Teaching and research address educational problems in profound ways, but there’s more. The challenges facing our children, families, and communities cannot be understood from any one perspective. Our faculty, staff, and students are involved in a number of programs and services that benefit others. Join us as we reach out beyond the boundaries of our college and extend our services, knowledge, and creative activities to the community, the nation, and the world.

Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project for Special Educators This project supports early career special educators in Arizona by providing resources, professional development, and mentoring to teachers in the special education profession. The goal is to increase
the number of highly qualified special education teachers in Arizona.

American Indian Language Development Institute AILDI offers summer programs focused on Indigenous languages.

CASS Project

CEMELA brings together experts in education, mathematics, language, and culture to improve the mathematics education of low-income Latino students.

College Academy for Parents:
The College Academy for Parents serves parents of elementary students in the Sunnyside Unified School District. This initiative is designed to help parents understand current and future academic expectations, improve communication with schools, and increase their involvement in order to prepare students for a college education. The program, offered in Spanish and English, consists of 12 two-hour workshops in Spanish and English and two campus visits. For more information, contact Gary Rhoades or Luis Moll.

DISCOVER Projects to study and measure problem-solving strategies used by various age groups

Drug abuse and violence prevention program

Gear Up

Literacy & Math Programs: WordCats and MathCats, CATS Literacy Workshop

Project SOAR

Worlds of Words: The College of Education is delighted to announce Worlds of Words: International Collection of Children’s and Adolescent Literature. WOW is the largest international collection in the United States, and it’s right here in the College of Education, hidden in our basement. It’s a magical place — a place where lives change, thanks to the power of books. In fact, there’s only one larger international collection in the world, and it resides in a medieval castle just west of Munich.

WREN West Regional Equity Network (Equity Assistance Center)

If your program is not listed, please contact Jo Ann Hurley.

Are you looking for OUTreach, the networking organization for LGBT faculty, staff, and graduate students at the University of Arizona? That site can be found here.