The Iowa Educational Research & Evaluation Association (IEREA) held their annual conference, Bridging Research and Practice to Meet Educational Challenges, last month at the ACT Ferguson Conference Center in Iowa City. This conference brings together practitioners, faculty and students from around the state to collaborate on innovative educational practices and to share current research. The...
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Student Teachers Celebration
Forty-six teacher education candidates celebrated the completion of a successful student teaching semester on Tuesday, December 13 at Levitt Hall. Joining them in celebrating were mentor teachers, supervisors, Dean Janet McMahill, Associate Dean Catherine Gillespie, Coordinator of Field Placement, Amy Holderied-Smith, and Director of Student Teaching, Michelle Krogulski. The music education student teachers provided festive...
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Faculty Selected to Editorial Advisory Board
Dr. Sally Beisser has been selected to serve on the Teaching For High Potential Editorial Advisory Board for a four-year term as one of 15 educators in gifted education. Her induction took place at the National Association for Gifted Children National Conference (NAGC) in Orlando, Florida. At this conference, Dr. Beisser presented on “An Early Childhood Assessment Tool to...
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Guest Speaker on Legal Developments in Special Education
The School of Education at Drake University is pleased to present a one-day special education conference on February 16 focused on legal developments in the field. This Special Education Law Conference will feature Dr. Mitch Yell from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Yell will provide special education updates at the national level as well...
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Network for Education Leaders
57 educational leaders from around the state of Iowa were in attendance at the inaugural meeting of the Drake Continual Improvement Network, held on Wednesday, September 21 on-campus at Drake University’s Olmsted Center. Dean Jan McMahill offered a heartwarming welcome to members of the network, followed by an informative keynote by Dr. Patricia Greco, superintendent...
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Special Education Professor to Serve as Mediator
Michael Couvillon, Associate Professor of Education, has been invited by the Iowa Department of Education to serve as a Special Education Mediator for the State of Iowa. Special Education Mediation is intended to diffuse and resolve disagreements between families and school districts on issues related to identification, evaluation and placement before they reach a level requiring...
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Faculty Publish Research on Health
Sally Beisser, Professor of Education and Randal Peters, Assistant Professor of Educational Administration have an accepted publication in the November/December National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) entitled “Here’s to Your Health: Recommendations for Becoming a Healthy School Leader.” They have a follow up R & R for “The Mindful Principal: Recommendations for Becoming a Healthy School...
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Wanda Everage Symposium a Success
The Wanda Everage Academic Success Symposium, sponsored by Nationwide and the Drake University School of Education, designed to help students of color overcome challenges as they prepare for college, took place in August at the Olmstead Center on Drake University’s campus. The inaugural event included daily activities starting on Sunday, August 7 and culminating on Friday,...
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Alumna Honor
Alumna, Mary C. Brooks has brought to life a new children’s program at the West Des Moines Public Library. Mary earned three degrees from Drake University. In 1974, she earned a BFA in Speech and Communications. In 1979, she earned an MSE in Educational Administration and earned another MSE degree in 1985 in Curriculum and Instruction. ...
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School of Education Students Tutor at Hubbell
Follow this link to read more about the partnership between Drake University and Des Moines Public Schools. Forty-four students from the School of Education, accompanied by Assistant Professor of Secondary Literacy Education, Lindsay Woodward tutored students at Hubbell Elementary.