Dr. Laurie Hansen has been a teacher and teacher educator for 28 years. She began her career as a district intern in the Los Angeles Unified School District, teaching Grades 1-3 at Middleton Elementary School. Her experiences working with the diverse Latinx community in Huntington Park, CA solidified her interest in second language acquisition and put her on a trajectory to become a scholar of language, literacy, and technology.
Laurie is the Teacher Education Fieldwork & Assessment Manager at Chapman University. She supports all multiple subject, single subject, and education specialist credential candidates with fieldwork and CalTPA. Prior to this work, she taught a wide variety of courses in elementary and secondary education and held several coordinator positions at California State University, Fullerton from 1999 to 2021. She was also an adjunct faculty member for UCLA Extension and UC Irvine.
Laurie has been involved with CCTE since 2005. She participated in the CCTE Graduate Student Support Program while studying at the University of California, Irvine, which allowed her to attend and present at CCTE conferences. After earning her Ph.D, she participated in the CCTE New Faculty Support Program and presented at the Fall 2011 Conference, “Language minority children’s growth in vocabulary knowledge and literacy skills” based on her dissertation research. Prior to becoming the CCTE Assistant Executive Secretary, she was a Board Member (2012-2015), Chair of the CCTE Research Committee (2013-2017), Co-chair of the Communications Committee (2013-2017), and Editor of CCNews (2018-2020). She currently is co-editor of CCTE eNews Briefs.
Laurie is delighted to serve as the Assistant Executive Secretary for CCTE. In this role, she support Alan Jones (CCTE Executive Secretary) with communication and conference activities. Most recently, she served as the on-site coordinator for the Fall 2021 Conference, facilitating live streaming of main sessions and working with hotel staff to ensure a successful event.