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Veteran educator to lead Fredonia’s first online program in Educational Leadership
Fredonia announces that Gregory Geer, Ph.D., is joining the College of Education’s faculty to lead its Advanced Certificate program in Educational Leadership.
Fredonia launches new online TESOL program
The pool of bilingual (BLE) and English as a New Language (ENL) teachers available to serve in Western New York and elsewhere is expected to increase, thanks to a new online TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) program at Fredonia.
Fredonians among recipients of Chancellor’s Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships
The State University of New York announced honorees of the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships for the State of New York – including two recent Fredonia graduates, Caitlyn Roe and Megan E. Little.
Senior’s ‘#716 Rainbow Hunt’ t-shirt sales to benefit needy families
Julianna Owczarczak’s third and final student teaching placement was curtailed when public schools were shut down in mid-March due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions, so the Fredonia senior launched a project that will help nourish children in another way.
Student teachers celebrate completion of studies with creative mortarboards
Graduating seniors in the College of Education completed their student teaching experiences virtually, and celebrated its ending.
Alumni stay on board to host English education majors to complete student teaching placements
Seniors majoring in English: Adolescence Education at Fredonia are completing their student teaching placements in Western New York schools on schedule amid the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to Fredonia alumni who didn’t want to see them miss out on their student teaching experiences.
Alumna Kaleigh Vogan wins statewide education award
Starting as a babysitter, Kaleigh Vogan has always worked with children, but she can trace her “ah ha” moment – when she knew she destined to become a teacher – to an experience in high school. She “interviewed” a class of kindergartners and fifth graders for an art project and made an astute observation.
Fredonia combines school leadership instruction into unique online program
School leadership training at Fredonia has been redesigned to create a single direct path for educators already working in K-12 school districts to attain advanced certifications that lead to becoming a school building principal and school district superintendent.
Seed project aims to connect with Distance Education students and restore Chestnut trees
Every spring semester at Fredonia, about 25 prospective elementary school teachers nurture American chestnut seedlings that could contribute to long-term efforts to restore the American chestnut tree in the Eastern United States.
Tan co-author of book that examines early childhood investments in a globalized world
Associate Professor Guangyu Tan of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education is a co-author of “Investment in Early Childhood in a Globalized World: Policies, Practices and Parental Philosophies in China, India and the United States,” recently published by Palgrave MacMillan.