Multicultural Teaching Alliance

Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 in reverse chronological order
# Title Date Summary
1 12th annual Read-In comes to UNI
Northern Iowan 114:39, p.2 		The African American Read-In event exposes children and adults to African-American authors and illustrators who are not often talked about in literature. The article talks about the importance of the event and how every year it reaches more and more people; photo.
2 Annual read-in brings familiar face to UNI
Northern Iowan 110:41, p.4 		UNI hosted its eight annual African-American Read-In. Children from the Cedar Valley met the friendly Sesame Street cast members and were exposed to many different books and illustrations from African-American authors; photo.
3 Giving honor to whom honor is due
Northern Iowan 108:24, p.5 		A moving tribute to the late Professor Janet McClain. She was an inspiration to everyone she touched. She is truly missed; photo.
4 UNI to host Multicultural Teacher's Reception
Public Relations News Release 2010:131, p.1 		All Waterloo and Cedar Falls teachers have been invited, along with teacher education faculty. The reception highlights the multicultural teaching practices of Cedar Falls and Waterloo teachers.
5 UNI's MTA hosts 4th Annual African-American Read-In
Public Relations News Release 2009:287, p.1 		Alumna Jan Spivey Gilchrist returned to the college for the Read-in, where she lead a series of three sessions with students from Black Hawk Elementary, Walter Cunningham School of Excellence, and Malcolm Price Laboratory.
6 Three local educators receive UNI Multicultural Educator Award
Public Relations News Release 2009:201, p.1 		Recipients of the 2009 Multicultural Educator Award include: Beverly Smith, Clare Struck, and Charlotte Coleman. According to Janet McClain, the purpose of the award is to recognize ethnically and culturally diverse educators.
7 Multicultural Teaching Alliance to host teacher reception
Public Relations News Release 2009:170, p.1 		According to Janet McClain, director of the MIT Program, the primary focus of this reception, annually held during American Education Week (AEW), is to recognize local educators that promote diversity and educational excellence in their classrooms.