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First-Grade Teacher Uses Neag School’s Learning Technology Program to Earn 6th Year Diploma, Excite Her Classroom
Students in Mary Almeida’s first-grade class at Hazardville Memorial School in Enfield use iPads to practice spelling, create digital stories, submit subtraction quizzes and follow QR code-driven scavenger hunts. They also locate and use live texts and, through an app called ClassDojo, Almeida provides parents with real-time updates on their child’s behavior. While some may […]
Neag School Offers Online Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Diversity Management in Sport
The Neag School of Education is offering an Online Graduate Certificate for professionals working in sports organizations and intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic administration, who can take their career to the next level with this innovative new program.
Neag Professor Shares Her Transformative Fulbright Experience in Iceland
Neag Associate Professor of Adult Learning Robin S. Grenier took not just her expertise and enthusiasm to Iceland, but her husband and young daughter. The three moved to Reykjavik, Iceland, for a semester as part of her receiving a Fulbright Award to teach and conduct research at the newly established Museums Studies Program at the […]
Neag School Named Host of Educational Administration Quarterly
For the next five years, the Neag School will provide the editorial team and serve as host institution for the Educational Administration Quarterly (EAQ) journal—an honor that recognizes UConn’s strengths as a leader in education.
Neag Alumna Using Education to Improve Teacher Training, Math Curriculum in Zambia
Carly Buehler isn’t daunted by the idea of working with limited resources under challenging situations. The Neag alumna has been a volunteer teacher at a community school for orphans and other vulnerable, at-risk children in Lusaka, Zambia, since graduating in 2012.
HESA Alumni Celebrate Inaugural Reunion, Take Part in Professional Development
Neag School Higher Education & Student Affairs (HESA) alumni recently reconnected with friends and colleagues and networked at the first-of-its-kind, one-day professional development conference on the UConn campus. HESA is a graduate degree partnership program with UConn’s Student Affairs and the Neag School of Education.
Innovative Exhibits Provide Insights Into Museum Curating, Weather’s Impact on WWII
Neag School of Education history education faculty and students are responsible for two innovative exhibits currently on display in two parts of the state: “Behind the Scenes: Museum Footnotes” at the Fairfield Museum and History Center and “Snow, Sand, & Strategy: The Impact of Weather & Geography on WWII” at the Connecticut State Museum of […]
Neag School of Education Hosts 2014 Commencement
The Neag School of Education recognized graduates from the Class of 2014 during two ceremonies the weekend of May 10-11.
Music Educators Share Experience, Advice With Neag Music Majors
Neag School music education majors recently had the opportunity to chat and network with experienced music teachers at the mini-conference “Behind the Scenes of a Successful Program: a Professional Development Day for Aspiring Music Educators.”
Faculty Lead Work to Implement 21st Century Skills in Classrooms
Three Neag School of Education faculty members have received a $65,000 “seed grant” to develop a common language and applied understanding of the Partnership for 21st Century Skill’s (P21) “Four Cs” of creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication.