• School Overview
    The School of Education has long been noted for its excellence.  That standing was recently reaffirmed in a survey conducted by U.S. News and World Report magazine that ranked our graduate school in the top 50 graduate schools of Education in the nation. 

    First offering teacher education programs in 1926, the School has grown dramatically, housing three departments: the Department of Teaching and Learning, the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, and the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences. 

    There are approximately 230 undergraduate students and 560 graduate students enrolled in the School.  Located on a tropical campus in beautiful Coral Gables, Florida, the administrative offices are located in the historic Merrick Building. 

    During 2003, the School of Education received well over $7,000,000 in research grants and externally funded projects from various public and private agencies.  With accreditation by the APA (American Psychological Association), the School of Education remains one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the Southeast. 

  • School Leadership

    After an extensive dean-search, Dr. Isaac Prilleltensky was selected as the new dean of the School of Education, where he was welcomed, August 2006. Dr. Prilleltensky came to the School of Education from Vanderbilt University. He received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Manitoba in 1989.

    Associate Dean Andy Gillentine is responsible for the School’s graduate affairs and faculty and staff administration.  In 1995, Dr. Gillentine graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a Ph.D. degree in Human Performance. He joined the faculty of the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences at the School of Education in 2002 Dr. Gillentine’s area of academic interest is Sport Administration.

    As academic dean responsible for the Office of Student Services, Associate Dean Shawn Post received her Ph.D. in 1977 from the University of Miami.  Her academic interests are in educational psychology, assessment, reading, and learning disabilities. 

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DEAN
(Click the name for complete profile)
Dean, School of Education. Professor of Educational and Psychological Studies.
Tel:
305-284-3505
Room:
Merrick Bldg. 313-E
eMail:
isaacp@miami.edu
FUNDED PROJECTS
CEC PASS STATEWIDE EVALUATION
 
    06/04-05/12 Ann Bessell

 $404,800

 
ESE PARENT SURVEY PROJECT
 

    01/08-12/08

Batya Elbaum

 $275,000

 
ESE/PRE-K DISABILITIES/ESOL/MASTER'S PROJECT
 

    10/04-10/08

Batya Elbaum

 $787,380

 
HIGH INCIDENCE READING AND TEACHER PREPARATION
 
    11/04-10/09 Marjorie Montague

 $999,610

 
IMPROVING MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE OF AT RISK STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN URBAN MIDDLE SCHOOLS (MSM PROJECT)
 
    06/07-05/10 Marjorie Montague

 $2,085,120

 
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND READING IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH
 
    09/04-08/09 James McKinney

 $3,090,600

 
LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF CO-MORBID DISORDERS IN CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
 
    11/01-10/07 Marjorie Montague

 $930,000

 
MEASURING OUTCOMES FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
 

    08/07-06/08

Batya Elbaum

 $142,175

 
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES COHORT 2004
 

    04/07-06/08

Ann Bessell

 $40,000

 
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES COHORT 2005
 

    01/07-06/10

Ann Bessell

 $60,000

 
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES COHORT 2006
 

    01/07-06/09

Ann Bessell

 $80,000

 
NCI - SUNSMART AMERICA: EVALUATING A SCHOOL-BASED CURRICULUM (SUBACCOUNT)
 
 09/07-08/08 Ann Bessell

 $112,134

 
PREPARATION OF PERSONNEL IN MINORITY INSTITUTIONS/DOCTORAL PREPARATION PROGRAM
 
    09/02-08/08

Marjorie Montague

 $742,486

 
PROMOTING SCIENCE AMONG ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (P-SELL) WITHIN A HIGH STAKES TESTING POLICY CONTEXT
 
    08/04-08/09 Okhee Lee

 $4,882,920

 
TRANSFER OF READING SKILLS IN BILINGUAL CHILDREN SUBPROJECT
 
    10/02-05/06

Maria Carlo

 $351,798

 
UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM
 

    06/03-05/08

Marie Grimes Davis

 $1,889,596

 

 
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
INSTITUTE FOR INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY COUNSELING
 

The Institute for Individual and Family Counseling (IIFC) is an outpatient counseling center located on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables.

The IIFC has successfully provided low-cost psychological and educational services to thousands of people for decades.
 
SUMMER 2008: HOLOCAUST INSTITUTE
 

In 1994, the Florida legislature mandated the teaching of the Holocaust in the schools. The University of Miami and Miami Dade County Public Schools is pleased to announce the 7th annual institute in Holocaust Studies designed specifically to meet the needs of teachers who wish to teach the Holocaust and its lessons to be learned for today’s students. This 5-day intensive course will provide the teacher/participant with materials, strategies and resources to ensure that the important lessons of the Holocaust are not forgotten and will be passed on from generation to generation.

There will be historian/scholars as guest presenters as well as Holocaust survivors present at the Institute giving 1st person testimony as well as interacting with the participants.
 
SUMMER 2008: SUPPORT NETWORK INSTITUTE
 

The goals of the Support Network Institute will be to mentor and support developing teachers during their first three years of teaching through an individualized professional development program and mentoring provided by an experienced teacher. The summer Institute Participants receive 3 graduate credits for each of the first two years of their participation in the network. The Miami-Dade County Public Schools System is providing MPP for participation in the third year which is designed to encourage mastery in teaching through guidance in accomplishing National Board Certificaton. The program includes a three-day summer institute, August 4-6, 2008 along with four half-day follow-up Saturday sessions during the school year..
 
SUMMER 2008: ZELDA GLAZER WRITING INSTITUTE
 

The Zelda Glazer Writing Institute is a collaborative venture with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS). The Institute has been in operation since 1984 - for two weeks during the summer months. Under the direction of faculty member, Dr. Eveleen Lorton, the Institute has served thousands of teachers. National and international experts in writing instruction serve as guest speakers. Both the invited experts as well as the MDCPS personnel provide inservice teachers with strategies for improving the quality of writing instruction in their elementary and secondary classrooms. More significantly, the Institute provides participants with inspiration and excitement about teaching and learning. The Zelda Glazer Writing Institute serves as a model for all institutes at University of Miami. 

The 2008 Zelda Glazer Writing Institute will be held this summer from June 9 through June 20.  Please visit the M-DCPS Division of Language Arts/Reading website and click on the link to the application for the Zelda Glazer Writing Institute.  Your principal will also have information at your school. Applications must be received by the Division of Language Arts/Reading by April 28.  We hope you’ll be a part of our 25th year!
 

 

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