Fostering Student Success: An Interview with Julie Phelps Virginia B. Smith Innovative Leadership Award Recipient for 2010.

PHELPS, Julie; MATHEMATICS teachers; MATHEMATICS education; VALENCIA Community College (Orlando, Fla.)

ORLANDO (Fla.); FLORIDA

An interview with Professor Julie Phelps of Valencia Community College is presented. When asked about why she focused on mathematics, she joked that it was because her mother is an English teacher. Phelps believes that the Lumina initiative, a supplemental instruction in developmental mathematics at Valencia, is important for 67 percent of students in Valencia. She comments on being selected by an independent researcher, who showed the cost effectiveness of Valencia's student success course.