Department News and Announcements
The newly formed Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership is the merger of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the Department of Education Policy Studies and the program in Organizational Leadership and Policy Studies, formerly in the Department of Leadership, International, and Higher Education.
U.S. News & World Report ranks the department's programs among the highest in the nation: Education Policy (#13); Elementary Teacher Education (#13); Secondary Teacher Education (#14); Curriculum & Instruction (#15); Education Administration and Supervision (#16).
New Summer Course Announced:
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EDCI 688 X & 488 X : Teaching about good place-making: What is it? Why does it matter? (3 credits)
Summer Session I a: Tuesday sessions online* Saturdays (10 am – 6 pm) at various locations in D.C.
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Click Here For More InformationThe Department announces New Programs For Teaching Middle School Math and Science.
Maryland Teacher and COE alumna Ann Marie Foester Luu, was named the first recipient of the TESOL Teacher of the Year Award from the TESOL International Association and National Geographic Learning. The award was created to honor exceptional English language teachers at all levels. Read More...
Eupil K. Muhn is an English teacher at A. Mario Loiederman Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Silver Spring, Maryland and graduate from the College of Education. He was named the 2012 Marian Greenblatt Education Fund Rising Star Teacher of the Year, an award given annually to a first or second-year Montgomery County Public Schools Teacher who demonstrates exceptional promise. Since 1989, the Fund has recognized 74 teachers for excellence. Muhn will be honored along with three veteran teacher winners in April at the Champions for Children Gala, hosted by the Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education (MCBRE).
Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, has announced that one of the winners of its Culturally Responsive Teaching Award is UMD College of Education graduate, Tracy Oliver-Gary. The award was designed to recognize educators who have demonstrated excellence in teaching students from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. more...
Graduate of The Department Appointed Chancellor of Montana State University- Northern
James Limbaugh who received his doctorate of philosophy in educational policy and leadership from the University of Maryland has been appointed as Chancellor of Montana State University-Northern. Dr. Limbaugh is currently vice president for strategy, planning and policy at Angelo State University in San Angelo,Texas, a position he has held since 2008.
Graduate of The Department Awarded "Teacher of the Year"
The College of Education Alumni Association has honored one of our past graduates with the Teacher of the Year Award. Congratulations to Colleen O'Brien Everson who received her B.S. degree in Elementary Education in 2007 and a Master's degree specializing in Reading Education in 2011. Formerly a first-grade teacher in Prince George¹s County, Mrs. Everson now teaches first-grade in Harford County."
Department Graduate Published in The Reading Teacher
Terry Newman had published an article for The International Reading Association in the January/February issue of THE READING TEACHER. Congratualtions, Terry. Additional information can be found by opening an abstract of Terry's article published here.
Faculty News
Dr. Victoria-Maria MacDonald, Assistant Professor of Minority & Urban Education was recognized at the Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School 40th Anniversary Symposium and Gala on January 26, 2013. Marvin Garcia, Director of Praxis at the Alternative Schools Network of Chicago, spoke of her advancement of scholarship and commitment to Latinos and Education at the Northeastern Illinois University event. Ph.D. candidate Jason Rivera of Minority & Urban Education also participated in the Chicago symposium.
Dr. Mariam Jean Dreher, Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, will be awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Oulu in Finland in May 2013. Dr. Dreher has engaged in collaborative research with colleagues at Oulu for over 20 years and was a Fulbright senior specialist there in 2006. The University of Oulu notes that the doctoris honoris causa, or honorary doctor, is the highest honor that it can bestow. During three–day festivities following medieval tradition, Dr. Dreher will receive the doctor’s hat and sword. The doctor’s hat is “a symbol of liberty, scholarship and freedom of research. The hat is round, because its wearer is supposed to answer questions clearly and naturally and not to split hairs.” The doctor’s sword, which is awarded at the Sword–whetting (Sharpening) Ceremony the evening before the Conferment, is “a symbol for the scientist’s fight for what he or she, in rigorous research, has found to be good, right and true.” The evening before the Conferment, honorary doctors whet their swords, with the assistance of their escort, using a grindstone damped with champagne. The Conferment Ceremony is followed by a dinner and a ball, and on the third day a sailing trip. The University notes that “Despite the ceremonial nature of the occasion, it is also entertaining and festive. The ceremonies are the harvest festival of academic work.”
Dr. Hanne Mawhinney received a Distinguished Service Award from the University Council for Educational Administration. The award, presented at the fall 2011 annual meeting of UCEA, recognizes Dr. Mawhinney's "outstanding service, leadership, and expertise in the development of the Education Leadership Constituent Council's 2012 National Leadership Program Standards" for school and district leader preparation programs.
Dr. Steve Selden's work and recently published book,“Inheriting Shame: The Story of Eugenics and Racism in America,” are referenced in CNN report on court ordered sterilization in North Carolina.
Dr. Jean Dreher, TLPL, received the inaugural Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Journal of Literacy Research. Her award was presented at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference in Jacksonville, FL in December. The Journal of Literacy Research (JLR) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes research related to literacy, language, and literacy and language education from preschool through adulthood. JLR publishes research and scholarly papers, including original research, critical reviews of research, conceptual analyses, and theoretical essays.
Dr. Dennis Herschbach, TLPL, was selected to receive the The Outstanding Manuscript Award for the Journal of sTEm Teacher Education, for his article: "The STEM Initiative: Constraints and Challenges."
Dr. Patricia Campbell honored with Hay Award
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) presented the Twenty-First Annual Louise Hay Award to Patricia Campbell, associate professor of mathematics education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland, at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans, LA. Established in 1991, the Hay Award recognizes outstanding achievements in any area of mathematics education. Louise Hay was widely recognized for her contributions to mathematical logic, for her strong leadership as Head of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, for her devotion to students, and for her lifelong commitment to nurturing the talent of young women and men. The annual presentation of this award is intended to highlight the importance of mathematics education and to evoke the memory of all that Hay exemplified as a teacher, scholar, administrator, and human being. More Info...