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Marti Canipe competes on “Jeopardy!”

Patricia Allenbaugh | January 11, 2022

NAU Communications sat down with Marti Canipe, an assistant professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning and recent competitor on “Jeopardy!,” to get to know her on a more personal level… Read more

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COE professor receives grant

Patricia Allenbaugh | November 10, 2021

Marti Canipe, associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a new course for elementary education majors. The course, which will be piloted in the 2022–23 school year, focuses on teaching the science content students will need to succeed in their own teaching… Read more

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Biculturalism research project

Patricia Allenbaugh | November 8, 2021

Dr. Carlos Calderon’s current grant-supported project, “Assessing the temporal reliability of cognitive-achievement relations and factor structure of the Woodcock-Johnson (WJ) Tests of Cognitive Abilities and Academic Achievement,” is a series of research studies funded by the Woodcock Institute for the Advancement of Neurocognitive Research and Applied Practice. His grant started in March 2020 and will last until March 2022… Read more

$5 million grant

Patricia Allenbaugh | November 5, 2021

The new Arizona Teacher Residency program (AZTR), under the direction of Dr. Victoria Theisen-Homer, was officially launched on Monday, October 24, 2021. Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman, NAU President Dr. Cruz Rivera, and Arizona K12 Executive Director Kathy Wiebke announced that the Arizona K12 Center will receive $5M in ESSER funds for this program to begin in 2022–2023 in schools located in the Phoenix area with plans to expand in rural areas in year two and beyond… Read more

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Why do muffins rise in the oven?

Patricia Allenbaugh | October 27, 2021

Why do muffins rise in the oven? Marti Canipe, Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning was featured in last week’s NAU Review on her recent National Science Foundation (NSF) award “to develop phenomenon-based science courses for elementary teachers,” enabling K–12 faculty to tackle this question and others in the classroom… Read more

High-quality preschool for Flagstaff youth

Patricia Allenbaugh | October 25, 2021

In collaboration with Rebecca Cirzan (Candelen), Rene RedDay (Building Community), and multiple local stakeholders, Dr. Caroline Black is co-leading a feasibility and pilot study of Elevate Pre-K (EPK), a preschool program serving children of families between 101% and 250% of the federal poverty level in Flagstaff, Arizona… Read more

CTE professor published by ACTE

Patricia Allenbaugh | 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

N A U student teacher standing in front of classroom with a book in hand.

16th Annual Teacher Leadership Institute

Patricia Allenbaugh | 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

N A U student teacher sitting in front of students and teaching them.

$1 million award from ADE

Patricia Allenbaugh | 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

Patricia Allenbaugh |

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