Encouraging students to ask questions, to conduct thoughtful experiments and even to get a bit messy in the lab are among the many joys Erin Flynn and Gretel von Bargen experience in their biology classes.
Five alumni of the University of Washington College of Education were honored among the state's most effective educational leaders during the summer conference of the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) and Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP).
Summit on art/science youth programs held in Dublin
Graduate selected as STEM teaching leader
Jul 6 2015
Kristin Weakly (MIT '15) will join a select group of the nation's most promising young teachers in the 2015 cohort of the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation's fellows program.
Weakly, who will begin her first year of teaching this fall after graduating from the University of Washington College of Education, joins a group of 34 high school mathematics and science teachers beginning their careers as KSTF Teaching Fellows.
More than 400 future teachers, researchers and leaders in education participated in the University of Washington College of Education's graduation ceremonies on June 13.
Dalya Perez, who received her master's degree in Social and Cultural Foundations spoke on behalf of the College's graduating students and told her story of growing up on the UW campus before pursuing her studies at the College.
Brigitte Tennis '82 named to National Teacher Hall of Fame
Apr 16 2015
Brigitte Tennis, a teacher at Stella Schola Middle School in Redmond and 1982 graduate of the University of Washington College of Education, will be one of five educators in the United States to be inducted in the National Teacher Hall of Fame for 2015.
Tennis is the first Washington state teacher in more than two decades to receive the honor. The opportunity will allow her to meet President Obama and offer advice to his administration on education policy.
UW Danforth graduate wins Principal of the Year award
Apr 2 2015
Highland Middle School Principal Anissa Bereano, a 2004 graduate of the University of Washington's Danforth Educational Leadership Program, has been named 2015 Washington State Middle Level Principal of the Year.
