Elementary Education

Thu, Mar 25, 2021

An elementary teacher teaches an average of 800 children during a 30-year career, and a secondary teacher has as many as 5,000 students. Yet, how many students come back to say thanks?

Thu, Mar 04, 2021

Ashley Henry, from Claremore, Okla., studies elementary education and plans to earn her master’s and doctorate in education to pursue a career training preservice educators.

Tue, Dec 08, 2020

Eight College of Education and Human Sciences students have been selected as Oklahoma State University Seniors of Significance for the 2020-2021 academic year by the OSU Alumni Association.

Fri, Nov 20, 2020

Ginger Billman, an OSU alumna, has been announced as an Oklahoma Teacher of the Year finalist by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE).

Fri, Nov 06, 2020

The School of Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences (STLES) in the College of Education and Human Sciences at Oklahoma State University recognized six 2020 award recipients.

Fri, May 08, 2020

Many Americans have joined video conference calls in recent weeks. None have been as life-transforming as Sara Szumski’s, when she learned she was receiving a very generous scholarship.

Fri, Apr 17, 2020

Public school buildings across Oklahoma are closed due to coronavirus concerns. For student teachers and education majors teaching and tutoring for the first time, virtual learning is not only their “new normal,” it is their “first normal.”

Fri, Apr 17, 2020

One first-year teacher and College of Education, Health and Aviation alumna, Shelbi Hladik, is bringing those conversations to the airwaves with a new podcast, “See You After Class!” designed as a space for veteran teachers to answer first-year teachers’ questions.

Tue, Apr 14, 2020

The Colleges of Education, Health and Aviation and Human Sciences recognized two students for their distinguished diversity and service efforts this year.

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

Emily Burris’ classroom serves many purposes: operating room, construction site, campground, superhero staging area. Her first-grade students measure paper “bones,” video conference with construction workers onsite and read stories about real-life superheroes bringing change to their communities. Burris, OSU alumna and instruction specialist with Yukon Public Schools, hopes the transformations spark students’ curiosity and desire to come to school.

Fri, Dec 13, 2019

Meet Madison Anders, fourth-grade teacher Will Rogers Elementary School in Stillwater. Anders graduated from OSU with a bachelor's in elementary education and a master's in teaching, learning and leadership.