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CTE professor published by ACTE

| October 13, 2021

This month, Nicole Hampton published an article in ACTE’s digital October issue of Techniques Magazine, “Rethinking Postsecondary Teacher Education Pathways.” Professor Hampton will also be featured in ACTE’s CareerTech Vision 21 in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she will present the in-person session, “To the Workforce, and Beyond! Nonlinear Pathways for Postsecondary Attainment” on Saturday, December 4… Read more

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16th Annual Teacher Leadership Institute

| June 28, 2021

Jillian Hernández, COE graduate and a fifth-grade teacher at Puente de Hózhó Elementary School in the Flagstaff Unified School District focuses on inquiry and equity in her teaching and on her personal learning journey… Read more

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$1 million award from ADE

| June 4, 2021

Believing in the power of teachers and desiring to grow their capacity to write and teach a curriculum that is culturally responsive is at the forefront of the Institute for Native-serving Educators (INE). The Institute just received a $1 million award from the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to do just that, supporting statewide priorities in education… Read more

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From student to educator

A dog named Tammy prompted an eye-opening experience about language for Northern Arizona University graduate Hannah Gish. She was in Spain on a study abroad trip, met her host family for the first time, and learned to give the family dog commands—in Spanish… Read more

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Anna Barrett receives Fulbright Award

| May 27, 2021

Northern Arizona University graduate Anna Barrett is the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award and will head to Asia for a year to further her education and immerse herself in South Korean culture… Read more

Student teachers running with young students.

ACTE’s Teacher of the Year

| May 20, 2021

Nicole Hampton is the winner of ACTE’s national Postsecondary Teacher of the Year award. Hampton’s interview appears as part of a spotlight series on our 2021 national award winners and finalists, which recognizes career and technical education (CTE) teachers at the postsecondary level who demonstrate innovation in the classroom, commitment to their students, and dedication to the improvement of CTE in their institutions and communities… Read more

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Congratulations to Dr. Janis McMillan

Congratulations to Dr. Janis McMillan, Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction! Dr. McMillan’s research, “Participation in an Online Faculty Development Program to Support Novice Nursing Faculty,“ was selected for the 2021 Dissertation of the Year Award by the Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG of the American Educational Research Association… Read more