As Dr. Whitney Oakley moves into her second year as superintendent of one of the state’s largest school districts, she points to her experiences as a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina Greensboro for contributing to her success as an educator.
An active participant in the UNC Greensboro School of Education’s EnACTeD, and now IGNITE programs, Jhonatan Marin Mesa was recently honored as the Guilford County Schools (GCS) Teacher of the Year.
It’s no secret that a teacher shortage is taking a toll on schools nationwide. A partnership with UNC Greensboro aims to help Guilford County Schools close the gap locally by getting beginning math and science teachers without education degrees off to a good start.
Following her first year as a math teacher at Smith High School in Greensboro, Kenyona Bethea was moved to tears when she found out that she had been selected as the Guilford County Schools Rookie Teacher of the Year.
Many students learn best by doing or building. Teachers can learn the same way. UNC Greensboro’s School of Education students – as well as current teachers – need spaces where they can experiment, learn from mistakes, and fine-tune ideas so that they feel more confident in their classrooms.
After earning degrees in anthropology and linguistics, along with minors in environmental studies and Spanish, from UNC Greensboro in 2004 Walter Moore embarked on a winding career path that would ultimately bring him to the point where he was recently named the Rockingham County Schools Teacher of the Year.
Nearly 200 educators from Guilford County Schools and UNC Greensboro graduate assistant tutors recently participated in the inaugural Tutoring Conference co-hosted by the Institute for Partnerships in Education and GCS.
A third-year doctoral student in the UNC Greensboro Department of Counseling and Counselor Education, J. Angel Dianna was recently selected as a recipient of the 2023 National Board of Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship, earning a $20,000 stipend.
Dr. Megan Martin, who serves as the coordinator for The Tutoring Collaborative for the Institute for Partnerships in Education, has been selected as a recipient of the North Carolina Education Policy Fellowship.
Looking to help train library practitioners and organizations in techniques for community collaboration and civic engagement along with professional soft skills not typically addressed in Library and Information Science curriculum, Dr. April Dawkins in UNC Greensboro’s Department of Library, Information, and Research Sciences and Dr. Lucy Santos Green of the University of Iowa have been awarded a nearly $250,000 grant for a two-year project.