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Glen Green, Ed.D.

Director of the M.A. in Special Education Program
Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education		 Phone: (626) 815-5371
Email: ggreen@apu.edu
Dr. Glen Green has had a long history with Azusa Pacific University. He is a graduate of the doctoral program in Educational Leadership (2001), and has taught as an adjunct professor in the Department of Education since 1996. He now serves as the Director of the MA in Special Education program after retiring from public school teaching working with young adolescent special need students for thirty-four years.

Dr. Green’s research interests include the disposition of compassion applied to student suffering in order to be an agent of resiliency and redemption. He is also passionate about transforming school culture by examining the identity formation of those serving the educational community.

Education

Ed.D. - Educational Leadership, Azusa Pacific University, 2001
Dissertation Title: The Compassionate Educator – A redemptive response to the suffering student
M.Ed. - California State University, Los Angeles, 1980
Specialization: Special Education – Learning Disabilities
M.A. - Humanities (in process)
Specialization: Imaginative Literature
B.A. - Sociology, Occidental College, 1976

Credentials/Certifications
Specialist – Learning Handicapped (Disabilities), Life, State of California
Single Subject – Social Science, Life, State of California
Administrative Services Credential, Clear, State of California
Certificate of Completion (SB 395 – ELD/SDAIE), State of California

Department

  • School of Education
    • Special Education

Expertise

  • Research Methodology (Quantitative and Qualitative)
  • Teacher Dispositions – Compassion Education
  • Transforming School Culture

Courses Taught

EDL 581 – Research and Leadership
EDL 582 – Cornerstones of Educational Leadership
EDL 586 – Leadership Performance Assessment
EDUC 526 – Capstone Experience in Educational Technology and Learning
EDUC 554 – Instructional Principles and Practices
EDUC 571 – Curriculum Foundations
EDUC 572 – Advanced Educational Psychology
EDUC 573 – Philosophy/Ethics and History of Education
EDUC 575 – Educational Research, Statistics, and Program Evaluation
SPED 536 – Rtl/Brain-based Teaching and Learning: Reading and Written Language Arts Disorders
SPED 571 – Student Teaching I (K-8)
SPED 581 – Historical and Philosophical Perspectives of Disabilities Studies
SPED 582 – Theories of Learning and Research in Disabilities Studies
SPED 583 – Current Trends in Curriculum and Disabilities Studies
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Office Hours

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 12-5 p.m.

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