UF faculty co-researchers Jacqueline Swank and Joseph Gagnon will share the College of Education’s 2013-2014 College Research Incentive Fund Award. The annual CRIF grants are awarded to faculty with promising research projects that are likely to attract additional funding in the future. Swank is an assistant professor in counselor education and Gagnon is an associate […]
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2013-06-27 12:24:372013-08-22 09:37:49Faculty pair awarded annual research grant from College of Education
Dear College of Education Students and Alumni: We want to alert any current or former students enrolled in Florida teacher prep programs–including the University of Florida’s–during the 2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011–12 academic years of the possibility that personal information was exposed on the Internet during a data transfer at Florida State University. FSU was housing […]
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2013-06-26 18:22:392013-06-28 08:36:21Florida DOE alerting recent teacher prep students of personal info exposed
The College of Education congratulates professors Alyson Adams, Gary Boulware, Penny Cox, Kara Dawson, Timothy Jacobbe, Erica McCray and Albert Ritzhaupt, who received promotions effective this fall semester. Adams, from the School of Teaching and Learning and the UF Lastinger Center for Learning, is now a clinical associate professor. Her research interests include studying the […]
Since he joined the UF College of Education faculty in 2000, Sevan Terzian has been repeatedly commended by his peers and students as an exceptional teacher and accomplished academician. Most recently, Terzian, an associate professor in social foundations of education, received the college’s 2013 Graduate Faculty Teaching Award for his teaching and mentorship of graduate […]
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2013-06-24 14:02:532013-06-25 16:29:16Graduate teaching honor goes to educational foundations professor
Open Response from the College of Education to the NCTQ Teacher Prep Review As you may know, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ, a self-appointed watchdog group based in Washington) published ratings yesterday from a deeply contested review of teacher preparation programs nationwide. Here is the link to the online version of their Teacher […]
State Impact by NPR6-13-13Albert Ritzhaupt An NPR StateImpact radio and online report quoted Albert Ritzhaupt, a professor of educational technology, about the digital divide present among Florida’s public school students. The article cites Ritzhaupt’s research on how Florida public schools in low socioeconomic areas use technology.
While ex-Gator Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was battling for a backup quarterback position with the New England Patriots of the NFL, his mother Pam Tebow paid a surprise visit this week to UF associate professor Holly Lane’s graduate course on reading disabilities. Lane, a special education instructor, has been working with Susan Vanderlinde, who […]
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2013/06/PamTebow1.jpg155160https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2013-06-14 14:11:372013-06-14 14:19:19Tim Tebow’s mom discusses family reading disabilities with UF education students
For students, school’s out for the summer. For teachers, it’s an opportune time to step back into the classroom – but as students. Starting this month, P.K. Yonge laboratory school will hold its professional development series for the eighth summer in a row. Although the first program, the “Literacy Design Collaborative Summer Institute,” of the […]
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2013-06-12 09:38:342013-06-12 09:52:34Summer institutes for teachers offered in reading instruction, Common Core
More than 40 Florida education officials and teacher preparation leaders will converge upon the University of Florida this Thursday and Friday, June 6-7, for the 3rd annual Summer Institute for Higher Education. This year’s theme is “Cultivating Effective Teachers and Effective Leaders.” The College of Education is hosting the event. The institute, to be held […]
The Gainesville Sun6-2-13Jamal Sowell, Situational Environmental Circumstances program In a column in the Gainesville Sun, Jamal Sowell, the special assistant to UF President Bernie Machen, discussed educational inequality in Florida and the university’s new mentoring program for at-risk and minority youth. The new College of Education-led project is called Situational Environmental Circumstances.
Faculty pair awarded annual research grant from College of Education
UF faculty co-researchers Jacqueline Swank and Joseph Gagnon will share the College of Education’s 2013-2014 College Research Incentive Fund Award. The annual CRIF grants are awarded to faculty with promising research projects that are likely to attract additional funding in the future. Swank is an assistant professor in counselor education and Gagnon is an associate […]
Florida DOE alerting recent teacher prep students of personal info exposed
Dear College of Education Students and Alumni: We want to alert any current or former students enrolled in Florida teacher prep programs–including the University of Florida’s–during the 2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011–12 academic years of the possibility that personal information was exposed on the Internet during a data transfer at Florida State University. FSU was housing […]
7 COE faculty receive promotions
The College of Education congratulates professors Alyson Adams, Gary Boulware, Penny Cox, Kara Dawson, Timothy Jacobbe, Erica McCray and Albert Ritzhaupt, who received promotions effective this fall semester. Adams, from the School of Teaching and Learning and the UF Lastinger Center for Learning, is now a clinical associate professor. Her research interests include studying the […]
Graduate teaching honor goes to educational foundations professor
Since he joined the UF College of Education faculty in 2000, Sevan Terzian has been repeatedly commended by his peers and students as an exceptional teacher and accomplished academician. Most recently, Terzian, an associate professor in social foundations of education, received the college’s 2013 Graduate Faculty Teaching Award for his teaching and mentorship of graduate […]
COE posts open response to disputed NCTQ Teacher Prep Review
Open Response from the College of Education to the NCTQ Teacher Prep Review As you may know, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ, a self-appointed watchdog group based in Washington) published ratings yesterday from a deeply contested review of teacher preparation programs nationwide. Here is the link to the online version of their Teacher […]
NPR StateImpact: Albert Ritzhaupt
State Impact by NPR6-13-13Albert Ritzhaupt An NPR StateImpact radio and online report quoted Albert Ritzhaupt, a professor of educational technology, about the digital divide present among Florida’s public school students. The article cites Ritzhaupt’s research on how Florida public schools in low socioeconomic areas use technology.
Tim Tebow’s mom discusses family reading disabilities with UF education students
While ex-Gator Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was battling for a backup quarterback position with the New England Patriots of the NFL, his mother Pam Tebow paid a surprise visit this week to UF associate professor Holly Lane’s graduate course on reading disabilities. Lane, a special education instructor, has been working with Susan Vanderlinde, who […]
Summer institutes for teachers offered in reading instruction, Common Core
For students, school’s out for the summer. For teachers, it’s an opportune time to step back into the classroom – but as students. Starting this month, P.K. Yonge laboratory school will hold its professional development series for the eighth summer in a row. Although the first program, the “Literacy Design Collaborative Summer Institute,” of the […]
COE hosting statewide meeting of teacher preparation leaders June 6-7
More than 40 Florida education officials and teacher preparation leaders will converge upon the University of Florida this Thursday and Friday, June 6-7, for the 3rd annual Summer Institute for Higher Education. This year’s theme is “Cultivating Effective Teachers and Effective Leaders.” The College of Education is hosting the event. The institute, to be held […]
GAINESVILLE SUN: Jamal Sowell, Situational Environmental Circumstances
The Gainesville Sun6-2-13Jamal Sowell, Situational Environmental Circumstances program In a column in the Gainesville Sun, Jamal Sowell, the special assistant to UF President Bernie Machen, discussed educational inequality in Florida and the university’s new mentoring program for at-risk and minority youth. The new College of Education-led project is called Situational Environmental Circumstances.