College of Education
Research and Grant Projects
Preparing Urban Leaders in Special Education
Principal Investigator: David Houchins (E.P.S.E.)
The focus of the Preparing Urban Leaders in Special Education project is preparing educational leaders who will develop and implement research in special education teacher attrition and retention in urban schools. Currently in its third year of funding, this project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education’s Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Preparation of Personnel in Minority Institutions program.
21st Century Evaluation: Phase II
Principal Investigators: Sheryl Gowen and Carolyn Furlow (E.P.S.)
The goals of the 21st Century Community Learning Center program are that all students reach high standards in reading and mathematics and that low-income families participate in literacy and related educational activities. The College of Education contributes to the success of this program by helping individual grantees evaluate the effectiveness of their program. Specifically, the research team provides training and on-going technical assistance to grantees to help them manage and evaluate the data garnered from their parts of the program. This project is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Education.
Georgia Sensory Assistance Project (Georgia Deafblind Project)
http://education.gsu.edu/georgiadeafblindproj/
Principal Investigator: Kathy Heller (E.P.S.E.)
The Georgia Sensory Assistance Project works with state agencies to identify children with deaf-blindness and provide assistance to these children primarily through dissemination of research on best practices and through technical assistance to families, teachers, and others who provide services to children with deaf-blindness. The project collaborates with and supports the Georgia Deafblind Stakeholders and Advisory Committee and national projects, such as the National Technical Assistance Consortium. This project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
Research on Reading Instruction for Low-Literate Adults
Principal Investigator: Daphne Greenberg (E.P.S.E.)
Daphne Greenberg leads a team of researchers from the College of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences to investigate reading instructional approaches for use with adults who read between a 3.0 and 5.9 word reading grade equivalency. The team is evaluating a number of instructional strategies for effectiveness with a focus on which strategies are most effective for different subtypes of adult learners. Additionally, the researchers are using Functional M.R.I. technology to measure the effects of instruction on adult learners’ neural activation. This project is sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Research on Adult and Family Literacy program.
Project SCEIs Babies Can’t Wait
http://education.gsu.edu/sceis/
Principal Investigator: Peggy Gallagher (E.P.S.E.)
The goal of the Georgia State University Skilled, Credentialed Early Interventionists (SCEIs) project with Georgia’s Babies Can’t Wait program is to assist in the implementation and evaluation of preservice and in-service training provided to public and private provides of early intervention services as well as to families who have children in the Babies Can’t Wait program. The Babies Can’t Wait program provides services for infants and toddlers who have developmental delays or disabilities and their families. This project is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Human Resources.
PDS2: Professional Development School Partnerships Deliver Success
http://pds2.gsu.edu/
Principal Investigator: Gwendolyn Benson (Dean’s Office)
To address the shortage of qualified urban teachers in Metropolitan Atlanta school districts, Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University, Georgia Perimeter College, the Georgia Association of Educators, and the school districts have formed partnerships to identify best practices for urban schools and to prepare teacher candidates with instruction in these practices. Schools within each system are designated as professional development schools, where specific intern experiences for preservice teachers, a collaborative induction model for new teachers, professional development opportunities for in-service teachers, and on-going opportunities for improved content-area learning are provided. This project is sponsored in part by the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program for Partnerships.
Preparing Researchers in Delinquency and Exceptionalities
Principal Investigators: David Houchins and Kristine Jolivette (E.P.S.E.)
A collaboration with the Department of Criminal Justice, this project provides financial support to doctoral-level students concentrating in juvenile justice special education beginning in 2006. The emphasis of the project is on increasing high-quality research, instruction, and service in juvenile justice special education. This project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
A.P.S. Early College High School
http://www.earlycolleges.org/
http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/our_schools/high/high/carver/carver.htm
Principal Investigator: Gwendolyn Benson (Dean’s Office.)
Early College High School, one of the four New Schools at Carver, partners the Atlanta Public Schools with Georgia State University in a state-sponsored program providing underserved groups of Georgians the opportunity to earn a high school diploma and 60 college credits simultaneously. Students participate in learning experiences that require debate, real-life problem solving, project development, and writing for different purposes. Strong emphasis is placed on peer learning, personal counseling, academic and career advisement, improved communication, and codes of personal and professional conduct. This project is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Education and University System of Georgia Board of Regents Early College Initiative.
Georgia Wolf Trap/Alliance Theatre Institute for Educators
http://www.alliancetheatre.org/education/education_educators.asp
Principal Investigator: Ann Kruger (E.P.S.E.)
Ann Kruger leads a research team to evaluate the effects of the Alliance Theatre Company’s outreach program, Georgia Wolf Trap, for children in preschool and kindergarten. Over three years, the researchers will collect data to investigate the effects of the program on students’ verbal and nonverbal communication and on their performances on the state-mandated test for school readiness and as emergent writers. The researchers hope to show that the program builds Georgia students’ emergent literacy skills, enhances their emotional understandings, and increases their awareness of the art of theatre. This project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education through its Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Grant Program.
Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics
http://gaprism.org/
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Miller (Physics, Arts & Sciences)
Co-Principal Investigator: Gwendolyn Benson (Dean’s Office)
The Georgia Partnership for Reform in Science in Mathematics is designed to increase science and mathematics achievement for all P-12 students in order to improve their readiness for postsecondary education and careers. The initiative focuses on enhancing teacher quality, raising expectations for all stakeholders, and closing achievement gaps. This project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
METROPOLITAN ATLANTA P-16 COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Through the Advanced Academy for Future Teachers, students have opportunities for collaboration with master teachers, teaching/tutoring, educational seminars and workshops, and opportunities for professional and academic preparation. These students also develop leadership skills by presenting information about teaching in Georgia to other students and to develop future teacher clubs.
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