Understanding the Role of the Center for Urban Education Success

Tuesday, October 27
1–2 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Event

Many are familiar with the groundbreaking partnership between the University of Rochester and East High School. But few understand the role the Warner School's Center for Urban Education Success (CUES) has played in the successes realized at East. This program will discuss the emerging CUES research and how the Center is poised to activate broader systemic progress in our region and on the national stage.

Please contact Ashley Steeves Doherty at ashley.steeves@rochester.edu to register for this event. 

We kindly ask that you register in advance. A link to join the webinar will be shared in your registration confirmation.

About the Moderator:

Sarah E. Peyre
Sarah E. Peyre became dean of the Warner School of Education and Human Development at the University of Rochester on July 1, 2020. Prior to joining the Warner School, she was the associate dean for innovative education and professor of surgery, nursing, medical humanities and bioethics at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). Peyre, who joined the University in 2011, also served as the executive director of URMC's Institute for Innovative Education (IIE).

About the Panelists:

Shaun Nelms
Shaun Nelms, a graduate of the Warner School, is the William & Sheila Konar Director of the Center for Urban Education Success (CUES) at Warner. Nelms is also the Superintendent of East High. At Warner, Nelms is an Associate Professor who teaches courses on teaching and leadership in urban school settings.

Valerie Lieberman Marsh
Valerie Lieberman Marsh, a graduate of the Warner School, is the assistant director for the University of Rochester's CUES, as well as an assistant professor in Warner's teacher preparation program for English education.

Joanne Larson
Joanne Larson is the Michael W. Scandling Professor of Education and Associate Director of Research for CUES. Larson has worked as a leader in the Educational Partnership Organization with East High since 2014 and continues to participate as a research partner. Larson also serves as the director of the Genesee Valley Writing Project where she leads the Annual Summer Institute, a Young Writers Summer Camp, and all follow-up school year programs focused on improving the quality of student writing and learning in urban, suburban, and rural PK-16 schools across Monroe County and surrounding counties. 

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