, visiting scholar and professor of education policy and planning at the , will dicuss聽community-based teacher education on Tuesday, June 27 from 5-7 p.m. in the CU Boulder University Memorial Center's Aspen Room 285.聽Valenzuela's talk "Community-Based, Educator Preparation: Teacher & Community Empowerment,"聽is free and open to the public and a reception will follow.
Valenzuela is part of the 聽FIRST (Faculty-In-Residence Summer Term)聽program, which brings聽prominent聽scholars and teachers from across the nation to join the ranks of the University of Colorado Boulder's summer faculty. Visiting scholars聽teach innovative courses that enhance and expand the range and quality of summer course聽offerings.聽She is currently teaching聽EDUC 5445:聽Curriculum for Multicultural Education during Summer Session E, June 19-30.
Valenzuela's work has elevated the聽importance of caring relations between students and teachers in the classroom.聽She聽is聽the director of the聽University of Texas聽Center for Education Policy and the director of the National Latino Education Research and Policy Project, which聽aims to create a teacher education pathway for Latino/a youth.聽She聽is the author of the award-winning book, "Subtractive Schooling: U.S. Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring,"聽"Leaving Children Behind: How 'Texas-style'聽Accountability Fails Latino Youth," and most recently聽"Growing Critically Conscious Teachers." 聽
Learn more about Professor聽Valenzuela and her views on聽preparing聽students as聽leaders聽in education.