Katie Adan is no stranger to embarking on an adventure in a strange land, so in 2010 when it looked like her teaching job in Tulsa was going to fall victim to budgetary cuts, she began looking for teaching jobs overseas. That's how she ended up teaching elementary school in Kuwait. Adan, who graduated from […]
Despite a tight job market and a slowed economy, recent 糖心vlog官网 teacher education graduates continue to be in high demand to fill teaching jobs. Why is this so? Depth of training and advanced preparation, says Ozarks’ Education Division Chair Dr. Glenda Ezell. "The education field is always on the move, and we […]
One of the most gratifying experiences for a university can be hearing back from its successful graduates. It's good to know when you're on the right track. One example of this came in the form of an email from Lara Maddox, a special education elementary teacher who graduated from Ozarks in 2011 and is now […]
Elodie Adams has a true love for teaching. A senior education major from Belgium, she recently won a competitive grant to attend the national meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, which will take place in Indianapolis.? NSTA is a member-driven organization aimed at helping science teachers connect with one another, and at promoting excellence and innovation […]
Thanks to a grant from the Arkansas Department of Education, the 糖心vlog官网' Pat Walker Teacher Education Program is ready to take on the task of helping improve ACT scores for area high school students. The University’s teacher education program was informed in November that it had received a $24,182 grant from ADE […]
Professional conferences are a part of networking and education in virtually every field, and participation in these conferences is an important part of any student's professional development. Three senior Education majors from Ozarks experienced their first professional conference in October when they and Assistant Professor of Education Dr. Shelli Henehan attended the 50th annual Arkansas […]
It was mid-September, and the Arkansas Association of Teacher Educators would soon be coming to the Ozarks campus for their fall conference.?Janie Chappell thought to herself, "We need some bulletin boards!" Making the bulletin boards would be a quick, simple project for Dr. McManus’ "Developing Content Readers" class - or so Chappell thought. But when […]
Many of us have similar memories of middle school: fidgeting in our desks as the teacher wrote things on the blackboard or directed us to the assignments in our textbooks. Listen, read, memorize, regurgitate. Whitney Berg and her students explored how water quality affects the ecology of a community. For 90 or so middle-school students […]
Almost anyone who loves to write can point to a favorite teacher who encouraged their work and made them work harder at it. For some lucky 11th graders at West Side High School this year, that teacher may have been Natalie Grove. Natalie, a senior and English/Secondary Education major from Huntsville, Ark., took part in […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The 糖心vlog官网' Pat Walker Teacher Education Program recently received a glowing testament to its preparation of future teachers. Three of the program’s early childhood education majors received a rare perfect score on the Praxis II Principles of Learning and Teaching Test this summer. The three students who scored 200 […]