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Dr. William DeJean is a former English and AVID teacher who currently lecturers in education at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

He has taught both at the high school and university level, and continues to collaborate with AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) teachers in Australia and throughout the United States.  In 2002 he was named San Diego County teacher of the year.  

While William's research focuses on teacher identity as it relates to literacy, multicultural education, and topics of social justice, he spends much of his time supporting AVID in Australia, and dreaming of what just might be possible...

He can be reached at  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

 
AVID Australia News
Congratulations to the team from Wodonga 
Middle Years College for establishing 
the first AVID program in Australia! 
You can now follow all developments of
AVID Australia through our new blog or
join us on Facebook under AVID Australia.

Read the press release celebrating the team
attending the upcoming AVID Summer
Instutite in San Diego.

Read about AVID Australia in the news.
 

 
Consulting

Dr. DeJean runs half day and full day professional development workshops on topics of literacy, learning and motivation, and notions of equity and social justice in education. 
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Current Teaching

  • EDUC373-Literacy in a Multicultural Society
 

Event Calendar

          August 20, 2010
Thurgoona Residences
Dinning in Excellence Night
Invited Speaker
 
October 23, 2010
TEDx
Presenter
Canberra, Australia
 

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