Founding Principal of a successful Harlem charter school and local native, Jim Manly will keynote SUNY Fredonia’s fourth annual College of Education Research Symposium on Saturday, March 31. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Thompson Hall W101. It is free and open to the public. The theme of this year's symposium is “Partnerships for Success: Working Together to Transform P-12 Schools and Teacher Preparation.”
The annual research symposium provides an opportunity to professional educators of all levels from across Western New York as well as undergraduate and graduate students to collaborate in reporting research in their field of study. It also affords educated professionals an opportunity to hear about research being done by SUNY Fredonia students and faculty. Members of the College of Education have the opportunity to share ideas about important educational topics and engage in interesting dialogue about educational research and research projects.
Manly, a Fredonia native, is the founding principal of the Success Academy of Harlem 2, a high-performing elementary school in Central Harlem. Beginning with only kindergarten and first grade, the school has been adding a grade each year. Currently, 645 scholars and over 60 staff members enroll in the school as full-time. Manly is responsible of managing all aspects of school design, instruction and operations. In the past four years, the school outperformed expected scores based on school demographics established by New York State Education Department by over 30 percentage points in ELA and Math.
During the event, graduate thesis projects and curriculum projects will be shared, along with faculty and students presenting workshops related to their researches and experiences with different types of classroom instructions. To learn more, contact Andrew Szuba, graduate assistant for the College of Education, at andrew.szuba@fredonia.edu or 716-673-3311.
The event is sponsored and organized by the College of Education and the Teacher Education Club.
