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Learner Qualities at Thomas Metcalf School

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New Teacher Conference-June 22

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Not your average college job

By the time elementary education major Lauren Sulkowski finished her freshman year, her accomplishments rivaled those of a beginning teacher.

The value of a mentor

McCoy was in the first cohort of the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations’ revised P–12 educational administration program in 2013.

History, science, and culture … delivered

s a World War II veteran questioned Andrew Frey ’18, their eyes hardly met. The former U.S. soldier, who fought in the Pacific, was transfixed on a Pacific Theater flag, one of many historical artifacts on display at Frey’s booth.