Year: 2013

Project Seeks to Trace Development of Novice Teachers’ Skills

March 5, 2013

From Education WeekBy Stephen Sawchuk What skills do teacher education programs set out to teach? What understanding of those topics do their graduates actually come away with? And which of those competencies help improve academic outcomes for students? Those questions are at the heart of a three-year, federally funded study now under way by researchers […]

New Teacher Assessment Tool Making Headway in Education Programs

March 4, 2013

From Diverse: Issues in Higher Education by Jamaal Abdul-Alim ORLANDO, Fla. — When Evelyn Perry — an administrator within the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University — first learned about a relatively new teacher assessment tool known as edTPA, her first reaction was, “This is a lot of work.” But after […]

Holmes Scholars: The Next Generation of Higher Education Faculty

February 28, 2013

From Diverse: Issues in Higher Education by Jamaal Abdul-Alim Orlando, Fla. – When Saron LaMothe served as counselor for several K-12 schools in some of this city’s most impoverished areas, she used to pick up on cues from Black students indicating that they felt they weren’t meant for certain careers. Sometimes, she said, the cues […]

University of Maryland to Receive AACTE Award for Support of Global Diversity

February 18, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (Feb. 18, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present its 2013 Best Practice Award in Support of Global Diversity to the University of Maryland (UM) College of Education. The award recognizes a school, college or […]

AACTE Selects Guide for Preparing ELL Teachers for 2013 Outstanding Book Award

February 18, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (February 18, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present its 2013 Outstanding Book Award to editors Joyce Nutta, Ph.D., Kouider Mokhtari, Ph.D., and Carine Strebel, Ph.D., for Preparing Every Teacher to Reach English Learners: A […]

Pace University and Syracuse University Educators Win AACTE Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education Article Award

February 18, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (February 18, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present its 2013 Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education (JTE) Article Award to Joan Turner Walker, Ph.D., of the Pace University School of Education, and Benjamin Dotger, Ph.D., […]

AACTE to Present Outstanding Dissertation Award to Miriam G. Lipsky of the University of Miami

February 18, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (Feb. 18, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present Miriam G. Lipsky, Ph.D., with its 2013 Outstanding Dissertation Award for her study of storybook reading in linguistically diverse Head Start classrooms. The award recognizes excellence […]

AACTE to Present Outstanding Dissertation Award to Amanda R. Morales of Kansas State University

February 18, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (Feb. 18, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present Amanda R. Morales with its 2013 Outstanding Dissertation Award. Morales was selected for her study of factors of resiliency, persistence and racial uplift among nontraditional, Latina, […]

AACTE Honors Michigan State University with Innovative Use of Technology Award

February 18, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (Feb. 18, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present its 2013 Best Practice Award for the Innovative Use of Technology to the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Education. The award, which honors programs that […]

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