The Baylor Board of Regents approved two new master’s degrees at its regular fall board meeting, making strides in the engineering and health sciences departments.
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“I would say it is totally worth doing, even without the salary, just because this what I’m chasing,” Phnom Penh, Cambodia, senior Laura Workman said. “This is what I’m passionate about and what I want to do with my life. Being paid is a great bonus, but I would do it again without the salary.”
The Baylor School of Education’s Special Education Program is dedicated to preparing new teachers to individualize curriculum and prioritize children’s specific needs.
“We tied everything together… by talking about how we really need to focus on our strengths, how we can take the things that bring us the most joy and… let that flow into our classrooms and what we do in the classrooms,” Clark-Goff said.
For students in the School of Education, building a meaningful community starts before arriving at Baylor, and engagement with the Waco community begins freshman year.
The state Rep. said he cares about improving safety not only school-wide, but in individual classrooms after speaking with many teachers. Anderson said the classrooms must be a safe environment for learning and not places to discipline students.
Caregiver Coaching is a program offered by the Baylor Department of Educational Psychology in the School of Education to provide research-based parent training through a team of well-trained coaches.
After a lengthy search, Dr. Michael K. McLendon will be returning back to his alma mater as the new dean for Baylor’s School of Education.
This fall, school groups who visit Baylor’s bear habitat will not only have the chance to see the live mascots, but learn about them as well.
A documentary screening hosted by the School of Education has sparked a discussion among students about global education and inequality.
The screening of “Girl Rising” was at 3:30 p.m. Monday Kayser Auditorium, which was filled to near capacity.
Students, faculty and the Waco community are coming together this week to discuss higher education issues as part of the School of Education’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
The series will take place Thursday and Friday, and is free and open to the public.
Baylor’s Law School and School of Education together have brought Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s iCivics program from 400 Waco and Midway ISD students last spring to 2,000 today.
The Baylor community can expect a large dose of Texas over the next month.
The School of Education’s department of educational psychology in the Baylor Graduate School is a small program but is keeping up with large state university research activity.
Through Baylor’s several teaching and interning abroad programs, such as the Teach in London, Teach in Costa Rica, and Teach in Australia programs, students have the opportunity to travel beyond the comforts of home and learn more about other cultures and education systems.
While jobs in many career fields are getting scarce, the need for teachers has only increased. That’s why alternative teaching certification programs are an option for students who are interested in teaching and have at least a bachelor’s degree.
Several administrative changes were announced Friday by Dr. Elizabeth Davis, executive vice president and provost, including the appointment of a new vice provost for undergraduate education and a national search for a new director of the Center for International Education.
While most education programs consist of a student majoring in a subject and then working towards a supplemental teaching degree, Baylor’s School of Education allows students who are interested in careers in education to focus on learning how to teach.
Preparing a child for their future is a task that takes a lot of time and patience.
