UAA School of Education

10/02/2026

🏐💚 SOE Night is coming to Seawolf Volleyball! 💛🏐

School of Education students, alumni, faculty, and staff, it's time to help PACK THE HOUSE during Homecoming Week!

Join us on Saturday, October 17, as the Seawolves take on Central Washington in a special Green Out Night matchup at the Alaska Airlines Center.

🎉 Stop by the SOE welcome table for swag, connect with the SOE community, and watch for student ambassador giveaways throughout the night!

📍 Alaska Airlines Center
🗓 October 17, 2026
⏰ First Serve: 7:00 PM

Let's show our Seawolf pride and make some noise! 🐺💚

09/30/2026

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day—a day of reflection on the generational trauma inflicted by residential and boarding schools. Today, we honor the Indigenous children who were forcibly taken from their families and communities, and the generations impacted by cultural erasure. Truth and Reconciliation is ongoing for residential school survivors and their families, and it is a shared responsibility to continue these conversations and bring awareness to this important history.

You can learn more and find additional resources through Cultural Survival and the story of residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad at the Orange Shirt Society:
🧡 Cultural Survival: https://bit.ly/culturalsurvivalnews
🧡 Orange Shirt Society: https://orangeshirtday.org/

While some events listed on the Cultural Survival site are from 2022, the links below can help you find gatherings and ceremonies taking place today, including a Remembrance Day Ceremony hosted by the Native Village of Eklutna.

🧡 Underscore Native News: https://bit.ly/orangeshirtdayevents
🧡 Native News Online: https://bit.ly/nativenewsonline
🧡 Daily Sitka Sentinel: https://bit.ly/sitkaorangeshirtday
🧡 KTOO: https://bit.ly/juneauorangeshirtday

09/29/2026

"This recognition humbles me. It means I'm living and leading with our identity first — an identity created by our faculty and staff that I'm entrusted to fulfill." — Dean Dousay

At the UAA School of Education, our mission is to prepare and support educators and leaders through culturally sustaining pathways that expand access and opportunity across Alaska. We're grateful to the Native Samoan Corporation, SCOPE and the Pasefika Roots Institute for seeing that mission in action, and for the partnership that makes it possible.

Fa'afetai lava. 💚💛

📢 COMMUNITY HONOREE: Dr. Tonia Dousay ✨

Strong communities grow when education and community come together with purpose. 🤝

As the Native Samoan Corporation and SCOPE celebrate five years of service, we are proud to recognize Dr. Tonia A. Dousay, Professor and Dean of the UAA School of Education, with our Academic Leadership & Community Partnership Recognition.

Dr. Dousay’s leadership reflects something deeply important to our work: creating stronger connections between education, community, and the opportunities available to Alaska’s students and families.

Our relationship with UAA: University of Alaska Anchorage has helped expand connections to educators and academic partners who are now contributing to programs and projects being developed within our community. We are grateful for leaders like Dr. Dousay who recognize the value of those relationships and the communities they serve.

✨️ ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP RECOGNITION 🏆

Please join the Native Samoan Corporation & SCOPE in congratulating Dr. Tonia A. Dousay, one of our 2026 Community Honorees.

ROOTED IN LEGACY, GROWING THROUGH PARTNERSHIP.

📅 October 10, 2026 at 3-5pm
📍 Wilda Marston Theatre | Anchorage, Alaska

09/24/2026

📣 Job opportunity for our early childhood and education community!

Our friends at the Anchorage Health Department are hiring a part-time Child Care Licensing Specialist II. It's a great fit for SOE alumni and others with a background in early childhood, child development, or education who want to help keep Anchorage's children safe and support local child care providers.

💲 $28.61–$42.29/hour
🕘 Part-time, about 24 hours/week, weekday daytime hours
📍 Downtown Anchorage (telework may be possible after probation)

Qualifications include a degree in early childhood, child development, elementary education, social work, or a related field with at least 6 credits in early childhood or child development, plus relevant experience. There are also paths for applicants with an associate's degree or extensive experience. See the full listing for details.

