Category: Academics
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Meet the 2026-2027 Teaching and Teaching Leadership Program Graduate Assistants!
This year’s Teaching and Teaching Leadership Graduate Assistant team brings together a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences that reflect the diversity of the HGSE community. Throughout the 2026–2027 academic year, the TTL GAs will support the program through student outreach, recruitment, community engagement, and other initiatives that connect current and prospective students with…
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Finding Community at the intersection of Migration and Education
This is the fourth of four profiles on students in our Teaching and Teacher Leadership Program: Licensure Strand. Students in this strand will pursue Massachusetts initial licensure in secondary education with Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) endorsement. To learn more about our two licensure pathways, internship and residency, please visit our website. I came to the…
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Back to School: Reflections on My First Months at HGSE
This is the third of four profiles on students in our Teaching and Teacher Leadership Program: Licensure Strand. Students in this strand will pursue Massachusetts initial licensure in secondary education with Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) endorsement. To learn more about our two licensure pathways, internship and residency, please visit our website. No matter the age,…
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Still On The Road
This is the second of four profiles on students in our Teaching and Teacher Leadership Program: Licensure Strand. Students in this strand will pursue Massachusetts initial licensure in secondary education with Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) endorsement. To learn more about our two licensure pathways, internship and residency, please visit our website. Last December, I graduated…
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Learning to Teach in TTL: The Audience Extends Far Beyond the Classroom
This is the first of four profiles on students in our Teaching and Teacher Leadership Program: Licensure Strand. Students in this strand will pursue Massachusetts initial licensure in secondary education with Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) endorsement. To learn more about our two licensure pathways, internship and residency, please visit our website. As I’m writing this…
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Higher Education Concentration in the Eyes of a Current Student
by OIivia Coffman, Ed.M.’24 Choosing the Higher Education Concentration was an easy choice for me to make. As someone who was working in higher education for a few years before coming to HGSE, I felt that I had a solid grasp of my role and specific department at my university, but that there was a…
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What Does Cross-Registration Actually Look Like?
HGSE students have the option to cross-register at other schools during the the course of the year. This, of course, is dependent on being able to fulfill program requirements and also making sure that the majority of your classes are taken at HGSE. I didn’t cross-register at all during the fall because I was too…
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From Ed.M. to Doctoral Study Part 2
A doctorate or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded in many different fields, ranging from the humanities to scientific disciplines. We asked Ed.M. alumni that went on to pursue doctoral study what their experience in a doctoral program has been like, as well as how HGSE prepared them. Zina Noel Please state the program…
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From Ed.M. to Doctoral Study Part 1
A doctorate or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded in many different fields, ranging from the humanities to scientific disciplines. We asked Ed.M. alumni that went on to pursue doctoral study what their experience in a doctoral program has been like, as well as how HGSE prepared them. Steven Chambers Please state the program…
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Academic Opportunities: Independent Studies
In addition to being a Graduate Assistant for the HGSE Admission’s office, I am taking an Independent Study course with an HGSE faculty member this semester. In this blog post, I share my experience working with a faculty member through an independent study. What does an Independent Study course look like at HGSE? This semester, I am taking an…
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