Formation
The CLE fosters the professional growth of dynamic, talented classroom teachers and literacy scholars. We equip them with professional support and resources to create vibrant literacy classrooms that celebrate diversity and student voice and help students to become powerful readers and writers.
Education, Schooling & Society Minor
The Education, Schooling & Society (ESS) Minor is offered to Notre Dame undergraduate students. ESS is an interdisciplinary minor in the College of Arts and Letter and the Institute for Educational Initiatives. At the heart of the program is the study of how humans learn and how society, politics, and the economy influence that learning.
Using tools from a variety of disciplines, students explore an institution that profoundly affects the development of societies. How can the American education system serve all students equally? How can education be improved?
As students consider the research, theory, and practices relevant to answering such questions, they gain a deeper understanding of social structures, human development, and themselves.
Learn more at go.nd.edu/ess or contact Dr. Mike Macaluso.
ESS Minors
ACE Teaching Fellows
ACE Teaching Fellows
The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) seeks to develop a corps of highly motivated and committed educators to meet the needs of our country's most underserved elementary and secondary schools.
Established in 1994 by Fr. Tim Scully, CSC, ACE now places over 180 college graduates in over 120 parochial schools throughout the United States.
To carry out its core teaching mission, ACE recruits talented graduates from colleges and universities across the country. ACE teachers represent a wide variety of undergraduate disciplines, with a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. ACE provides an intensive two-year service experience encompassing professional development, community life, and spiritual growth. These three pillars are at the heart of the ACE program. ACE aims to provide excellence in education and to maximize opportunities for its participants' personal and professional growth.
Seeking to form leaders in Catholic schools, to prepare informed and active citizens for the world, and to provide high-quality educational opportunities for the under-served, ACE works tirelessly to provide a witness of hope.
Learn more at https://ace.nd.edu/teach.
O'Shaughnessy Fellows
O'Shaughnessy Fellows
Thanks to the generous support of the O'Shaughnessy Foundation Endowment for Excellence in K-12 Research, the O’Shaughnessy Fellows program equips dynamic English Language Arts teachers with the skills and scholarship to become literacy leaders in their school communities. The O’Shaughnessy Fellows program empowers teachers who believe that literacy changes lives and who seek long-term, transformative professional development to have a positive measurable impact on their students. The program exposes fellows to research based best practices and supports Fellows in developing collaborative literacy focused action research projects relevant to their particular students.
Long-Term Professional Development for the Practicing Teacher
Each summer, the CLE invites a cohort of O’Shaughnessy Fellows to an on-campus institute. Some of the nation’s leading literacy scholars provide coaching in high-impact instructional practices and guidance in developing and implementing action research projects. The summer institute provides a community of like-minded ELA teachers who are deeply committed to improving their students’ lives through literacy.
Throughout the year, O’Shaughnessy Fellows continue to grow as they work in Intellectual Learning Communities (ILCs). In these groups, teachers meet regularly online with faculty and one another to discuss pedagogical practices, research design, and how to gather and analyze research data.
Benefits
While there are many benefits of the O’Shaughnessy Fellows program, some of the highlights include:
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Longitudinal professional growth in literacy teaching, learning, assessment, and leadership
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Individualized coaching in instruction and research from leading literacy scholars
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A national and local community of practitioners with a strong cohort model
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Support and resources to present research at a regional ELA conference
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Travel, lodging, and meal expenses paid for summer institute
Coyle Fellows
Coyle Fellows
The Coyle Fellows helps to establish early career, postdoctoral scholars in the field of literacy education research. These fellows may have recently written an excellent dissertation, and now need the guidance and capital to galvanize their careers in professional research. University of Notre Dame faculty members mentor fellows in how to develop and conduct research projects, write for a publication, and access professional societies.
Long-Term Professional Development for Literacy Researchers
Each year, the Coyle Fellows program invites 5 promising researchers to create an ideal proposal. Once accepted, the fellow will receive a stipend each year of the two-year program to execute the research project; however, the fellowship does not demand residence at the university. The Coyle Fellows program is particularly interested in candidates whose research would explore the intersection between faith formation and literacy achievement. For example, current Coyle fellows' research proposals investigate which texts best instill a social justice mindset or how the spirituality of hip-hop benefits marginalized students.
Throughout the year, Coyle Fellows visit campus 1-2 times, conduct virtual check-ins with mentors, and complete an annual report on their research.
Nomination
The CLE and IEI community must nominate an early career researcher for the fellowship. Potential candidates are referred to the program directors.
Benefits
- Longitudinal professional growth in literacy research design, data collection, and data analysis
- Individualized mentorship from tenured, high-profile literacy professors
- Connection to the larger professional research community
- Funding for research project
- Qualification for tenure track position
Contact us for more information.