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Students in Tim Swick's classroom encounter artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual reality and even Minecraft. Always tinkering, he is fascinated by the science of how things work and pushes his students to think beyond the content and really connect to the material.
Two-time alumna Lesley Snyder (2016, education administration) received a Milken Educator Award and $25,000 from the Milken Family Foundation. Snyder is the only recipient of this prestigious award in South Carolina for 2021-2022. We sat down with her to talk with her about her time in the College of Education and what she's doing now.
Kristi Benson will get a Mother's Day gift beyond compare this year as she walks across the Colonial Life Arena stage with her son, Drew. Drew began his program four years ago with Kristi starting the next year.
Each student in the Urban Education Cohort has an opportunity to create an action research project and test culturally relevant instructional techniques. This year, Joyce Brooks, Madison Bruce, Marissa McCallum and Brynnan Frye presented their findings at February's National Association of Professional Development Schools Conference -- a rare opportunity for pre-service teachers.
The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education named Toby Jenkins the recipient of the Individual Leadership Award.
Jason Sox comes from a long line of educators. Every day he sees another family member in the halls of his school -- his wife, DiAnna. So it was with that familiar ease that the Soxes decided to tackle their doctoral degrees together
"Can you hear me? Can you see me?" These are the first things we hear as students log in to their virtual classrooms, clients log in for virtual tele-health counseling sessions, or our colleagues log in to virtual meetings. Due to the pandemic, the majority of our interactions with others now take place in a virtual space.
Like much of the rest of the United States, South Carolina enters 2022 with an acute and expanding teacher recruitment and retention problem. Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet existing long before it, fewer college-bound high school graduates are interested in education careers, and more educators are leaving the profession prior to retirement. As with any complex, systemic issue, there isn’t a singular solution.
Carrianne Chapman uses lessons learned in her student internship to teach the next generation of interns.
n a state where 5,996 teachers didn't return to their previous districts for the 2020-21 school year, these individuals have stayed in their professions. Here's what they say about what they see on the job, what they think needs to change, and why they're sticking around.
Claressa Hinton learned early there would always be things she couldn't control. But that's not surprising for someone who moved between 30 and 40 times between ages two and 18, who sometimes didn't go to school because her parents couldn't get her there. It was a turbulent childhood marked by failing grades, no dreams, fear she wouldn't graduate, and none of the structure she craved.
The Dean's Advisory Board will work with the leadership team on providing input on enhancing the college's recruitment and retention efforts for traditionally underrepresented and underserved students, assist with philanthropic support, and provide feedback on current programs and initiatives.
Project Promote provides grant-funded doctoral education to students studying special education administration. Maria Jimenez (2011 MA in Education Administration) tells her story.
A message from Interim Dean Thomas Hodges about the upcoming Fall semester
Shareka Liddell always had a passion for education, but when she entered college, her family and friends encouraged her to pursue a different career path.
Doctoral candidate and first-generation student Shelby Gonzales knows what it takes to make a difference.
Students' voices can sometimes be the last heard when it comes to decisions regarding their community, their schools and their future. But 19 students at Fairfield Central High School are changing that approach with a semester-long class that put them on the front lines of identifying their community's assets and creating solutions around issues related to mental health, economic opportunity and school funding.
South Carolina's flagship university, a historically Black college and a national nonprofit are teaming up to address a teacher shortage in some of the state's most underserved districts.
Michael Harris (2016, doctorate, curriculum and instruction) is joining our 2021 Spring Curriculum Studies Doctoral Research Symposium as a featured guest speaker.
University of South Carolina alumnae Anna R. Duvall and Crissy C. Roddy recently co-authored a book about helping students manage anxiety, a disorder facing nearly one-third of teenagers in America. Duvall and Roddy are school counselors in Lexington County School District One
Thomas (Mitchell) Toomey is a 2021 Recipient of the Support to Promote Advancement of Research and Creativity, or SPARC, Graduate Research Grant. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President of Research and Creativity, SPARC grants are a merit-based award designed to ignite research and creative excellence across all disciplines at UofSC.
The National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) selected College of Education Associate Professor of special education, Anthony Plotner, Ph.D., as a recipient of the Distinguished Switzer Research Fellowship. The Distinguished Switzer Research Fellowship is awarded to accomplished researchers to support their work as it relates to independent living and rehabilitation for people with disabilities.
Sherisse Jackson and Leslie Richard, both graduates of the Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction program, were recognized by the Carnegie Project on Education Doctorate as 2020 Dissertation in Practice Award winners.
Michele Myers, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor at the College of Education, will lead the South Carolina contingent of the Consortium along with Yolande' Anderson, Director of Family and Community Engagement at the State Department of Education, Anthony Pittman, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Education at Claflin University, and James Ritter, Educator Specialist at the South Carolina State Department of Education. The team's goal is to create curriculum centered on family engagement for teachers in training.
Christine Lotter, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education, and her student, Amber Adgerson, a doctoral candidate in the Teaching and Learning, Ph.D. program at the University of South Carolina were recognized for their accomplishments by the Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education (SASTE) at their virtual conference on October 3, 2020.