Category: In the Media
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Colorado’s rural colleges branching out
Otero Junior College and CU Denver recently launched a partnership to offer a bachelor’s degree in elementary education that can be completed entirely at the Otero campus in La Junta. This will help nurture the desire for local residents to stay in the area and teach, said Otero president Jim Rizzuto. Too often, area schools…
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SEHD wins 2018 AACTE Best Practice Award in Support of Multicultural Education and Diversity
CU Denver’s School of Education and Human Development wins national award for promoting diversity in its teacher prep programs The University of Colorado Denver’s School of Education and Human Development won a prestigious national award for promoting diversity in teacher education, the 2018 AACTE Best Practice Award in Support of Multicultural Education and Diversity from the American Association of…
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Congratulations Dr. Lisa Forbes on Your Recent Publication
Please congratulate Dr. Lisa Forbes on her first article publication: Procedures, Pitfalls, and Product: Delphi Methodology in Counseling Research
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SEHD’s NxtGEN and Pathways2Teaching featured in EdWeek
Latino Male Teachers: Building the Pipeline Why ‘it takes a village’ to recruit Hispanic men into the teaching profession Congrats to Angel Magana (student), Margarita Bianco, Tania Hogan and Barbara Seidl who are all quoted in this article. [Check out the article on EdWeek]
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SEHD Undergraduate Learning Communities Featured in CU Denver TODAY
Learning communities bolster student success New SEHD options support college graduation goals, friendships and educational experiences The School of Education & Human Development (SEHD) has started two new learning communities for undergraduate students: the Curious Teacher Learning Community, focused on changing lives through teaching in culturally and linguistically diverse settings, and the bilingual Familias y Justicia, or Families and Justice Learning Community, focused on effectively serving culturally and linguistically diverse individuals and families. What is a learning…
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Universities tackle Colorado’s teacher shortage
Graduating more teachers from universities in Colorado is one of four key strategies outlined in the Colorado Department of Higher Education’s new strategic plan to address the rapidly growing shortage of public school teachers statewide. And doing that requires more partnerships between universities and school districts, said Kim Hunter Reed, CDHE’s executive director. “We’re talking…
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University of Colorado Denver: Serving career changers and older adults
“This is an opportunity to work and continue to earn.” Rebecca Kantor is the dean of the University of Colorado Denver School of Education & Human Development. The University of Colorado Denver has created and is expanding programs that support all three. It’s CU Denver’s way of addressing the state’s growing teacher shortage. “The…
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Lisa Forbes interviewed by Counseling Today on women’s needs in counseling
Lisa Forbes, an assistant clinical professor in the counseling program at the University of Colorado Denver who also works with clients at an inpatient psychiatric unit at a nearby medical facility, agrees that it is important that counselors not make assumptions. “You can read all the literature on this topic and know everything about women’s…
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Educational Studies in Mathematics
Wonder how students think about “increasing” or “decreasing” increases? Check out our new open access publication. Educational Studies in Mathematics is one of the most prestigious journals in mathematics education. [Check it out here!]
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Scott McLeod featured in SmartBrief Education
A call for education innovation The world is changing rapidly, and many school leaders are struggling to keep up, according to Scott McLeod, an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Colorado in Denver. McLeod, who has devoted considerable research and writing to areas of concern for educational leaders, including information literacy, workforce…