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Teacher Education and Professional Development

2018

University of Northern Iowa

Community Engagement Celebration Day

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Panthers Exploring Fields Of Opportunity: Providing Faculty Time And Resources To Reach Out To Iowa Schools And Other Educational Institutions, Victoria Robinson, Benjamin Forsyth Apr 2018

Panthers Exploring Fields Of Opportunity: Providing Faculty Time And Resources To Reach Out To Iowa Schools And Other Educational Institutions, Victoria Robinson, Benjamin Forsyth

Community Engagement Celebration Day

This poster will detail a unique effort that our Educator Preparation Program and College of Education has made in the last two years to provide faculty an innovative way to interact with various education stakeholders across our state. Faculty received dedicated time and resources to leave their classrooms and explore innovative, diverse and exceptional projects and programs our PK-12 partners and other educational institutions use to impact the profession. These visits were then shared with the program to inform our current practices. The program was a very simple concept, but has been very successful. Nearly 75 faculty across the University …