UHCL alum’s passion for books ignites students, educators
June 30, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
Spend a few minutes talking to University of Houston-Clear Lake College of Education graduate, Juan Gonzalez about his work and you’ll discover what it means to be passionate. Gonzalez, a third-grade reading teacher at Louis G. Lobit Elementary School in Dickinson Independent School District, will have you longing to dive into the nearest book.
UHCL students provide STAAR tips to area 4th graders
June 29, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
University of Houston-Clear Lake College of Education students provided fourth-grade students at Bonner Elementary School in the Houston Independent School District with personal feedback and writing tips before their STAAR testing, both groups emerged winners.
UHCL Kids U ongoing through July
June 23, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
The annual Kids U summer program runs through July with a variety of week-long sessions to choose from.
UHCL, CCISD celebrate bilingual immersion program milestone
June 08, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
Clear Creek Independent School District and the University of Houston-Clear Lake have reason to celebrate their 15-year partnership which established McWhirter Elementary School as a Professional Development Laboratory School. The program's first kindergartners have graduated high school.
Grads receive doctor of educational leadership
June 01, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
University of Houston-Clear Lake celebrated six new doctoral graduates in educational leadership during the university’s May graduation ceremonies.
UHCL professor named national outstanding environmental educator
March 29, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
University of Houston-Clear Lake College of Education Professor Jana Willis was selected as one of five National Outstanding Educators, in addition to being named Texas Educator of the Year, by the national environmental education program Project Learning Tree or PLT.
Educators convene to discuss need for PreK-3 certification
March 07, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
University of Houston-Clear Lake College of Education hosted a town-hall meeting to discuss the potential for a new PreK-3 (3 years old) Educator Certificate with Marnie Glaser, Texas Education Agency’s executive director of Early Childhood Education.
UHCL and UTMB to Co-Host Greater Houston Area STEM Conference
February 27, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
University of Houston-Clear Lake and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston will co-host the first annual Greater Houston Area STEM Conference, Saturday, March 4, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. More than 200 educators from 20 school districts in the Houston-Galveston and surrounding areas have already registered to attend the one-day event at UH-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston.
UHCL stocks reading library for Habitat family
February 21, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
The University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Habitat for Reading Project created another library of children’s books in the newest Habitat for Humanity home in Pasadena. The initiative was begun in 2016 by Sheila Baker, College of Education assistant professor of Literacy, Language and Literature Studies.
UHCL offers new degree in Early Childhood Care and Education
February 16, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
Addressing the need for high quality preparation programs for professionals in early childhood care and education, UHCL will begin offering the Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Care and Education in fall 2017. Emphasizing childcare from birth through age 5, the new four-year bachelor’s degree will provide both the knowledge and the field experiences necessary for students to become leaders in the early childhood care workforce.
Bilingual counseling conference held at UHCL
February 10, 2017 | Jean Rudnicki
More than 175 area school counselors and teachers attended University of Houston-Clear Lake’s two-day, bilingual counseling conference titled, “Culturally Responsive Counseling with Latinx - Our Past, Our Present, Our Future.” The conference covered a wide range of multicultural counseling topics and concerns.