UAF School of Education

10/12/2026

Univ of Alaska Fairbanks School of Education Info Session - Oct 14, 5-5:30pm
Do you know someone interested in becoming a teacher? The UAF School of Education is doing monthly information sessions for anyone with questions about pathways and scholarships that might meet their needs. Please pass along the following message about our meeting on Wednesday.

Info Session

10/09/2026

A phenomenal start to the last morning of ACEC Faculty and Staff Summit with Dr. Panigkaq John-Shields. Thank you UAA School of Education and UAS School of Education for our time together.

10/09/2026

UAF's School of Education is in Anchorage for the ACEC Summit and enjoyed good food and great company at Crimson.

10/08/2026

UAF SOE and UAA ISER collaboration on Alaska teacher retention research and the methods employed.

How can research interviews encourage real reflection, instead of surface-level answers?

ISER's Dayna DeFeo and Kathryn Davis of the UAA: University of Alaska Anchorage gave a talk at National Institutes of Health (NIH) SciEd Conference last week that centered on this question. During the presentation, they shared the approaches they refined with co-author Douglas Cost of the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Education to help interview participants reflect more deeply in a single research interview.

The conference brought together representatives from federal STEM agencies, principal investigators, project staff, evaluators, teachers, and program officers to share best practices and evaluation methods, and to foster collaboration that improves STEM education. Our Alaska-based team was glad to share their methods with the national research community at NIH SciEd!

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10/05/2026

UAF SOE Dean Douglas Cost speaks to his experiences in Impact Academy with Deans for Impact, a network of SOE Deans and EPP leaders dedicated to placing high-quality day-one ready teachers in the classrooms of all students.

10/03/2026

Attention UAA: University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks and of Alaska Southeast students!

The UA Foundation reminds you that applications are not required to receive scholarships, but some scholarships require additional information to meet donor-set criteria.

Please log in to AWARDED via alaska.edu/foundation/scholarships and fill out your profile in order to be eligible for those scholarships that require additional information.

The deadline to do this for the spring semester awards is Oct. 15.

09/30/2026

Wearing our orange on National Remembrance Day. We honor Indigenous people's history and advocate for more conversations and action on truth and reconciliation for Alaska Natives and all Indigenous peoples across the globe.

09/11/2026

Great informational video highlighting and sharing our vibrant and strong partnership with Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. We are building better together and developing new pathways into the profession so that every student in Alaska has an excellent educator leading their classroom. Thanks, FNSBSD!

09/09/2026

Professional Development built FOR Alaska's teachers BY Alaska's teachers
ED 594: Core Practices in Place-based and Arts-Integrated Teaching REGULAR and ADVANCED classes are being offered this school year (courses run October through May).

3 credits for $40!
Satisfies the Multicultural Ed coursework requirement for Alaska Teacher Certification
Open to new and veteran certified teachers
Register by October 4, 2026 (first class meets October 5th)

Contact Steve Alston for details: [email protected]

For more information, visit bit.ly/SILKATclass and view the attached flyer.