Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

Stephen Byrd, assistant professor of education, led a poster presentation titled “Parents and RTI: Building a Framework for Family Involvement” at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Convention and Expo of in Nashville, Tenn.

The School of Education recognized distinguished student and faculty achievement over the past year in a May 7 ceremony.

An original play written by assistant professor Jean Rohr will be performed April 30-May 2, 2010, by the North Carolina Black Repertory Company in Winston-Salem. Members of the company's Teen Theatre Ensemble will bring to life the intricate examination of the educational experience confronting some African-American males today.

Eight students from Cummings High School in Burlington will be earning college credits this spring at Elon University through a program funded by a $10,000 grant from the College Board.

Elon elementary education majors Corrine Holder and Kaitlin Perry organized and coordinated a visit from an award-winning children’s book author at Gibsonville Elementary School. Holder and Perry are currently completing an internship in a second grade classroom under the supervision of Terry Tomasek, an assistant professor of education.

Thirty-eight new teacher candidates were inducted into the Teacher Education Program on Wednesday, April 28. Current student teachers Liz Seckerson and Becky Fogle provided inspiring words to both welcome and challenge the newest cohort of prospective teachers as they begin the transition from student to teacher. Jared Williams, a 2009 Elon M.Ed. graduate and Rockingham County Teacher of the Year, offered insight into the transition from teacher to teacher leader.

Elon University's School of Education honored the academic excellence of 44 undergraduate and graduate students on May 3 as they were inducted into the Sigma Gamma Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education.

A DVD created by Elon faculty members Brooke Barnett, Alexa Darby, Mary Knight-McKenna and Ken Calhoun has been accepted for distribution by First Light Video.

It can be tough for new teachers when their expectations of life in the classroom collide with reality. What if there were additional ways for education majors to better learn from first year teachers about the job? Kirby Sypek ’10 approaches that question with work that is the third in a series of E-net profiles to showcase Elon undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2010.

Lindsay Travis Bedford ‘05 will be named the Autism Society of North Carolina’s "Teacher of the Year" on April 24, 2010, during the organization’s annual conference.