Achievements
Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009Coralee Smith, Associate Professor, Elementary Education and Reading
Sixteen early childhood and childhood elementary education teacher candidates taking EDU 312: Teaching of Science and Mathematics in the Elementary School published their first books in fall 2009. The course and project are headed by Coralee Smith, associate professor, Elementary Education and Reading. The 16-page books are based on New York State and national standards in math or science and are geared toward students in grades 1–6, including bilingual students. All books successfully integrate English language arts with the given math or science subject.
Smith has included this Create, Publish, and Share Project (CPS), now in Phase II, as part of the curriculum for her students since spring 2008. She and her teacher candidates incorporate the project as a stepping stone in teaching math and science while working in their elementary teaching placement school, West Hertel Academy, a Professional Development School.
A copy of each book will be available in the West Hertel Academy library and in E. H. Butler Library’s Curriculum Materials Lab.
