Selected GSE Projects in School Districts
Outside the Buffalo Public Schools
Eating Disorder Prevention Project
Catherine Cook-Cottone (biography)
The program involves an 11-week structured group for 5th grade girls using a combination of media literacy, constructivism, yoga, relaxation, emotional regulation strategies, and assertiveness techniques as well as a control group, pre/post test design. The program is manualized for standardized implementation and to allow for study replication. A control group study with 140 females has been done which we are preparing for submission for publication in top tier journals as no other study has been done of its kind. (Transit Middle School)
Technology Integration and Scientific Inquiry in a Kindergarten Classroom (Grant Proposal)
Christine Wang (biography)
Investigates how to use project approach to integrate technologies into young children's scientific inquiry and its effects on children's scientific knowledge and skills. (Windermere Elementary School)
Sustainable Capacity Building Project (Grant Proposal)
Corrie Giles (biography)
If funded, it will be a three-year comprehensive study that will investigate the factors involved in building a school district's capacity to become a learning organization and professional learning community, with the goal of improving student achievement. (Sweet Home School District)
Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Knowledge
Douglas Clements/Julie Sarama
(biographies: Clements | Sarama)
This project examines the immediate and longitudinal effects of preschool curricula with colleagues from the University of California-Berkeley. (Smallwood and Windermere in Amherst and Forest Elementary in Williamsville)
Pre-K Initiatives Program
Julius Gregg Adams/James Hoot
(biography: Hoot)
The purpose of this grant was to provide staff development at the Windermere Boulevard School as they began their transition to an Early Childhood Education Center. This collaboration between UB and Windermere provided opportunities for problem solving and exchange related to curriculum development, teacher-child interactions, parent-school relationships, and classroom management.
Reading First Program
Julius Gregg Adams
The Reading First Program serves local community schools by providing undergraduate and graduate students to help below grade level readers improve their reading skills. (Amherst Elementary Schools, Windermere, and Smallwood Elementary)
Initial Certification Program
GSE's Teacher Education Institute (TEI)
The Initial Teacher Certification Program is involved in liaison school relationships with the following schools: Amherst: Windermere Boulevard Elementary, Amherst Central High (Amherst); Forest Elementary, Maple West Elementary, Williamsville North High School (Williamsville); Sweet Home High School. Liaison schools are local schools that agree to work extensively with UB teacher education students for field experience coursework and student teaching placements.
Gifted Math Program
Gerald Rising
Students commute to the university twice weekly to study an enriched and accelerated program of school mathematics in grades 7 to 10, and university level courses in discrete mathematics and calculus in grades 11 and 12. They can accumulate 22 semester hours of university credit for successful participation. The Gifted Math Program works in cooperation with the Amherst (21 students), Williamsville (50 students), and Sweet Home (4 students) School Districts.
Small Schools Project
Mara Huber
Facilitated the keynote presentation of Dr. Pedro Noguera, Professor, The Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, at Amherst School District's Opening Day Convocation. Guests included 250 teachers, administrators, board members, and representatives from Amherst's business partners. Dr. Noguera spoke about global issues related to necessary changes to education, with particular emphasis on the needs of the special education population and minority students.
Stephen Jacobson serves as an invited member on the Williamsville's Superintendent's Community Task Force.
