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UCAPP Alumnus Named High School Assistant Principal of 2022
UCAPP alumnus, Jamahl Hines was named assistant principal of the year by the Connecticut Association according to we-ha.com.
[Read More]Competencies Close Gaps in Ed Leadership Prep
AACTE Presents: The University Principal Preparation Initiative featuring Program Coordinator, Dr. Richard Gonzales and current student Symone James. In our last episode, we dove into identifying the gaps between “learning” and “doing”, highlighting the work of University Principal Preparation Initiative. We learned that through thoughtful planning using frameworks developed by Wallace to address the growing […]
[Read More]UCAPP Alumna on Immigration
UCAPP 2021 alumna, Jharley Jones joins Jose Palacio, an attorney who specializes in immigration law with the R-K Law Group in Manchester on Eye Witness News
[Read More]UCAPP Student Named District Teacher of the Year
Current UCAPP student, Nikki Kupec was named Martin Elementary and District’s Teacher of the Year 2021, Manchester School District.
[Read More]UCAPP Grad Named Principal at TFS
LEARN, the Regional Educational Service Center for southeastern Connecticut, has hired UCAPP alumna Tricia Lee as Principal of The Friendship School in Waterford. Presently, Lee serves as Assistant Principal at The Friendship School. Read the full story…
[Read More]UCAPP Projects Engage Families in Supporting Student Learning
Seventh annual Change Project Day features the work of 2021 UCAPP grads in Neag School of Education article.
[Read More]U.S. Secretary of Education Cardona Addresses 2021 UConn Grads
Watch the virtual 2021 UConn Commencement ceremony, featuring remarks from four-time Neag School alumnus and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.
[Read More]Alumnus Miguel Cardona Tapped to Be Biden’s Education Secretary
The Neag School of Education highlights EDLR alum, Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP as “President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be the country’s top education official. If confirmed by the Senate, this would mark the first time a University of Connecticut alum has held a Cabinet-level position in the White House.”
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[Read More]Improving the Future of Principal Training
This is a series of articles profiling the University of Connecticut’s efforts to strengthen its principal training program. The university is one of seven institutions participating in The Wallace Foundation’s University Principal Preparation Initiative (UPPI), which seeks to help improve training of future principals so they are better prepared to ensure quality instruction and schools. […]
[Read More]Education May Become the Pandemic’s Latest Casualty
EDLR-affiliated superintendents, Leslie Torres-Rodriguez and Michael Conner are featured in the Time article on education during COVID-19.
[Read More]Changing Principal Preparation to Help Meet School Needs
Dr. Richard Gonzales authors report on Neag School’s plan to improve its principal training program and equip new administrators to lead today’s schools. Read the full Wallace Foundation Blog.
[Read More]A Road to More Effective Principals Begins in One University’s Classrooms
Dr. Sarah Woulfin authors reports on Neag School’s plan to improve its principal preparation program through redesigning the curriculum. Read the full Wallace Foundation Blog.
[Read More]Southington Principal Makes Connection With Families
UCAPP alumnus and current principal at Hatton Elementary School, Bob Garry, makes a point to call families praising their child with the ‘Friday Phone Call’. – NBC Connecticut
[Read More]Washington Central Picks New Superintendent
UCAPP and ELP alumnus, Bryan Olkowski, was recently selected to serve as Washington Central School Board’s new superintendent. Times Argus.
[Read More]Webinar on UCAPP Program Scheduled for March 4, 2020
Please join UCAPP’s Dr. Richard Gonzales on Mar. 4, for a webinar titled, ‘Lessons Learned by (Re)Design: Assessing Candidate Outcomes in UConn’s Administrator Preparation Program’.
[Read More]Region 10 hires new teaching and learning director
UCAPP alumna Vonetta Romeo-Rivers has been appointed director of teaching and learning for Regional School District #10, as noted in The Register Citizen, January 2020.
[Read More]Former legislator Kelvin Roldan takes big education job in Rhode Island
UCAPP alumnus Kelvin Roldan was recently appointed as Rhode Island’s deputy education commissioner, as noted in the Hartford Courant, December 2019.
[Read More]Annual Forum Features State Education Leaders
“More than 60 Neag School alums, students, faculty, and administrators, along with education professionals from across Connecticut, gathered last month for an evening of networking, followed by a panel discussion at the Darien Community Association in Darien, Conn.” Read the full Neag story.
[Read More]U.S. Secretary of Education Announces Recipients for Outstanding School Leadership
Congratulations to UCAPP alumnus, Daniel Crispino who will be honored on Nov. 14, 2019 in Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a recipient of the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership. Crispino is one of ten principals to receive this prestigious award, for the 2019 cohort.
[Read More]Educational Leadership Alumni Forum Photos, 2019
The Neag School of Education hosted the 5th annual Educational Leadership Forum on Oct. 22, 2019 at the Darien Community Association in Hartford, Conn. This year’s event, included a networking reception with colleagues, students, and faculty from the UConn Administrator Preparation Program (UCAPP) and Executive Leadership Program (ELP). The event featured a panel discussion focused […]
[Read More]Improving School Leadership Through ‘Confident Vulnerability’
EDLR alumnus and adjunct professor with UCAPP, Paul Freeman shares his thoughts on how to improve school leadership in Education Week.
[Read More]The State’s New Education Commissioner: Collaborator, Listener, Hard Worker
CT Mirror Neag School alumnus and Connecticut’s new commissioner of education, Miguel Cardona, is profiled.
[Read More]2019’s States With the Best and Worst School Systems
Questions & Answers with UCAPP’s Richard Gonzales, WalletHub
[Read More]CT State Department of Education Newsletter: July 2019
July 2019 Newsletter
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