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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.  

Dr. DeJean's research focuses on teacher identity as it relates to literacy, multicultural education, and topics of social justice.

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

 
AVID Australia
Congratulations to the team from Wodonga 
Middle Years College for establishing 
the first AVID program in Australia!  
Information can be found below on the recent
AVID Awareness Colloquium sessions: 

Macquarie University, Sydney
December 3rd, 2009 
Click here for more information 

Charles Sturt University, Albury
December 7th, 2009
Click here for more information 
 
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

  • EDUC260-Literacy, Language and Learning
 

Event Calendar

March 10, 2005
AVID Awareness Presentation
Wodonga, VIC
 
July 26-30, 2010
AVID Summer Institute
Staff Developer
San Diego, CA

 

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