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Teachers receiving graduate degrees from UHCL through CASA grant
May 4, 2017 | Jim Townsend
Pictured at the reception are: (front row, l-r) Lori Presas, Ariana Curtis, Melissa
Hernandez, Sylvia Locklear, Claudia Baez, Mayra Cepeda Cruz, Sulma Chupin, Viola Vela;
(back row, l-r) College of Education Dean Mark D. Shermis, Gerard Kwiatkowski, Cheney
Tapiz, Sarah Potter, Antonio Escobar, Amy Cramer, Karen Chauvin, Jody McFarlain, Tracey
Kirchman, UH-Clear Lake President William A. Staples, Norma Medina, Professor of Bilingual
and Multicultural Education Laurie Weaver, Professor of Bilingual and Multicultural
Education Judith Marquez. Not pictured, Amy Eck.
University of Houston-Clear Lake College of Education honored 17 graduating cohort
members of Collaborating in the Academic Success for All, or CASA, a project funded
by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Teachers from five area school districts – Alvin, Clear Creek, Deer Park, Galena Park and Pasadena – received full scholarships and graduated with Master’s of Science degrees in Multicultural Studies with specializations in either Bilingual education or English as a Second Language and in either Mathematics or Science.
The goal of the CASA grant was to improve classroom instruction for English-language learners with an emphasis in the areas of mathematics and science.