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COVID was a huge hurdle for many schools. But for educators at Clarkson, the doors were thrown open to plentiful opportunities, too. From the Hudson Valley to the North Country, the university continued to develop and enhance meaningful programs in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields.
POTSDAM — As part of its Black Educators Initiative, the National Center for Teacher Residencies has awarded a $152,973 grant to Clarkson University as a Network Residency partner for the
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Terry Taylor found herself in a tenuous situation at the start of the pandemic: she had recently suffered a personal injury and her job as a tutor at Washington Irving was suspended amid hundreds of school district layoffs.
Taylor, who grew up in Schenectady’s Hamilton Hill neighborhood, started working as a paraprofessional at Schenectady High School in 2004, and after three years at the high school, she went back to school and earned a bachelor’s degree. In 2013, she returned to the district and worked as a tutor at Washington Irving, the district’s alternative school, which offers tutoring to students serving out suspensions. She did that up until the pandemic, when the job was cut.
POTSDAM — Teachers seeking an advanced degree or certification in education can now choose to complete a Quality Matters certified online course in Virtual Learning in the P-12 Classroom (ED573)