Wake Forest University Department of Education

09/24/2026

Congratulations to Rachel Rosen (MA, '25, MAEd, '26), who received the 2026 North Carolina Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (NCACTE) Student Teacher of the Year Award at the NCACTE Fall Forum. Rachel student taught this past spring at Reagan High School, and she is currently a first-year English teacher in Charlotte at Providence High School. She is pictured here with award finalists as well as Dr. Alan Brown and Dr. Joan Mitchell.

09/18/2026

The Wake Forest Center for Literacy Education offers professional learning for K-12 educators. These courses are intended to bring literacy to life for local public school teachers and school leaders through the use of interactive teaching, experiential learning, and place-based education. No matter what or where you teach, we have a course for you. Using a lifelong learning approach through short enrichment courses taught by Wake Forest faculty, staff, and community partners, these non-credit bearing courses focus on meaningful professional learning around topics in literacy education designed specifically to encourage and empower K-12 public school teachers and administrators to apply what they have learned to their own classroom and school environments. Learn more and register at https://literacy.wfu.edu/teacher-professional-learning/.

09/14/2026

Winston-Salem TEACH is an inter-institutional partnership between Wake Forest University, Salem College, Winston-Salem State University, and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools that is designed to prepare the next generation of educators to lead in the schools and classrooms where they can make a lasting difference.

Through Winston-Salem TEACH, aspiring educators earn a teaching license and Master’s degree at a partner institution while gaining meaningful classroom experience, learning alongside experienced educators, and joining a community committed to strengthening public education across Winston-Salem.

Learn more at our next upcoming virtual information session on Monday, September 28, 6:00–7:00 pm. Register at https://bit.ly/4xVXXB0.

08/20/2026

The Department of Education has moved from Tribble Hall to Alumni Hall. Learn more about Alumni Hall Reimagined in the video below. We look forward to seeing students, faculty, staff, and alumni in our new space soon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8jddfBjnqI

04/28/2026

Dr. Leah McCoy is retiring on June 30, 2026, after 36 years as a teacher-scholar at Wake Forest University.

For many years, Dr. McCoy has served the Department of Education as mathematics education program coordinator, director of graduate education, and director of assessment and accreditation.

We are excited to announce that later this summer the Department of Education will present the first annual Leah P. McCoy Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Education in recognition of Dr. McCoy's many years of leadership and service in support of graduate student research.

The department is also putting together a tribute album for Dr. McCoy, and we invite you to contribute by filling out the brief form below with the option of sharing a memory and/or writing a message directly to Dr. McCoy.

We hope you will take a few minutes to participate. Please feel free to share this invitation with classmates and colleagues who were Dr. McCoy's students. Former faculty and staff colleagues are also invited to participate.

Congratulations to Dr. McCoy on her well-earned retirement.

Form Link: https://forms.gle/Vh8XgXTvdpt3mLUS8

04/22/2026

Congratulations to Sydney Branch, Margaret Ripsteen, and Betsy George, three Department of Education students who are recipients of the third annual Linda B. and Howard S. Stern Family Foundation Award for Outstanding Seniors in Education. These awards were presented to two elementary education majors (Sydney Branch and Margaret Ripsteen) and one Schools, Education, and Society minor (Betsy George). Seniors were nominated by faculty, staff, and students and selected by a committee of the faculty. These students are pictured below at our recent end-of-year celebration. Congratulations, Sydney, Margaret, and Betsy!

04/16/2026

For educators looking for CEU credit as summer approaches, we have five remaining courses being offered by the Wake Forest Center for Literacy Education, including two this weekend. Please share with interested colleagues.

Teacher Professional Learning Program Overview The Wake Forest Center for Literacy Education sponsors professional learning for K-12 educators. These courses are intended to bring literacy to life for local public school teachers and school leaders and to help educators apply what they have learned....