UNC School of Education

#BlackOutLoudUNC Talk
2020-10-29 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
The Ida B. Wells Symposia, a series of talks sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American South, is holding a series of events during the month of October.
On October 29th at 6pm, SoE doctoral students Cortland Gilliam and Jerry J. Wilson along with undergraduate De’Ivyion Drew, will overview the genesis and development of their #BlackOutLoudUNC arts exhibition project and then discuss the project’s relationship to the anti-lynching work of Ida B. Wells. In addition to a discussion of their work, the presentation will include a screening of their short documentary and photography of some of the work showcased on the night of the original exhibition (9/25/2019).

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Listening Sessions
2020-10-30 15:00 - 16:00, 2020-11-06 15:00 - 16:00, 2020-11-13 15:00 - 16:00, 2020-11-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
The sessions are offered to allow community members to share concerns and input that will be used in forming a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion plan for the School of Education. Watch for emailed Zoom invites.

School Counseling Info Session
2020-11-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Take the first step towards earning a Master of Education in School Counseling by attending an online information session. During this web-based presentation, School of Education faculty and recruitment staff will cover how the M.Ed in School Counseling can help you advance your career and achieve your goals by honing in on your leadership skills and acquiring the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to become an effective school counselor. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the application and admissions process as well as ask any further questions that you may have. All you will need is a computer with internet access and a phone.
Register here.

Master of Arts in Educational, Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Info Session
2020-11-04 18:00 | Online
Take the first step towards earning a Master of Arts in Educational Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (MEITE) by attending an online information session hosted by UNC’s School of Education. During this web-based presentation, School of Education faculty and recruitment staff will cover how the MEITE program can help you advance your career and achieve your goals by honing in on your creativity and acquiring the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to become an effective leader in educational innovation. There will also be the chance to discuss the application and admissions process as well as ask any further questions that you may have. All you will need is a computer with internet access and a phone.
Register here.

Ed.D. in Educational Leadership Info Session
2020-11-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Take the first step towards earning a doctorate degree in educational leadership by attending an online information session. During these web-based presentations, School of Education faculty and recruitment staff will cover how the Ed.D in Educational Leadership can help you advance your career and achieve your goals by honing in on your leadership skills and acquiring the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to become an effective school leader. There will also be an opportunity to discuss the application and admissions process as well as ask any further questions that you may have. All you will need is a computer with internet access and a phone.

Master of Arts in Educational Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship (MEITE) Career Connections
2020-12-03 18:00 - 19:00
Career Connections: Ways to Connect College and Careers
Join faculty, staff, students, and alumni from the UNC School of Education’s Master of Arts in Educational Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (MEITE) program for a ranging discussion on Facebook Live that touches on opportunities in educational innovation and technology, how the MEITE program is preparing students for the current (and future) educational landscape, and how our graduates are taking lessons from the program to forge new paths in their careers and in education. Audience members will have the opportunity and are encouraged to ask questions during the event.

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Career Connections
2020-12-08 17:30 - 18:30
Career Connections: Ways to Connect College and Careers
Join faculty, staff, students, and alumni from the UNC School of Education and its MAT program for a Facebook Live event to hear how the current school year is going, how Tar Heel teachers are making an impact, and how the MAT program prepares students for successful teaching careers. Audience members will have the opportunity and are encouraged to ask questions during the event.

Master of Education for Experienced Teachers-Early Childhood Intervention and Family Support (MEDX-ECIFS) Online Information Session
2020-12-10 18:00 - 19:00
Take the first step towards earning a Master of Education for Experience Teachers – Early Childhood Intervention and Family Studies (MEDX-ECIFS) by attending an online information session. During these web-based presentations, School of Education faculty and recruitment staff will cover how the MEDX-ECIFS program can help you advance your career and achieve your goals by honing in on your leadership skills and acquiring the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to become an effective school leader. There will also be an opportunity to discuss the application and admissions process as well as ask any further questions that you may have. All you will need is a computer with internet access and a phone.
Register here.

School Counseling Career Connections
2020-12-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Career Connections: Ways to Connect College and Careers
Join faculty, staff, students, and alumni from the UNC School of Education and its school counseling program for a Facebook Live event to hear how the current school year is going, how school counselors are continuing to care for their communities, and how our school counseling program prepares students to successfully serve all of their students, especially the most vulnerable ones. Audience members will have the opportunity and are encouraged to ask questions during the event.

