Congratulations to our first group of Paraprofessional Pathways Project graduates. Southern Nevada will have 36 new teachers transitioning into classrooms of their own this fall.
Nevada Superintendent of Education, Jhone Ebert, is the college's Alumna of the Year 🎉 She will be honored at the 2022 Annual Alumni Awards. Visit the link in our bio to read about Ebert and her journey and access the live stream for the Alumni Awards.
#UNLVCOE
#RebelHomecoming
2021 National Teacher of the Year and keynote speaker at last month's Summit on Nevada Education Juliana Urtubey was featured in People Magazine's People of the Year issue!
Applications for the Paraprofessional Pathways Program are due on Friday, Nov. 5. If you're a classroom aide or paraprofessional staff at a CCSD school and want to transition to a classroom of your own, we can help you get there.
"Children in poverty face adult-sized challenges every day."
@DaleErq
,
@CISNational
President & CEO addresses
#UNLVEdSummit
about the opportunity gap facing an overwhelming number of American students.
Congratulations to the 60 Paraprofessional Pathways Project (PPP) students who will be graduating at Winter Commencement ❄️🎓 These grads range from early childhood to elementary and special education. They will all be eligible to be the teacher of record in a Nevada classroom 🥳
We join all Nevadans in mourning the loss of Tyrone Thompson, an unrelenting champion for education, students and families. He leaves an incredible legacy of service driven by compassion, hope and meaningful change. We thank him for his service and offer our sincere condolences.
#BigNews
! Your
@UNLV
College of Education jumped up 26 spots in this year's
@USNews
#BestGradSchools
list. We are now ranked
#130
out of more than 380 schools across the nation. A testament to the hard work and dedication of our faculty, students and staff.
Congratulations to
@_snbei
on receiving $160,000 from the NewSchools Venture Fund to continue its mission of increasing the number of Black teachers in Clark County schools to 25 percent by 2030 🥳 Read the full story and learn more about SNBEI by clicking the link in our bio
"I felt extreme satisfaction because it felt like a reciprocal exchange. I was learning from my students — about how they thought about the world and processed information — as much as they were learning from me.”
Read more about Ramona Esparza here:
Project PUEBLO aims to equip educators with the necessary skills to teach emergent bilinguals, thus better assisting students who are learning English. With funding from the ESSER III funds, the accelerated master's degree program is able to further its initiative.
#UNLV
#UNLVCOE
Round of applause to Project PUEBLO students who presented their action plans last week! They all presented amazing work 👏 thank you to those who attended and
@ClarkCountySch
for supporting teachers earning an ELL master's degree and ELAD endorsement.
Join us for important discussions about community collaborations at this year's summit on Nov. 18-19 at UNLV. Thanks to a partnership with Teach for America, we're moving to a two-day format with special sessions on Saturday especially for educators.
Middle school students from Clark County School District participated in the Vegas STEM Lab, a summer camp hosted by
@unlvengineering
They received a sneak peek into the engineering behind the Strip's venues and hotels. Read the full story here
HUGE congratulations to our Department of Teaching & Learning for being awarded the
@AssocTeacherEd
's Billy G. Dixon Distinguished Program in Teacher Education award last week! A testament to the continued dedication and innovation of our faculty to create an exemplar program.
Future Teachers: The Nevada Institute on Teaching & Educator Preparation (NITEP) is an initiative that has a goal to enroll new students and aspiring scholars into teaching (25k total funding across 4 years). Apply today! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
This year's NV Summit on Education to a two-day format on Nov. 18-19 with special sessions on Saturday especially for educators thanks to our partnership with Teach for America. Learn more.
Excited to announce that
@NevadaReady
has awarded funds to
#UNLV
to establish the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation (via SB 548). NITEP will allow us to recruit promising candidates to be master teachers in our state.
#NVEd
#teacherleaders
Shoutouts for
@unlvcoe
at
@unlv
State of the University address with
@UNLV_President
today! Prof
@dr_nlo
- for research on status of women’s sports in society, PRACTICE Asst Dir Noelle Laforge &
@unlv
makes record year with # of students & # of students in freshman class! 👏🏽‼️
Another year of collaboration and opportunities ahead...
@ClarkCountySch
’s
@MikeMbarton
outlines CCSD’s priorities to improve all student outcomes and get them college/career ready. Fired up and ready to continue strengthening our community together!
#UNLVCOEBackToSchool
"UNLV is teaming up with the Public Education Foundation (PEF) to provide new paths into teaching careers for local students and support professionals"
Read more about UNLV's Division of Educational Outreach:
The
#UNLVEdSummit
Nevada Partners panelists outline where they think lawmakers need to focus to create a stronger Nevada in the upcoming
#NVLeg
. Some suggestions: fix the funding formula, transparency re: on what/how we're using revenue, and providing wrap around services.
"We need to graduate our kids ready for whatever they want to do." As always, happy to hear from
@SuptJaraCCSD
about the state of
@ClarkCountySch
and what we're doing to be
#1forKids
ICYMI:
@unlvcoe
is honored to recognize a true leader in education and workforce development, committed to "jump into the trenches and do the difficult work", Dr. Tiffany Tyler-Garner as our 2019 COE Alumnae of the Year! Thank you,
@ttyler72
Congratulations to Dr. Varner and his team of co-investigators, who are receiving more than $6 million for their research.
See all the grants awarded here:
In just over a year, our first group of Paraprofessional Pathways Project graduates finished their bachelor's degrees and are ready to take on 36 classrooms of their own in the fall.
