Building Knowledge For Practice

Enrollment Jumps

Recruitment efforts were very successful this year for the School of Education. There are 120 new graduate students, consistent with previous academic years. At the undergraduate level, there are 155 new freshmen in the Elementary Teacher Education major. According to Undergraduate Admissions, the number of incoming students who selected that major jumped 18 percent since last year!

School of Education Graduate Open House

You are cordially invited to attend the School of Education's graduate open house that will be held Friday, December 4, 2009 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm in the Willard Hall Education Building on the Newark campus of the University of Delaware. Participants will meet faculty and current students and learn about degree programs including the Ph.D. in Education, the M.A. in School Psychology, the M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language, the M.A. in Teaching (M.A.T.), the M.Ed. in Exceptional Children and Youth, and the M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration. Information about funding opportunities will also be available, and refreshments will be served. For more details, follow this link to the Open House Flyer.

SOE Graduate Student Appointed to Delaware Sports Commission

On Friday, November 6, Gov. Jack Markell officially launched the Delaware Sports Commission. Four people affiliated with the University of Delaware have been appointed to the commission, designed to help bring sports business, including national sporting events, to the First State. One of those people is Matthew Sparks, a graduate student in the School of Education's Higher Education Administration program. Sparks has been appointed executive director of the commission. He calls this the ultimate opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a field about which he is passionate. To read more about plans for the newly formed Delaware Sports Commission, follow this link to the UDaily story.

Stimulus Grant to Aid UD Professor in Studying Preschool Geometric Knowledge

Roberta Golinkoff, H. Rodney Sharp Professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, and graduate student Wilkey Wong wanted to know what preschool children understand about geometric shapes and how to manipulate them. There is a link between spatial skills and mathematical abilities for older children, but there is little research on what younger children can do. Now, with the help of a $904,828 federal stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health, Golinkoff and Wong will be uncovering young students' geometric abilities. To read more about this research project, follow this link to the UDaily story.

School of Education Alumna Named Delaware Teacher of the Year

Mary Pinkston, a University of Delaware alumna, has earned the top honor of Delaware's Teacher of the Year for 2010. She beat out 19 other district finalists throughout the state for the honor. Pinkston has 17 years of teaching experience, all in the Brandywine School District. She's not the only UD graduate who competed this year for the title of Delaware Teacher of the Year. Of all 20 of the district finalists, seven of the educators earned their master's degrees or took graduate coursework at UD, and three teachers earned their elementary teacher certification from the University's School of Education. For more on Pinkston's honor, follow this link to the UDaily story.

SOE to Participate in First College Expo

The University of Delaware College of Education and Public Policy will hold its first College Expo on Wednesday, November 18, providing undergraduate students, prospective graduate students and members of the community an opportunity to see the types of degrees the college has to offer in one location. The College Expo will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 PM in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center on Academy Street. It will showcase 13 undergraduate majors and minors and more than 25 graduate programs available to students. To learn more about the College Expo, follow this link to the UDaily story.

$2 Million NSF Grant Supports Research on Math Teacher Preparation at UD

Dawn Berk, assistant professor in the School of Education, is leading a group of University of Delaware researchers who will be evaluating the University’s mathematics teacher preparation programs over the next five years, thanks to a $2-million grant from the National Science Foundation’s REESE (Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering) program. Berk is the primary investigator of the group, which will be following two cohorts of graduates from math teacher preparation programs within the School of Education and the Department of Mathematical Sciences over the first three to four years of their teaching careers. To read more about this research, follow this link to the UDaily story.

Chrystalla Mouza Wins National Research Award

The Association of Teacher Educators has announced that Chrystalla Mouza, associate professor in the University of Delaware School of Education, is the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Research in Teacher Education award. This yearly award is designed to honor the highest quality research in the field of education across the country. For more on Professor Mouza's award, follow this link to the UDaily story.

First School Psychology Program “Olympics” a Big Success

Graduate students in the school psychology program recently brought together about 40 current students, alumni, faculty, and significant others for a day of friendly and fairly unusual competition. Beginning with opening ceremonies, four teams competed in events like Human Block Design, So You Think You Can Dance and Scavenger Hunt. Each team created its own custom designed t-shirts, banner, cheer, and secret methods for bribing the judges. The event allowed new students to get to know more advanced students and generally created a sense of camaraderie among all who attended. To read more about this event, follow this link to the full story.

Book Presentation Honors Three Promoted Faculty in SOE

It's a tradition that began back in 2002. Every time professors who teach education majors receive promotions, they're also asked to choose a book that has had special meaning in their lives. Once those books are purchased in their honor, the professors present those books to the Education Resource Center and explain why the book means so much to them. Marika Ginsburg-Block, Nancy Lavigne and Chrystalla Mouza are the newest School of Education faculty to take part in this tradition. They were all promoted to Associate Professor back in the spring. To find out which books they chose, follow this link to the full story.

School of Education Fall 2009 Colloquium Series

The School of Education's Fall 2009 colloquium series takes place at 1 PM on Wednesday afternoons in Willard 207. To see the lineup of speakers, follow this link to the Fall 2009 Colloqium Schedule.

Recordings Available Online

For the benefit of those who cannot attend in person, the colloqium series is being audio recorded. Some of the recordings include video as well. To play the recordings, follow this link to the UD Capture site.

Colloquium Podcast

To be notified automatically when new recordings are available, you can subscribe to the School of Education Colloquium Podcast.

How to Get Here

The School of Education is located in the Willard Hall Education Building at 16 West Main Street in Newark, Delaware. Our GPS coordinates are 39.683444, -75.755239. Driving instructions are printed below.

From the North

Take I-95 South to Delaware Exit 1-B — Route 896 North, which becomes South College Avenue at the intersection of Route 4. Continue straight on South College Avenue for about two miles, past such landmarks as the Bob Carpenter/Sports Convocation Center, Delaware Stadium, and the Delaware Field House. Continue going straight through the intersection of South College Avenue and Park Place. Keep going until you come to a dead end on Main Street. Turn left on Main Street and park in the large parking garage that will be on your left. The School of Education is in Willard on Main Street right across from the parking garage.

From the West

Take the Pennsylvania Turnpike East to Route 283 South. Continue on Route 283 South, which becomes Route 30 East outside of Lancaster, to Route 896 South. As you reach campus and cross the railroad tracks, immediately turn left onto Delaware Avenue and left (at the second traffic light) onto South College Avenue, which will dead-end after one block into Main Street. Turn left on Main Street and park in the large parking garage that will be on your left. The School of Education is in Willard on Main Street right across from the parking garage.

From the South

Take I-95 North to Delaware Exit 1 — Route 896 North, which becomes South College Avenue at the intersection of Route 4. Continue straight on South College Avenue for about two miles, past such landmarks as the Bob Carpenter/Sports Convocation Center, Delaware Stadium, and the Delaware Field House. Continue going straight through the intersection of South College Avenue and Park Place. Keep going until you come to a dead end on Main Street. Turn left on Main Street and park in the large parking garage that will be on your left. The School of Education is in Willard on Main Street right across from the parking garage.

How to Apply

Follow the links below for instructions on how to apply to our undergraduate, master's, or doctoral programs in the School of Education at the University of Delaware.