Academics

Academics

Special Initiatives

Neumann College received grant funding in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania to partner with the Chester Community Charter School to improve reading achievement of at risk students in low-income communities. Funding was received to hire three tutoring program coordinators, three federal work study students, and service learning students. In this program, students enrolled in EDU 360: Language Arts II Methods will tutor twenty third grade students who are at risk of reading failure. The academic progress of these third graders will be monitored during this school year and the results of the partnership's efforts will be shared with school staff and service learning students at Neumann.

Also, our Teacher education program, in collaboration with Elwyn Services' Division of Education, and Wallingford-Swarthmore School District has formed a unique partnership: The NEW-S Project. The NEW-S Project (Neumann, Elwyn, Wallingford-Swarthmore) will foster opportunities for students who attend Swarthmore-Rutledge Elementary school and The Kids' Place Kindergarten and who have Autism Spectrum Disorders to receive instruction and related services programming in classrooms with typically developing peers. Neumann College students will receive training in this specialized area and complete field experience and/or student teaching experiences in inclusive classrooms.

All members of the Swarthmore-Rutledge School and The Kids' Place community (students, family, staff) along with Neumann College students, will be involved in this exciting, data-driven, cutting edge project. On-site specialists from Elwyn and Neumann College will provide intensive training and support in a program designed to improve the quality of education for all SRS, The Kids' Place, and Neumann College students, while including SRS and The Kids' Place parents in this partnership.

Neumann College's teacher education program is very proud and excited to be part of this unique endeavor that is highly supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.