Laura Lara-Brady, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco

Lead the fulfillment of the college's commitment to student equity, including coordinating the development and assessment of the implementation of the college's Student Equity Plan. In addition, responsible for oversight of the college's efforts for educational success for all students. Work with the entire College community to fulfill the District mission.

San Francisco Bay Area

Explore equity imbalances at the college through a variety of analysis and activities such as: Supported the disaggregation of college wide data, directed trainings on calculating disproportionality/achievement gaps (among Taskforce members, Deans, Faculty, and Staff across the college), and a key collaborator in the preparation of the Student Equity Plan..

Support and facilitate performance-based planning activities such as Local Control and Accountability plans, planning and implementation of instructional strategies to support special population learners, and assess student learning outcomes across a variety of populations. Key collaborator in evaluating student learning outcomes in over six programs.

Directed community programs focused on decreasing the achievement gap in the Bay Area. Spear headed and executed all aspects of a mentoring program with over 100 middle school and high school students with the goal of positively impacting the graduation rate of underserved students. Lead fundraiser events, project proposals, program assessment, program.

Measure efficacy and impact of educational software on students with special need, particularly with ASD. Developed research plans with numerous school districts, as well as work closely with clinics across the US. Assists in planning future research projects according to variety of methods to be used, availability and quantity of resources, and number of.

Dissertation: A Mixed Method Study of the Factors Associated with the Academic Achievement of Latina/o College Students From Predominantly Mexican American Backgrounds: A Strengths-Based Approach.Advisor: Teresa McDevitt, Ph.D.

Course: Educational Psychology for Elementary School Teachers.300 level course targeted to future elementary school teachers. Prepared and evaluated homework assignments, exams, and quizzes. Prepared course materials for lectures, created lessons plans, and graded exams and lectured classes.

Consultant for the project titled 'Developing a framework for understanding English language learners'. Directed literature reviews and proposed a framework for defining the ELL population. Collaborated with outside researchers to develop research strategies for future research with ELL populations. Paper will be published in conjunction with other ELL.

Directed the development of a framework for understanding ESL/ELL students, as a basis for understanding the impact of all ETS' large-scale assessments on this population. Presented results to ETS research scientist and staff, attended talks/ seminars related to psychometrics, large-scale assessments, and professional development. Other duties included.

Ph.D, Educational Psychology; Statistics

Dissertation: A Mixed Method Study of the Factors Associated with the Academic Achievement of Latina/o College Students From Predominantly.

B.A., Psychology, Recreation And Leisure