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The School of Education provides a unique educational experience that is both inspiring and life-changing – and one of the best ways to learn more about what it’s like to be a part of our community of scholars is through the words of our faculty, students and alumni.

Alumna Shawn O'Brien Helps Children with Educational and Psychogenic Difficulties

Since obtaining her first job as a school psychologist in 1993, School of Education alumna Shawn O’Brien has been an advocate for students of all ages and in a variety of settings, such as public, private, and charter schools, and in her own private practice. When a student is struggling, O’Brien kn... Read More...
Carol Wooten - Impacting Communities Through Education

Carol Wooten - Impacting Communities Through Education

For Propel Schools Superintendent Carol Wooten, the past 10 years of her life have been intertwined simultaneously with the life of Propel Schools, an experimental set of charter schools in Pennsylvania. And since her work with Propel began, the schools have succeeded beyond her—and her community’s... Read More...
Devin Browne - Promoting Global Awareness with Language

Devin Browne - Promoting Global Awareness with Language

Devin Browne is in a unique situation. He’s not only teaching students in world language courses at Pittsburgh Brashear High School, but also heading up initiatives with his colleagues to help mentor new teachers, often through Pitt-based internships. So why did he choose the School of Education? “... Read More...
Kashif Henderson - Personalizing Education to Help Students Learn Better

Kashif Henderson - Personalizing Education to Help Students Learn Better

Pittsburgh Brashear High School Social Studies Teacher Kashif Henderson graduated from the School of Education in 2010 and is now a working teacher who values the whole experience of the MAT program, which taught him to personalize lessons and make them engaging. “The most helpful aspect was taking... Read More...
Ali Nabavian - Prepared to Teach and Lead

Ali Nabavian - Prepared to Teach and Lead

Ali Nabavian is completing his MAT while teaching at the Falk School. He explains that his favorite part of teaching thus far is when he has a “good lesson and the kids understand the majority of ideas discussed, or when you’re having a good conversation and they reference something previously lear... Read More...
The Q&A: Alumna and Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Betsy A. Porter, Retiring after 33 Years

The Q&A: Alumna and Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Betsy A. Porter, Retiring after 33 Years

Betsy Porter, director of the University of Pittsburgh Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, recently announced her retirement from the University after 33 years of outstanding service and success in her position. Under her direction, the profile, quality, and diversity of new undergraduate stude... Read More...
Steve Verba - Transforming Bodies and Minds

Steve Verba - Transforming Bodies and Minds

Steve Verba was always interested in exercise and a healthy lifestyle. Now in his last semester of the School of Education’s doctoral program in exercise physiology, he is taking his passion for fitness and educating students, along with helping the community with programs on obesity, and making it... Read More...
Cheryl Wasyliw - In the Midnight Hour

Cheryl Wasyliw - In the Midnight Hour

School of Education alumna Cheryl Wasyliw personifies the idea of lifelong learning and the fact that it’s never too late to make a career change. At age 50, a few years after retiring from a 30-year career in advertising and direct mail, Cheryl entered the School of Education’s Applied Development... Read More...
Jessica Dunewood - Overcoming Obstacles and Creating Possibilities

Jessica Dunewood - Overcoming Obstacles and Creating Possibilities

An innate ability to see the amazing possibilities in the children who are sometimes left in the shadows, along with a strong desire to bring change to the early education system, led Jessica Dunewood to the School of Education’s Master of Education, Early Intervention and Special Education Program... Read More...
Sean Tierney - A Natural Teacher... Making the Abstract Understandable

Sean Tierney - A Natural Teacher... Making the Abstract Understandable

Sean Tierney has always had a mind and a love for math, combined with a strong desire to teach and improve the educational system. While completing his undergraduate work in secondary education and math at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Sean learned about the School of Education’s doctoral prog... Read More...
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