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Virtual Info Session
2021-01-20 18:00 - 19:15 | Online
Take the first step towards earning a Master’s of Arts in Teaching (MAT) by attending an online information session. During this web-based presentation, School of Education faculty and recruitment staff will cover how the MAT program can help you advance your career and achieve your goals by honing in on your leadership skills and acquiring the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to become an effective educator. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss the application and admissions process as well as ask any further questions that you may have. All you will need is a computer with internet access and a phone.
Register here.

Undergraduate Programs Virtual Information Session
2021-01-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Carolina’s School of Education invites prospective students to participate in an online information session to learn more about our undergraduate programs in Human Development and Family Studies, Human Organizational Leadership and Development, K-12 Music Education, UNC-BEST, Minor in Education, & Pre-MAT. School of Education faculty and staff from the Office of Student Affairs will lead participants in an overview of the program, requirements for admission, application process, and program structure and distinctiveness. Prospective students will have an opportunity to connect with faculty, staff, and current students and get their questions answered in an online setting.
Register here.

Master of Arts in Educational Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship (MEITE) Career Connections-Facebook Live
2021-02-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Join faculty, staff, students, and alumni from the UNC School of Education’s Master of Arts in Educational Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (MEITE) program for a ranging discussion on Facebook Live that touches on opportunities in educational innovation and technology, how the MEITE program is preparing students for the current (and future) educational landscape, and how our graduates are taking lessons from the program to forge new paths in their careers and in education. Audience members will have the opportunity and are encouraged to ask questions during the event.
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Remembering our past. Focused on our future. - S. Kent Butler
2021-02-04 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Black History Month Conversation Series:
Remembering our past. Focused on our future.
In celebration of Black History Month, each Thursday in February, the UNC School of Education’s Dana Griffin — Dean’s Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — will host leaders in counseling education and psychology for hour-long, online discussions focused on the role of schools of education in uplifting and elevating Black youth, families, and communities. Join us on Thursdays at 11 a.m. EST to participate in the discussion.
About the Speaker

S. Kent Butler
Professor, University of Central Florida
President-Elect, American Counseling Association
Kent Butler Jr. holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, with a concentration in Counseling Psychology, from the University of Connecticut. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), and Nationally Certified School Counselor (NCSC). In February of 2020, Butler was elected President-Elect of the American Counseling Association (ACA). His presidential year is 2021 – 2022. In July of 2019, Butler was appointed Interim Chief Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Officer at the University of Central Florida. In March of 2020, he was selected as a Fellow within the National Association of Chief Diversity Officer in Higher Education’s Chief Diversity Officer Fellows Program (NADOHE-CDOFP). He is a 2020-2021 cohort (C-7) member. The professional leadership program mentors new and early career Chief Diversity Officers. Butler was also recently promoted to Professor of Counselor Education at the University of Central Florida and has served as a Faculty Fellow for Inclusive Excellence within the Office of the Provost.
Butler presently serves as faculty advisor to CHI SIGMA IOTA International Honor Society (CSI), the Counselor Education Doctoral Student Organization (CEDSO), Project for Haiti Knights, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He served as the Principal Investigator, for The High-Risk Delinquent and Dependent Child Educational Research Project: Situational Environmental Circumstances Mentoring Program (SEC), which was a partnership between the University of Central Florida and several Florida universities. This grant opportunity has transitioned into the UCF Young Knights Mentoring Project a program that supports students at Hungerford Elementary School in Eatonville, FL.
Also on the national level, Butler has served the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) as the 2011-2012 President and ACA Governing Council Representative (2015-2018). He is honored to be a member of AMCD’s Multicultural Counseling Competencies Revisions Committee (2014-2015) which produced the ACA-AMCD endorsed Multicultural Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC). In April of 2016, Butler was bestowed with the prestigious ACA Fellow Award. His research and academic interests lie in the areas of Multicultural and International Counseling, Social Justice, Mentoring, Counseling work as it relates specifically to African American males, Group Counseling, School Counseling, and Multicultural Supervision.

