California Education Leadership Summit: Ensuring Strong Leadership for our Public Schools

Saturday, November 21, 2009 6:30-9:00 p.m.UCEA Convention

Anaheim, CaliforniaPaula A. Cordeiro, Dean and Professor

School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES)University of San Diego

During Difficult Fiscal Times

•Invest even more in faculty development•Evaluate our partnerships and initiatives even more carefully

Strong Public Schools

• Teacher, Counselor and Administrator quality• Colleges of Education role: facilitate and

challenge

Promising Opportunities for STEM

• Collaboration– Education faculty– District personnel– Math, science and engineering faculty– Businesses– Nonprofits

My Most Notable Achievement

Our district partners viewing the School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES) as

being very important to their districts.