Secretary-Treasurer and veteran educator Dean E. Vogel, the newest member of the CTA leadership team, brings to the table 31 years of public school service as a teacher and counselor whose rich education career reflects the scope of the union's diverse membership.

 

Elected in March 2003 to a two-year term, Vogel has taught all elementary grades, including kindergarten. He's also taught extended education courses at three California State University campuses in Sacramento, Sonoma, and Hayward, and at the University of California at Davis. In addition, he spent 10 years as a resident teacher in the University of California Teacher Education Program, working with student teachers and helping the university develop its program for pre-service and in-service educators.

 

He understands teachers and their needs, but also knows from his long career as a counselor the critical public education role played by the thousands of skilled school support professionals represented by CTA. Since 1990, Vogel has worked as an elementary school counselor in the Vacaville Unified School District in Solano County.

 

In Vacaville, he was a counselor's counselor. As a master counselor for university field study students, he trained many pupils who went on to become school counselors. Wanting to give back even more to his community, he helped to develop a unique community counseling center that was housed on the campus of a Vacaville elementary school. During the school day, Vogel would work at the school with his counseling interns and staff to serve students. After hours, the center was opened up to the community.

 

His counseling work was preceded by a teaching career of some 18 years in Vacaville, where he was named a local teacher of the year. He was one of the first mentor teachers in Vacaville Unified, where he also conducted staff development workshops.

 

Vogel has served in a variety of positions within CTA. His activism with the Vacaville Teachers Association included serving three years as president. He was elected to the statewide CTA Board of Directors in 1996, representing 20,000 educators in nine counties - Yolo, Solano, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte. For several years, he chaired the Board's Website Advisory Committee and helped expand the union's Internet presence. 

 

A graduate of public schools, Vogel was born in Idaho but grew up in Chino in Southern California. He earned a bachelor's of science degree in social sciences from California Polytechnic University at Pomona, and received his elementary teaching credential from UC Davis. At CSU-Sacramento, he earned a master's in education/group dynamics and a pupil personnel services credential.

 

He lives in Davis with his wife, Nancy Hiestand, who is a teacher in the Vacaville district, where the two educators met on the job.  Dean has three grown daughters and three grandchildren.

 

California Teachers Association

P.O. Box 921, 1705 Murchison Drive

Burlingame, CA  94011-0921

Phone: (650) 552-5307

FAX: (650) 552-5007

E-mail: dvogel@cta.org

Dean E. Vogel

Secretary-Treasurer