The College of Education will sponsor its annual Leadership Institute on June 11, 2010 in Brewer-Hageman Hall on the UCA campus. The program will include a morning keynote address on Leadership for Learning: Assessing Behaviors that Count by Dr. Ellen Goldring of Vanderbilt University. Small group break-out sessions will be led by state educational leaders. A small registration fee will be charged and lunch will be served. Participants will include K-12 school and district administrators, educational leadership professors, aspiring leaders, and school board members. For registration information, please check the College of Education website www.uca.edu/education/.
Dr. Terri Hebert, assistant professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Technology, was recently nominated to serve on the following boards: Arkansas Association of Teacher Educators; Arkansas Science Teachers Association, College Level Director; and Arkansas Environmental Education Association.
Dr. Nancy Gallavan, professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, has been nominated for the 2009 American Educational Research Association Book Award for the book Secrets to Success for Social Studies Teachers published by Corwin Press. She is also serving as the Arkansas Association of Teacher Educators Conference Chair and as president–elect of the Arkansas Association of Teacher Educators (ArATE).
Rebecca Elms, a recent Early Childhood Special Education B.S.E. graduate, was awarded the Arkansas Council for Exceptional Children 2009 Distinguished Teacher of Special Education Award. Audi Alumbaugh, a recent Special Education M.S.E. graduate, was awarded the Arkansas Council for Exceptional Children 2009 Advocate Award. Dusty Brown, an Early Childhood Special Education candidate, was awarded the College of Education Outstanding Student Award. Meghan Morris, an Early Childhood Education major, was recently featured on the front of Sync, an Arkansas news magazine focused on highlights and current events occurring in Central Arkansas.