Teacher Education

Ashli Knoell, a 2010 University of New Mexico College of Education and Human Sciences graduate, was among 75 other teachers nationally selected recently to receive the 2023 Milken Educator Award. Knoell earned a B.S. in elementary education at UNM and...

The innovative, celebrated UNM POLLEN program is saluting a major milestone after seven years. POLLEN, which stands for Promoting Our Leadership, Learning, and Empowering Nations (POLLEN) program, is housed in the College of Education and Human...

One University of New Mexico educator is taking on a bold, new national role in the teaching world. Cheryl Torrez, chair of the Department of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership and Policy in UNM’s College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS) has...

UNM’s Department of Special Education, in the College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS) is filling a critical need in New Mexico. Now with its 55th graduate, the Graduate Certificate Program in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)  is creating Board...

Two members of the Special Education Department in UNM’s College of Education & Human Sciences have just been recognized nationwide. Assistant Professor Sarah Carlson and Distinguished Professor Ruth Luckasson were both honored at the 147th Annual...

UNM Speech & Hearing Sciences and the Department of Special Education are proud to have hosted another year of its Project SCENES summer clinic.  SCENES, which stands for Social-Communication: Collaborating Early with Naturalistic Evidence-Based...

The integral role schools play in the livelihood of kids and families is undeniable. Still, a new book from UNM Associate Professor Emerita Sheri Williams highlights why the role the community plays in schools is just as important.  Beyond the...

Becoming a teacher in your favorite subject is now more accessible than ever at the UNM College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS).   In part of its never-ending commitment to fill New Mexico’s dire teacher shortage, COEHS is launching a new graduate...

There is just one semester left to go for a critical program within UNM’s College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS).  Creating Responsive Educational Avenues for Training Environments in Early Childhood (CREATE EC) is a new interdisciplinary...

Smiling children, happy parents, and prepared educators for decades to come–this is the end result of a unique collaboration underway at the University of New Mexico. This beneficial end result is thanks to something called Project SCENES...