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Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers
 On
a recent June morning, 12-year-old Tralik Cofield sat in a GSU classroom
intensely designing his dream home.As
he sketched out the rooms he wanted, the Austin Road Middle School student was
clearly having fun imagining a place all his own. At the same time though,
Tralik was learning important math skills, such as how to calculate area and
perimeter.Even
more impressive, this creative lesson with real world application was developed
by a group of high school students, who are getting their first taste of
teaching this month."It's
been really cool to prepare a lesson and present it to students," said
Whitney Sweet, 17, a rising senior at Roswell High School who wants to be a
teacher. "It's like the real thing."Sweet
is one of 52 high school students at Georgia State University through June 27
enrolled in the Academy for Future Teachers.Now
in its fifth year, the academy is a three-week, math and science-based program
for rising high school juniors and seniors from Atlanta Public Schools and
other metro school systems.Hosted
by the College of Education, the academy is intended to attract talented high
school students to the teaching profession and provide them with professional
and academic preparation. Students work on creative teaching projects, allowing
them to see the relevance of math and science and think of innovative ways to
teach in the future."We're
trying to take high school students interested in becoming teachers and
encourage them," said Laurie Forstner, project coordinator for the Academy
for Future Teachers at GSU. "It's all about math and science education
with an urban focus."To read the entire
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Upcoming Events in the College of Education
12th Annual Summer Institute in Communication Disorders
"Addressing Social Communication Problems in School-age Children: Successful Assessment and Intervention Strategies"
June 24-25
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Georgia State University Alumni Hall
30 Courtland Street, Atlanta
This annual summer institute is sponsored by the College of Education's Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education Communication Disorders program and the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association. This year's institute will present assessment and intervention strategies to support children's social communications skills. The guest speaker is Dr. Geralyn R. Timler, CCC-SLP, faculty of the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Registration is required. Participants will receive 1.0 CEUs (intermediate level, professional area) for attending. For more information, contact Dr. Debra Schober-Peterson, CCC-SLP, institute coordinator, at 404/413-8304 or dspeterson@gsu.edu. |
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Did You Know?
Did you know that endowing a scholarship in your name could leave a legacy that will help students at Georgia State University?
Endowing a scholarship at Georgia State is a way to make sure that a student will benefit from your generosity as long as the institution continues to thrive. You can pledge the endowment amount of $25,000 over several years and once it is fulfilled students will begin receiving the scholarship funds to attend GSU.
For more information on endowing a scholarship, please contact Stephanie Douglas at (404) 413-8132.
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To make your contribution online, please click here.
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