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The Graduate School of Education (GSE) outreach to PK-12 schools is extensive and diverse. Additionally, two centers within the GSE (the Office of School Partnerships and the Tsongas Industrial History Center) provide specialized resources and services to schools in the region. GSE faculty work with schools as program consultants and evaluators, intern and practicum supervisors, and policy advisors. Among the projects in which GSE faculty are currently engaged are
Dr. Regina Panasuk’s project Enhancing Math Collaboration (EMC3), which supports the mathematics content and pedagogical knowledge of teachers at the Bartlett School in Lowell.
Dr. James Nehring works with teachers and principals in Methuen, Billerica and Woburn in their development of Professional Learning Communities, while Dr. Jill Lohmeier serves as program evaluator to the project in Methuen, examining “Levels of Collaboration.”.
Dr. Patricia Fontaine is engaged in several Teaching American History grants in which she provides content and pedagogically focused courses for teachers in such districts as Billerica, North Andover, Reading, Lawrence.
Dr. Michelle Scribner-MacLean with Dr. Fred Martin of the Computer Science Department, work with Lowell middle school students to engage them in science and engineering through the use of a variety of sensors with which they can gather and share information.
Dr. MinJeong Kim is engaged in studying language and literacy learning in early childhood classrooms at the Bartlett School in Lowell.
Dr. Charles Christensen is consulting through the National Institute for School Leaders developing the leadership skills of current principals and others in administrative positions.
The Office of School Partnerships (OSP)
The Office of School Partnerships The Office of School Partnerships facilitates program development, grant writing, and research between University faculty and public schools throughout Middlesex and Essex counties. Currently, at the request of partner districts and UML faculty, the Office is focusing much work on science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) education for K-12 students and teachers. The OSP is also involved in several Teaching American History projects that bring university scholars together with K-12 teachers to deepen knowledge about this subject. The OSP continues to assist area schools in improvement of student readiness for college success, through faculty engagement with teachers on curriculum as well as dual enrollment courses. For more information about how the Office of School Partnerships can help your district link with faculty research and teaching, access university support for program development, and collaborate on grant opportunities, please contact OSP Director Judith Boccia at Judith_Boccia@uml.edu, or 978-934-4661.
Tsongas
The Tsongas Industrial History Center was developed and is operated as a partnership between the Lowell National Historical Park and the University of Massachusetts Lowell's Graduate School of Education. The TIHC focuses on industrial history, as well as engineering and science related to the development of the region. Through its experiential programming, students in grades 3 through 12 learn about the American Industrial Revolution by engaging in activities which enable them to experience history where it happened. Students participate in weaving, create canal systems, play the role of immigrants to the city, or become inventors. They also engage in science by examining the impact of industry on the Merrimack River and its environs through river water testing and tracing the course of ground water pollution. The TIHC also serves engineering undergraduates at UML who learn about the evolution of engineering and how problems were solved in Lowell; and liberal arts students who examine the rich history of the city in which they live and study.
The TIHC offers teachers exciting workshops and primary source-based teaching activities. For information, call 978-970-5080, or visit