The UW–Madison School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI) teamed up with its Office of Professional Learning and Community Education (PLACE) to produce a series of symposia focused on critical issues of racial justice. During the fall 2020 semester and continuing through spring 2021, this series hosted events titled: Leading Antiracist School …
Whoopensocker is an education residency focused on creativity, expression, writing, and collaboration. Whoopensocker’s ensemble of teaching artists bring in new ideas to the classroom. They use performing and creative arts to design innovative classroom experiences. The focus of the Whoopensocker six-week residency is self-empowerment of students and is ideal for children in elementary school. “The …
The School of Education is committed to dramatically increasing the number of students who participate in high-quality, paid internships. The highest quality internships engage students in professional, meaningful work that has clear, strong connections to their academic program. High quality internships offer many educational benefits, such as access to mentors, and professional feedback and opportunities …
Spatula&Barcode has announced five additional participatory artworks in the “Home Stretch” festival, bringing the total number of projects to 17. “Home Stretch” is a “distributed festival” of small artistic acts taking place in Madison throughout the summer, continuing until the autumn equinox on Sept. 22. Participating artists offer intimate performances and other arts experiences by appointment. Spatula&Barcode, …
UW–Madison’s Mindi Thompson will receive the 2021 Committee on Socioeconomic Status (CSES) Award for Emerging Leadership in Psychology from the American Psychological Association. Thompson is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology. CSES Leadership Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of psychologists, students of psychology, and organizations which have made significant contributions to the …
The UW–Madison School of Education’s Academic Planning Council (APC) recently completed a self-study as mandated by Faculty Policies and Procedures 3.08, and its report is now available on the committee’s webpage. The APC is a governing committee responsible for approving program reviews, considering the long-term implications of new program planning and budgetary decisions, and ensuring that the …
The Discussion Project has released application information for two new sessions taking place virtually in fall 2021. This free, online course will support instructors in designing and implementing synchronous video conference discussion for classes of 40 or fewer students. The training consists of seven, two-hour synchronous sessions held via Zoom, each preceded by an hour of asynchronous …
Department of Theatre and Drama faculty members Baron Kelly and Mark H. are both slated to direct productions in Forward Theater’s upcoming 2021-22 season. Kelly is a professor in the Department of Theatre and Drama, and also holds a concurrent appointment with the Odyssey Project in the Division of Continuing Studies. Mark H. is an assistant professor in …
Students in the Interdisciplinary Research in Education Sciences (IRES) program will present their final research presentations in a “student symposium” on Wednesday, Aug. 4, from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., via Zoom. The IRES program offers undergraduate students opportunities for research internships on projects that use quantitative methods to investigate research questions relevant to education policy and …
By WCER Communications The Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE) invites applications for a new undergraduate research fellowship program funded through a generous contribution from Sue and George Krug and the UW–Madison School of Education’s Impact 2030 initiative. CRECE is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. The program’s goal is to diversify …