Teacher Education Leadership

DeLacy Derin Ganley, Ph.D.

Director, Teacher Education

Faculty, School of Educational Studies

Ganley has been on the faculty of CGU’s School of Educational Studies since 2002. After co-directing CGU’s Teacher Education Department for ten years, Ganley became the sole Director in 2012. The Department relies upon Ganley's background as a K-16 English teacher; her experience working with linguistically and culturally diverse populations; her understanding of how technology can facilitate student learning; and her ability to synthesize and articulate the program's vision and its components. Ganley has taught throughout the educational pipeline. She started her career teaching English and American Studies in high schools and colleges, both domestically and abroad. After personally witnessing the need for public K-12 systems to better prepare their graduates for life and post-secondary education, she became involved in research related to educational reform and teacher education. Ganley is centrally concerned with what it means to be a quality teacher. Recently she has expanded the conversations around this issue to include discussions related to global competencies. In 2010 Ganley was awarded a Fulbright that allowed her to take a dozen Teacher Education candidates to Vietnam for a month-long sojourn. In 2011 and 2012, she designed and directed CGU’s Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program, a project sponsored by IREX and the US Department of State that allowed CGU to host 22 educators from around the world for a six-week professional development program. Ganley been the principal author on grants that have collectively brought more than $2.4 million to CGU. Under co-leadership, the Department brought in over $9.2 million in grants between 2005-2012.
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Lisa S. Loop, M.A.

Director of Operations

Loop has been a central part of the leadership of CGU’s Teacher Education Program since 1997. Besides being well versed in California standards and requirements as they relate to the credentialing of teachers, Loop is at ease in the world of finance (she has a background in not-for-profit accounting and auditing). Loop utilizes her financial background to find critical resources that bolster students' ability to afford our program. She is also deeply committed to recruiting the highest quality candidates for our schools and has been instrumental in creating partnerships between the math, science, and education faculty across the Claremont Colleges. Loop has been a principal or co-author on grants that have collectively brought more than $4.8 million to CGU. Additionally, she was centrally involved in the Department’s efforts to bring in $9.2 million in grants between 2005-2012. Her research interests include Evaluation Systems related to Teacher Quality and STEM (especially Mathematics).
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Ilene Foster, Ph.D.

General Education Coordinator (Preliminary) 

Foster has been the General Education Coordinator for CGU’s Teacher Education Program Single and Multiple Subject Programs since 2010. Dr. Foster brings a wealth of experience to CGU’s program. She has 34 years in the K-12 system teaching elementary grades K-6 and mathematics classes in the secondary schools. Ilene taught 14 years at California State University Pomona in their Teacher Education Department teaching math methods as well as coordinating their multiple subject programs, coordinating the Teacher Performance Assessment Program and many other responsibilities. Dr. Foster believes in hands-on learning and that every student has the right to an engaging and rigorous program that builds on their strengths and develops their weaknesses of both theory and practice.        

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Roxanne Watson, M.A.

Special Education Coordinator (Preliminary) 

Eddie Partida, M.A.

District Coordinator (Preliminary)