Blog Entry
Meet Tamara Clunis
February 20, 2009 by s-haigler, under Announcements.
Tamara Thornton Clunis is the recently appointed Director of Developmental and Adult Education for the P-16 Division of the Higher Education Coordinating Board. She is responsible for developing a statewide plan for developmental education, with an emphasis on improving student outcomes and increasing alignment between adult basic education and post-secondary education.
Tamara Clunis
Ms. Clunis has over ten years of experience with developmental and adult education in Texas. Prior to joining the Coordinating board, she worked for Austin Community College teaching reading and learning strategies. While at ACC, she taught in learning communities targeting developmental education students. She was also active on developmental education committees and served on college-wide committees to promote student success for students of color. She taught developmental reading and educational psychology class for first year freshmen at Texas State University-San Marcos for several years. Her most recent position was with the United States Military Academy (WestPoint) where she worked as a senior faculty member and developmental reading specialist. At WestPoint, she redesigned the learning strategies curriculum to focus on contextualized learning to increase student success in the freshman core curriculum.
Ms. Clunis has directed numerous adult education professional grants with Texas State University College of Education and led the statewide project that developed a credentialing system for Texas adult educators. She holds a master’s degree in Developmental and Adult education from Texas State University and is a Ph.D. candidate in the Adult, Professional, & Community Education program at Texas State University.
Comment by Anonymous.
I look forward to working with Tamara in the coming years. She brings to her position the extensive experience in developmental education that will benefit not only those of us “in the trenches” but most especially our students.