An Introduction: August 2014
Our Mission
The School of Education seeks to promote
educational success and achievement of ethnically
and economically diverse learners of all ages
through our collective research, teaching, and
service activities that foster learning and
development in and out of school.
A School Grounded in Interdisciplinary Collaborations
Psychology, Neuroscience, Economics, Sociology, Linguistics,
Learning Sciences, Humanities, Informatics
SHAPING THE FUTURE
OUR VISION
Who We Are
 Personnel
 23 Senate Faculty
 58 Lecturers
 35 Professional and Support Staff
 17 Affiliated Faculty
 Programs
 Ph.D. Program – 79 Students; all of our graduates have positions
 Teacher Education – 248 Post-Baccalaureate & Masters Students
 Undergraduate Major in Education Sciences – the first in the U.S.! 220
majors have signed up for Fall 2014
 Undergraduate Minor – Most Popular UC Irvine Minor; >1,600
students/quarter; @ 350 graduates/year
Faculty synergies
Learning, Cognition, &
Development
(Psychology, Neuroscience,
& Learning Sciences)
Education Policy &
Social Context
(Sociology &
Economics)
Language, Literacy, &
Technology
(Informatics &
Linguistics)
Early Childhood
Bailey, Collins, Reich, Vandell
Duncan, Farkas, Rueda
Black, Mancilla-Martinez
K-12 Math & Science
Bailey, Conley, Eccles, Kang,
Sandholtz, Santagata, SenguptaIrving, Vandell, Van Es
Brouillette, Duncan,
Domina, Farkas
Warschauer
K-12 Brain Processes,
Motivation &
Development
Conley, Eccles, Jaeggi, Vandell
Conchas, Duncan
K-12 Literacy
Collins
Brouillette
Black, Lawrence, MancillaMartinez, Olson,
Warschauer
Afterschool & Summer
Eccles, Vandell
Farkas
Olson
Higher Education
Kang, Sandholtz, Sengupta-Irving,
Van Es
Conchas, Domina, Duncan
Warschauer
Note: Currently, teacher education is embedded within the grid; however, faculty are discussing whether teacher education should be
reflected separately—vertically or horizontally. Other schools of education have teacher education on the vertical axis.
Quality Indicators
Grants and Contracts
Research Dollars
31,500,000
30,500,000
29,500,000
28,500,000
27,500,000
26,500,000
25,500,000
24,500,000
23,500,000
22,500,000
21,500,000
20,500,000
19,500,000
18,500,000
17,500,000
16,500,000
15,500,000
14,500,000
13,500,000
12,500,000
11,500,000
10,500,000
9,500,000
8,500,000
7,500,000
6,500,000
5,500,000
2013-14

57 Proposals

34 Awarded or
Pending
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014*
Quality Indicators
Number of Ph.D.
Applications
24,000.00
Undergraduate credit hrs
22,000.00
150
20,000.00
18,000.00
130
16,000.00
110
14,000.00
12,000.00
90
10,000.00
70
8,000.00
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
50
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Quality Indicators
US News and World Report
Rankings
20
30
36
40
37
43
50
48
SoE
Citations/Faculty
Articles/Faculty
% of Faculty with Grants
TOP
(.01%)
(.01%)
(.02%)
60
70
71
80
90
Performance Relative to
Other Schools of Education
56
77
82
88
100
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Community Partnerships
 Student teachers placed in 28 school districts
 Writing Project has worked with 85 School Districts over 38 yrs;
23,000 Teachers; 12 Institutions of Higher Education; @ 4,500 PK12 Students Annually
 Think Together -- largest afterschool network in CA
 CASE After School Program
 The Academy Charter School
 UC Irvine Child Development Center
 St. Margaret’s Episcopal School
 Garden Grove Unified School District
 Tiger Woods Learning Center
5-year Priorities
 Grow faculty to 37 to build research & teaching capacity in core areas
 Move into the Ranks of the Top 20 Schools of Education
 Cultivate New Undergraduate Major in Education Sciences
 Secure School of Education Naming Gift
 Expand Cal Teach Undergraduate Teacher Credential Program
 Build Online Programming for the Certificate in AfterSchool
Education (CASE)
 Acquire additional space to support the School’s mission and vision
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School of Education
UC Irvine
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Irvine, CA 92697-5500
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