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Dean Sewall Elected to National Board

Angela Maynard Sewall, dean of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s College of Education, has been elected to a three-year term as a member of the board of directors of the . She will serve from March 2011 through February 2014. AACTE is a national alliance of educator preparation programs dedicated to the highest quality professional development of teachers and school leaders in order to enhance pre-kindergarten through 12th grade student learning. AACTE members come from private, public, research, land grant, historically black and Hispanic institutions. Sewall, who has been the dean of education at ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR since 1997, is also active in educational policy in other venues including her roles as a member and deans’ representative on the board of the , vice chair of the Unit Accreditation Board of the and a member of the NCATE Executive Board. She is a lead partner in the Arkansas Partnership for Teacher Quality (ArTQP), a national initiative for teacher quality, student learning and data quality supported by grants from AACTE and the National Education Association. Sewall has been a professor at ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR since 1992. Prior to that time, she worked for educational change and student learning in the Little Rock School District for 22 years, as a teacher, principal, and associate superintendent.