Who's ready for
@unlvcoe
5th Annual Summit on Nevada Education?! Join leaders in education to discuss innovative research, practice and policies that are developing at
#UNLV
and across are state on December 9th. Special rates through 11/22- Register now:
Are you an education paraprofessional wishing for a classroom of your own? Check out the Paraprofessional Pathways Project. Financial assistance available.
Congratulations to alumnus Ben Nguyen, a Sunrise Mountain High School teacher who received $200,000 to pursue his "passion project." His project involves a web portal to help students find information about local job shadowing, training, and mentorship.
#UNLV
#UNLVCOE
Hello, Carson City! COE faculty & staff are in the Nevada capital to provide information to legislators and stakeholders concerning key issues in education in our state. We are proud to be a trusted resource for the community.
Thank you
@unlvcoe
for the opportunity to talk about
@NevadaReady
. I am looking forward to working together to end Nevada's shortage of highly qualified teachers.
Hip hip HOORAY! 🎉 Thanks to all of our
@unlvcoe
Rebels, we just unlocked our
#RebelsGive
challenge for $10,000!! Thanks to all who have donated so far... Let’s keep this momentum up!
Congratulations on your retirement, Dr. McCarthy! Thank you for your many years of dedication to students, the College of Education and the university. You will be missed!
Kudos to
@UNLV
doctoral student Erica Reid,
@AACTE
's Holmes Scholar of the Month! Pursuing her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction (
#Multicultural
Ed), Erica researches online instruction and curriculum development that prioritizes needs of diverse learners.
Great to see leaders of the community come together at
@ClarkCountySch
’s State of the Schools. Each of us has a role in seeking and promoting innovative solutions to better education, wraparound services and outcomes for ALL students.
#1forKids
Join us for the sixth annual
@unlvcoe
Summit on
#NVEd
!
Dr. Jessica Decuir-Gunby of
@NCState
will discuss advancing educ research to support racial equity. Free registration, space is limited.
@unlv
@AERA_EdResearch
We are excited to welcome new CCSD Superintendent Dr. Jesus F. Jara on his first day in the district!
#WelcomeDrJara
!
To learn more about
@SuptJaraCCSD
, visit .
We're always looking for part-time instructors and site supervisors. If you'd like to gain more experience in the classroom, learn more and apply!
#UNLV
#UNLVCOE
📣: 2018-19 Teach
#Nevada
Scholarship applications to support future educators are NOW OPEN!
#UNLV
has 50 scholarships to award to undergrad and ARL students beginning teacher preparation programs. More info and application requirements:
Jean Munson, the program coordinator for UNLV Women’s Research Institute and school counseling student, plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of female leadership in Nevada. Read more about her amazing work here:
#UNLV
#UNLVCOE
Calling all CCSD teachers, librarians, and literature lovers!! The 2022 Summit on the Research & Teaching of Young Adult Literature in the English Language Arts Classroom & Library is coming soon! Join us on June 9, 10, and 11.
Dr. Iesha Jackson recently co-authored an empirical study in the
@AACTE
Journal of Teacher Education. The study explores how educators of color attempt to support Black/Latino male students' navigation of inequities in college knowledge and access. 🔗:
Dr. LeAnn Putney was honored to be selected to carry the mace at UNLV's Graduate College commencement in recognition of her outstanding service to the university and its students.
⭐ Congratulations to Laura Jeanne Penrod, a CCSD teacher and UNLV COE alum, on being named the 2024 Nevada Teacher of the Year by Nevada Ready. 📚 Thank you for all your hard work and dedication you do for CCSD! 🔗 Read the full announcement by visiting .
UNLV has recently been named a member of the First Scholars Network, which consists of over 350 higher education institutions throughout the United States. The group collaborates to further the success of first-generation college students.
#UNLV
#UNLVCOE
Congratulations to our Educational Policy and Leadership program's graduate students who shared their target group improvement plan presentations to local education and community leaders in May.
#EdLeadership
Did you know that development gaps between children from advantaged and disadvantaged families can emerge as early as 9 months old? Or that 90% of brain development happens before age 5? That’s why
#ECE
matters!
“We are made to tell the world that there are no outsiders. All are welcome: black, white, red, yellow, rich, poor, educated, not educated, male, female, gay, straight, all, all, all. We all belong to this family, this human family.” – Desmond Tutu
Welcome back Kamilah Bywaters, Adriana Hernandez, Averill Kelley and Elizabeth León Zaragoza as returning AACTE Holmes Scholars at UNLV for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Inspiring words from
@Valley_Vikings
Principal Ramona Esparza. We have a three prong approach to education in NV- 1. Leadership 2. Community Partnerships 3. Hope - growing our own in the teacher prep and educator programs.
#NVEdSummit
#NvEd
Dean Metcalf and 2 of our honors graduates for the 2019
#unlv
winter
#commencement
! Congratulations to all of our graduates on their many accomplishments! 🎓👏🏽😁
Join us in thanking Dr. John Filler, Dr. Vicki Rosser, Dr. Bill Speer, and Dr. Lori Olafson for their commitment and service to the UNLV College of Education and the UNLV community as a whole. You'll always have a home here!
Teachers, counselors and human services professionals are instrumental in the lives of LGBTQIA+ students. Learn how to be an effective and supportive ally.
Looking for an Asst. Prof. of Special Ed with an emphasis in Generalist Special Education to begin fall 2022. Engage in collaborative research, teacher preparation, and innovation in a diverse university, local, and regional context.