An Introduction: Fall 2014

Our Mission

The School of Education seeks to promote educational success and achievement of diverse learners of all ages through our

research, teaching, and service activities that foster learning and development in

and out of school.

A School of Education for the Future

A School Grounded in Interdisciplinary CollaborationsPsychology ● Neuroscience ● Economics ● Sociology Linguistics ● Learning Sciences ●

Humanities ● Informatics

Technology

Who We Are• Personnel

o 23 Senate Facultyo 69 Lecturerso 35 Professional and Support Staffo 18 Affiliated Facultyo 5 Visiting Scholars

• Programso Ph.D. Program – 79 Students; all of our

current students are fundedo Teacher Education – 333 Post-

Baccalaureate & Masters Studentso Undergraduate Major in Education

Sciences – the first in the U.S.!o 315 majors have signed up for Fall 2014o Undergraduate Minor – Most Popular UC

Irvine Minor >1,600 students/quarter; @ 350 graduates/year

Faculty Synergies

Note: Currently, teacher education is embedded within the grid; however, faculty are discussing whether teacher education should be reflected separately—vertically or horizontally. Other schools of education have teacher education on the vertical axis.

Learning, Cognition, & Development (Psychology, Neuroscience, & Learning

Sciences)

Education Policy & Social Context

(Sociology & Economics)

Language, Literacy, & Technology

(Informatics & Linguistics)

Early Childhood Bailey, Collins, Reich, Vandell Duncan, Farkas, Rosales-Rueda Black, Mancilla-Martinez

K-12 Math & Science Bailey, Conley, Eccles, Kang, Sandholtz, Santagata, Sengupta-Irving, Vandell, van Es

Brouillette, Domina, Duncan, Farkas

K-12 Brain Processes, Motivation & Development

Conley, Eccles, Jaeggi, Vandell Conchas, Duncan

K-12 Literacy Collins Brouillette Black, Lawrence, Mancilla-Martinez, Olson, Warschauer

Afterschool & Summer Eccles, Vandell Farkas Warschauer

Higher Education Kang, Sandholtz, Sengupta-Irving, van Es

Conchas, Domina, Duncan

Quality IndicatorsGrants and Contracts

2013-2014• 68 Proposals• 42 Awarded or Pending

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Research Dollars

Quality Indicators

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150Number of Ph.D. Applications

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Undergraduate credit hours

Quality Indicators

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US News and World Report RankingsUS News and World Report

Rankings

TopCitations/Faculty (.01%)Articles/Faculty (.01%)% of Faculty with Grants (.02%)

SoE

Performance Relative to Other Schools of Education

Community Partnerships• Student teachers placed in 30 school

districts• Writing Project has worked with 90

School Districts over 38 years; 35,000 Teachers; 15 Institutions of Higher Education; 9,320 PK-12 Students Annually

• Think Together—largest afterschool network in CA

• CASE After School Program• The Academy Charter School• UC Irvine Child Development Center• St. Margaret’s Episcopal School• Garden Grove Unified School District• Tiger Woods Learning Center

5-Year Priorities• Grow faculty to 37 members to build research &

teaching capacity in core areas • Move into the Ranks of the Top 20 Schools of

Education • Cultivate New Undergraduate Major in Education

Sciences• Secure School of Education Naming Gift• Expand Cal Teach Undergraduate Teacher

Credential Program• Build Online Programming for the Certificate in

AfterSchool Education (CASE)• Acquire additional space to support the School`s

work