Thrilled to meet first-year students today! Stop by our table at the Jaguar Market to learn about the benefits of a certification to teach, along with career paths in education, kinesiology, and counseling!
#collegelife #collegeadmissions #Augusta #GoJags #JaguarPride #education #kinesiology #counseling
Kids University - Learning About Bees
Kids University starts TODAY! Register your child for this hands-on summer camp experience to fight summer brain drain and keep young minds and bodies engaged and active. Visit http://go.augusta.edu/kidsu.
Kids University summer camp
Kids University summer camps at Augusta University fight summer brain drain with fun, interactive challenges through the month of June. Visit https://spark.adobe.com/page/U9SWOOytkV1WR/ for a more complete look at the camp experience.
Kids University at Augusta University
Day 2 of Spring Break! Parents, are your wonderful kids already driving you bonkers? Let us manage summer with Kids University at Augusta University! Small class sizes; currently certified teachers; activities, supplies & snacks included! Visit https://buff.ly/2OS5pZe. #SummerCamp
A full house at Kinesiology Research Day and they're still arriving! Don't worry, we're adding more chairs. 😁 Thank you for supporting new knowledge in health and human performance, from research completed at Augusta University in the College of Education.
#research #highered #collegelife #academics #Augusta #Georgia
No empty chairs at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum tonight for the premiere of the College of Education's documentary about desegregation in August's schools. Couldn't make it? We'll post the film online soon!
#education #teaching #leading #learning #schools #Augusta #Georgia #history #civics #integration #blackhistory #womenshistory #Americanhistory
Future educators at Teachers for Tomorrow!
#education #highered #collegelife #academic #Augusta #Georgia #GoJags #JaguarPride #lunch
Look at that form! Go, Dr. Peritore! #limbo
#education #Augusta #highered #Georgia #collegelife #JaguarsUnited #GoJags
Spirit Creek Middle School successfully saved their egg from breaking after shooting their water rocket into the air at Augusta University's Mindframe STEAM education competition!
#STEM #STEAM #education #Augusta #Georgia
Although schools make up the majority of our competitors today, several scouting troops joined us. These Girl Scouts composed a spoken word piece honoring their founder.
#juliettegordonlow #scouts #mindframe #spokenword #arts #education #inspired
We are thrilled to host more than 700 students in more than 90 teams from all over the state for MindFrame, Georgia's first and only STEAM education competition! Centennial Academy from Atlanta just arrived at Augusta University!
#MindFrame #STEAM #STEM #education #schools #k12 #middlegrades #elementary #teaching #learning #leading #Augusta #Georgia #GoJags #JaguarPride
IGIVE 2018 launch
The Augusta University annual #IGIVE fundraising campaign kicks off today! How are you supporting our growing Jaguar Nation? Watch the video below, then visit https://www.augusta.edu/giving/coe.php.
#donate #dogood #education #scholarships #communityimpact #nonprofit #charity
College of Education students and faculty recently returned from an Augusta University Study Abroad Office trip to learn about Ecuador and its education system - but Augusta University Jaguars know how to mix work and play!
#studyabroad #ecuador #highereducation #collegelife #education #learning #leading #JaguarsRoar #JaguarsGoGlobal
Join GenCyber Camp
#GenCyber camp is an opportunity for the #cyber professionals of today to inspire the next generation. Learn more and register at cyber.augusta.edu/gencyber-camp.
Fluency Rap
Our students are so creative! Education students (L-R) Erin Cave, Tyra Sampson, Maddy White, Alyssa Johnson and Leilani Tompkins wrote a rap about fluency in a lesson about close reading with Debbie Callan, an instructor in the elementary education program and literacy consultant. Enjoy!
#literacy #closereading #education #collegelife #teaching #reading #highereducation #students #rap #classrooms #k12 #schools #leading #learning #creativity #music #commoncore
Support for student research and scholarship is an important initiative at Augusta University. The College of Education's Dr. Stacie Pettit (right, first photo) took education students like Milisa Diane Harper (left, first photo) to the Georgia Middle School Association's 40th annual conference in Valdosta, Georgia Feb. 25-27 to present their work. Enjoy the photos!
