Public School Partnership

Watauga County Schools Professional Development Day

RCOE Faculty Lead Professional Development for Watauga County Schools Teachers
Feb 28, 2023

Both in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education, Dr. Kindel Nash, associate professor and Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early ...

Extra Yard for Teachers Recognition

Grant from the Sun Belt Conference Supports Teacher Recruitment for RCOE and WCS
Nov 21, 2022

Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE) and Watauga County Schools (WCS) received a $6,000 gift from the Sun Belt Conferenc...

Mountaineer Readers on the Jumbotron

Mountaineer Readers Celebrated at App State Football Game on October 29
Nov 21, 2022

Mountaineer Readers were recognized for their reading achievements during Appalachian State University’s Education Day football game on Saturday, Oc...

Dr. Betsy Rosenbalm ’01 ’05 ’08, pictured second from right, is App State’s director of the Public School Partnership, a collaborative program between the Reich College of Education (RCOE) and area public schools to improve education. She also serves as regional director of the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program (NC NTSP). Pictured with her, from left to right, are App State’s four new teacher support coaches: Ike Smith, Dr. Caroline Beam ’04 ’11 ’14, Maggie Murphy ’08 ’15 and Karen Walker ’94 ’98.

Reich College of Education staff coach Northwestern NC’s new teachers
Jul 6, 2022

The first few years of teaching in K–12 schools can be tough — but extra support for the new educators makes a huge difference, said Dr. Betsy Ros...

Innovation Expo

Public School Partnership Hosts Innovation Expo
Jun 24, 2022

On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, the Reich College of Education’s Public School Partnership hosted an Innovation for Equity Expo, which included presentat...

Lemonade Stand

RCOE’s Public School Partnership Awards Over $30K in Mini-Grants for the 2021-2022 Academic Year
Jun 20, 2022

The Reich College of Education (RCOE) Public School Partnership Mini-Grants Committee awarded $30,770.85 in mini-grants for the 2021-2022 academic yea...

First cohort of principal fellows

App State Names First Cohort of Principal Fellows
May 24, 2022

Last year, App State was one of six institutions selected by the Principal Fellows Commission through a competitive grant process to be the recipient ...

Appvisory group

RCOE Begins AppVisory Board
May 23, 2022

This past year, the Reich College of Education (RCOE) began an AppVisory Board with the goal being to co-construct learning experiences, assessments, ...

Book Group

RCOE and WCS Collaborate on Book Study
Apr 26, 2022

This academic year, the Reich College of Education (RCOE) invited faculty and staff members along with the Watauga County Schools (WCS) 2021-22 Educat...

App Ed Reads

App Ed Reads Celebrates Read Across America
Mar 22, 2022

The month of March is National Reading Month, which kicks off with a celebration of reading through the National Education Association’s (NEA) Read ...