Remembering our past. Focused on our future. - Paul C. Harris
2021-02-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Black History Month Conversation Series:
Remembering our past. Focused on our future.
In celebration of Black History Month, each Thursday in February, the UNC School of Education’s Dana Griffin — Dean’s Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — will host leaders in counseling education and psychology for hour-long, online discussions focused on the role of schools of education in uplifting and elevating Black youth, families, and communities. Join us on Thursdays at 11 a.m. EST to participate in the discussion.
About the Speaker

Paul C. Harris
Associate Professor, University of Virginia
Paul C. Harris, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Counselor Education program at the University of Virginia. He is also a faculty affiliate with the Center for Race and Public Education in the South at the University. He earned his B.S.Ed. in Health & Physical Education with a concentration in Sports Medicine and his M.Ed. in School Counseling from the University of Virginia. He worked as a high school counselor for several years prior to completing his Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Maryland, where the program’s emphasis was on promoting systemic equity, access, and justice in schools through counseling. He also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Union University. Harris focuses on improving the college and career readiness process of underrepresented students in his research. He is particularly interested in promoting the identity development of Black male student-athletes and understanding how school counselors play a role in that process. In addition to teaching core courses in the school counseling program, Harris designed and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses that focus on counseling all student-athletes from a strengths-based perspective, with one of those courses centering on the Black student-athlete experience, specifically. He currently serves on the editorial review board for the Professional School Counseling Journal. He is also the former president of the Virginia School Counselor Association and a former member of the Board of Directors for the American School Counselor Association.

Master of School Administration (MSA) Career Connections
2021-02-11 17:00 - 18:00
Career Connections: Ways to Connect College and Careers
Join faculty, staff, students, and alumni from the UNC School of Education and its MSA program for a Facebook Live event to hear how the current school year is going, how school leaders are continuing to care for and inspire their communities, and how the MSA program prepares students for successful careers in school leadership. Audience members will have the opportunity and are encouraged to ask questions during the event.

Master of Education for Experienced Teachers, Early Childhood Intervention & Family Services (MEDX, ECIFS) Virtual Info Session
2021-02-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Take the first step towards earning a Master of Education for Experienced Teachers-Early Childhood Intervention & Family Support (B-K), by attending an online information session. During this web-based presentation, School of Education faculty and recruitment staff will cover how the MEDX Program can help you advance your career and achieve your goals by honing in on your leadership skills and acquiring the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to become an effective educator. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the application and admissions process as well as ask any further questions that you may have. All you will need is a computer with internet access and a phone.
Register here.

Remembering our past. Focused on our future. - William Jackson ('18 Ph.D.)
2021-02-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Black History Month Conversation Series:
Remembering our past. Focused on our future.
In celebration of Black History Month, each Thursday in February, the UNC School of Education’s Dana Griffin — Dean’s Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — will host leaders in counseling education and psychology for hour-long, online discussions focused on the role of schools of education in uplifting and elevating Black youth, families, and communities. Join us on Thursdays at 11 a.m. EST to participate in the discussion.
About the Speaker

William Jackson (’18 Ph.D.)
CEO, Village of Wisdom
William Jackson, Ph.D., is the founder and “Chief Dreamer” of Village of Wisdom, a Durham, North Carolina-based organization that engages parents, school leaders, non-profit leaders, and community members to recognize the negative cognitive implication of racial bias on Black students. Jackson works with these same stakeholders to build strategies that help Black youth navigate and heal from the racial bias they are exposed to, especially those that occur in educational environments. Through this work, he has led his team at Village of Wisdom to create tools designed to help youth heal from racial bias experiences, develop racial bias resilience capacities (e.g., racial comeback lines) and identify how their interests align with social justice activities: two such tools are the Racial Genius Profile and the Racial Stress Coping Plan.

Remembering our past. Focused on our future. - Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
2021-02-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Black History Month Conversation Series:
Remembering our past. Focused on our future.
In celebration of Black History Month, each Thursday in February, the UNC School of Education’s Dana Griffin — Dean’s Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — will host leaders in counseling education and psychology for hour-long, online discussions focused on the role of schools of education in uplifting and elevating Black youth, families, and communities. Join us on Thursdays at 11 a.m. EST to participate in the discussion.
About the Speaker

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
Professor and Dean, School of Education, American University
Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, Ph.D., is in her fifth year as Dean of the School of Education and Professor at American University. Previous to this role, she served as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (central administration) and Vice Dean of Academic Affairs (in the School of Education) at Johns Hopkins University. Previous to her time at Johns Hopkins, she was an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services (ranked #1 in U.S. News & World Report) at the University of Maryland College Park and Director of the School Counseling Program at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Dean Holcomb-McCoy is the founder of AU’s Summer Institute on Education, Equity and Justice, the Johns Hopkins School Counseling Fellows Program, and the AU Teacher Pipeline Project, a partnership with the District of Columbia Public Schools and Friendship Charter Schools. She is also the author of the best-selling book, “School Counseling to Close the Achievement Gap: A Social Justice Framework.” Currently, she is collaborating with AU colleagues to create an antiracist curriculum for teachers-in-training. Dean Holcomb-McCoy is an American Counseling Association (ACA) Fellow and from 2014-2016, she was a consultant to Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Initiative.

