The Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education (PACE), administered by the School of Education, is accepting applications for its 21st cohort. PACE is a post-graduate teacher education program where candidates earn tuition-free graduate degrees in education while they serve as teachers in Catholic schools. Over the course of three summers and two academic years, PACE teachers strengthen Catholic education while developing and […]
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Intercultural Communication Institute: A Ready Resource
While the University’s Strategic Plan Vision 2020 (D) states that UP should “Infuse our entire community with a sense of internationalization and diversity, and more specifically centralize university-wide opportunities and curricula supporting internationalization,” the question of how to go about doing this at the classroom level still remains, according to Kimberly Ilosvay, education. There are many intercultural curricula […]
School of Education Earns National Carnegie Designation, Research Partnership
The School of Education’s doctor of education in leading and learning (EdD) program has earned two national honors for its innovative programming and research partnerships, including a Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) designation and a national Research Partnership affiliation. The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate recently announced the selection of the School […]
Summer Learning Program: Sign Up Now
Each year, the School of Education sponsors a tutoring program for later elementary, middle, and high school students in the summer. The program is held on campus and this year it will run Monday-Thursday, July 5-August 3, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Students entering grades 4-11 in 2017-18 will work with tutors who are School of Education […]
Spread the Word to Students, Please
In 2015, the School of Education launched the Open School Master of Arts in Teaching (OMAT) Residency Program at Open School East. Open School East is a 7th-12th grade college preparatory and leadership alternative school in east Multnomah County. The OMAT program prioritizes the recruitment and development of aspiring teachers of color to better represent […]
New PACE Director: Steven Wojcikiewicz
The School of Education has announced the new director of the Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education (PACE). Steven Wojcikiewicz will begin his official duties on Wednesday, February 1, directing a number of strategic partnerships with Catholic P-12 schools and dioceses in the Pacific Northwest, Northern California, and Hawaii. Wojcikiewicz brings deep experience as an educator and […]
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) Dissertation Defenses: All Welcome
The School of Education cordially invites UP faculty and staff to attend the following Ed.D. dissertation defenses: Monday, 12/5, 1-2:30 p.m., Franz Hall Murphy Conference Room: Pat Thompson presents “Perspectives on Teacher Quality: Perceptions of Secondary Educators in Public and Private Schools” Monday, 1/23/17, 10-11:30 a.m., Franz Hall Murphy Conference Room: Van Truong presents “Achieving […]
PACE Information Night, Oct. 27
PACE, the Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education, a program of the School of Education, is hosting an information meeting Thursday, October 27 at 7 p.m. in Franz Hall Room 034. PACE is a post-graduate teacher education program through the University of Portland in which candidates earn tuition-free graduate degrees in education while they serve as teachers in Catholic schools. Over the […]
Gordon Patterson Memorial Bike Ride/Run/Walk, Sept. 17
All are invited to take part in the Gordon Patterson Memorial Bike Ride, Run, and Walk on Saturday, September 17, starting at 8 a.m., at Fort Vancouver Library District Headquarters (1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver). All proceeds go to the University of Portland School of Education’s Gordon Patterson Memorial Scholarship, according to Amy Kwong-Kwapisz, […]
NASA Fellowship For Education Doctorate Recipient
Jennifer Snow Mayo, a recent doctoral graduate of the School of Education, has been selected to serve a full-year internship with NASA as a 2016-2017 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow. She joins twelve other outstanding science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educators selected to serve their fellowships in Washington, DC, within the offices of three […]