College of Education Dean Pete Kelly was recently featured on the Chamber Talks podcast, produced by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce. In the episode titled “Beyond the Classroom: Honoring Our Region’s Teachers,” Kelly is joined by Fredericksburg City Public Schools Superintendent Marci Catlett to discuss the current landscape of education. Together, they shared insights […]
The University of Mary Washington received a $14,200 planning grant from the Virginia Department of Education to work with local school divisions to develop a teacher apprenticeship program. The VDOE on Monday announced that it awarded a total of $143,000 to nine universities across the state to develop the programs, which would allow school divisions […]
College of Education Dean Pete Kelly contributed to a Fredericksburg Today article titled “An ‘enormous hat rack’: Here’s everything educators want you to know about the local teacher shortage. At the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, there were 1,000 vacant teaching positions across the state, an already untenable situation according to the University of Mary […]
College of Education Dean Pete Kelly was recently named an Impact Academy fellow through national non-profit organization Deans for Impact. Dr. Kelly joins a cohort of leaders chosen for their commitment to improving educator preparation rooted in equity. Educator-preparation programs today face complex challenges as they prepare teachers and K-12 leaders who are well-equipped to identify […]
