The ESSE Study Abroad Program The ESSE Study Abroad Program UGA and Modena Schools. A Cross-Cultural Study Abroad Experience in Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle School Education. The Modena Study Abroad Program dates are May 10-June 6, 2013. Participants will have a unique opportunity to work with pre-school, elementary, or middle school students and teachers [...]

The Office of School Engagement (OSE) at the University of Georgia serves as a bridge between the worlds of theory and practice in P-16 public education to improve the educational experiences of students and the professional lives of educators. What We Do: Collaborate with school districts to create Professional Development Schools (J.J. Harris Elementary in Clarke County is the first). [...]

The Red Clay Writing Project is a local site of the  National Writing Project  and has been providing professional learning opportunities for teachers in northeast Georgia since 2003. Driven by the core beliefs that the best teachers of teachers are teachers and that writing teachers are writers, Red Clay offers an annual  Summer Institute  for up to twenty teachers every [...]

The Georgia Social Studies Journal is an official publication of the Georgia Council for the Social Studies published by the Department of Elementary and Social Studies Education at the University of Georgia. A peer-reviewed, online quarterly journal, The Georgia Social Studies Journal is dedicated to a wide array of topics that benefit elementary and secondary social studies teachers and teacher educators. The Georgia Social Studies Journal welcomes submissions from researchers, scholars, and practitioners animated by the ideas, perspectives, and methods that lead to quality social studies teaching and learning.

Research News & Notes Department of Social Studies and Elementary Education Presentations, Publications, and Awards September 2008-September 2010   Student and Student-Faculty Presentations, Publications, and Awards   Andrews, P. G., Thompson, K. F., Harrison, L., & High, J. (2008, October). High stakes: Observations and evaluations of teacher quality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of [...]

Scholarship of Engagement Grant ($8000) –Kathy Thompson & Gayle Andrews Supporting the Sustainability of Service-Learning in Schools addresses the need to support P-12 teachers in using service-learning with their students. We identified this need by reviewing EDEC/EDMS 7060 graduate students’ action plans and through discussions with faculty in the Service-Learning Research FLC and local P-12 [...]