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New Internship Major for Elementary and Special Education Candidates
March 5, 2013 - The Union University Teacher Education Initiative (UUTEI) continues to bear the fruit of change. At the February meeting of the Greater Faculty, new Teaching and Learning (T&L) and Interdisciplinary majors were approved for Union University students seeking to teach children in Preschool through Eighth Grade. The new majors emphasize clinically-based practice culminating in a year-long internship the senior year. The internship is an incremental immersion clinical experience beginning with 2 days weekly in schools in the fall semester, moving to 5 days a week in the spring semester. The T&L and Interdisciplinary majors lead to a 4-year baccalaureate degree with teacher licensure.
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Graduate School Alumnus Named Shelby County K-4 Teacher of the Year
February 8, 2013 - 
Dr. Heather Fisher is no stranger to Union University, as she has obtained multiple degrees in Education from the university. Fisher holds the M.Ed. (2000), Ed.S. (2004) and Ed.D. (2006) from Union, but it is her current achievement that has brought her the most recent attention. Fisher was recently named as Shelby County Schools’ K-4 Teacher of the Year.
Fisher currently teaches third grade students at Dogwood Elementary School in Germantown, TN, and she was surprised to receive a visit from district and school-level administrators and teachers. She wa... read more
Union University M.A.Ed. Graduate Appointed to Tennessee's Reward Schools Ambassador Program
February 5, 2013 - 
Danielle Ringold, who completed her graduate studies in Education on Union University’s Germantown, TN campus, was recently appointed to Tennessee’s Reward Schools Ambassador Program. This accomplishment means that Ringold has been recognized as someone who understands current educational demands, particularly in relationship to data analysis. Ringold teaches social studies at Kingsbury Middle School, located in Memphis, but with this new honor, she will be helping other teachers understand how to analyze data to improve student achievement.
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