Purpose

Who We Are

We are next gen CSU faculty with a collaborative vision that supports systemic change to empower CA systems of support providers to better serve at-promise students. The IAEP Center is based at San José State University with strong ties to other CSU campuses that are committed to closing opportunity gaps. We serve as a knowledge network hub to liaise between university units at SJSU and TK-12 organizations across the state to promote synergistic use of interprofessional and interdisciplinary perspectives on school reform.

Why We Serve

The mission of the IAEP Center is to bring more coherence and linkages between systems of support for at-promise students across the public education system. Our IAEP Center brings together disparate providers, policymakers, and stakeholders who too often have been siloed and fragmented by professional school, preparation pathway, and career track. It is this commitment to deep equity for at-promise youth across California’s system of schools that guides our work on applied research and innovative, practice-based not for profit solutions. As public servants, we focus on the children who are the most vulnerable in the State’s systems of support. 

The Challenge We Address

The IAEP Center provides a powerful avenue for cross disciplinary faculty research, including rethinking the master’s and doctoral student mentoring and preparation for leadership across the professions. The Center also ensures the CSU’s continued and emerging role as a technical assistance provider for Local Education Agencies (LEAs), while serving as a clearinghouse using research-driven collaborative partnerships that are committed to interdisciplinary and interprofessional solutions.

What We Offer

The IAEP Center at San José State University is designed to:

• build knowledge network ecosystems among leaders in social work, counseling, psychology, teaching, and administration pathways;
• facilitate connections between applied research and on the ground solutions; and
• design and curate quality playbook content and other “plug and play” materials such as webinars, eLearning modules, and certificates to support CA at promise students