Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

Terry Tomasek, associate professor of education and director of the Elon Academy, was presented with the Academic Collaboration Award at the NCCPA conference in Asheville, N.C. on Nov. 8.

The School of Education and the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center hosted 14 international visitors from Saudi Arabia on Nov. 2 to engage in a cultural exchange on the topic of education.

On Thursday, Nov. 2, faculty members Erin Hone and Marna Winter along with students Molly Kearns and Kristen O’Neill, both junior special and elementary majors, presented twice at the N.C. Council of Teachers of Mathematics state conference in Greensboro, N.C.

On Thursday, Nov. 2, Elon students studying elementary and special education in the Principles of Learning and Teaching Math and Science classes of Assistant Professor Katie Baker and Lecturer Erin Hone attended the N.C. Council of Teachers of Mathematics state conference. 

Jeffrey Carpenter, associate professor of education and director of the Teaching Fellows program, co-authored two articles that appeared in November issues of the journals Educational Leadership and Phi Delta Kappan.

The deadline to apply for admission in spring 2018 to Teacher Education is Dec. 10, 2017.

Elon University has partnered with the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, and Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, for a semester-long experience for students in the School of Education. 

On Sunday, Oct. 22, Erin Hone, Marna Winter and Molly Kearns' 18 presented a theoretical overview of effective literacy, math integration that contained examples from classroom teachers in practice including correlation to national and state standards.

Heidi Hollingsworth, associate professor of education, and Mary Knight-McKenna, associate professor of education presented at the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement 2017 Conference in Galway, Ireland.