Urban Education Partnerships

Working Together to Improve Student Achievement

GVSU Summer Literacy Center 

·         COE and Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, Grand Rapids, MI, partnership

·         At-risk students receive individualized instruction in English language to improve oral and literacy skills

·         Center doubles as a practicum site for students in three Education Master’s Degree programs

Holland Public Schools Teacher Cohort

·         COE teacher candidates placed in urban ethnically and racially diverse elementary school for an academic year

·         COE student assistants and student teachers experience in-depth, sustained contact with students, school staff, and parents

Schools of Hope Tutoring Project
                                        

·         COE and Heart of West Michigan United Way partnership

·         COE students tutor at-risk children in selected Grand Rapids Public elementary schools during the school day

·         COE students experience what it means to be a teacher

Kent School Services Network Initiative

• COE  and Kent School Services Network partnership
• Two-fold mission: increase student school attendance and increase student academic success
•  COE students tutor in schools where the majority of students fall below the poverty line
•   Faculty teach COE educational foundations classes at Network schools; COE students work one-on-one with children after their college class