Brandeis Education Program

Must reads...check them out! Some in our own campus library and others throughout the public library system!

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! To recognize this special month, which runs from September 15 to October 15, we've put together a selection of our favorite books for children and teens starring Latina Mighty Girls! In the first section of our new blog post, we share books about real-life Latina role models throughout history, while in the second part, we feature fictional stories about Latina girls and women. We hope these empowering titles will help all kids learn more about the diverse contributions and rich cultural traditions of Hispanic Mighty Girls!

To read our new blog post, "60 Empowering Books Starring Latina Mighty Girls," visit https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=13062

You can also find bilingual Mighty Girl picture books in Spanish & English in our blog post at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=16185

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Join the Brandeis Education Program in “A Student Research & Thesis Celebration” this Wednesday, March 1 from 10:30-11:50am in the Hassenfeld Conference Center, Levine Ross Room.
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Former thesis students will present their theses and research. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the thesis process!

This article from the Boston Globe (link in bio) describes how the transformation of East Boston High School can be traced in part to the introduction of “instructional rounds” in which “teaching staff spend days observing, critiquing, and learning from each other’s work.”
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This is exactly the kind of continuous and embedded professional development that teachers learn to implement in the Brandeis Teacher Leadership Program.

Six teachers leaders from the Teacher Leadership Program met up at a reception at the Primzah Jewish Day School conference in Denver last month.

Margery caught up with two Teacher Leadership Program alums from Pardes Jewish Day School at the Prizmah Conference last month in Denver.

Anna Lock (Cohort 3) is now Assistant Head of School and Middle School Director.

Sara Abrams (Cohort 7) is a literacy coach and gave an “Ignite” presentation at the conference about teacher leadership.

Guest speaker Ethan Ris (2nd from L.) was joined by (L to R) Prof. Leah Gordon and honors thesis students Luca Swinford, Sofie Jelden, Elinor Eggers, Zoe Lazar and Camila Cano after his Feb. 1 talk on “Other Peoples Colleges: A History of Marginalization in American Higher Education.”

Join author Ethan Ris as he talks about his book: “Other People’s Colleges: The Origins of American Higher Education Reform.”

*When: Wednesday, February 1
*Time: 10:30–12:00pm
*Location: Mandel Center for the Humanities Forum

The Brandeis Education Program wishes you a peaceful holiday break. See you in 2023!

Check out some Alumni testimonials from Cynthia Jackson ‘16 and Amber Jackson ‘11 now linked in our bio!

🚨New Course Announcement🚨
✨ED155b Education and Social Policy
✨M/W 2:30-3:50pm

Congratulations to four Massachusetts schools that received the National Blue Ribbon award. “These schools show what is possible to make an enduring, positive difference in students’ lives.” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
**Link to Article in Bio**

Tuesday 11/22 @4-5:15pm | Three Education Studies graduates, class of 2022, will share their research and honors thesis writing experiences!

Maryanne Cullinan, Brandeis Education program and Teacher Leader program alumna, is focusing her Ph.D. research on role-playing games as a way to maximize educational accessibility.
**Read by clicking the link in our bio**

TOMORROW: Meet the Education Program majors and minors at our UDR event on Wednesday, Nov. 9 from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. in the ASAC atrium. Learn about the ED  Studies major and the Teacher ED minor that leads to elementary or secondary school teacher certification and about great spring classes. Can't attend on Wednesday? Email [email protected] to meet with an advisor.

“How One School Is Beating the Odds in Math, the Pandemic’s Hardest-Hit Subject” New York Times Article
~Link in Bio~

Luca Swinford, a 2022 Brandeis Education Studies graduate and current Heller School for Social Policy and Management MA student, recently presented a guest lecture and led a discussion on Racial Inequality in Special Education in Professor Gordon's "Purpose and Politics of Education" class.

Is there a teacher shortage? It’s complicated.
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✦ Check out CNN’s article by clicking the link in our bio ✦

Brandeis elementary teacher-in-training creates and solves lively problems as he learns about teaching math

Brandeis elementary teachers-in-training create math problem-stories and show multiple methods (M&M) learners can find solutions.
Find out more about our Minor teacher training program for undergrads by clicking the link in our bio!

Brandeis alum Maria Mendiola Tovar BA ‘20, MAT ‘21 talks with current French students and faculty about her path to teaching middle school French and Spanish in her hometown of Waltham, MA

Thanks to a Brandeis Education alum for sharing this "back to school" inspiration: Why a teacher has kept an empty chair in his classroom for 52 years. https://abc7ny.com/montclair-mr-gill-school-history/11955461/?ex_cid=TA_WABC_FB&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A%20Trending%20Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1jbsxQ3LLx-eK_ED6I92ZEKOvrhH74--drp41pVGiet2AswYB3qlB-1nM

Why a teacher has kept an empty chair in his classroom for 52 years Why a Montclair, New Jersey teacher has kept an empty chair in his classroom for 52 years

Congratulations to the MAT Class of 2022!

https://www.brandeis.edu/education/news-events/2022-research-presentations.html

Welcome MAT Class of 2022-23!

Congratulations to Brandeis Teacher Education 2022 graduates, here with faculty advisors: Prof. Rachel Theodorou, Maggie Moran '22, Tony Consentino '22, Hyomin Kong '22, and Prof. Cynthia Marchand. (Prof. Danielle Igra not pictured)

Congratulations to Brandeis Education Program 2022 honors thesis writers and recipients of the Theodore R. and Nancy F. Sizer Prize in Education Studies. Pictured here with faculty advisors: Prof. Leah Gordon, Luca Swinford '22, Denezia Fahie '22, Prof. Derron Wallace, Prof. Joe Reimer, and Emma Forster '22. (Not pictured: Prof. Ziva Hassenfeld)

We are so proud of our 12 teachers who graduated on Sunday with a Master's degree in Teacher Leadership. The Co-Director of the program, Marya Levenson, is pictured here after the ceremony with Danielle Robicsek Botnick, Amy Tropp and Kate Poltorak.

Congratulations to the Brandeis Education Program Undergraduate Class of 2022.