Office of Education Outreach

The Office of Education Outreach at Elon University provides programs for public school teachers and other education-based opportunities for the community at large. We oversee field placements for the School of Education, and our office is responsible for a number of school-, system-, and university-based educational programs.

Programs and Initiatives

• Designing and delivering staff development activities to beginning, lateral entry, VIF, and career teachers through "The Professional Development Academy at Elon"
• Initiating and implementing collaborative projects with local schools to enhance both learning and teaching
• Providing university faculty to assist teachers and schools with specific projects and needs to increase student achievement
• Making university-sponsored cultural and educational experiences available to teachers, administrators, and students in the local schools
• Placing teacher education students in practicum experiences for both observing and interacting with teachers and students in the surrounding school systems
• Seeking funding sources for collaborative projects and partnership efforts with the local schools through grants and business/industry sponsorships
• Making curriculum materials and resources housed in Elon's CRC available for use by local teachers

Our work is driven by the following goals:

• We wish to form effective partnerships that are mutually beneficial to all parties
• We wish to acknowledge the roles of the University, the school system, and our community partners to provide staff development for teachers by maximizing resources without sacrificing quality
• We wish to capitalize on existing resources by recognizing that among us we have distributed expertise in a number of areas that can be channeled effectively and sustainably for the betterment of public schools and teacher education
• We wish to hold ourselves accountable for the betterment of public education, teacher education, and the community at large