{"id":21679,"date":"2024-02-28T15:11:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/news\/?p=21679"},"modified":"2024-02-28T15:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:11:25","slug":"uf-teacher-preparation-program-receives-name-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/28\/uf-teacher-preparation-program-receives-name-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"UF Teacher Preparation Program Receives NAME Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In recognition of its academic innovation, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/elementary-education-bachelors\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UF Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education Program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has been honored with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameorg.org\/awards.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rose Duhon-Sells Award by the National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The award acknowledges the program&#8217;s dedication to preparing future educators to serve all students by emphasizing the importance of accessible learning environments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Newly released in 2021, the Elementary Education program has quickly distinguished itself for its innovative teacher-preparation pedagogy. The faculty, composed of seasoned teachers and scholars, developed a curriculum that focuses on contemporary approaches to accessible learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We designed a successful, model curriculum that supports 21<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> century skill development in today&#8217;s teacher candidates,\u201d\u00a0 said program coordinator <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/faculty\/vetere-timothy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Timothy Vetere, Ph.D.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cWhen our students graduate, they will be able to address the needs of students in K-6 classrooms effectively.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Vetere was recently invited to speak at the annual NAME Conference in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Montgomery, Alabama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was able to share my experiences as a program coordinator with the objective of creating a space where myself and other teacher educators at peer institutions across the country could support one another,\u201d said Vetere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The presentation focused on overcoming the challenges of creating a curriculum that draws focus on a more inclusive and equitable tomorrow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy presentation provided an overview of the challenges and tensions that emerged among teacher candidates and instructors in the launching of a new elementary education teacher preparation program,\u201d said Vetere. \u201cTo do this, I focused on the ways we worked to negotiate those challenges successfully to prepare effective, transformative educators that are able to meet the needs of today&#8217;s students.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Receiving the Rose Duhon-Sells Award signifies how UF is advancing the teaching profession. With a curriculum that actively integrates inclusive teaching methodologies, it fosters a dynamic learning environment that equips students to teach with equity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Timothy Vetere, Ph.D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recognition of its academic innovation, the UF Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education Program has been honored with the Rose Duhon-Sells Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":21723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UF Teacher Preparation Program Receives NAME Recognition - 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