Gwen Larson, Director of Media Relations
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The Kansas Master Teacher program at Emporia State University is another temporary casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic after the award committee decided to suspend the awards for the 2020-21 academic year.
“Children are not robots, what happens in their lives outside of school — particularly at this time — impacts their ability to learn,” said Melissa Gerleman, instructor in the Department of Elementary Education, Early Childhood, and Special Education. With an ever-growing awareness of students needing their feelings addressed for learning to occur, Gerleman worked with colleagues to develop coursework for educators wanting to help students.
The Teachers College at Emporia State is nationally recognized as a leading institution in teacher preparation in the country while the Hornet Athletic programs historically compete on the national level in NCAA Division II.
Emporia State University has received a grant from the Department of Education/ Rehabilitation Services Administration to train vocational rehabilitation professionals whose goals are to help individuals with disabilities prepare for and find meaningful work.
Medical settings — including support centers, clinics, and hospitals — can benefit through a program to put patients at ease using art therapy.
The five new inductees to The National Teachers Hall of Fame have amassed a total of 135 years of classroom teaching, and, as always, they represent the great things happening in American education.
Educators looking to pursue national board certification have the opportunity to learn more about the process. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, however, and the need for social distancing, the orientation has moved from being a singular event.
Besides teachers and parents, who spends evenings, weekends — countless hours a year — working with children under the age of 18? Coaches.
Emporia State is now able to offer a graduate program in athletic training, having recently earned accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.
As children transition from schooling at home to summering at home during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, some grumpy days — from children and adults — are to be expected, even when the sun is out and the weather nice.