National Teacher of the Year

January 01, 2012

The UCTE- and ING-sponsored National Teacher of the Year event (with the honoring of UD teacher education students who receive UCTE awards for their excellence) will occur on May 7 from 5:00 – 7:00 in the Trabant Multipurpose Rooms A and B.  While this is a special event for all teacher education student teachers, if you would like to bring your class to this event, you are welcome to do so.  Please let Marie Senff (senff@udel.edu) know the number of students you will bring with you so that we can accommodate everyone.

Center on Instruction Update

November 11, 2011

The Center on Instruction (COI)  has added a new resource to the website :
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics – Appendix A: Designing High School Mathematics Courses Based on the Common Core State Standards
Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) document helps states think about how the high school CCSS might be organized into four Model Course Pathways in Mathematics that provide college and career readiness.
This resource pertains to the following categories:

• Mathematics
• STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
• Research: Meta-analyses and Summaries
• Practitioner Guides
• Tools
• Instruction
• SIG

·  Math Instruction and Intervention

For More Information: Click on the link below to access these resource materials at the Center on Instruction website!
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics – Appendix A: Designing High School Mathematics Courses Based on the Common Core State Standards

Golinkoff to Give Alison Lecture

November 11, 2011

Roberta Golinkoff, the H. Rodney Sharp Chair in the School of Education, will present her Francis Alison Inaugural Lecture, “What Have You Discovered Lately? Forays in Development and Translational Science,” at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Roselle Center for the Arts.  Read more…

Goodwin Honored

November 11, 2011

Stephen C. Goodwin, associate professor in the Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition at the University of Delaware, has been named a fellow of the American School Health Association. He was recognized at ASHA’s annual conference in Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 12.
The association credited Goodwin with “work[ing] tirelessly to promote good health in Delaware.” He was cited for his efforts with the Delaware Department of Education on a number of initiatives, most notably working on the state physical education standards. Read more …

SOE Researchers Awarded $1.4 Million Grant

July 07, 2011

School of Education faculty members David Coker, Charles (Skip) MacArthur and Liz Farley-Ripple will begin work this month on a four-year grant entitled “Investigating the Impact of Classroom Instruction and Literacy Skills on Writing Achievement in First Grade.” The four-year, $1.4 million grant is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences. Read more…