- We have received
over $14 million from the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) to support
our culture-specific and multicultural preservice training projects.
- We are one of the
ten (out of 24) California programs fully approved by the National
Association of School Psychologists; and have held full approval since 1989.
- APA's Office of
Ethnic Minority Affairs and Division 16 School Psychology each invited
and published newsletter articles on our systemic change and equitable
admissions models
- We were included
as a "promising practice for immigrant students" by a Harvard University
research group.
- We were identified
as one of the top two school psychology programs in the nation for (a)
recruitment and retention of ethnic minority students and (b) infusion
of multicultural content, issues, and perspectives in the curriculum
(Rogers, Ponterotto, Conoly, & Wiese, 1992; Rogers, Martin, &
Druckman, 1994).
- We consistently
enroll a majority of students of color - at least 70% since 1990- and
provide financial support for ALL of our students.
- We have graduated
more bilingual (Spanish) school psychologists than any other program
in the nation.
- We are second (only
to Howard University) for our graduation of African American students.
- We have graduated
the first Native American school psychologist in the State of California.
- We graduated the
first native-Vietnamese-speaking school psychologist in the State.
Both research groups
used nominations to identify poten tial
models, then conducted reviews of program materials and telephone interviews.
The National Coalition (at Harvard) also conducted an extensive site visit.
To be included as a "promising practice," we had to meet at least seven
of their 10 criteria and violate none. We are the only program featured
under two different categories, the only non-teacher education personnel
preparation program, and only one of two programs (higher education and
public school) from California. Rogers et al. focused solely on school psychology.
We were pleased to be ranked #2 - the other top 10 programs were all doctoral
level and we were the only program with a multi-cultural record (the others
targeted one specific population).
While we are pleased
with our accomplishments, in retrospect, we began this journey naively
and have come to recognize that no matter how sophisticated we think we
have become, there is still a long road ahead.
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