Undergraduate Programs Virtual Info Session
2021-03-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
The UNC School of Education invites prospective students to participate in an online information session to learn more about our undergraduate programs in Human Development and Family Studies, Human Organizational Leadership and Development, K-12 Music Education, UNC-BEST, Minor in Education, & Pre-MAT. School of Education faculty and staff from the Office of Student Affairs will lead participants in an overview of the program, requirements for admission, application process, and program structure and distinctiveness. Prospective students will have an opportunity to connect with faculty, staff, and current students and get their questions answered in an online setting.
Register here.

Master of Education for Experienced Teachers, Early Childhood Intervention & Family Services (MEDX, ECIFS)
2021-03-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Online

What’s the Plan? Methods Considerations for IES Grant Proposals | Kyle Nickodem, Ph.D., Research Statistician
2021-03-15 12:20 - 13:20 | Online
Kyle Nickodem, Ph.D., School of Education’s Research Statistician, provides guidance and resources for writing the Research Plan section of Institute of Education Sciences grant proposals. Dr. Nickodem reviews typical IES requirements for the Research Plan along with considerations for describing the study sample, selecting outcome measures, handling missing data, aligning a power analysis to the proposed research design and data analysis plan, and conducting a cost analysis. Although each of these topics deserves its own talk, the goal of this presentation is to provide an overview of the methodological decisions that contribute to a more polished grant proposal.

Master of Arts in Educational Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship (MEITE Virtual Info Session
2021-03-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Online

Master of School Administration (MSA) Virtual Info Session
2021-03-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Take the first step towards earning a Master’s in School Administration by attending an online information session. During these web-based presentations, School of Education faculty and recruitment staff will cover how the MSA program can help you advance your career and achieve your goals by honing in on your leadership skills and acquiring the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to become an effective school leader. There will also be an opportunity to discuss the application and admissions process as well as ask any further questions that you may have. All you will need is a computer with internet access and a phone.
Register here.

Soft Launch of Ed Tech Connect NC
2021-04-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Join the MEITE Khayrallah Fellows for the soft launch of EdTech Connect NC, a site for teachers to efficiently and effectively integrate educational technology into their K-12 content-area instruction. This site provides resources and instructional ideas for K-12 teachers who are implementing the ISTE standards in their classroom. EdTech Connect NC site is designed for teachers, by teachers, and its mission is to support North Carolina’s teachers in further developing the digital literacy skills their students will need to compete in today’s 21st-century world.
This launch will showcase the site’s features, including how to navigate the site, access information about the ISTE standards, and tour a database of edtech aligned to academic and technology standards. The main presenters will be this year’s Khayrallah Fellows including Savannah Windham, Devon Young, Erika Murray, and Marvin Espinoza, and it will open with an introduction from Dr. Todd Cherner. Participants will also have the opportunity to explore the EdTech Connect NC website, participate in small group discussions about ISTE, and ask any additional questions.
Participants will need a computer with internet access to join this session.
Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvfu2hrD0vHtL1hoOzHzMVzqvcilmXE2E0
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining.

MEITE Innovation Showcase
2021-07-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
The MEITE Innovation Showcase is an annual event, and during the event, MEITE students will pitch new educational ventures, report on trends within the field of educational innovations, present interactive courses, and demonstrate reimagined pieces of edtech.
For this year’s event, we will be holding it over Zoom on 7/30 from 1:00-300pm EST.
Register here.
Access the event on Zoom here.

Coffee and Conversations with HDFS and HOLD
2021-10-01 10:30 - 11:30 | Campus Y – Anne Queen Faculty Commons, 180 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514
Coffee & Conversations is a discussion series jointly organized by UNC School of Education undergraduate programs in Human Development & Family Studies (HDFS) and Human Organizational Leadership & Development (HOLD) to engage prospective students interested in learning more about human services and organizational leadership. On the first Friday of each month, students, faculty, and staff will gather at the Campus Y to discuss academics options offered through the School of Education. Led by SOE faculty members Dr. Helyne Frederick and Dr. Jemilia Davis, these conversations provide an opportunity for UNC students to learn more about the School of Education’s undergraduate programs, discover their interest, and receive information about the application process.
Registration: https://applynow.unc.edu/register/CoffeeConversationOct2021

HOLD Career Connections Series: What is HOLD?
2021-10-04 16:00 - 17:00
Instagram Live Event: https://www.instagram.com/unc_hold/
