Members of Kris Stanec’s ED210 Power of the Arts in Education class in a writing exercise with elementary students from Taylor Elementary.

I am currently in my third year as Superintendent of Summit County Schools. It’s a district with 3200 students surrounded by breathtaking ski resorts.

Thanks to the MAT program, I have enjoyed a long and stimulating career in education, with 27 years spent in Colorado Springs in Academy District 20. I credit the MAT program (as well as my undergraduate years at CC) with launching my career.

Heidi Nickels Pace
Ph.D. (DU) 2008
MAT 1984
BA (CC) 1982

The Colorado College Education Department presents the documentary “American Promise.” Click here to view the invitation.

American Promise
Monday, February 3, 2014, 6:00 p.m.
Armstrong Theatre, 14 E. Cache La Poudre Street
Light refreshments to follow

Two boys and their families struggle with stereotypes and identity, navigate learning differences, and take increasingly divergent paths on their road to graduation.

www.americanpromise.org/educators

Sponsored by: Feminist and Gender Studies, Race and Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, and Psychology, and the Campus Activities Office.

You are cordially invited to join faculty and staff from Colorado College, as well as our guest, Dr. Steve Rothstein, for wine and hors d’oeuvres to learn more about a community initiative we are very excited about:

The Colorado Springs Science Center Project
Tutt Science Building Atrium
1112 N. Nevada Ave. 
Friday, January 17th, 2014
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

Colorado Springs Science Center

Science Centers are places of connections in communities…

Science Centers create forums for the exchange of ideas, hosting debates and talks, and sponsoring programs where discussions can take place around science and technology related issues to help better our community.  A Science Center is a place about hands-on, informal learning for all ages. It is a place that will reach out to schools and the broader community with programs, research, curricula and learning experiences that fuel a greater understanding of how science and technology affects our lives.  Science Centers are a place to showcase local and regional science and technology innovation and research, a tourist attraction, a revenue generator, a place that propels downtown progress. A Science Center would attract jobs, people and business to Colorado Springs.

This event at Colorado College is not a fundraiser, but simply a casual, informal, fun gathering to share an evolving, developing idea in our community.

Please RSVP to Una.ng@coloradocollege.edu  to let us know if you are able to attend.

Thanks! We look forward to talking about this community project with you!

Paul Kuerbis
Mike Taber
Steve Getty

“Top Colleges in Colorado Shaping the Next Generation” recognized Colorado College as a top college for teacher education. Click the link below for full story.

http://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/cc-s-education-program-recognized

Tim Hoisington helps Petrona López with her new stove.

Since she was 7 years old, Petrona López, originally from Diriomo, Granada, cooked on a stove fueled by firewood. In the past five months her cooking equipment has changed, thanks to a project executed by Peace Corps in the country, which makes better stoves and ovens as part of its work abroad.

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City Year is an education focused, non profit organization that helps students stay in school, and on track to graduate.  There are over one million drop outs a year, and it has been found that students who reach the tenth grade are four times more likely to finish high school.  City Year serves in 25 sites across the United States where the drop-out crisis is most prevalent.  Corps members work as near-peer tutors, meaning they are partnered with a teacher in either a math or reading class to provide whole class support, and small group interventions to the lower performing students in the class.  Corps members also serve as mentors to their students through lunch and after school programming.  Benefits to joining this organization include a biweekly stipend, an education award which is obtained once a Corps members has completed 1700 hours of service, and exceptional networking opportunities with City Year alumni.  Anyone who has achieved at least a high school diploma, and is between the ages of 17-24 is eligible to apply.  The application, and more information about the program can be found at www.cityyear.org, and the next application deadline is November 15th.  I know this is coming up extremely soon, so it is important for potential applications to note that the application can be completed in a very short time frame, and recommenders will have five extra business days after the deadline to complete their forms, so long as the applicant submits their application by the deadline.