⏰ Applications close October 14, 2026
👉 https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/moa/jobs/5491492

Know someone who'd be great for this role? Tag them or share! 💙

Open to the general public and any current Municipal employee.This position is represented by the Anchorage Municipal Employee Association (AMEA) and is subject to the provisions of the current agreement between the Municipality of Anchorage and the Union.DEPARTMENT: Anchorage Health DepartmentHOUR...

09/15/2026

We’re Hiring!

RISE Alaska is looking for a Dual Credit Advisor to help expand access to college opportunities for high school students across Alaska!

In this role, you’ll work with students, educators, school districts, and University of Alaska partners to help make dual-credit opportunities easier to navigate—from enrollment and registration to troubleshooting barriers and developing resources that support students and educators.

Location: The Troth Yeddha campus in Fairbanks, but open to candidates based in Anchorage or Juneau too
Part-time staff position with full UA benefits
Flexible on-site/hybrid arrangements may be considered
Priority application review begins September 21, 2026

If you’re organized, resourceful, enjoy helping people navigate complex systems, and want to support educational opportunities for students across urban, rural, and remote Alaska, we’d love to hear from you!

Come help us build stronger pathways for Alaska’s future educators and college students.

👉 View the position and apply here: https://bit.ly/4gBCvLl

08/31/2026

To all of our current and returning UAA students: join us at the School of Education’s Fall Open House! Whether you're finalizing your current degree or exploring advanced pathways, stop by to meet our faculty and staff, connect with fellow peers, and learn how we can support your ongoing journey into the teaching profession. 🎉🍏

📅 When: Thursday, September 10th
🕠 Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Where: School of Education Literacy Lounge, PSB 102
🎒 Who: Prospective students, new students, and all current UAA students

See what makes our learning community special. We’re excited to meet Alaska’s next generation of educators! 💚💛

08/24/2026

🌟 Meet our 2026-2027 Ambassadors! 🌟

Our Ambassadors are student volunteers who serve as welcoming representatives of the School of Education. Ambassadors provide authentic peer perspectives to prospective students and families and help bring SOE’s mission to life through outreach, connection, and community engagement.

🍏 Are you looking to join the SOE Ambassador Program? Explore the Ambassador site to learn more and stay up to date on next year’s application deadlines:
https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/school-of-education/student-success/soe-ambassador.cshtml

📷 (L–R):
Bernadette Brown (Alumni Association Board Member & SOE Graduate Student), Thalia Bunton (SOE BA Student), Alyana Baltazar (SOE BA Student), Tanner Gobel (SOE BA Student), Darlene MacKinnon, Melissa Thomson (SOE BA Student), and Melanie Saeteurn (SOE AAS Student)

08/20/2026

🔎 Take a look at these objects on the table. Ask a preschooler which one is alive. The rabbit is easy. The plant starts an argument. And a surprising number of children will say Alexa — because it answers them.

🍂 New this fall at UAA: Young Children in an AI-Enabled World. Take apart an app built for education. Find out who's collecting what. Design an AI literacy activity that needs no screen. Write an AI policy a school could actually adopt.

📍 EDEC A190-803 · 3 credits · fully online · no prerequisites · Aug 24–Dec 5; Register in UAOnline: CRN 76693

08/20/2026

📣 This is your last chance to join a course designed specifically for educators building their practice in Alaska’s unique communities! 📣

ED A555K: Induction into Teaching in Alaskan Communities
Build the knowledge, confidence, and cultural grounding you need to thrive where you teach. This course fulfills the State of Alaska requirements for:
✔️ Alaska Studies
✔️ Multicultural Education / Cross‑Cultural Communication

📅 August 25, 2026 – May 11, 2027
🕟 Tuesdays, 4:30–6:30 PM (Zoom)
📚 6 credits
📖 Required books included

Enrollment is limited to educators living and teaching in eligible rural Alaska districts. A few spots remain, and registration is first come, first served.

Last Call — Register Now! Course begins next week.
🔗 https://bit.ly/akinduction26