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ECE faculty receive $2.1 million grant to support STEM teachers in urban schools  Three faculty members in the College of Education's Department of Early Childhood Education received a $2.1 million grant to train and support teachers dedicated to teaching science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects in high-need urban schools.
Associate Professor Diane Truscott and Assistant Professors Nancy Schafer and Brian Williams received the funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Transition to Teaching program for their "Teaching Teachers Together: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Success" program, which will recruit teachers into the COE's Urban Accelerated Certification and Master's Program (UACM) who have a passion for teaching science and math. "Our focus is to help build on what we've already learned from our previous grant experiences in high-need urban schools and to increase the number of highly-qualified teachers who commit to teaching in those schools," said Truscott, principal investigator for the grant. "We have a commitment in the program to support children in schools who are culturally and linguistically diverse, and now we're trying to also emphasize science and mathematics content." Participants in the grant program will conduct their field experiences four days a week in Atlanta Public Schools classrooms under the tutelage of mentor teachers, and will have the opportunity to attend professional development seminars and classes that Truscott, Schafer and Williams are developing at a professional learning site To read more about the grant, click here. Photo caption: Brian Williams, Diane Truscott and Nancy Schafer received funding from the U.S. Department of Education to train and support teachers dedicated to teaching STEM subjects.
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Upcoming Events in the College of Education
Blurring Boundaries: An International Educational Development Conference April 10-11, 2012  Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel 210 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30303 The Blurring Boundaries Conference, co-sponsored by the United Nations Academic Impact and the Committee for Teaching about the United Nations, will offer two days of panel sessions, symposia and keynote addresses, allowing scholars and leaders to gather and exchange international research on child development, health and mental health, schooling, indigenous education, neuroscience and other relevant topics, which will inform the partnership work of universities worldwide in their educational development efforts. For more information about the conference, click here. *****************************************************************************
Research Wednesdays Speaker Series
April 4, 2012
12 p.m.
College of Education, room 1030
30 Pryor Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Presenter: Rochelle Gutierrez
Topic: "Mathematics teaching as a subversive activity: The role of creative insubordination"
A light lunch will be provided for those who confirm their attendance to Erin Whitney in the COE's Educational Research Bureau at (404) 413-8090 or ewhitney@gsu.edu.
For more information about Gutierrez and the Research Wednesdays Speaker Series, click here.
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Did You Know?
Did you know that your gift could help further student and faculty research in the College of Education?
Your gifts can provide research facilities and materials that could help COE faculty and students further their research and contribute their knowledge to the field of education.
If you would like to know how you can make an impact on COE research, please contact Stephanie Douglas, director of development, at
(404) 413-8132 or sdouglas3@gsu.edu.
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