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Stories from the College of Education
WOU wins grant funding to expand effort to diversify Oregon’s teaching force
WOU will receive more than $291,000 to create new hybrid and online courses for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse aspiring educators living in rural areas.
COE launches new initiative to offer professional development for paraprofessional educators
The College of Education is launching the Center for the Advancement of Paraprofessionals to offer professional development for paraprofessional educators, including education assistants and others working with students in K-12 schools in roles that don’t require a teaching license.
COE professor to become president of Oregon Association of Teacher Educators
Dr. Melanie Landon-Hays will officially take over as president of the Oregon Association of Teacher Educators (ORATE) in the summer of 2021.
COE launches website for office of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The College of Education’s office of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (J.E.D.I.) launched a new website in January as a way to showcase the college’s anti-racist programs, policies, and practices.
Early Childhood Studies student reflects on attending national conference
Bobilynn Regensburger, an undergraduate in the Early Childhood Studies program, shares reflections on the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s annual conference, which was held virtually in November of 2020.
WOU professor to share research on Quechua-Spanish bilinguals at virtual panels
Dr. Yuliana Kenfield, a teacher educator in the Division of Education & Leadership, has been invited to present research at virtual events at University of Colorado Boulder and University of California, Berkeley next month.
COE debuts new video highlighting Bilingual Teacher Scholars
The College of Education and Q-Loop Productions debuted a new video about WOU’s Bilingual Teacher Scholars program in late January – an ambitious program that aims to help Oregon’s teaching force more closely match the state’s increasingly diverse student demographics.
Reflections on national early childhood education conference from WOU student
ECE student Mingxi He shares reflections after attending the annual conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children in November 2020.
M.S. in Education student shares lessons learned from national early childhood education conference
MSED student Cara O’Brien shares reflections after attending the annual conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children in November 2020.
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