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UCF Partners With 5 Universities to Offer Exceptional Education Consortium-model Doctoral Program

Over the next five years, Project SPARC will provide 22 scholars with fully funded doctoral degrees in exceptional student education, preparing them to lead the next generation of educators serving students with high-intensity needs.

UCF Awarded $1.25M to Prepare Special Educators, Speech-language Pathologists in Autism

Through funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Project ASD 7 will help 46 scholars from two graduate programs complete their degrees and earn a certificate in the developmental disorder.

UCF Teacher Education Alumna Inspires Future Generations Through NASA Outreach

Cat Toon ’13 encourages everyone to follow their passion and know they can explore opportunities in space and aeronautics from outside a traditional STEM field.

New $1.2M Department of Education Funded Project to Help UCF Graduate More Special Education Teachers

To help address the teacher shortage, the funding will support 40 educators earning master’s degrees at UCF over the next five years, with the first cohort starting this fall.

14 Orange County Teachers Graduate Ready to Inspire, Lead Colleagues in Strengthening Math Education

The Robert Noyce Master Teaching Fellowship program is empowering this cohort of teachers through evidence-based approaches to mathematics education and mentorship of fellow educators.

Today’s Lesson: The Gift of Failure

Teaching grade-school basics to the next generation of dreamers and doers has always been one of Peyton Giessuebel ’18 ’21MEd’s life goals. But adding her failed experiences to her lesson plans was far from it.

New $1.25 Million UCF Project Addresses State’s Critical Shortage of Special Education Teachers, School Psychologists

Project CENTRAL is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and will help educators in the state receive enhanced education and preparation.

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