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The Curriculum & Instruction Department holds as its central mission the preparation and development of educators at all levels. The department ensures that its professional education programs are based on essential knowledge, established and current research findings, and sound professional practice.
The Department offers elementary and secondary teacher certification at the undergraduate and graduate levels and Master's and Doctoral level programs. Each year the Department certifies over 600 new teachers and awards over 200 Master's and Doctoral degrees. There are over thirty full-time faculty and sixty-five part-time faculty in the Department. Current enrollments include nearly 2,000 undergraduate and more than 900 graduate students.
The Journal of Teacher Education Editorial Team to Be Featured at AACTE
The College of Education at the University of Nevada Las Vegas is serving as the new headquarters for the Journal of Teacher Education. JTE's first issue under the direction of the new editorial board will be released as the January/February double issue. The new editorial panel will consist of C&I's very own Drs. Sandra Odell, Elizabeth Spalding, Jian Wang, Cari Klecka, and Emily Lin. The inaugural issue will focus on the issues and ideas that have been crucial to developing and sustaining scholastic excellence in teacher education.
Additionally, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will be holding it's 62nd Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Atlanta, Georgia on Februrary 19th through Februrary 22nd, 2010. In what is termed a 'major forum' the JTE editorial team will be there to engage in a broad-based discussion on topics including political engagement, learning to teach for diversity, and challenging popular assumptions, among others. For more information and registration, click here.
UNLV and C&I Faculty Featured in US News & World Report
A recent article in US News & World Report describes UNLV's agreement with the Department of Defense to creating an online virtual high school. The outcome of the 10.3 million dollar contract will ultimately be available to the 1.2 million students in Department of Defense Schools throughout the world.
The Department of Defense Education Activity program, in collaboration with UNLV, has been working on implementing an online curriculum to be introduced during the 2010-2011 school-year. The program will allow students in military families, who often have to move to many different schools during their parents' careers, additional flexibility in meeting their academic needs. According to C&I's Dr. Greg Levitt, the courses are being designed to have the same level of rigor and substance as traditional classroom courses. Several C&I faculty have had an integral role in developing and implementing the program.
Southern Nevada Writing Project Celebrates 25 Years
The Southern Nevada Writing Project is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a National Writing Project site on Saturday, October 17 from 9-3 at the Bennett Professional Development Center on the UNLV campus. In the morning teachers representing years will come together to write, share writing, renew acquaintances, and reconnect to talk about the teaching of writing. At the end of the morning we will be submitting writing to the National Gallery of Writing.
National Council of Teachers of English to Host the first National Day on Writing in Las Vegas
Writers from across the country will be participating in the first-ever National Day on Writing, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Local galleries will be highlighting a wide array of compositions from citizens in their respective communities. Here in