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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, April 8th.

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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, April 8th.

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If you have any questions about what preparing to teach looks like at UAF, join the UAF School of Education online for a 30min info session Wednesday, April 8, 5-5:30 pm. Learn about degree pathways and scholarship opportunities.

Zoom link: https://alaska.zoom.us/j/81158543765?pwd=eZnzIkftNpbaC9fALdTDVUH1I9ieHa.1&jst=2

If you have any questions, please reach out to the UAF School of Education, uaf-soe-school@alaska.edu, 907-474-7341.

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Welcome to Giving Day 2026!

Dean Cost is kicking things off with a $1,000 challenge gift that will be unlocked once we reach 20 donations of any amount! Every gift gets us closer and every dollar goes directly to supporting our students in the School of Education at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

We know that not everyone is in a position to give right now, and that’s okay! There are many meaningful ways to support teachers and future teachers in our communities. One way is to drop a comment below and give a shout-out to your favorite Alaska teacher!

Let’s celebrate the educators who make a difference every day.

Donate here: https://givingday.alaska.edu/giving-day/112584/donate...

#FutureTeachers #49HoursForAlaska, #UAFGivingDay #TeachAlaska

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Faculty and staff represented UAF—SOE at the annual conference of the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) in Washington, DC, where they presented their scholarship, research, and innovative practices in teacher preparation.

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The University of Alaska Fairbanks SOE was learning across our Alaska Colleges of Education Consortium with the University of Alaska Anchorage SOE at the 3rd National Convening on Registered Apprenticeships in Teaching last week. Educator preparation programs, state boards of education, and schools and districts sharing the power of building collaboratively to provide cost-free pathways to becoming an educator and improved support for beginning teachers. We look forward to presenting our work next year.

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Our own Dr. Leah Brown is interviewed in this excellent podcast from Deans for Impact, a long time collaborator of UAF SOE, on how she and our SOE is transforming teacher preparation. Listen to learn more how are we bringing together public schools and education preparation providers to focus on the scaffolded practice, content knowledge, and relationship building needed for skilled instruction that leads to powerful learning. She speaks to co-observing in the PK-12 classroom and how she goes meta. Check it out!

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Podcast Episode · Hand to Hand, Place to Place: Transforming Teacher Preparation · 02/09/2026 · 40m

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The Last Class is a nuanced and deeply personal portrait of master educator Robert Reich

teaching his final course and reflecting on a period of immense transformation, personally and globally. It is a love letter to education. The former Secretary of Labor might be famous for his public service, best-selling books, and viral social media posts, but he always considered teaching his true calling. Now, after over 40 years and an extraordinary 40,000 students, Reich is preparing for his last class.

Over the course of the film, Reich confronts the impending finality, and his own aging, with increasing candor, introspection, and, ultimately, emotion. He displays a rawness of feeling he has never shared publicly before. Drawing on his lifetime in politics, he uses his class, “Wealth and Poverty,” to offer us all a deeper look at why inequalities of income and wealth have widened significantly since the late 1970s, and why this poses dangerous risks to our society.

The UAF School of Education, KUAC, and OneTree are hosting a screening of this film on campus in the Schaible Auditorium in Fairbanks on February 1st at 2pm followed by a panel discussion.

Buy Tickets Here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/the-last-class-documentary-screening

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OneTree Alaska is hosting a First Friday event showcasing Fairbanks artist Kes Woodward from 4-7 p.m. on Dec. 5. The event will be at the OneTree STEAM Studio in Lola Tilly Commons Building Suite 230, on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ Campus.

Visitors can meet Woodward and explore his artwork, featured on a set of four greeting cards, the sale of which will help underwrite a public screening of the Robert Reich documentary, "The Last Class," on Feb. 1, 2026. The film features Reich, a secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, during his final semester of teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is now a professor emeritus of public policy. The screening is in conjunction with KUAC and the UAF School of Education.

Four card designs are available for $5 each or $20 for a set of four. They are available online at  https://bit.ly/OneTreeStore and in person during the First Friday event. Pickup is in person at the OneTree Alaska studio Nov. 19-21 and on Dec. 5.

Mail outs to people who live outside the Fairbanks area are possible for the cost of shipping and handling. If you are interested in this option, please contact Jan Dawe @ jcdawe@alaska.edu to arrange to pay for shipping and handling charges.

OneTree Alaska is a STEAM — science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics  — program affiliated with the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at UAF.

OneTree Alaska’s mission is to engage learners of all ages in boreal forest education, citizen science and forest product development. It is centrally concerned with phenology, seasonality and climate change. Phenology is the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, especially in relation to climate and plant and animal life. OneTree's K-8 curriculum ("A Year in the Life of a Birch Tree" and research projects are focused primarily on Interior Alaska white birch (Betula neoalaskana Sarg.).

For more information about the program, visit https://bit.ly/OneTreeAlaska.

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Photo of a painting of plants done by Kes Woodward. OneTree is hosting a First Friday to sell notecards with these plant paintings on them on December 5th from 4-7pm. 

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Meet Special Ed Professor Brooke Freeburg! If you have visited the 7th floor, you have likely chatted with Brooke. Check out our Q&A with her.

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UAF School of Education faculty spotlight. Meet Brooke Freeburg! Community I grew up in: Brockway, PA. Community I now live in: Fairbanks, AK. Alaska District Experience: Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. Years Teaching: 19. Years at UAF: 3. Department: Special Education.

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We have several spring classes being offered with tuition support. These are great classes to take if you are thinking about going into the teaching profession!

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Tuition Support for Education Courses Spring 2026. This over covers resident tuition. Tuition support for only one attempt of a course. You are responsible for fees. Registration opens Nov. 3. Contact us by Jan 20 to ensure you get a spot in a class. Course ED 110 Becoming a Teacher in the 21st Century, EDSC 110 Becoming a middle/high school teacher, ED 111 Teaching for Alaska's Future, ED 201 Introduction to Education. Talk to your advisor or contact the UAF School of Education to learn how to register.

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The 2025 ACEC Fall Summit was hosted by the UAF School of Ed in Fairbanks. The UAS and UAA Schools of Ed came to Fairbanks to gather with us. It is always a great convening to collaborate and learn.

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Faculty members sit in groups at tables at the ACEC Fall Summit

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Faculty members sit in groups at tables and pose for the camera at the ACEC Fall Summit

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Faculty members sit in groups at tables at the ACEC Fall Summit

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Faculty members stand and hold out their hands as part of a group activity at the ACEC Fall Summit

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Faculty members stand and hold out their hands as part of a group activity at the ACEC Fall Summit

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Faculty members pose for a group photo at the ACEC Fall Summit

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In November our faculty members Dr. Amy Broadwater and Dr. Christine Cook, and Kelsey Kraemer participated in the Alaska School Counselor Association Conference. The theme this year was The Future of School Counseling: Innovate, Advocate, and Collaborate. They were able to connect with several students and alumni from our Counseling program!

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Faculty members pose for a group photo at the Alaska School Counselor Association Conference