When Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College welcomed members of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate to ASU’s West campus from Oct. 22 to 24, there was cause for local celebration. First, because MLFTC had been selected to host the semi-annual conference of CPED, an international organization of more than 100 public and private colleges that “... work together to undertake a critical examination of the doctorate in education through dialogue, experimentation, critical feedback and evaluation.”
Nonprofit work does have its rewards, but it also has its frustrations. Greg Pereira, a doctoral student in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, learned this after running a homeless shelter for several years.
“I could find people shelter or a bed, get them medical attention and help them land a minimum-wage job, but I didn’t have the power to really change their lives,” said Pereira, who will earn his doctoral degree in education in leadership and innovation in December.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2018 commencement. Read about more graduates.
Steve Graham, the Mary Emily Warner Professor of Education in the Division of Leadership and Innovation at ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, was inducted into the 2018 Reading Hall of Fame.
The Reading Hall of Fame consists of nationally and internationally prominent researchers who are recognized as having made extraordinary contributions to theory and research in the study of literacy acquisition. Inductees are nominated by other peers in the organization.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2018 commencement. Read about more graduates.
Nonprofit work does have its rewards, but it also has its frustrations. Greg Pereira, a doctoral student in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, learned this after running a homeless shelter for several years.
ASU’s Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education, a part of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, organized and hosted a symposium aimed at answering the many questions surrounding global learning metrics as a central component of the post-2015 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
The National Science Foundation established its engineering research center initiative in 1984 to unite academic and industrial researchers in transforming American engineering and preparing tomorrow’s engineers. Based on university campuses, ERCs are initially funded by the foundation with up to $5 million per year, but each is expected to become self-sustaining within a decade. The program is highly competitive.
Michelene Chi, a Foundation Professor and the Dorothy Bray Endowed Professor of Science and Teaching at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, has been named a Regents Professor. She is one of four ASU professors to have the title conferred this year, joining the 3 percent of ASU faculty members who have received the accolade.
In partnership with the Avondale Elementary School District and the Pendergast Elementary School District, MLFTC is piloting new ways to support ASU teacher candidates while they perform their professional internships and apprenticeships in schools.
Watch the short video and hear more about how the pilot program is changing the teaching model:
Back in November, college leaders and local school administration members gathered to watch a presentation of what could be part of the future of how MLFTC student teachers learn how to create change — and ultimately improve the system — from the inside out.
As part of the curriculum, senior-year college students who were placed in Washington Elementary School District as student teachers — 14 to be exact — were given an opportunity and the tools to try out a mindset of “educator as designer” while in their classrooms.