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The Augusta University Writing Project (AUWP), led by Dr. Rebecca G. Harper, has conducted more than a dozen training webinars for the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) in September. Teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators from all over the state, as well as Georgia Department of Education staff, have attended the …

While the STEAMIFY competition will be held virtually for the 2020-21 school year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Augusta University is partnering with the South Carolina Afterschool Alliance to reach more students. Just this week, the STEM Next Opportunity Fund, which is an organization dedicated to bringing high-quality STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) learning …

In any classroom, the ultimate goal is to transmit new knowledge or skills to students. But with technology, circumstances, and society changing rapidly, so proven methodologies must change with them. Dr. Rhia Moreno, who joins the College of Education as an Assistant Professor of Education in the Department of Advanced Studies and Innovation, has spent her career studying best practices from …

In the spirit of academic cooperation, Georgia Military College (GMC) and the College of Education at Augusta University recently executed an articulation agreement providing a smooth transition for graduates from GMC’s elementary and middle grades education associate degree programs to Augusta University’s teacher education programs. “Augusta University is honored to be entering into this …

Medical advances in the future may allow for physicians to prescribe medications and therapies that are tuned to a patient’s gender, age and even race. “Rather than prescribing a drug or intervention based on the results achieved from a big group of people, we’re moving towards more individualized medicine,” said …

When teaching the fundamentals of any profession, practical experience is always helpful. Dr. Renee Sasser joins Augusta University as an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the Department of Teaching and Leading with more than 30 years of experience in classroom teaching and school leadership.  “It’s an important position in …

As demographics shift in the U.S., new research and tools will be needed to track and analyze the needs of future generations of students and their families – and to inform educators on how to meet those needs. Dr. Lee Flood, who joins the College of Education as Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of …

By Stacey Eidson The turnover rate among new teachers across this country is startling. Approximately 20% of all new hires leave the classroom within three years and close to 50% of teachers quit the profession during their first five years, according to the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future. …

By Stacey Eidson For those individuals who have an undergraduate degree outside the field of education, but are considering a career in teaching, Augusta University’s College of Education is now offering a fully online Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. “We had actually been working on putting this program online for quite a …

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Several school districts have begun the school year partly online and partly in the classroom. Others have decided to teach kids 100% online is the way to go. Either way, learning to teach outside the classroom is turning teachers back into students. The South Carolina Department of …