UCF Teacher Education Students Jump into Classroom Experience with Boots on the Ground Orientation

UCF Teacher Education Students Jump into Classroom Experience with Boots on the Ground Orientation

Before completing official teaching internships, students have the opportunity to volunteer for service-learning in classrooms to start developing their skills ...
Soyoung Park

Teacher Education Assistant Professor Receives ‘Must-Read’ Article Award

Soyoung Park was awarded the Council for Learning Disabilities’ 2024 Must-Read Article Award for her publication in Learning Disability Quarterly ...
Jacqueline Towson , Kelly Schaffer and Soyoung Park

UCF Awarded $1.25M to Prepare Special Educators, Speech-language Pathologists in Autism

Through funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Project ASD 7 will help 46 scholars from two graduate programs complete ...
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UCF Teacher Education Alumna Inspires Future Generations Through NASA Outreach

Cat Toon ’13 encourages everyone to follow their passion and know they can explore opportunities in space and aeronautics from ...
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New $1.2M Department of Education Funded Project to Help UCF Graduate More Special Education Teachers

To help address the teacher shortage, the funding will support 40 educators earning master’s degrees at UCF over the next ...
Earlisha Whitfield

Reading Education Assistant Professor Receives Emerging Leader Award

The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education honored Earlisha Whitfield with the Emerging Leader Award at the National Technology ...
Mariana Espinoza

UCF Teacher Education Alumna Dreams Big, Launches Career in Social Studies Education

A lifelong love of teaching coupled with her experience at UCF has led Mariana Espinosa ’24 to a newly minted ...
Nisha Phillip-Malahoo with UCF President Alexander Cartwright and Provost Michael Johnson

Order of Pegasus Winner Strives for Excellence to Give Back to Her Students

Nisha Phillip-Malahoo, a Noyce Fellow, says the reward she feels from being a teacher empowers her every day ...
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Solving the Shortage

Through collaboration, innovation and federal funding, UCF is developing new solutions to meet Florida’s demand for educators ...
Artificial intelligence

Could AI Save Education?

For insight into the real potential and real fears of artificial intelligence in education, we turn to Kristal Ayres ’92MEd, ...
Student smiling and painting

Hands-on Art Education Classes Prepare Students to Work with Children

In Debra McGann’s art classes, students learn how to teach K-12 art by engaging in some of the activities themselves ...
Tahnee Wilder sits on a bench outside the Education Complex, smiling.

Exceptional Education Doctoral Candidate to Publish in Prominent Teacher Education Journal

Tahnee Wilder was selected to co-author a manuscript to appear in one of the Journal of Teacher Education’s special anniversary ...
Students gather around a desk to listen to their teacher.

Overseas Student Teaching Opportunities Coming to the School of Teacher Education

UCF’s School of Teacher Education was accepted into the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching, which places students in 16 different ...
Shalece Kohnke smiles in front of the Reflecting Pond wearing her graduation regalia.

UCF Doctoral Graduate Aims to Support Exceptional Education Teachers, Students with STEM Education Accessibility

Fueled by her own experience, Shalece Kohnke is determined to help close the achievement gap between students with and without ...
Carlos Aleman laughs while playing magnetic building blocks during a session at PedsAcademy.

UCF Early Childhood Development Alum, Former PedsAcademy Intern Pursues Career as Child Life Specialist

A pediatric cancer survivor himself, Carlos Aleman ’23 has gone from PedsAcademy intern to child life gaming and technology specialist ...