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The Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development brings together the University's education degree offerings, continuing studies and human development programs, and faculty research on education-related topics. Your support will help build this new school to national prominence, providing meaningful programs and services to Dallas and the nation. The programs listed in the pull-down menu below are described at the bottom of this page.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education & Human Development Fund: supports a variety of academic and community-related activities within the Simmons School.
Annette Caldwell Simmons Building Fund: supports the ongoing maintenance of Simmons Hall.
Institute for Evidence-Based Education: Effectively the School’s research hub, the IEBE manages the execution and dissemination of cutting-edge research related to reading and reading disabilities, language acquisition, mathematics education, and learning. In addition, the Institute provides leadership training to future educators and researchers through applied experiences in large-scale field-based research.
Ph.D.: Research in Education & Human Development: Simmons’ doctoral program provides a strong foundation in empirical research, pedagogy, and educational leadership that enables students to contribute to the improvement of student learning, teaching practices, and services to special populations. The program’s distinctive vision is to respond to the need for leaders who can provide data-based recommendations for educational policy and innovative teaching and assessment practices.
Master of Liberal Studies (MLS) graduate degree: MLS program prepares individuals to think critically and contextually about a wide range of issues in both practical and vital terms. The MLS program’s broad-based, multidisciplinary curriculum encourages an understanding of cultures and values, provides an expanded historical and geographical context in which to consider current issues, and facilitates an exchange of viewpoints between adult students from all walks of life.
Gifted Students Institute: PreCollege Programs: The Talented and Gifted and College Experience summer programs provide intellectual challenge, cultural and social learning experiences, and a preview of college life to academically accelerated middle school and high school students.
Community Support Programs & Services: The Simmons School includes several community-service programs that offer operational and academic support to local at-risk groups.
Center on Communities & Education: dedicated to increasing the academic success of students in low-income communities, particularly West Dallas, through the provision of resources that support parenting, schools, and teaching.
Continuing Education Enrichment Programs: noncredit courses of varying lengths that address different cultural, scholarly, personal, and professional topics.
Eagle Scholars Program: a collaborative college-readiness summer program offered in partnership with the Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation. The tuition-free Eagle Scholars program is designed to support the potential of first-generation college students through a variety of academic, leadership, and enrichment activities geared to high-achieving students.
Young Leaders in Education: YLE group members are young professionals who give of their time and talents. The group has been organized as a fundraising arm of the Simmons School to help raise funds for youth and families in need. Their mission is to facilitate opportunities for young (and young at heart) leaders to improve the Dallas educational community by using their time, treasures, and talents.
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP & TEACHING
Education Policy and Leadership (EPL): The School’s EPL programs prepare school and policy leaders and researchers to lead and address contemporary challenges in education through the development and implementation of innovative and effective evidence-based solutions in schools, institutions of higher education, government, and policy organizations.
Teacher Education Undergraduate Minor: prepares students to teach in pre-K though grade 12 classes in Texas public schools.
Learning Therapy Center: administers a diagnostic facility for written-language disorders and offers teaching- and therapy-level graduate programs that prepare specialists to work with dyslexic children and adults. The graduate programs are accredited by the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council and subscribe to the Academic Language Therapy Association’s guidelines, standards of professional conduct, and code of ethics.
Math & Science Education Research: conducts research that supports students’ mathematics and science achievement in North Texas as well as nationwide.
Master of Education (M.Ed.): designed for the practicing teacher whose interest lies in broadening both academic preparation and classroom skills. The curriculum can be individualized for teachers at all levels, pre-kindergarten through grade 12, and includes specializations in the areas of Master Reading Teacher, Bilingual, Gifted/Talented, Master Math Teacher, Master Technology Teacher, Master Science Teacher, and ESL.
Education Entrepreneur Center (EEC): offers a curriculum that addresses the unique leadership and management needs of urban schools that serve low-income student populations.
Graduate Teacher Education: the graduate teacher education programs share a commitment to innovative and research-based instruction, which is grounded in multiple perspectives that encompass behaviorist, cognitive, social-constructivist, and sociocultural approaches to scholarship. All of the School’s graduate teacher education programs prepare educators who are scholars and leaders in professionalism, experts in differentiated instruction, committed to high-quality teaching, and able to translate research into practice.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION & COUNSELING
Mediators Beyond Borders: a mediation training program that represents an academic affiliation between the Simmons School and the humanitarian nonprofit organization, Mediators Beyond Borders. The MBB was established to work worldwide with communities interested in developing conflict resolution skills and learning to prevent, manage, resolve and heal from conflict. Currently, MBB has projects in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ecuador, Colombia and the Middle East.
M.S. in Counseling Scholarships: provides scholarships for students in the M.S. in Counseling program, which prepares students to work as professional, certified counselors in schools, community agencies, churches, hospitals, and private practice.
Dispute Resolution program: teaches the mediation, arbitration, conflict management, and negotiation skills that are vital to the resolution of business, domestic, education, public policy, church, legal, and healthcare disputes.
Family Counseling Center: provides counseling services for individuals and families dealing with anxiety, behavioral, communication, depression, self-concept, and/or stress issues.
Community Mediation Clinic: offers low-cost conflict resolution services to individuals and organizations involved in disputes.
APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY & SPORT MANAGEMENT
Applied Physiology & Sport Management UG Degree: a B.S. degree with two concentrations—applied physiology & enterprise and sport management—both of which provide a rigorous curriculum for understanding the biological basis of health and fitness and the business background required of professionals in the sport, health, and fitness industries.
Locomotor Performance Research Laboratory: specializes in terrestrial locomotion and in relating muscle function to metabolic energy expenditure and performance.
Applied Physiology Research Studies: research in physical performance, including investigations concerning autonomic functions and thermoregulation in healthy and clinical populations.