Informed & Inspired
News from the SDSU College of Education
- Removing Roadblocks to Driving for Autism CommunityOct 11- ARPE’s Mary Baker-Ericzén teams with Vanderbilt University professors on an AI-based system to increase skills and confidence behind the wheel. 
- STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Virginia Simpkins Finds Support to ThriveOct 11- Leadership minor student and Leadership Club president empowered by Ivory Bridges Foundation scholarship and retreat. 
- San Diego LEND Welcomes Newest Crop of LeadersOct 11- Federally-funded program builds learnership, shares perspectives around services for neurodiverse individuals. 
- Special Education, DLE Team Up to Develop Dual Credential ProgramOct 11- Accelerated pathway will prepare teachers for bilingual and special education settings in just 4 1/2 years. 
- Boosting Science and Engineering in Bilingual ClassroomsOct 11- DLE researchers Alberto Esquinca and Melissa A. Navarro Martell will partner with districts in San Diego to form professional learning communities for novice bilingual teachers. 
- ‘Doubly Affirming’: COE Doctoral Student, Faculty Advisor Both Named to AAHHE BoardOct 11- Naomi Ramirez and Marissa Vasquez appointed by top national organization for Latinx in higher education. 
- New Podcast Puts CCLEAD Doctoral Students in the SpotlightOct 11- Alumnus Lawson Hardrick-Cervantes aims to inspire by sharing the stories of movers and shakers in community college leadership. 
- Innovative Partnership Provides Compensation for Student TeachersSep 8- Collaboration between SDSU, US PREP and Feaster Charter School takes aim at teaching shortage, provides a model for future district agreements. 
- Alumnus Pays Tribute to COE Faculty in New Chicano Park MuralSep 8- Jose Olague’s National M.E.Ch.A. mural features DLE's Alberto Ochoa and STE's Jesús Nieto, among other SDSU faculty. 
- A Formerly Shy Student Takes Center Stage Among San Diego County EducatorsAug 31- STE alumna Amanda Ford, who teaches theater in the Cajon Valley Union School District, was named a 2023-24 San Diego County Teacher of the Year. 










