Who to Contact

Common Answers for Cooperating Teachers

Procedures for Issues in Teacher Candidate Performance

Find Help and Support at Pacific (Concern for a Student, Mental Health Crisis & Counseling, Campus Public Safety, Confidential Advocacy Network, Bias, Discrimination, or Hate Crime Incident Reporting)

If you have a question or concern about your Teacher Candidate

• After full-time student teaching begins, your first point of contact is the University Supervisor assigned to your placement. If you are unsure who this is, contact:
  • School & Community Partnership Coordinator: Dr. Kate Eckert (keckert@pacificu.edu)

• Before full-time student teaching begins, contact the appropriate Program Chair:
  • MAT: Dr. Bryan Cichy-Parker (cichyparker@pacificu.edu)
  • Bachelor of Education (BEd): Anil Oommen (anil@pacificu.edu)
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA) , Bachelor or Science (BS), & Bachelor of Music Education (BME): Dr. Cristy Sellers (csellers@pacificu.edu)
  • Alternative Programs (RTL, Apprenticeship): Dr. Kevin Carr (kcarr@pacificu.edu)

Program Chairs should also be contacted for: course & program schedules, coursework requirements, overall program, coursework, dispositional, or placement concerns, etc.

Additional faculty advisors

• All Continuing Education Programs: Anil Oommen (anil@pacificu.edu)
• Early Childhood: Dr. Mark Bailey (baileym@pacificu.edu)
• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Dr. Catherine Kim (catherinekim@pacificu.edu)
• Special Education: Dr. Bryan Cichy-Parker (cichyparker@pacificu.edu)
• Reading Intervention and/or Dyslexia Certificate: Dr. Karren Timmermans (kmtimm@pacificu.edu)
• MED, MEDVFL, MAE: Dr. Bryan Cichy-Parker (cichyparker@pacificu.edu)
• Talented And Gifted (TAG): Dr. RubyDawn Lyman (lyma6240@pacificu.edu)

edTPA

• Jesse Everett, Education Learning Manager & edTPA Coordinator (jeverett@pacificu.edu)
  • https://wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu/edtpa/

Technology check in/out

• Eugene: Jesse Everett (jeverett@pacificu.edu)
• Forest Grove: Cailie Cross (ccross@pacificu.edu)

Placement Coordinator: evaluation & observation protocol, logistics, TSPC clinical requirements & expectations, Cooperating Educator Orientation

• School & Community Partnership Coordinator: Dr. Kate Eckert (keckert@pacificu.edu)
  • Schedule a Meeting With Kate

Mileage reimbursement (University Supervisors)

• Shana Reece, Head of Operations & Finance (shana.reece@pacificu.edu)

Student Services: NES testing, course registration, student file audit, graduation status, connecting you across Pacific for Financial Aid, Registrar’s Office, Billing, or other support questions

• Cailie Cross (ccross@pacificu.edu)

TSPC Liaison & Licensure Administrator: TSPC, licensure, fingerprinting, out-of-state licensure recommendations, practicum waivers

• Jennifer Bridgewater, Executive Assistant / Data, Accreditation & Licensure Specialist (bridgewater@pacificu.edu)
  • https://wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu/tspc/

School of Learning & Teaching Director: concerns your Program Chair was unable to resolve or anything else you’d like to discuss with the School Director

• Interim Director: Dr. Linda Venenciano (lindaven@pacificu.edu)

College of Education Dean

• Interim Dean: Dr. Andrew Saultz (andrew.saultz@pacificu.edu)