Southeastern appoints Calderon as College of Education dean
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
by: Rene Abadie
HAMMOND – An educator with more than 11 years of college leadership experience, Paula
Summers Calderon, has been appointed dean of the College of Education at Southeastern
Louisiana University.
Calderon, of Baton Rouge, most recently served as assistant and associate director
of the LSU School of Education. Her appointment was approved by the University of
Louisiana System Board of Supervisors.
“We are fortunate to have an individual with Dr. Calderon’s qualifications, experience
and skills assume the position of dean of the college,” said Tena L. Golding, Southeastern
interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. “Dr. Calderon’s wealth of
experience – as a high school and college teacher and administrator of several academic
programs – makes her an ideal candidate to lead Southeastern’s highly respected College
of Education.”
In her administrative positions at LSU, Calderon was responsible for accountability
reporting, including program assessments for major accrediting agencies, such as the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and the National
Council for Accreditation for Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Council for Education
of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
Calderon was appointed the LSU college’s coordinator of assessment and accountability
in 2006, assumed the assistant director position in 2013, and has served as associate
director for the past year. She joined LSU in 1999 as a student teaching supervisor
and served as program coordinator for world language education and undergraduate secondary
teacher education. For eight years prior, she taught French at St. Joseph’s Academy
in Baton Rouge.
She is a graduate of LSU, with doctorate and master of arts degrees in curriculum
and instruction and a bachelor’s degree in secondary French education. She is a member
of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL), the NCATE Board
of Examiners and serves as a site visitor for CAEP. A member of the Junior League
of Baton Rouge, she also sings with the Baton Rouge Symphony Chorus.