Scott Lehman ’09: Good of Goshen
Scott Lehman '09 is an elementary school music teacher and well-known face in the Goshen music scene.
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Alejandro Rodriguez ’15: growing as a teacher in Goshen
Alejandro Rodriguez '15 talks about being a young teacher in Goshen, English language learners and the Goshen community.
Buckwalter twins, seniors, to receive Indiana Outstanding Future Educator Awards
Renee and Anne Buckwalter, twin seniors from Wellman, Iowa, will both be honored by the Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education with the Outstanding Future Educator Award on April 12.
Kinderforest program gets Goshen kids out of the classroom and into the woods
About once a month, 24 students from the Goshen College Laboratory Kindergarten class — a partnership between the college’s education department and Goshen Community Schools — spend the day climbing trees, building shelters and making mud pies in Witmer Woods, through Merry Lea’s Kinderforest program, the first of its kind in Goshen.
Wilma Marie Springer ’56 presented with Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who
Wilma Marie Springer '56 received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award after 45 years of teaching.
Cross-country journey leads Cole family to the right college, community
When Hannah Cole decided to attend Goshen College to finish her degree in American Sign Language education, she didn’t expect the rest of her family to follow her to Indiana.
Goshen College licensing program boosting teachers’ ability to help English learners
This past year, Goshen College offered an 11-month program for full-time teachers to get an English Learner’s license, also known as TSOL or ENL. The license provides teachers with background of how a second language develops. Teachers learn specific strategies for instruction, assessment, and identifying areas of concern.
GC’s first English Learners license cohort sees fruit in the classroom
The first cohort of teachers in Goshen College’s new English learner’s (EL) license program returned to their classrooms with a new set of tools to better serve students whose first language is not English.
Campus Center for Young Children receives re-accreditation
The Campus Center for Young Children (CCYC) at Goshen College was recently reaccredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals.
Hillary Harder ’15 wins 2018 Elkhart Community Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year award
Hillary Harder '15, a music teacher at Roosevelt STEAM Academy, was named the district’s Elementary Teacher of the Year.