Curriculum and Instruction Achievements

Raymond Dixon, assistant professor in curriculum and instruction, is working on a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Grant to create a regional workforce for rural manufacturing that links technical education systems and students to local businesses.

Would he recommend it to peers?

“Absolutely,” he said. “It would be impossible to participate in the Wright Fellowship program and not improve yourself as a teacher and a human being. It was a great experience, great professors, great peers and a great school!”

What’s more, Tiegs is paying forward what he’s learned by mentoring U-Idaho student-teacher and Highland native Jed Pentzer.

“I actually taught him biology when he was in 10th grade in my first year of teaching.”

It’s just one more example of how the Vandal family tree sprouts new branches every year.

For more information on the Wright program, go to www.uidaho.edu/ed/academics/wright-fellowship.

Tiegs has been selected by one of 27 STEM educators nationwide for the 2013-14 prestigious Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program by the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education. Educators will serve in Washington, D.C., for 11 months beginning in September at sponsoring agencies. Tiegs will be serving his term at the Department of Energy. He was selected through a rigorous process from a pool of 200 applicants. The program provides practical classroom insight in guiding education programs and policies, especially those related to STEM education.

Emily Duvall, assistant professor in curriculum and instruction and the project director for the Northwest Inland Writing Project, has conducted conferences and workshops aimed at helping teachers integrate and use the new Common Core State Standards throughout the school’s curriculum.

Anne Kern, assistant professor in curriculum and instruction, was selected as part of the University’s Leadership Academy’s fourth cohort for 2012-13. The academy helps foster leadership within the institution through the participation of faculty and staff in a yearlong leadership experience.