An ASU program that is transforming math instruction in a Southwest Valley school district earned Honorable Mention recognition at Westmarc’s Nov. 5 Best of the West awards dinner.
Sue Larson, a faculty member in the College of Teacher Education and Leadership, has been working with teachers and students in the Liberty Elementary School District to improve the [...]
Read Full Post »
Monday’s Dia de los Muertos celebration on the Delph Courtyard kicked off a busy week of events at ASU’s West campus.
Here’s a look at this week’s event schedule at 47th Avenue and Thunderbird:
… Wed., Nov. 4 - Trauma and Compassion: social justice and human rights discussions, workshops, film. Presented in La Sala by the New [...]
Read Full Post »
ASU’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership has released the latest issue of its electronic newsletter, CTEL Connections.
In the October e-news, you’ll find reports on the college’s recent $33.8-million grant to expand its signature PDS program, the addition of Nobel laureate Leland “Lee” Hartwell to the CTEL faculty, the latest civic education interactive games created [...]
Read Full Post »
ASU’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership (CTEL) has landed another plumb, this time earning a $33.8-million grant from the United States Department of Education to expand and improve its innovative, nationally recognized Professional Development School (PDS) program.
The new PDS NEXT program will positively impact 15 urban and rural partner school districts in Arizona. Simultaneously, the grant [...]
Read Full Post »
ASU’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership (CTEL), headquartered on the West campus, is making news again, this time generating some ink in Tucson where the Old Pueblo’s daily sheet, Arizona Daily Star, reported on the the college’s latest outreach effort.
The story details a new CTEL teacher-preparation program that aims to change the demographic mix in [...]
Read Full Post »
Sherman Elliott, director of ASU’s Center for Civic Education and Leadership, will appear on the KAET-Channel 8 “Horizon” on September 17.
A member of the College of Teacher Education and Leadership’s first Ed.D. graduating class, Dr. Elliott will discuss recent research centering on the state of civic education in Arizona, as well as the center’s role [...]
Read Full Post »
Frank Serafini, an associate professor in the College of Teacher Education and Leadership (CTEL) at the West campus, has produced a series of four “Looking Closely” books for young readers.
Combining his passion for teaching and nature photography, the series includes an award-winning “look,” “Looking Closely at the Shore.”
The books are clever, the idea novel, and [...]
Read Full Post »
Wow! According to the most recent issue of CTEL Connections, ASU’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership had a very busy summer.
The West-campus based college, which now offers degree programs across all four ASU campuses, never seems to slow down, and the summer months were certainly no exception, as CTEL unveiled a new program, a [...]
Read Full Post »
ASU’s Professional Development School (PDS) program has been preparing outstanding elementary and middle-school teachers in the Phoenix area since 2000. PDS expanded to rural areas of the state in 2006, and now a new grant from the federal government is enabling ASU to provide even more assistance to help Native American students succeed in the program.
Thanks to the grant, the College [...]
Read Full Post »
Erica Bailin, who earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 2006 from ASU’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership, is featured in two local newspapers for her involvement as lead teacher for a new learning center at her school in the Paradise Valley School District.
Bailin’s new title is gifted education specialist at the newly opened [...]
Read Full Post »
