Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership

Come check our IPDS (International Professional Development Schools) Alumni Videos! In this video series, we hear from teacher candidates of Buffalo State about their experiences studying abroad with IPDS.

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Join us for our first ever Bengal Teachers Reunion! We will have delicious BBQ foods and Dairy Queen Dilly Bars. Hope to see you there!

Join us for our events this fall semester! 🍎✏️

"The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless."
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Pictured is Dean Wendy Paterson dressed as Rita Skeeter, reporter for the Daily Prophet and Eve Everette, dressed as Nymphadora Tonks in full princess attire. These co-instructors for EDU 612, Developing Literacy Through Literature, were leading a class about folk and fairy tales and the hero’s journey as a genre! ❤️

Please join us in congratulating Andrew Sisson, winner of the Outstanding Undergraduate in Elementary Education Award!!🏆

Also, pictured with Andrew are Mrs. Rosemary Arioli (EELEL Awards Committee Chair), Dr. Dianne McCarthy (the faculty member who nominated him), and Dr. Julie Henry (Chair of the EELEL Department).

Thank you to the great Julie Wholf (Secretary of the EELEL Department) who organized the ceremony.

Again, heartfelt congratulations to Andrew for his well-deserved success! We hope to see you again soon!!

Thank you to our great professors who are working at the commencement walk! Please stop by and say hello to those, like Mrs. Liza Bair (pictured here), who are being part of this great milestone for our students!

Congratulations to MIITC in the Pipeline Program students Kylene Holmes and Jenna Rivera for their graduation in May 2021!! Great job and we hope to see you again soon!! 🎉

Check out how the students from Professor Kate Dust’s EDU 220 class are engaging in Read Alouds COVID-19 Style!

Please join us in welcoming the new officers of the Future Teachers Club!

President: Olivia Brewster
VP: Cassandra Thurn
Secretary: Malina Lancaster
Treasurer: Sofia Fanizzi
Publicity: Xamani Clark / Sierra Pyle
Organization Rep: Layla Dubose

We are so pleased to announce that Kelly Glowny is the winner of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. The Chancellor’s Award is the highest honor bestowed by SUNY upon a student. This award recognizes model students who have integrated academic excellence with achievement in areas such as athletics, community service, creative and performing arts, entrepreneurship, leadership, and career achievement. Kelly will be recognized at a spring ceremony in Albany and at Commencement.

We could not be more proud of Kelly. Many thanks to our PDS Co-Directors, Dr. Pixita del Prado Hill and Dr. Keli Garas-York who nominated Kelly for this honor.

It’s a great day for Elementary Education at Buffalo State!