As an educational consultant, Dr. Karayan has worked closely with California Department of Education’s (CDE) statewide initiative to promote Service-Learning Pedagogy in Teacher Preparation Programs. She is a founding member of CDE’s first statewide Advisory Committee. She has also served on California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) Bilingual and Bicultural panels to develop the CLAD and BCLAD tests.
Professor Karayan creates time to reach out to the educational needs of the Armenian community, offering her expertise and guidance. Currently she is the chair of the Education Committee and vice chair of the Board of Trustees at AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School in Canoga Park and AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian High School in Pasadena. Dr. Karayan is a founding member of the Board of Trustees, at Ararat Charter School in Van Nuys.
In 2006, Professor Karayan established the AGBU Yervant Babayan Institute of Pedagogy for Research & Development, as a living testament to her father’s illustrious career as an educator, writer, and community leader. The Babayan Institute, under the capable chairmanship of Dr. Mihran Agbabian and Dr. Silva Karayan, creates and carries out innovative initiatives, with the explicit purpose and goal of becoming a valuable resource for all Armenian schools.
Professor Silva Karayan is married to Dr. Sarkis Karayan. They have a daughter, Zella, married to Dr. Khatchik Karakozian, and two granddaughters, Tamar and Patil.
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