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February 6th, doctoral students Kristin Sinclair (Special Education), Jennifer Merry (Curriculum and Instruction), and Laura Price (Curriculum and Instruction) presented the preliminary results of the center’s Community Inquiry Study in a poster session at the NC CEC conference at NC State University. The study was led by Dr. Kristen Beach and conducted by Dr. Adrianna […]

The UNC Charlotte Reads program entered its fourth year with ongoing support from the Belk Foundation. Drs. Corinne Kingsbery and Erin Washburn along with coaches Thomas Connors and Laytora Dash trained and provided boots-on-the-ground support to 28 COED teacher candidates as they provided explicit, systematic reading instruction to 34 K-5 students at Hornets Nest and […]

In fall 2024, 24 teacher candidates (TCs) from the Elementary Education program participated in the Niner University Elementary (NUE) School Cohort. As part of the cohort, TCs take four of their five classes onsite and complete their clinical hours at NUE. Of these 24 TCs, 22 were enrolled in the early reading methods class, READ […]

The Cato College of Education is proud to present its 2024 Awards for Excellence to several outstanding faculty, staff, and graduates. Click the hyperlinks to learn more about each recipient. Clinical Educator – Spring 2024 sinokia Lee Campbell The Cato College of Education Clinical Educator Award annually recognizes a P-12 teacher who serves as a […]

Education majors Teresa Do and Makayla Dockery were raised on opposite sides of the country, but they discovered common ground and forged a fast friendship as student teachers at Harris Road Middle School. Now they will begin their careers together. Do, a native of Santa Clara, California, and Dockery, from Norwood, North Carolina, were acquainted […]

Details are like flowers to our tree,” explains UNC Charlotte senior Caitlin McGennis to a class of third graders. For emphasis, she glides her arms open. Smiling students are sitting in front of McGennis at Berewick Elementary School, located in south Charlotte. Curiosity and enthusiasm, characteristic of great elementary school classrooms, simmer. But there is […]

The Cato College of Education’s (CCOED) Daniel Maxwell is the recipient of the 2024 Higher Education Professional to Watch Award from the North Carolina Association for Middle Level Education.  Maxwell is a lecturer and university supervisor in the Office of School and Community Partnerships (OSCP) and the Department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education. As […]

The Cato College of Education welcomes Dr. Angela Preston to UNC Charlotte as the director of the Mebane Early Literacy Center. Preston began her career as a special educator in the North Carolina public school system and is dedicated to advancing the field of early literacy through forward-thinking teacher preparation. Preston’s career progressed from teaching […]

Throughout April, which is National Counseling Awareness Month, UNC Charlotte and the Cato College of Education recognize the graduate students preparing to enter the profession. At the same time, the University salutes the faculty members guiding them; with varied experience and expertise, most are current or formerly practicing counselors. In an environment that offers a […]

Bertha Maxwell-Roddey, Ph.D., founding director of the University’s Africana Studies Department, died March 21 at the age of 93. Maxwell-Roddey joined UNC Charlotte’s College of Human Development (now Cato College of Education) in 1970. The educational pioneer was among the first Black principals to lead a white elementary school in Charlotte. The next year, she […]