From the Chair, Abigail McNamee
Welcome to the Department of Early Childhood and Childhood Education. As a faculty we are committed to preparing competent, qualified, and caring teachers for diverse urban settings. This commitment is expressed in detail in the School of Education's philosophical document entitled Lehman Urban Transformative Education (LUTE). The themes of the LUTE form the basis of our four programs leading to New York State teacher certification, and they help focus our work with teacher candidates, students, parents, schools, and other community organizations to enhance learning, recognizing that early education is the basis for later learning. Read More
Faculty Spotlight - Distinguished Service Award
Nancy Dubetz (Early Childhood and Childhood Education) came to Lehman in the fall of
1998 and has served the College and professional community in a number
of ways. She has served the Division of Education through her efforts
to develop and support the Professional Development Schools network and
as a member of NCATE accreditation steering committees. At the College
level, she is currently chair of the Assessment Council and has
participated in two Senate committees. For her department, she has
served as a Department senator and as a member of the P&B, Grade
Appeals, and Curriculum committees, and was acting chair while the
chair was on fellowship leave. As a teacher educator, she has assumed
leadership roles in the New York State Association of Teacher Educations
and the Bilingual Education Interest Section of the association for
Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages. She also has worked with Bronx
schools, serving in a variety of roles since the early 1990s. Read More
Alumna Spotlight
Only three short years ago, Lehman alumna Julia Rafal received the prestigious Marshall Scholarship to pursue a doctorate at the University of Cambridge in England. Now, in addition to a long list of other accomplishments, she has completed her Ph.D in education policy with a focus on students with disabilities.
"My research explored the disjunctions that occur between policies (e.g., Federal, State, local level) and practices (e.g., school, classroom level) for students in inclusion settings," says Dr. Rafal, whose dissertation is titled Inclusive Education: Exploring Opportunities for Change and Resistance to Hegemony in Three Autonomous New York City Schools. Her research was conducted in each of the school models that exist in New York City—private, public, and charter. Read More
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