A paper authored by the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education’s Dr. Delma Ramos, Dr. Cathryn Bennett of the Department of Justice and Policy Studies at Guilford College, and UNC Greensboro students Paul Nava and Akira Goodman has been recognized with the North Carolina Association for Research in Education with the 2024 Distinguished Paper Award.
Across our school districts, universities, and educational organizations, talented professionals dedicate their careers to public education, leveraging their skills, expertise, and passion to transform lives through learning. Fall 2024 begins our third year of working with neighboring school districts to deliver high quality professional development to educators through the Microcourse… Continue reading…
School administrators or teachers looking to become a principal have multiple paths to that goal within the UNCG School of Education. A pair of programs specifically provide the essential training to achieve that goal – the Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools and the Assistant Principal Leadership Academy.
For Dr. Edna Tan, the Hooks Distinguished Professor of STEM Education in the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education at UNC Greensboro, reaching children and families of historically minoritized communities to encourage participation in STEM fields has become part of her everyday life.
TUTORING! What do you think of when you hear the word tutoring? The term is common and many of us have some experience with tutoring, whether it be personal experiences in school, outside of school in informal spaces, or with our own children. When you think of those experiences, you… Continue reading…
September 27 – 28, 2024 marked the Annual Color of Education Summit, hosted by the Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity. The summit brought together educators, policymakers, researchers, students, parents, community members, and other key stakeholders focused on achieving racial equity and eliminating racial disparities in education. Building… Continue reading…
Dr. Rebecca Mathews, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development, spent 18 years as a counselor, supervisor, consultant, and educator in the community and hospitals. She then decided that she wanted to help train the next generation of counselors and joined the faculty of the nation’s third-rated program at UNCG in 2020.
Dr. Tiffanie Lewis-Durham, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations, came to UNC Greensboro in 2018 after working for a non-profit in New York City.
Holly Kolarova, an ESL and Special Needs Teacher at Clear Creek Elementary, has received a Fulbright Teacher Exchange award for the 2024-2025 cycle from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Kolarova participated in UNC Greensboro’s Project IGNITE as a PLC faciliator from the spring of 2023 through the summer of 2024.
The Institute for Partnerships in Education, a UNC Greensboro School of Education initiative that works with local school districts on projects including tutoring, professional development, and dual enrollment, has rapidly expanded in recent years. While IPiE may be the lead in these external partnerships, none of them would be possible without the assistance of many different offices within UNCG.
