The Belser-Parton Literacy Center serves a triad of participants: families, schools, and The University of Alabama, with the central focus on children and how their literacy needs can best be served through excellent teaching and meaningful research.
The Center for Interconnected Behavioral and Mental Health Systems conducts rigorous, federally-funded research in the areas of positive behavioral interventions and supports and school-based mental health services.
The Center for the Study of Ethical Development began in the early 1970s as faculty and students from various disciplines began to meet informally to discuss research on moral development.
The Gadsden Center houses our Early Learning Initiative Pre-K Classrooms, the Afterschool Alliance, and the Alabama Extended Learning Alliance. It’s also a great spot for meetings.
The Education Policy Center works to improve the quality of life for all Alabamians through expanding access, strengthening equity, and advancing economic and community development.
The UA/UWA In-Service Center provides professional learning and growth opportunities for the teachers, administrators, counselors, and librarians of twelve (12) school districts within nine (9) area counties.
Research Assistance Services provide faculty and graduate students with advice and instruction in designing quantitative and qualitative research studies, selecting and developing instruments, setting up analyses, and using software.
Established in 2000, the Alabama Community College Leadership Academy is a yearlong leadership development program for administrators and faculty members in two-year colleges.
The University of Alabama Superintendents’ Academy is a collaborative effort between the Instructional Services Division of the Alabama State Department of Education and The University of Alabama College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Technology Studies.
CrossingPoints serves students with significant disabilities ages 18-21 years who are still receiving IDEA services during the academic year. CP has three tier levels currently active.
The University of Alabama Gadsden Early Learning Initiative (ELI) is an inclusive diverse program designed to meet the needs of the community.
Summer Enrichment Workshop (SEW) is an annual
program for gifted and talented students sponsored by
the Multiple Abilities Program in Special Education at
The University of Alabama. Students who have
completed grades K through 5 and are enrolled in
gifted programs, with consideration for other qualified
students as space permits, are invited to attend.
The Alabama Positive Behavior Support Office is a statewide technical assistance and research agency that focuses on preventing challenging behavior, improving school climate and student outcomes, and supporting students at-risk for and with disabilities.
The Office of Clinical Experiences coordinates the placements of students enrolled in courses requiring field placements and internships. Major relationships have been established with principals and instructional supervisors in local school systems in the west Alabama area and, to a limited extent, other school systems in Alabama.
The Office of Evaluation and School Improvement provides comprehensive monitoring, evaluation and measurement services to determine the effectiveness of research, training, and service program across the campus, the state, and the nation.
The Evidence-based International Early Intervention Office is the academic and administrative home of the Routines-Based Model. Its affiliates are the members of The RAM Group, a community of practitioners, administrators, trainers, and researchers familiar with and supportive of the RBM.
The Office of Faculty Development maintains ways to enhance and strengthen the retention of faculty demonstrating high levels of professional accomplishment.
The Gifted Education and Talent Development Office is a research-related office about gifted education and gifted individuals. Additional activities related to research include outreach to families of gifted children, student programming, community engagement, professional development, and materials development.
The mission of the Office of Interdisciplinary STEM Education Research is to harness the resources of researchers, educators, industry partners, philanthropists, and policy makers to promote quality STEM education, professional development, research, and policy.
The College of Education provides educational opportunities to American-sponsored overseas schools and other international exchanges through the Office of International Programs since 1966.
The Office of School Partnerships is a collaborative network of partners that exist to promote innovation and improvement in area schools.
Whole children – those who are academically successful with positive mental well-being and social health – achieve higher graduation rates, contribute to the community, and lead happy, productive lives. We believe in the power of the Whole Child. The Whole Child approach is a systematic blueprint for sustainable change in children, citizens, and communities. Through a comprehensive method for supporting students and teachers, streamlining existing programming, and establishing strong school-community partnerships, we redefine policies, practices, and relationships to ensure a positive, lasting impact on all youth within a community. By making a community-wide shift in how we educate and prepare our children for success in and out of school, Whole Child helps youth realize their full potential.
The Brain, Learning, and Education Lab investigates the neurocognitive mechanisms explaining math achievement and gains in math performance over time using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and event-related potentials (ERPs), focusing on the role of both cognitive and affective factors.
The Department of Kinesiology’s Exercise Physiology Lab is a well-equipped physiology laboratory particularly designed for measuring the human physiological responses to exercise and recovery under various environmental conditions. It contains metabolic analyzers, ergometers, biochemistry analyzers, and an environmental chamber with thermometry equipment.
We are an interdisciplinary and collaborative research team led by Dr. Amy Hutchison who is the Fayard Family Professor of Literacy at The University of Alabama. Members of this interdisciplinary research group integrate digital, computational, media, and data literacies to support teaching and learning. Along with partners with several universities, the group has had multiple funded projects focused on understanding how to support students, especially those with disabilities, in learning about computer science, computational thinking, data, media and STEM-focused communication through literacy, in gaining media literacy skills, and in preparing students for the digital literacies of the future.
The Embodied Learning Design and Educational Neuroscience Lab focuses on numerical cognition, mathematics learning, and embodied cognition, in addition to wider interests in cognitive and developmental disorders, evolution of cognition, STEM learning, and computational modeling.
The Social, Emotional, and EDucational Neuroscience Lab studies how to promote students’ social, emotional, and motivational development in educational settings by utilizing various neuroscientific research methods, including but not limited to, functional MRI (fMRI), structural MRI, psychological intervention, and computer simulation methods. We conduct research projects focusing on moral development and education, growth mindset, and effective educational interventions promoting positive youth development.
The Innovative Technology, Teaching, and Learning Lab provides weekly “open lab sessions” in which you can stop in and try out some of the technology tools that we have available (and get help, if needed), and get advice on how to use technology in your lesson plans.