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Hats Off to Partners

About the event

Hats Off to Partners is an invitation-only event celebrating the joint work of preparing educators.

The College of Education invites partners throughout the education community to an evening of celebration for the partners who work to prepare future generations of educators. We invite our partners from the many strands of education to come together and celebrate the collaboration required to train the educators of our community. Our partners span the breadth of Early Childhood Education, Elementary School, Junior/Senior High School, District/County, and Community groups.

Annually, we invite an honored guest to deliver the Dr. Juliana Raskauskas Legacy Lecture, honoring scholarship and research in the area of social justice.

Each year the college invites our partners who collaborate in preparing educators to attend the Hats Off to Partners event—sharing food and connection with fellow mentors. We take this time to recognize the profound impact mentorship has on the development and success of educators.

We tip our hats to all of the partners, mentors, and educators who work tirelessly to educate our youth. Hats off to you!

Dr. Juliana Raskauskas Legacy Lecture

The Dr. Juliana Raskauskas Legacy Lecture highlights scholarship within Social Justice. Each year we invite a scholar with exceptional work in the arena of social justice to share their insights with our group of education partners.

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Our Partners

The College of Education honors the partners in our community that help train and mentor educators. We thank the countless hours our institutions and individual mentors put into developing educators.

The Hats Off to Partners event recognizes partners from the following categories:

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Elementary partner
  • Jr/Sr High School
  • District/County
  • Higher Education
  • Community

Accommodations

Hats Off to Partners is an invitation-only event.

If you need accommodation services to access this event, please email michele.vincent@csus.edu with your request, no later than 5 days prior to the event. Thanks for your support and we look forward to serving you.

Awards

Each year the Hats Off to Partners event recognizes partners in the field of education. Thank you to all who partner with us to improve education including our past winners.

Year Early Childhood Education Elementary Jr/Sr. High School District Community Raskauskas Lecturer
2022 SETA Head Start Greer Elementary Burbank High School Davis Joint USD ~  Dr. Sue Hobbs
2021 Child Action Oakdale K-8 Rio Linda High School Natomas USD Soil Born  Dr. Lisa Romero 
2020 Early kinder, SCUSD Golden Empire, SCUSD  Monterey Trail High School Elk Grove USD Roberts Family Dev Ctr Dr. Meagan O'Malley

2023 Winners

san juan usd partner of the year
San Juan USD District partner of the year: Dean Sasha Sidorkin presents the award plaque to Superintendent Melissa Bassinelli.
ece partner of the year american river montessor

ECE partner of the year: Ms. Debbie Doss, Executive Director of American River Montessori School receives the award plaque from Undergraduate Studies in Education Department Chair, Dr. Sue Hobbs.

elementary partner of the year chacon academy staff
Elementary school partner of the year: Dr. Jenna Porter, chair of the Teaching Credentials department, celebrates the Chacon Language and Science Academy, with teachers Dona Denison, Aimee O’Brien, and Teri Ha.
dr vajra watson
Dr. Vajra Watson, faculty director of the CSUS EdD program in Educational Leadership, presents the Raskauskas Legacy Lecture entitled: Our write to heal: Bridging critical literacies with life and liberation.
dr mimi coughlin
The San Juan Social Justice Institute team presenting their Raskauskas Legacy Lecture entitled: Advancing racial/social justice K-12 pedagogy and ecology: A seven year partnership with the San Juan USD. Pictured: Dr. Mimi Coughlin.