#education #collegelife #highereducation #middlegrades #research #scholarship #conference
Witness the moment when Dean Kelehear becomes the first contestant knocked out of the Augusta University limbo contest!
#HeTouchedTheBar #WeLoveHimAnyway
#HeightDisadvantage
#JaguarsUnited #collegelife #funny
The Augusta University College of Education, in partnership with the Jessye Norman School of the Arts, hosted a 2D and 3D visual art show themed around the mandala. The opening reception attracted hundreds of interested patrons to the school's gallery on 8th Street, who enjoyed works by local artists and teachers, wine and hors d'oeuvres, and mingled with the creative professionals who originated the work. Join us for future events! Visit calendar.augusta.edu.
Students in Dr. Ayana Campoli's class, EDTD 6410: Applied Research in Curriculum and Instruction, presented their final poster presentations for their innovative Social Justice in Education projects on Nov. 28.
The students are educators graduating from the Augusta University College of Education's masters program in Curriculum and Instruction. Visit http://www.augusta.edu/edgrad for information of this and other graduate programs.
A poster presentation illustrates a project or study's research methods and outcomes in the form of a digestible poster that participants may view. Researchers accompany the display and answer questions from peers, faculty, and administration.
#research #collegelife #education #highereducation #poster #socialjustice #edchat #teaching #leading #learning
Getting this #mandala #artexhibition started. Come check it out at the Jessye Norman School of the Arts until 8:30 tonight!
#art #arteducation #stem #steamed #science #technology #engineering #art #math #teaching #leading
Traci Westin, M.Ed., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, 2017
Meet Traci Westin, a 2017 graduate of the Augusta University College of Education's M.Ed. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Westin is a former journalist who made a career change through our masters program, and now works with the university's Student Counseling & Psychological Services. Click here to learn more about counseling career paths: http://www.augusta.edu/education/advanced-studies-innovation.
Beekeeping with Dean Kelehear
What does #beekeeping have to do with teaching? Augusta University College of Education Dean Zach Kelehear knows because he lives it every day. http://go.gru.edu/2fgOphW
#education #counseling #kinesiology #teaching
THREE great events today! All day, visit the Children are the Future: On the global rights of children exhibit in the Jaguar Student Activities Center. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., stop by the CMLA Annual Autumn Bake Sale in the Jaguar Student Activities Center. And this evening, join #JaguarNation at diner for Eat for Augusta U!
Teaching Programs in the College of Education at Augusta Unive...
Augusta University's annual giving campaign starts today! Please direct your #IGIVE gift to the College of Education to support #education, #health, #mentalhealth, and #professionallearning: https://buff.ly/2
What does beekeeping have to do with teaching? Find out soon from Dr. Zach Kelehear, dean of the College of Education, in a new video from Augusta University!
(Notice our brave videographer, Jared Bell, filming in street clothes amidst a cloud of agitated bees.)
Kids University Wood Turning
Students in Augusta University's Kids University summer camp learned about wood turning from master turner George Edwards, who showed them how to craft a wooden bowl out of a piece of firewood. Click the video below! For more information on our summer camps, visit http://www.augusta.edu/pace/ku.
Kids University - 3D printing
Elementary students in the Augusta University Kids University summer camp were excited to see what they could learn to create using a 3D printer with Manager of Educational Technology Bill Gray - including game pieces, functional gears, and a working recorder! Visit www.augusta.edu/pace/ku for more information on our summer camps.
Yesterday, Kimberly-Clark Corp visited our students in the Augusta University summer camp, Kids University. They lead the students in experiments to teach them about paper making and polymers.
Kimberly-Clark is an international corporation that develops and manufactures brand families like Huggies, Scott Products, Kleenex, Cottonelle and Kotex.
Dr. Beth Cracraft Murray Pendergraft from the College of Education and Dr. Mark Freitag from the College of Science & Math are leading a collaboration between Augusta University and the Burke County Public School System. With a $32,000 Teacher Quality Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Pendergraft and Freitag designed a program called R3 to help elementary teachers in Burke County improve their teaching effectiveness by developing student-centered lessons that connect reading, writing and arithmetic. The project began this month and will conclude in May 2018.
