School of Education
Spotlight
Building Global Competency: Gender and Equity Issues in Education
An evening of Film and Discussion
Friday, February 10, 2012 (7-9:30p.m.) - The School of Education in collaboration with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, cordially invites you to a screening of three films with a global lens on gender and equity issues in education. A panel discussion will follow.
To see the flyer click here.
To register online click here.
Teaching for Global Competence in the 21st Century: Global Themes in the Curriculum
Saturday, February 11, 2012 (8:30a.m.-12:00p.m.) - Presented by TeachUNICEF, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF's Education Department, this workshop is designed to familiarize teachers with pressing global issues, such as gender equity, water and sanitation, and child labor, and to provide teachers with resources and support for integrating these issues into their curriculum.
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TeachLivE™ Labs Grand Opening
Pace University School of Education debuted its TeachLivE™ Labs during ribbon-cutting ceremonies on both the New York City and Pleasantville Campuses. State and local government officials, educational administrators, and media representatives were in attendance.
Pace School of Education partners with the University of Central Florida (UCF), where the avatar technology was developed. UCF has been awarded the 2012 Innovative Technology Award by the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, and Pace School of Education has been named in the award announcement as one of only 10 universities in the country, and the only school in the Northeast, using this technology.
The TeachLivE™ Lab is a mixed-reality teaching environment supporting teacher preparation in pedagogy and content. The TeachLivE™ Lab is an excellent example of a best practice in education, using cutting-edge technology to provide pre-service and in-service teachers the opportunity to practice teaching skills and to improve their expertise.
For more information visit the SOE Teach Live Website
News
February 2, 2012 - Charlotte Lally (pictured): Nine School of Education students were inducted into The Pace University Freshman Honor Society. The induction ceremony was held in the Gottesman Room on Pace University's Pleasantville Campus.
Inductee List (PDF)
January 23, 2012 – The School of Education in collaboration with the Lower Hudson Regional Special Education Technical Assistance Support Center (RSE-TASC) and the Putnam Northern Westchester Boces Curriculum Center, held its first monthly group meeting in the Gottesman Room on the Pleasantville Campus. SOE Coordinator of Professional Development, Dr. Fran Wills, facilitated the discussions that focused on “Improving Learning Results for Every Student: Successful Literacy Practices for Middle School Students with Disabilities Across Content Areas and in Diverse Settings.”
The group consists of special education teachers and administrators. Teams will come together and learn structured methods to analyze successful practices. SOE Special Education professors Dr. Leslie Soodak and Dr. Roberta Weiner, Dr. Patti Slobogin, Director (RSE-TASC), will mentor district teams.
January 19, 2012 - School of Education Dean Andrea (Penny) Spencer was interviewed by Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly on Good Day NY this morning on her thoughts about the “Battle Over Teacher Evaluations”. Watch the video clip here: Battle Over Teacher Evaluations Plan.
Save The Date! - The School of Education's Center for Literacy Enrichment, will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary and its founder & Director Sister St. John Delany, Ph.D. on April 19, 2012 at the Judicial Institute on the White Plains Campus of Pace University, 84 North Broadway, White Plains, NY. Richard Robinson, President & CEO, Scholastic will be the Keynote Speaker.
New Literacies Workshops
Pace University’s School of Education proudly announces three Saturday morning workshops from 8:30-12:00 at One Pace Plaza in New York City for teachers interested in learning to integrate the new technologies into their teaching.
The first workshop, on February 4, provides an overview of the potential of new literacies for teaching and learning, and participants will learn how multimedia websites can be integrated into classroom learning activities. For more information please see the
New Literacies Workshops Flyer.
The School of Education held its Fall 2011 Teacher as Researcher Exibition Presentations on December 14th in teh Gottesman Room on Pace University's Pleasantville Campus. Teacher Candidates for the Ed 690 courses displayed their research and their findings using creative yet informative poster boards, pamphlets, and other interactive media platforms.
They shared with SOE faculty members, administrators, and their peers their research questions, strategies they implemented in their classrooms, the duration of their research, and how conclusive their research was/was not based on their findings. Many of candidates also shared the feedback of their students, mentor teachers, school staff, and the parents of their students..
Ed 690 is a course in which candidates desgin and implement a research project in their classroom that focuses on an issue of relevance to them in their present teaching situation.
Please read through a few SOE teacher candidates presentations by clicking here (PDF)
Please see photos of the Teacher as Researcher Exibition Presentations
Faces of the School of Education
Allyson Dyl is a senior SOE student-athlete who plays soccer for the Pace University Women’s team and is majoring in childhood education (math concentration). Allyson shares her experience with the SOE on the time-management skills she uses with such a busy schedule, her fieldwork experience in Education, and her passion to become a teacher. Read More
School of Education Professor Dr. Brian Monahan was highlighted in the Pace Chronicle's Teacher Feature Section. Please check out the story written by Ali Silver (Feature Editor at the Pace Chronicle) by clicking here. (The story is located on Page 3 in the upper right hand corner)
Congratulations to Professor Monahan!
Sara Hutton is a junior adolescent Social Studies student in the School of Education. Over the summer, Sara attended 4-day youth activist conference called the Fourth Estate, hosted by the organization Invisible Children in San Diego, CA.
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