Announcing Five $1,000 New Incoming VCU School of Education Scholarships
Apply for one of five $1,000 competitive, new incoming student scholarships. This scholarship is for incoming/prospective undergraduate or graduate students to any of our VCU School of Education program starting in either summer/fall 2023 or spring 2024. Funding will be distributed in fall 2023 or spring 2024 for scholarship award winners. Learn more about eligibility […]
Out-of-this-world STEM event for area students
January, 2023 Led by Al Byers, Ph.D., the Center for Innovation in STEM Education hosted the out-of-this-world STEM event for area students. Supported by VCU School of Education, the center empowers students, particularly those from underserved and underrepresented populations, and the teachers who serve them to engage in high-impact trans-disciplinary STEM learning experiences and become […]
VCU School of Education Upcoming Info Sessions
January 2023 Signup and Confirm Dates for Link School of Education New Student Info Sessions:>> bit.ly/VCUEducationGraduateInfoSessions **Master of Education and Master of Teaching Info Sessions** M.Ed. Adult Learning – Human Resources and Instructional Design01/31 12 PM M.T. Secondary Science and Math concentrations02/02 5 PM M.Ed. Educational Leadership- Higher Education Concentration02/23 6 PM M.Ed. in Educational […]
Major Christal Corey 2023 Richmond Public Schools Teacher of the Year
January, 2023 Major Christal Corey is an RTR teacher residency alum of Cohort 4, a 3X RTR mentor (which means she has trained 3 future Richmond Public Schools teachers in her classroom), science teacher at Franklin Military Academy, a 3rd generation educator, alongside of her mother, father, and sister who are also RPS educators…and so […]
Nearly Half a Million Dollar Study of Race-Conscious Education Policies
January 23, 2023 The Regents of the University of California at Berkeley announced a Spencer Foundation $499,075 grant for “Race-conscious education policies and adaptive anti-discrimination in a divided, multiracial democracy” to a team of principal investigators, which includes Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Educational Leadership, VCU School of Education. The Spencer Foundation is a prestigious […]
Elizabeth Edmondson receives $1.3M grant
January, 2023 The NIH grant will fund a project to support health science education. Elizabeth Edmondson, Ph.D. Elizabeth Edmondson, Ph.D., research professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the Pathways for Authentic Teaching of Health Sciences (PATHS) project. PATHS will […]
iCubed scholar Rachel Gómez inspires students to takes pride in history
January 9, 2023 January 9, 2023 School of Education professor followed a nontraditional path guided by her ancestors. Rachel F. Gómez, Ph.D., was taking classes in community college when she first learned about colonialism. That eye-opening experience set her on the path she’s still on today. “So much suddenly made sense to me,” […]
Seeking Robust Problems of Practice for Doctoral Capstone Team
January 24, 2023 Is your organization grappling with issues that impede its work, hinder responses to external challenges, create uncertainty, or reduce effectiveness? Would you like support from a team focused on using analytical, problem-solving, communication, leadership, and research skills to effect organizational improvement? The VCU School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership is seeking […]
January 27, 2023 The VCU School of Education is seeking applicants for: Chair for our Counseling and Special Education Department This is a 12-month, tenured position. The Department offers doctoral programs in special education (Ph.D. in Special Education) and counselor education (Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in Counselor Education); masters in counselor education and […]
$1.03M National Science Foundation grant to improve STEM learning in mid
Updated Jan 27, 2023 $1.03M National Science Foundation grant to improve STEM learning in middle schools with a focus on authentic science discourse Christine Lee Bae, Ph.D. A team in the VCU School of Education’s Discourse and Learning Lab is collaborating with middle school science teachers in Richmond Public Schools and Chesterfield County Public Schools […]
