Category: School of Education

For six weeks, Erin Dobey, a junior in the undergraduate program, has been mentoring students at Hubbell Elementary. Erin worked with three, fifth graders at Hubbell Elementary. Each year, the students do a research project on a topic of interest to those students. This group chose to do gun safety. There are a small number of...

The Experiential Learning and Engaged Citizen Showcase was held Tuesday evening, April 15, 2015. at the Olmsted Center on Drake University’s campus. This event allows the service learning community, which includes Drake students and community partners, to come together and hear about the projects that students and partners have done or are currently doing. Adult...

Drake University School of Education cordially invites you to the first in a series of leadership workshops sponsored by the Masters of Science in Leadership Development (MSLD) Program on May 12.  The workshop entitled “Connection Detectives: The Impact of Bias in the Workplace” will help you experience the impact of bias in the workplace in...

The Educational Leadership Department in the School of Education has announced that they will conduct a second annual symposium entitled “Standards-Based Grading in Special Education.”  The symposium will feature Dr. Lee Ann Jung, an Associate Professor and Director of International School Partnerships for the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. The symposium will...

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”...

School of Education senior, Nicole Germann, was one of two Drake sorority members inducted into the first Greek Life Hall of Fame. The award was made April 7 at the All Greek Gala Awards Ceremony. Ms. German was selected because of outstanding  academic and service contributions during her four years at Drake University.  One of the...

Three overlapping EDL cohorts  Last weekend in Cedar Rapids, for the first time ever, three different educational leadership cohorts overlapped on the same weekend in Cedar Rapids.  Educational Leadership Professors, Jimmy Casas, Randal Peters, and Trent Grundmeyer held an “Ed Camp” format on Sunday where the three cohorts mixed together for activities. The students were...