George Mason University College of Education
cehd.gmu.edu
About the College
Who We Are
The University of Florida College of Education, founded in 1906, consistently ranks among the top 25 among public education schools in the elite Association of American Universities.
The college’s distinguished professors and their graduate students aggressively pursue vital, interdisciplinary research that is making a dramatic impact on teaching and learning, education policy, and leadership in all education disciplines. By partnering with public schools and communities across the state, UF education faculty engage in novel scholarship and research activities that enhance “whole school“ improvement, student achievement, early-childhood readiness, teacher preparation and retention, and classroom technology advances.
Teaching is just one of several career paths that UF education students can choose from: Nearly 1,900 students are enrolled in 21 bachelor’s and advanced degree programs, within eight academic specialties: • Counselor Education • Educational Administration & Policy • Education Technology • K-12 Education • Literacy Studies • Research and Evaluation Methods.• School Psychology • Special Education and Early Childhood Studies.
Accreditation
The college’s educator preparation programs have been continuously accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) since 1954.
National Rankings
The College of Education at UF is ranked 52nd by the 2011 US News and World Report.
The US News and World Report also ranks individual programs within the college. Our 2011 national rankings include:
•Counselor Education – 2nd
•Special Education – 4th
•Elementary Teacher Education – 15th
•Curriculum and Instruction – 17th
•Secondary Education – 19th
(Source: U.S. News rankings of America’s Best Graduate Schools)
Schools & Program Areas
•School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education
•Marriage and Family Counseling • Mental Health Counseling • School Counseling and Guidance • Educational Leadership • Higher Education Administration • Student Personnel in Higher Education • Research and Evaluation Methods (REM)
•School of Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies
•Special Education • School Psychology • Early Childhood Studies ( birth-age 5 ) • Unified Early Childhood ProTeach ( birth-age 8 ) • Unified Elementary ProTeach
•School of Teaching and Learning
•Curriculum, Teaching & Teacher Education • Education Technology • Elementary Education • English Education • ESOL/Bilingual Education • Language Arts & Children’s Literature • Literacy & the Arts • Mathematics Education • Reading Education • Science & Environmental Education • SITE: Alternative Certification • Social Studies Education • Teacher Leadership for School Improvement • UFTeach • Unified Elementary ProTeach
Affiliates & Centers
P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School
Since its 1934 founding, UF’s renowned laboratory school has served as a center of innovative educational program development and dissemination for K-12 students.
UF Alliance
Partners with high-poverty high schools and middle schools in Florida’s three largest cities to promote student and educator leadership and enhance college access for underrepresented urban youth.
Center for Disability Policy and Practice
Fosters interdisciplinary research and training activities to improve learning and classroom achievement for children with special needs.
Institute for Higher Education
UF resident faculty provide mentoring, networking and continuing professional development opportunities for higher education practitioners and leaders, with emphasis on Florida community colleges and college access for underrepresented groups.
Lastinger Center for Learning
Links some 300 partnering schools across Florida with UF research scholars from multiple disciplines, forming powerful learning communities in support of school improvement and children’s learning and healthy development.
National Center to Inform Policy & Practice in Special Education Professional Development (NCIPP)
Under a $2.5 million federal grant, UF researchers at NCIPP are studying and introducing new strategies for helping states and local school districts improve the retention and quality of beginning special education teachers.
Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies
In 2010, the College spearheaded UF’s creation of this interdisciplinary, universitywide center as a model training, demonstration and research site–with UF’s Baby Gator Child Development and Research Center as its hub. UF scholars—in fields as diverse as education, medicine, law, public health and the life sciences—affiliated with the center will work with local, state and national partners to advance the science and practice of early childhood development and early learning.
Key Initiatives: Public Scholarship
•The prototype, award-winning Florida Master Teacher Initiative provides tuition-free, on-the-job advanced degree programs, blending on-site and online course work, letting Florida teachers at partnering high-needs schools earn advanced education degrees while remaining in their own classrooms.
•A shared $10-million grant is helping UF and partnering community groups roll out a statewide school-readiness program for at-risk pre-schoolers, starting in Miami-Dade County;
•The UFTeach and HHMI Science for Life programs, buoyed by $6 million in combined grant support, will help close the critical gap in mathematics and science education;
•Special education researchers, with $23 million dollars in federal grants, are strengthening teaching and learning in public schools for students with disabilities.
•Counselor education researchers are demonstrating that the most important factors in student learning may be the child’s family lifestyle, where they live, and the early learning opportunities they receive at home.