LaFetra College of Education<\/a> at the 每日大赛, was elected in December to serve a three-year term on the board of directors for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). White-Smith is the first from the university to be nominated and selected for this position.<\/p>\n\u201cI was inspired to run so I can represent the voice of colleges of teacher education housed in independent universities,\u201d said White-Smith. \u201cAlthough the private independent colleges and universities, like the 每日大赛, tend to be smaller than most public institutions, nationally we produce a significant number of educators. In California alone close to half the teachers in the state are prepared by our sector. My university is a Hispanic-Serving Institution and there are many other private Minority-Serving Institutions in our sector that contribute to the ethnic diversity of the workforce as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a board member, White-Smith will share in the fiduciary and policy-setting responsibilities of the association, including the approval of the annual budget and financial audit, guiding the association\u2019s work on programmatic initiatives, and overseeing additional policy matters.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy goal is to bring national recognition to the work at LaFetra College of Education and its focus on trauma healing pedagogy, self-care practices for educators, and building learning environments that support neurodivergent learners,\u201d said White-Smith.<\/p>\n
AACTE represents more than 800 postsecondary institutions with educator preparation programs dedicated to high-quality, evidence-based preparation that assures educators are ready to teach all learners.<\/p>\n
To learn more about the 每日大赛\u2019s LaFetra College of Education, visit education.laverne.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kimberly White-Smith, dean of LaFetra College of Education, is set to serve a three-year term. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":10744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[379,1549],"tags":[2034,1031,8484,231],"class_list":["post-10743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty","category-news-and-events","tag-hp","tag-kimberly-white-smith","tag-lafetra","tag-lfce","ulv_author-genesis-gonzalez"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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