Research and Resource Center Listings
As a College of Education student, you'll benefit from a number of on-campus resources. Centers housed in the College of Education provide leadership, service and research opportunities in the areas of learning and development, teacher education, educational policy, adult learning and community outreach. Learn about the latest in technology for teachers in the college's Instructional Technology Center or practice techinques learned in class at the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic. The opportunities for learning are endless.
- After-School All-Stars Atlanta
Funded by over $1 million annually, the After-School All-Stars program was developed over a decade ago to provide a comprehensive after school program for middle school students living in the inner city of Atlanta. The program has now grown to include nine separate and distinct sites both in Atlanta and in the near suburbs. Students are engaged in sports and recreation, homework assistance, tutoring (including standardized test preparation), technology, the arts, and project-based learning experiences. Nearly 2,000 children participate in this five days a week, 3 hours per day after school and summer program. - Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence
The Center, housed in the College of Education, works in partnership with school systems, parents, students, and community organizations to increase efforts toward the improvement of life-long learning and development for members of urban areas. The Center develops and generates research-based materials for use in teacher training and for teaching pupils at various grade levels. - Applied Physiology Laboratory
The Applied Physiology Laboratory serves the research, teaching, and service needs of the Department of Kinesiology and Health. - Biomechanics and Ergonomics Laboratory
The GSU Biomechanics and Ergonomics Laboratory (BEL) was established in 1989 to enhance biomechanical research productivity in the areas of sport and exercise activities, medical rehabilitation, and industrial and occupational activities. - Center for Research on School Safety, School Climate and Classroom Management.
The Center for Research on School Safety, School Climate and Classroom Management consists of faculty and staff members representing a broad span of academic orientations including education, psychology, nursing, social work, law, and criminal justice. The mission of the Center is to coordinate and support scholarly efforts to gain a fuller understanding of the variables affecting school safety, school climate and classroom management. This is accomplished by stimulating interdisciplinary basic and applied research in these areas, and by facilitating educational and outreach efforts that focus on our growing understanding of variables and interventions that affect school safety, school climate and classroom management. - Center for the University System of Georgia Reading Consortium
The Center for the University System of Georgia Reading Consortium provides opportunities for statewide collaboration among professionals engaged in improving the literacy performance of students P-12. The Center is established as a consortium of reading faculty, classroom teachers, and representatives the Department of Education, Professional Standards Commission, Board of Regents, and Chancellor's office. The mission of the Center is to design and promote professional development in literacy instruction for classroom teachers. Dr. Joyce Many is the director. - Coalition for the Study of Adult Literacy
The mission of the Coalition is to engage in basic and applied research and to support an exchange of information among the adult literacy professional community. Dr. Daphne Greenberg (EPSE) is Director. - Child Development Program(CDP)
The Child Development Program, a part of the College of Education, is comprised of two locations, the Lanette L. Suttles Child Development Center and the Capitol Hill Child Enrichment Center. The centers play a vital role in University research efforts, supports and develops teacher education programs, offers an ideal setting for students from a variety of disciplines to learn about young children through observation, interaction and research, and provides a model of "best practice" for Georgia's early learning professionals at all levels of the professional ladder. - The Center for Research on Atypical Development and Learning (CRADL)
(CRADL) is an interdisciplinary center founded in 1998 that stimulates basic and applied research and facilitates educational and outreach efforts related to atypical development and learning. CRADL consists of more than 25 faculty members who represent a broad span of academic orientations including developmental, clinical and educational psychology, neuropsychology, special education, and speech-language pathology. Approximately half of the faculty are from the College of Education. CRADL and its faculty coordinate and support scholarly efforts that focus on gaining a fuller understanding of atypical development and learning processes from birth through adolescence. Each semester CRADL hosts informal talks during the lunch hour in which faculty, students, and the general public can listen to presentations on a range of research projects and community resources. CRADL is jointly funded by the College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Education. - Educational Research Bureau
The Educational Research Bureau is located in room 330 of the COE. The bureau provides support for faculty, students, and staff of the college of Education during the process of acquiring external funding for research, instruction, and service. Grant search training is also available on a variety of grant search engines, such as the Community of Science database, SPIN, the Foundation Center and grants.gov. Grant writing workshops are also available through the ERB. A wide variety of reference books in the areas of research design, measurement, statistics, computer applications and qualitative research methods are housed in the ERB. Along with this research material, the ERB also provides consultation and instructional support for research design. - GA School Superintendents Association
The Georgia School Superintendents Association (GSSA) is a professional association of public school superintendents who preside over Georgia's urban, rural and suburban school districts. - Instructional Technology Center
The ITC provides an atmosphere for faculty, students, and Pre-K-12 educators that encourages and supports technology confidence and expertise in the areas of teaching, collaboration, and consultation. They support both software and course development and establish a framework to engage all learners in continuous study for professional growth. - Office of International Programs The Georgia State University College of Education recognizes the need for teachers and students to be able to perform academically, economically, and professionally on an international level.
- Literacy Collaborative
Literacy Collaborative is a broad-based, long-term, professional development program that focuses on the successful literacy of every child. It provides a comprehensive literacy program for schools that have already made the commitment to Reading Recovery® as the primary safety net for at-risk children. - Principals Center
The Center's mission is to promote the development of quality schools in Georgia by facilitating the personal and professional development of principals and other school site leaders through professional and personal development activities, pre-service preparation, and inquiry. - Reading Recovery Program
Reading Recovery provides a system-wide, short term, cost effective, scientifically-based early intervention program for young children at risk of reading failure. Utilizing a three-tiered approach that includes teachers, teacher leaders, and university trainers, the Georgia State University Regional Reading Recovery Training Center provides initial graduate level study and long-term professional development for school district personnel in systems implementing this early intervention program. - Saturday School
Saturday School for Scholars and Leaders is an academic enrichment program offered by the College of Education at Georgia State University for Kindergarten through 8th grade gifted and talented children in the metro Atlanta area. Classes are held on the downtown main campus from 9 a.m. to noon on 5 consecutive Saturdays throughout the year. Atlanta area educators teach a variety of enrichment classes, ranging from the fine and applied arts to math and science, designed to challenge participants at all levels (K- 8th grade). - Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
Georgia State University's Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is well equipped with a state of the art video system, computerized laboratory equipment, and a wealth of materials and tests. Student clinicians provide evaluation and therapy services during their clinic practice experiences. - Urban Literacy Clinic
The mission of the Urban Literacy Clinic at Georgia State University is to prepare teachers to enrich the literacy lives of students in the Atlanta community through individual and small group lessons in reading and writing. The teachers prepare and implement research based literacy lessons designed to capitalize upon each child's literacy interests while strengthening their academic abilities.