College of Education

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