The School of Teaching and Learning is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and provides a comprehensive curriculum that spans early childhood, elementary, K-12 and special education to prepare students with high-quality teaching skills and solid grounding in their chosen discipline.
Through intensive, hands-on learning, students discover where their teaching passion lies, participate in field experiences, interact with children in local elementary schools, and receive mentorship from outstanding faculty and area teachers. Local partnerships with area schools offer a wealth of immersive classroom experience and outstanding student-teaching opportunities for advanced professional development. Graduates of the program are competitive applicants for teaching positions and excel in a variety of teaching disciplines.
Dr. David Tack, school of teaching and learning, presented the keynote address “The Importance of Schools in Building Stronger Community Relationships” to the tri-state meeting of regional directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. His talk incorporated his current research with teachers on the Red Lake reservation on their experiences with incorporating service [...]
Doris Walker-Dalhouse, STL professor emerita, and Victoria Risko, professor emerita at Vanderbilt University and 2012 President of the International Reading Association, wrote a book that was published by Teachers College Press. The title of the book is “Be that Teacher! Breaking the Cycle for Struggling Readers.” Walker-Dalhouse and Risko will be autographing their book on [...]
Doris Walker-Dalhouse, professor emerita, STL, and Victoria J. Risko had a chapter entitled Using informative assessments for effective literacy practices, published in E. T. Ortlieb, & E. H. Cheeks (Eds.) Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation (Vol. 1, pp. 197-219). United Kingdom:Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Visiting scholar, Anita Archer, Ph.D., will present at the Hjemkomst Center today from 4 to 6 p.m. Faculty and students are welcome. Archer is the recipient of eight outstanding educator awards, has taught elementary and middle school students and has been a faculty member at San Diego State University, the University of Washington, and the [...]
Katie Shorma, Elementary Education and Spanish Major
Nicholas Flores, Student Teacher in Education
