Accomplishments: Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education
Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was selected for the Fred Rogers Inquiry Educators 2024-2025 cohort. In collaboration with the Fred Rogers Institute, she will explore how Mr. Rogers' work addressed the inclusion and sense of belonging for young children with disabilities and their…
Heather Van Ness and Monica Brown (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) recently co-authored a publication with Robbie Marsh (Mercer University) titled, "Building communities of practice: Initial perceptions of an interdisciplinary preparation program for special education teachers and social workers," in the Journal of the…
Monica Brown and Pricella Morris (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) received a five-year, $1.1M Personnel Preparation grant to train undergraduate students majoring in early childhood special education. Project DEEPENDD (Dual Early Educator Preparation- Educating Nevadans for Disability & Diversity) funded by the…
Alain Bengochea, Gloria Carcoba Falomir, Suheyla Sarisahin, Tracey West, and Xin Zhang (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented "Toward a translanguaging-as-resource orientation: Elementary and secondary educators' beliefs and practices in English-medium settings" at the American Educational Research Association…
The Nevada Association of Teacher Educators (NvATE) proud to introduce the new leaders of NvATE: Tracy Spies (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), who has assumed the leadership role of President, and Benita Brooks (Teaching and Learning), who will be serving as Vice President. Their expertise and dedication are undoubtedly…
Travis Hammond (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) received the Hammill Institute on Disabilities Doctoral Fellowship, which is a competitive fellowship that recognizes doctoral students across the nation who are committed to serving the field of special education.
Doctoral fellows receive a scholarship amount to…
College of Education doctoral students and faculty Jenna Weglarz-Ward, Kendra Cope, Michela Carattini, and Marissa Rakos (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented at the Council for Exceptional Children's 2024 Annual Convention and Expo March 13-17 in San Antonio, Texas.
Cope, Carattini, and Rakos presented as session…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward and Melissa Yarczower (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with Cyndy Anang (UNLV Alum 2023, Nevada State University) and Maryssa Mitsch (UNLV Alum 2017, San Francisco State University), and Jessica Branch (Murray State University) published an article in the Journal of Early Childhood Teacher…
Joseph Morgan (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), Ph.D., is the recipient of this year's Outstanding Department Chair Award. Morgan is professor and chair of the Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education. He is being recognized for his strong leadership skills, effective administration,…
Alain Bengochea and Tracey West (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented "Monolingual & multilingual in-service teachers’ conceptualization of translanguaging pedagogy in a teacher preparation program" in a paper session at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference.
Employing systemic functional…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward, (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) participated in Making Ideal Real: A Gathering of National Early Learning Policy Influencers with the Bainum Family Foundation and WeVision Early Education in Washington, D.C. She represented the Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Early Childhood and…
Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) recently published an article in the latest edition of Division for Early Childhood's Recommended Practices Monograph Series--Leadership: Leading From Where You Are. "Every Family is a Leader: How Professional-Family Partnership Empowers Family Leaders,"…