Higher Education professor awarded co-funded grant to continue work on performance-based funding

Congratulations to Justin Ortagus, director of the Institute of Higher Education and assistant professor of Higher Education & Policy, who recently received $373,590 in co-funding to analyze how variations in performance-based funding policies impact outcomes for underserved students and under-resourced institutions. This grant serves as Phase Two of a two-part project to identify the impact of PBF policy design elements on college access and student success.

Norman Hall Rehabilitation June 2019 Update

With the fall semester about to start, we thought you'd like to see how we spent our summer. Jason Diven, project manager with Scorpio., gives us a look into the Norman Hall rehabilitation project in our summer walk through of the construction site. Learn more from our summer update, here: https://education.ufl.edu/abovethenorm/2019/08/16/norman-hall-rehabilitation-july-2019-update/

Which is your favorite?

If we had to submit just one photo to the Gainesville Memories Community Project, which one would you pick? Like or Love your favorite photo. The Gainesville Memories Community Project is a partnership with the Matheson HIstory Museum, the Gainesville Sun and Piedmont Publishing.

Inspiring the next generation of Gators

Recently, a caravan of 30 fourth, fifth and sixth grade girls arrived at the University of Florida College of Education eager to explore a day in the life of a Florida Gator.

Triple Gators receive AACTE 2019 Outstanding Article Award

Help us to congratulate Triple Gators Melanie Acosta (B.S. ‘02, M.Ed. ‘09, Ph.D. ‘13) and Diedre Houchen (B.S. ‘05, M.A.E. ‘09, Ph.D. ‘15), who were recognized by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) with a 2019 Outstanding Article Award for their collaborative work published in the Journal of Teacher Education. Their work examines the challenges ever present in the recruitment and preparation of today’s teaching force, and poses an opportunity for improvement by reclaiming and realigning African American pedagogical excellence as a leading resource in teacher education.

Patricia Snyder Named UF Distinguished Professor

Help us to congratulate Patricia Snyder, David Lawrence Jr. Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Studies, for being awarded the title of UF Distinguished Professor. “Dr. Snyder is internationally and nationally recognized for her leadership in transforming the field of early intervention and early childhood special education through innovative research,” stated Glenn Good, dean of the University of Florida College of Education. This high honor acknowledges an exceptional record of achievement in the areas of teaching, research and publication, and professional and public service. Snyder is the director of the UF Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies and professor of special education and early childhood studies.

It's the first day of summer, so here's what summer school looked like in 1913. Fun fact: The college’s first “permanent” home, Peabody Hall, was built in the center of campus in 1913. Take a look at some other archival photos here: https://education.ufl.edu/abovethenorm/archive/

Dr. Allyson Adams used mid-semester evaluations to refine her instruction and support students while improving instructor presence

Teacher presence tackled and measured through comfortable course video and formative assessment. Dr. Alyson Adams improved her already stellar online course, earning University of Florida's Exemplary Course designation through UF Center for Teaching Excellence. Learn more about our faculty teaching and improving online courses and our national rankings-https://education.ufl.edu/coe-online/online-accolades/

National Higher Education Day I 2019

Here's to everyone who never stops learning... https://education.ufl.edu/etc/2019/06/06/national-higher-education-day-2019/ #HigherEducationDay

Turning the Page on Literacy | Chapter 2: The Growing Reader

"...to be at this point now and see the growths that I've already seen, I feel really optimistic moving forward that they are going to be able to make more than the gains that even I've projected..." Join us as we follow the progress of the James Patterson Literacy Challenge — a University of Florida partnership among the University of Florida College of Education, University of Florida Literacy Initiative, University of Florida Lastinger Center and the James Patterson Foundation that aims to address Florida's literacy crisis. Learn more about the project: https://education.ufl.edu/patterson/