FSUPC Elementary Education

Students shared their favorite books from their children's literature collection during the final session of RED4510 - Reading for Understanding. Identifying the perfect book for instruction is vital, and they certainly identified some award winners! 🥇 📕 👏🏼

We are very excited to celebrate one of our amazing Bay District Partners, principal Ilea Faircloth of Hiland Park Elementary! She was selected as the recipient of the FSU ElevatEd School Leader Award. Ilea has been instrumental in providing a nurturing environment to grow our FSU interns. Thank you, Ilea, for being an amazing leader and partner to the Elementary Education Program. ❤️💛🏆

We want to recognize our amazing seniors who chose to participate in the FSU PC Research Symposium. They did exceptional work this semester, and we are very proud of them! Cassie, Alyssa, Aliyah, Sarah, and Jessica: Thank you for your hard work and willingness to grow. ⭐️ 👏🏼 🏅 ❤️ 💛

Our SCE4891 students are the future of education! Today they helped Emerald and Forgotten Coast Adventures to educate the third graders at Patronis Elementary School about sea turtles, plastic pollution, local birds, and coastal dune lakes. These future educators are excited about hands on learning!

Effective literacy leadership shapes student achievement, yet its influence on literacy outcomes remains understudied in reading research. At , Dr. Nicole Patton Terry will explore how research-practice partnerships, leadership, and literacy are all connected.

As the Director of The Florida Center for Reading Research, Dr. Patton Terry's work focuses on bridging research and practice to improve literacy outcomes, particularly for vulnerable student populations, including Black children, students with disabilities, and those from low-income backgrounds. She has led research-practice partnerships that bring together district and school leaders, researchers, and practitioners.

At , she’ll expand on this work in her session:
📢 Leadership Matters to Implementing Evidence-Based Reading and Literacy Practices in Schools

Strong literacy leadership creates lasting change. Don’t miss this critical conversation.

🖥️ In-person seats are AT CAPACITY—but you can still join us online! All registrants will receive access to presentation recordings, and closed captioning will be available for all online attendees.

🔗 Register today: https://bit.ly/4hADCsN

Register now!

Effective literacy leadership shapes student achievement, yet its influence on literacy outcomes remains understudied in reading research. At , Dr. Nicole Patton Terry will explore how research-practice partnerships, leadership, and literacy are all connected.

As the Director of The Florida Center for Reading Research, Dr. Patton Terry's work focuses on bridging research and practice to improve literacy outcomes, particularly for vulnerable student populations, including Black children, students with disabilities, and those from low-income backgrounds. She has led research-practice partnerships that bring together district and school leaders, researchers, and practitioners.

At , she’ll expand on this work in her session:
📢 Leadership Matters to Implementing Evidence-Based Reading and Literacy Practices in Schools

Strong literacy leadership creates lasting change. Don’t miss this critical conversation.

🖥️ In-person seats are AT CAPACITY—but you can still join us online! All registrants will receive access to presentation recordings, and closed captioning will be available for all online attendees.

🔗 Register today: https://bit.ly/4hADCsN

Writing can be a challenging subject to teach. ✍🏼 In our Language Arts class, preservice teachers have an opportunity to practice modeling specific strategies that help develop the craft of writing in young writers! 📝

Apply now to join the program! Applications are due July 1, 2025.

Senior Elementary Education students engage in administering reading assessments and analyzing multiple data sources to target learning needs. Each student they teach is sure to benefit from their ability to utilize data to inform instruction! 📈 👩🏻‍🏫

We love working with schools in our local community. Thank you for having us, Lucille Moore Elementary!

Please join us if you are interested in learning more about our Elementary Education Program!