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Leaders in Education Sponsored by the Greater Houston Partnership The Leaders in Education: Annual Education Luncheon focused on innovative and creative ways to improve the education experience for students and teachers ... READ MORE |
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SOAR Grant Award The award-winning Be A Teacher Club earned a $1,000 Student Organizing and Assistance Resources (SOAR) grant from the National Education Association (NEA) in ... READ MORE |
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UHD receives $1.08 million NSF-Noyce grant to fund scholarships for math teachers The National Science Foundation and the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program has awarded the University of Houston-Downtown $1.08 million to ... READ MORE |
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UHD Graduate Participates at School Board Association Conference Martina Ramos-Rey, a UHD graduate with a Master of Arts in Teaching degree (2010) and a Bachelor of Science in Professional Writing degree (1999) ... READ MORE |
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Winner: 2010 Texas Higher Education-Star Award This program, officially created by a signing ceremony on May 2, 2006, is a cutting edge teacher certification partnership that redefines seamless ... READ MORE |
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Student Awarded Texas Student of the Year The Department of Urban Education in the College of Public Service is proud to announce that recent UHD graduate John Wolf has been awarded the Texas Student ... READ MORE |
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Grants Fund Service-Learning Experiences for UHD Students in the Great Houston area UHD Urban Education students are receiving stipends to tutor students at Stovall Academy, Bethune Academy and Anderson Academy in the Aldine ... READ MORE |
Degree Programs
Bachelor of Arts in Interdiciplinary Studies
Alternative Certification Programs
Scholarships
Gordon & Mary Cain Student Teacher Academic Merit Scholarship
Noyce Science Teacher Scholarship Program
Tenneco Teacher Education Scholarship
William Joseph "Dr. Joe" Kortz Memorial Scholarship
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University of Houston-Downtown
1002 Commerce St.
Commerce Building Suite 440
Houston, TX 77002-1014
Phone: 713.222.5349
Fax: 713.226.5294
University of Houston-Downtown is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award masters and baccalaureate degrees.
About The Department of Urban Education
Welcome to The University of Houston-Downtown’s Department of Urban Education. UHD’s teacher education program is a state approved Center for Professional Development and Technology (UHD-CPDT). The center trains new elementary, secondary and bilingual teachers, and also provides staff development and technology support for public schools. The mission of the UHD-CPDT is to prepare future teachers for the urban classroom who will enhance the chances of academic success for at-risk children and adolescents in inner-city schools.
The goals of the UHD-CPDT are to prepare urban teachers who will:
- Possess strong working knowledge of general and teaching field content and pedagogy
- Demonstrate understanding of appropriate instructional strategies to ensure that each child achieves academic success
- Use technology efficiently and productively for instructive and administrative purposes;
- Work collaboratively with others
- Demonstrate appreciation of diversity by structuring the environment so that each child can learn
- Use effective communication skills and encourage effective communication from others
- Demonstrate reflective practices which lead to an ever increasing level of professionalism.
Chair of Urban Education
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Myrna Cohen, Ed.D. Commerce Building, C.440L |
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Sue Mahoney, PhD Commerce Building, C.440K |
Last updated or reviewed on 1/23/12
