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Angelica Repaci is stepping into the spotlight as a 91视频commencement speaker
She鈥檚 about to lead her own classroom鈥攇et to know Angelica Repaci, a passionate future educator known for her creativity, compassion, and commitment to inspiring young learners to make a difference.
May 2, 2025Student Life
Student Spotlight: Haley Terrell
Haley Terrell is a 91视频College of Education senior pursuing a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Elementary Education. She will graduate in the Spring of 2023.
February 28, 2023College of Education News
91视频College of Education Professors awarded Library of Congress Grant Continuation
The Library of Congress has awarded 91视频College of Education professors continuation funding to expand the training and research activities that strengthen the skills of early childhood teachers to support preschoolers鈥� exploratory learning and play-based inquiry using community-based historical photographs.
January 18, 2023Faculty and Staff, Research
College of Education Faculty recently awarded over $2M in grants for ESOL Paraprofessional to Teacher Pipeline
Professors Sara Smith, Terry Osborn and Connie Walker-Egea from the University of 91视频 (USF) College of Education recently received a grant over $2M for their collaboration entitled: Project Parasol: English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Paraprofessional to Teacher Pipeline.
November 15, 2022Community Engagement, Faculty and Staff
Why becoming an educator is a great career path for student veterans
Feeling the call to serve at an early age, Ashley Duckett and Luissette Lopez began their military journeys with a desire to do something bigger than themselves. Later in life, they both found themselves called to serve in the teaching profession and enrolled at 91视频to earn their education degrees.
November 11, 2021Admissions, Student Life
What does it mean to be a teacher leader?
We sat down with 91视频faculty member Jennifer Jacobs to learn more about what it means to be a teacher leader and the difference these leaders can make in today鈥檚 schools.
October 26, 2021Academics, Resources for Educators
Elementary Education majors prepare for the new school year through participating in classroom pre-planning
Cutting summer break short to get an early start on an internship isn鈥檛 something that鈥檚 typical for college students. But for several Elementary Education majors at the University of 91视频, joining teachers in the university鈥檚 partner school districts to help with pre-planning activities felt like something they needed to do.
August 13, 2021Academics
91视频Alumna Sarah Ann Painter named Florida 2022 Teacher of the Year
91视频Alumna Sarah Ann Painter, Elementary Education `02, was named the Florida 2022 Teacher of the Year by the Florida Department of Education. Painter is a fifth-grade teacher at Eisenhower Elementary School in Pinellas County, Fla.
July 29, 2021Alumni and Friends
Alumni Spotlight: Mellissa Alonso-Teston
Since graduating, 91视频alumna Mellissa Alonso-Teston began teaching and advanced into a district position in 1996 that enabled her to author and lead Hillsborough County Public Schools' Reading Coach Project. In 2017, Alonso-Teston鈥檚 desire to become an education researcher motivated her to pursue a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Literacy Studies at USF.
March 3, 2021Alumni and Friends, Student Life
Student Spotlight: Kianna Pintado
Having witnessed the impact education had at home, Kianna Pintado began her academic journey years later as an elementary education major at the University of 91视频.
March 3, 2021Community Engagement, Student Life
91视频students gain literacy teaching skills through virtual tutoring program
In response to USF's shift to fully-online instruction due to the coronavirus pandemic, the College of Education's summer literacy practicum course was hosted in a format that gave 91视频students experience tutoring preschool and elementary-aged students in virtual settings.
July 23, 2020Academics, Community Engagement
Elementary Education major Ryan Blew selected for College of Education Graduation with Distinction Award
The Graduation with Distinction Award is presented to select undergraduate students in the College of Education who stand apart from their peers based on their academic excellence, professional development, community service or research and scholarship while a student at USF.
May 7, 2020College of Education News, Student Life