Education News and Features
Sumreen Asim honored by Hoosier Association of Science Teachers
February 25, 2020
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Dr. Sumreen Asim, assistant professor of elementary science and technology education, has received the 2020 Distinguished Award for Innovative College Science Teaching from the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc. (HASTI). According to Asim, the award recognizes the innovative work of integrating technology in science methods coursework for IU Southeast’s ...
Craig Smith ’15, math teacher and viral TikTok sensation, meets students where they are
February 4, 2020
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–It’s a rare middle school math teacher who dances his way to social media stardom. Craig Smith ’15, a math teacher at Oldham County Middle School in LaGrange, Kentucky, is rare. Smith’s TikTok dance videos, intended to engage his students at Oldham Middle School, have gone viral, gaining over one ...
Faculty Innovator: Sumreen Asim
January 21, 2020
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Beliefs. They frame our identity and shape our horizon. They can limit, imprison, defeat us. Or they can give form to our dreams and motivate us to pursue them. A pre-occupation with beliefs figures strongly in the life and work of Sumreen Asim, assistant professor of elementary science and technology ...
Donna Albrecht elected to represent higher education on Indiana TESOL board
November 21, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Donna Albrecht, associate professor of education and director of the IU Southeast New Neighbors Education Center, has been elected as Higher Education Representative to the board of the Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL). Albrecht will serve in the role for the next two years. Besides ...
Faculty Innovators: Alan Zollman, Bradford Griggs, David Sullivan-Losey
November 5, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–If teaching and learning were jazz, it would look and feel a lot like the classroom of Alan Zollman, Bradford Griggs and David Sullivan-Losey. The three colleagues in the School of Education teach general methods, a class that is accepted grimly as part of the teacher prep territory—like earthquakes and ...
New horizons for New Neighbors Education Center
October 23, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–It has been a busy year for the New Neighbors Education Center (NNEC) at IU Southeast. Building upon the legacy of founder and former Director Dr. Magdalena Herdoiza-Estevez, current Director Dr. Donna Albrecht, associate professor of education, has set her sights on expanding the center’s reach. A series of events ...
Teacher educator Dr. Debi Mink awarded National Clinical Practice Fellowship
October 11, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Dr. Debi Mink, professor of elementary education, has received the 2020 National Clinical Practice Fellowship from the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) and the National Association for Professional Development Schools (NAPDS). The award will help the IU Southeast School of Education strengthen its clinical practice program. Clinical Practice Fellows attend ...
Dr. Alan Zollman honored with prestigious education award
September 24, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Dr. Alan Zollman, professor of education, will receive the George Mallinson Distinguished Service Award from the School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA). This is the highest honor of the 108-year-old international education research group, and recognizes those who have been a member of SSMA for at least ten years and ...
