She serves on several boards and committees, including Connecticut Employment and Training Commission’s (CETC) Adult Literacy Leadership Board Scholastic’s National Advisory Committee Yale-Scholastic Collaborative for Child and Family Resilience and the Nathan Ebanks Foundation in Kingston, Jamaica.Ĭamille J. Brown has served as an educational consultant to individual schools, school districts, and various other groups, including parent groups. Brown has authored and co-authored journal articles about reading achievement of struggling elementary school students, and about the over-representation of African American students in special education classes. Her major focus in her current position is to help schools create and maintain developmentally appropriate conditions to ensure the holistic development of every child.ĭr. Brown has worked at the elementary, high school, and college levels, teaching and counseling students. Brown, Ph.D., is an Associate Research Scientist at the Child Study Center at Yale University, serves as the Director of Child and Adolescent Development for the School Development Program in that Center.

Comer reflects on 50 years of work in schoolsįay E. Comer: His Work & Relevance for Today webinar PowerPoint here He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Comer to his Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans, and in 2016, he became an Honorary Commission Co-Chair of the Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development.ĭr. He has also authored numerous publications and received many awards for his work, including 49 honorary degrees. In 2014, President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Comer’s comprehensive, transformational model of school improvement has been implemented in almost 700 schools in 26 states within the U.S., as well as internationally. The School Development Program fosters the collaboration of parents, educators, and community to shape learning environments, which help students achieve greater school success. Comer featured in this webinar can be viewed here.

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