KA SID 12/3/07

On Tues. 11/30/07 we finally met with the PAUSD group College Pathways with Donae Gray, Madallena Fittoria, and Ruth Malen. Robert Hughes and Danny Koba were there from the YMCA. The meeting went really well, except for a few political questions that cropped up, and were dealt with later, but other than that it was exactly what we had hoped for for the collaboration. They have scheduled 2 meetings for Robert to attend and present. One meeting with the high school principals, and one meeting with the ELAC/DELAC (don't know what this stands for but it is the parents of the ELD students) at the JLS middle school. Both meetings are in January. For my survey approval, they sent me off to Dr. Marilyn Cook who is in charge of approving such surveys.

This last week was focused on the IRB. On Weds. I submitted my initial draft to the IRB, and asked for permission from Dr. Marilyn Cook. Over the weekend, I revised my submittal to the IRB for additional forms and a flyer that they wanted also. Today is the deadline at 5:00pm, so I hope I have everything turned in!

I also had an amazing meeting with the De Anza team: President Brian Murphy, VP of Instruction John Swensson, and the CFO Jeanine Hawk. We meet to discuss the joint undergraduate program we have in Psychology, and I ended up talking about my doctoral program (Jeanine was at Fielding and is now at Alliant). Turns out that Carolyn Wilkins-Greene
Dean, Social Sciences & Humanities is implementing many of Claude Steele's concepts also (he told me to read "Thin Ice"), and the entire management team read Lisa Delpit's book Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, Updated Edition (Paperback). I ordered the book and will go onto Fielding now to find the article. Brian has offered De Anza for my research in higher education! Brian invited me to spend a 1/2 day with his staff to "get a feel for the place" and find out what they are doing. I'm so excited about the possibilities. I will try to set something up in January.