Education Department News
Houghton TESOL Students Partner in Local School District
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TESOL at Mt. Morris (PDF)
Houghton College Awarded “Partner of the Year”
Houghton College was awarded a “Partner of the Year” award (one of six given) by ACHIEVE Career Consultants.
Writing Workshop in Kindergarten – Talking, Drawing, Writing
Dr. Jan Buckwalter worked together with Fillmore school’s kindergarten teachers, Andrea Tanner, Shannon Reed and Deb Swift on a collaborative early writing project beginning in November of 2009.
Connie Finney
Receives Excellence in Teaching Award
Much
loved and respected Education Department faculty member Connie
Finney was honored in a college chapel service on September 3, 2008
as this year’s recipient of the Excellence in Teaching
award. The award is given each year to a full time faculty
member who is recommended to the Faculty Development Committee
by peers on faculty with additional support from student
recommendations.
Through a Refugee
Lens: Communicating Through Photography
Photography became the catalyst for Claire Essley's project,
“Through a Refugee Lens: Communicating Through Photography,”
that won an award at the 42nd Annual TESOL (Teaching English as
a Second Language) International Convention in New York City.
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Students/Faculty Attend CEC
Professors and students traveled to
Louisville, KY in April to attend the national meeting of the
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
Students Volunteer with
Compeer
On Saturday, March 17, 2007, Houghton College held its annual
Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Day. Members of Houghton’s
education club, Teachers of Today and Tomorrow (TOTT), traveled
to Rochester to interact with youth and their families served by
the Compeer mentoring program.
Presentation
at New York CEC Convention
In November 2006, Dr. Cathy Freytag,
Associate Professor of Education delivered a collaborative
conference presentation with two students (Meredith Howard '07,
Emily Estochen, '07) and one alumna (Hannah Becker, '06) at the
New York State Council for Exceptional Children annual
convention in Albany.
Serving in Zambia
The sun shone brightly as Pastor Sichikata drove his small
pickup truck filled with dozens of cheerfully singing children
into the compound on the first day of our literacy adventure.
Houghton Alumna Wins Educators' Award
One of 100 educators nationwide to win $25,000 prize this year.
Allegany
ARC Visit
Students enrolled in Educating Exceptional Learners
interacted with campus guests.
