaboratory for the Gloval Social Benefit Incubator," in Innovate-Journal of Online Education.

Special Education received a second grant that will provide financial assistance to students who wish to add an additional focus on autism to their studies.




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