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| Keynote Speaker/Orador Principal – Dr. Joe J. Bernal Joe J. Bernal, Ph.D., is moving on to new challenges after 10 years as a member of the State Board of Education (SBOE). During his tenure on the SBOE, Dr. Bernal has served on each of the committees—Planning, School Finance/Permanent School Fund and Instruction (he chairs the Committee on Instruction). In addition, he is a former Vice-Chair of the SBOE.Taking on new challenges is not new to Dr. Bernal. Following his service in World War II, Dr. Bernal has been a social worker, teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, State Representative, State Senator, adjunct professor, and SBOE member. According to his biographical sketch on the Texas Education Agency web site, Dr. Bernal was the primary author of legislation that “provided elementary teachers a 45-minute planning time period; created free statewide kindergarten for some five-year-olds; established The University of Texas at San Antonio; authorized the first minimum wage law in Texas; and expunged from state statute all laws supporting segregation of the races. He also authored the legislation that created a dental school and nursing school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.” Equally impressive as the work is the compilation of the Joe J. Bernal Papers, 1942-1981, which reflect over 40 years of service to his state and country. The papers are housed in the Benson Latin American Collection at The University of Texas at Austin. |
Dr. Joe J. Bernal |
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| UTB/TSC Welcome/Bienvenida – Dr. Gayle BrogdonDr. Gayle Brogdon is in his forty second year of teaching. He has taught at the high school, junior college and university levels. He is completing his thirty first year at the University of Texas at Brownsville and currently serves as the associate dean and certification officer and is charge of the Office of Teacher Preparation and Accountability. He completed his Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from Texas A&M Commerce and his Doctor of Education degree from the University of North Texas. |
Dr. Gayle Brogdon Associate Dean, College of Education, UTB/TSC |
| UTB/TSC Dean of the College of Education- Miguel A. EscotetDr. Miguel A. Escotet is presently Dean of the School of Education of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Previously, he was the Director of the Institute of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education at the University of Deusto, Bilbao. Spain. For twelve years, until 2003, he was tenured professor of Education, Director of the International Institute of Educational Development, Director of Graduate Studies in IDE, Associate Chair of Educational Foundations and Professional Studies Department, and director of Research and Evaluation of the South Atlantic Bilingual Education Services (SABES), a federal center at Florida International University. He has taught and has been visiting professor in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.Other international relevant posts he has held include President of Universidad Iberoamericana de Postgrado of Salamanca, Spain, Provost and founder of the Open National University of Venezuela, Special Counselor to UNESCO’s Director General in Paris, France, Academic Dean and Dean of the School of Education of University of Oriente (50,000 students and 5 campuses) of Venezuela, Sub-secretary of the Ministry of Education of Venezuela, General Director of Planning of the Republic of Venezuela, Executive Director of The Interamerican University Council for Economic and Social Development, Washington, D.C., and General Secretary (highest rank) of the Organization of Iberoamerican States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) in Madrid, Spain (An intergovernmental organization for Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia). He has been consultant to the World Bank, Interamerican Development Bank, United Nations Development Program, OECD, European Union, American Organization of States and US AID. He has written numerous books, research reports and articles in academic journals worldwide and some of his books have been translated into several languages.Click here to read Dr. Escotet’s Complete Bio. |
Dr. Miguel A. Escotet Dean, College of Education, UTB/TSC |
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