Professor and Chair of MAT Program
Pepperdine University
Dr. García Ramos is a professor of education and director of the Teacher Preparation Program (TPP) at Pepperdine University. She lends leadership to the undergraduate and graduate preservice teacher pathways and directs the MAT program at GSEP. Dr. García Ramos teaches across several programs in the Education Division. Her research addresses the academic challenges of emergent bilinguals in California's public school system. She established university-school partnerships, allowing preservice teachers to obtain learning experiences with emergent bilinguals in local schools.
Dr. García Ramos began her professional career as an instructional aid in bilingual classrooms in the Los Angeles and Goleta Unified School Districts. Before coming to Pepperdine University, Dr. García Ramos was a community educator and organizer, where she designed culturally relevant curricula in English as a Second Language, literacy, and civic courses for Spanish-speaking immigrants in the Inland Empire.
Demystifying Artificial Intelligence for Preservice and Inservice Teachers
Friday, February 21, 2025
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