by | Jun 7, 2018 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers, Press Releases, Research News, Spotlights
It was early August 2003 and Maria Coady was unpacking books in her new Norman Hall office in her first week working as an assistant professor in bilingual and ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) education at the UF College of Education. That’s when a voluble...
by kaylasharp | Aug 25, 2016 | Faculty Laurels, Press Releases, Spotlights
The world’s largest organization of educators committed to advancing English language teaching for non-English speaking students has installed a UF College of Education professor and school director as its president-elect. Ester de Jong, professor of...
by kaylasharp | Apr 23, 2015 | Headlines, Press Releases
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—With $2.7 million from the Florida Department of Education, the University of Florida College of Education is creating a new “center of excellence” to transform its nationally ranked elementary teacher preparation program—and several of Alachua...
by kaylasharp | Jun 4, 2014 | Faculty Laurels, Headlines, Press Releases
The University of Florida College of Education’s School of Teaching and Learning, the hub of teacher preparation and K-12 educator advancement at UF, is undergoing a smooth change in leadership, with the former STL director working closely with her successor to ensure...
by kaylasharp | May 15, 2014 | COE in the News
Gainesville Sun3-24-14Project DELTA, UF researchers seek to change ESOL educationUF researchers Ester de Jong and Maria Coady were quoted in a Gainesville Sun article about the link between UF’s elementary teacher preparation program and ESOL students’...