ICYMI: Photos from the 2017 Spring Commencement Celebration are up! Check out the preview here or visit the full album to celebrate all over again: [email protected]/albums/72157684580466305" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/albums/72157684580466305
John Goldberg, a new Augusta University graduate and 7th grade math and science teacher at Stallings Island Middle School, put together this slide show of some of his class experiences in the Middle Grades program in the Augusta University College of Education. Enjoy!
Whether you're stepping into the classroom to learn or to teach, we can prepare you for success. #ChooseSucess #IChoseAugusta
The Tortoise and the Hare
This video taken Wednesday of school kids from Jefferson County laughing during one of our children's literacy plays reminds us why we do what we do every day. Join us for one of our many incredible community events this year. Visit calendar.augusta.edu and search for "coe." And call us any time you have questions: 706-737-1499.
#k12 #schools #teaching #leading #reading #elementary #drama #theater #children #edchat
Dr. Margaux Brown, Professor of Counselor Education at Augusta University, gives a brief summary of how mentoring must include having difficult conversations. The presentation was given to teachers at the Georgia Network for Transforming Educator Preparation's Mentor Teacher Academy.
Visit http://www.augusta.edu/education/elcse/counseling.php to learn more about our graduate programs in counseling.
#edTPA #edchat #education #teaching #leading #learning #mentoring #k12 #schools #counseling #professionaldevelopment #futureready #JaguarNation
Dr. Margaux Brown, Professor of Counselor Education, gives a brief summary of why school counseling matters to teachers at the Georgia Network for Transforming Educator Preparation's Mentor Teacher Academy. Her passion for counseling really shines through! Visit http://www.augusta.edu/education/elcse/counseling.php to learn more about our graduate programs in counseling.
#edTPA #edchat #education #teaching #leading #learning #mentoring #k12 #schools #counseling #professionaldevelopment #futureready #JaguarNation
Jennifer Armstrong, Manager of the Augusta University Instructional Resource Center, made us proud with her presentation in the Google Theater at the ISTE Conference! Photos and video coming soon! This is just taste of Jennifer Armstrong's peppy personality as she helps educators navigate the visual options available in Google Docs' spreadsheet app.
#edchat #education #highered #technology #futureready #schools #classroom #edtech #research #presentation #conference #instructionaltech #spreadsheets #googledocs #JaguarNation
"Bully" - The Movie
To highlight the risks associated with bullying, Chi Sigma Iota will host a screening on the movie “Bully,” with a discussion following, TONIGHT at 7 p.m. in University Hall 160. Please join us.
Nearly one in five students in an average classroom experiences bullying in some way – either as a victim or a bystander. And the effects can last long into adulthood.
#antibullying #mentalhealth #positivity #mentalillness #bullying #mentalillnessawareness #stopbullying #safeschools #StopBullying365
It's on us
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Augusta University is asking everyone to commit to create an environment—be it a dorm, a fraternity or sorority, a club or a bar, a locker room or an entire college campus—where sexual assault is unacceptable. Raising awareness. Holding ourselves and each other accountable. Looking out for those who cannot consent. It's on us. It's on all of us. #ITSONUS
• 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college
• 40 percent of survivors fear reprisal by their attacker
• Only 2 percent of incapacitated rape survivors report assault
• Only 13 percent of rape survivors report assault
• 8 in 10 survivors knew their attacker (friend, significant other, etc.)
Bully: The Movie
Nearly one in five students in an average classroom experiences bullying in some way – either as a victim or a bystander. And the effects can last long into adulthood.
To highlight the risks associated with bullying, Chi Sigma Iota will host a screening on the movie “Bully,” with a discussion following, on April 15 at 7 p.m. in University Hall 160.
#antibullying #mentalhealth #positivity #mentalillness #bullying #mentalillnessawareness #stopbullying #safeschools #StopBullying365
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