Thanks to all who attended our 1st Annual EAC Conference. We were happy to have representative from all six states within Region VIII...(click for more)
Our second annual conference will be held in conjunction with the English Language Acquisition Academy in Denver, April 21st & 22nd at the Marriottt in the Denver Tech Center.
Leonard Baca, Ed.D. * Co-Principal InvestigatorLeonard Baca earned an Ed. D. from the University of Northern Colorado. He has been a professor of Education at the University of Colorado, Boulder since 1973. Dr. Baca is founder and Director of the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education. The BUENO Center has received over 65 million dollars of external funding. He is the author of The Bilingual Special Education Interface (Fourth Edition), Merrill Prentice Hall, (2004) and many other books and articles dealing with English Language Learners with Disabilities. He has taught courses in bilingual and bilingual special education and served as program Chair. Dr. Baca was recently awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Social Responsibility and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce award for Outstanding Colorado Educator. Dr. Baca is one of the two Co-Principal Investigators of EAC. Dr. Baca’s tasks are: 1) provide overall co-leadership in management of program operations/budget, 2) serve as liaison to School of Education Faculty and Programs, and 3) assist the program with development and teaching of the on-line courses. |