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Hunter College School of Education, City University of New York (CUNY)

New York, New York, 10065

Last updated on August 14, 2024
Grant awarded by
Library of Congress
Region
East
Organization Type
College/University
Congressional District(s)
12
Fiscal Year Of First Grant
FY 2022 [10/01/21 - 09/30/22]
Contributing Organization(s)
New Visions for Public Schools, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Northeastern University, Grand Valley State University, Lasell University, KIDsmART, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Organization description

Founded in 1870, Hunter College was the first teacher education school in New York City. Thomas Hunter believed that young women who were becoming teachers should develop professional knowledge including advanced disciplinary knowledge, pedagogy, and an apprenticeship, similar to a doctor. Thomas Hunter believed woman of all races should sit beside each other as they prepare to become teachers. One out of every 8 educators in the New York City Public Schools is a graduate of Hunter’s more than 30 different programs. Hunter College is a leader in innovation in teacher education.

This TPS project began at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). HGSE is an impact-focused professional school that is working to improve opportunities and outcomes for all learners by engaging the field to put powerful ideas into practice. We do this by: preparing education leaders, researchers, and innovators, generating knowledge to improve outcomes, communicating, convening, and partnering with the field. For more than 100 years, the Harvard Graduate School of Education has prepared talented, passionate individuals to become transformative leaders in education. https://www.gse.harvard.edu/about

Project description

Our TPS project is inspired by Bartolomé (1994) who proposed that to transform patterns of literacy achievement, teachers need more than reading methods and interventions, teachers must increase knowledge of the historical roots of language and literacy teaching practices and reject deficit perspectives of literacy abilities. Through self-paced online modules and teaching practice in a mixed reality classroom, participating educators will develop our critical lens, knowledge of anti-literacy legislation, share stories of reading in our communities, and use primary sources to further our own learning and the learning of our students.

Eastern Region Grant (2018): Teaching Curriculum: Furthering Teacher Learning of Effective Instructional Practices and Student Learning with Primary Sources is a series of secondary school unit plans and a professional development program designed to promote and develop novice teacher use of effective teaching practices with primary sources and provide high school students with an engaging, thought-provoking, and relevant inquiry into the US and World History, specifically focusing on Women’s Rights.
TPS project focus
  • Academic Courses
  • Apps/Online Interactives/Games
  • Teaching Materials
  • Webinars
  • Workshops
Content focus
  • Equity and Inclusion
  • Literacy
  • Research
Audience
  • Classroom teachers
  • Researchers
  • Teacher candidates/Student teachers
  • University faculty
Level(s)
  • Adult learning
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
Population focus
  • African Americans
  • Urban
  • Women and girls
Organization Contact
Rhonda Bondie
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