Urban Teacher Education Network (UTEN)
The UTEN consists of graduates of UCLA's doctoral program in teacher education
who are now holding faculty positions at prominent universities across the
nation. The UTEN provides both virtual and face-to-face support to assist
new faculty in creating contextually appropriate versions of UCLA's Center
X Teacher Education Program in their new institutions. The UTEN meets for
an annual conference at UCLA in July and invites members to share ideas, resources
and the struggles they face in their work as social justice educators. The
network additionally supports two summer residencies each year for UCLA graduates
currently teaching at local CSU campuses. Jeannie Oakes and Megan Franke direct
this work and are supported by Solange Castro Belcher, the Content Editor
of Teaching to
Change LA, IDEA’s online journal.