Spartan Alert
UNCG MST2 Program Helps STEM the Tide
September 27, 2023
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.
Bethea Collects Rookie Teacher of the Year Accolade
September 25, 2023
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.
UNCG Inspires Creative Teachers With Makerspaces
September 15, 2023
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.
TESOL Grad Named RCS Teacher of the Year
September 13, 2023
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.
IPiE, GCS Hold Inaugural Tutoring Conference
September 11, 2023
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.
NBCC Awards Fellowship to CED Student
September 7, 2023
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.
Martin Chosen as N.C. Education Policy Fellow
August 28, 2023
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.
Dawkins Awarded Grant to Assist Libraries Develop Community Relationships
August 23, 2023
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.