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School of Education Resources

The School of Education is committed to the preparation of teachers for today and for tomorrow. A broad and integrated liberal arts core is a foundation for teachers at all levels.

Education Student Resources

Academic Advising

Advising is a form of teaching. Faculty advising of students involves formal matters such as approving course schedules prior to registration, helping students devise plans for their majors and other academic programs, and prompting students to monitor their own academic progress toward the degree. Faculty advising also includes conversation about students’ developing academic life and aspirations for the future. As students move toward graduation, faculty advisors, together with the Career Center staff, can offer guidance about employment and about graduate and professional school. Students should cultivate this advising relationship and draw on it throughout their time at Mount St. Mary’s.

Assignment of Faculty Advisors to Students

During freshman year, Symposium instructors advise first-year students. This ensures that students will see their advisors regularly and that the advisor will know the academic progress of his or her symposium students. If a student has declared education as a major or indicates a desire to pursue certification in a secondary/P12 content area, then that student will also be assigned an advisor in education. Due to the complexities of achieving certification, it is important that a student consult with a member of the School of Education to determine the most effective course of action to program completion. Beginning in the sophomore year, students who have chosen a major are assigned a faculty advisor from their major department(s)

Internships and Practicums

Requirements for Teacher Internships:

  • Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75.
  • Recommendation of the chair.
  • There is a fee of $219 for the Internship I program, generally payable upon registration for the first course in Internship I. There is a fee of $272 for Internship II, generally payable upon registration for the first course in Internship II.

Students must arrange their own transportation to internship placements and assignments.

Internship Contacts

For additional information regarding internships contact:

For additional information regarding practicums contact:

Pi Lambda Theta - Education Honors Society

Pi Lambda Theta is an international education honor association that recognizes scholarship and leadership in the field of education. The University’s chapter, Gamma Tau, holds an initiation ceremony once each spring semester. Nomination for initiation is made by Education faculty. To be nominated, a candidate must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5, have achieved sophomore status, and a demonstrated record of leadership.Pamphlets containing more information can be found on the wall outside the school office. Nominations are considered each December.Mount St. Mary’s University recognizes graduating students who are members of Pi Lambda Theta at the Spring Honors Ceremony and commencement activities.

Faculty Activities

Scholarly Publications

Kara Brady

Brady, K.J.; Ohanian, M. M.Z.; Solar, E.; Frazier, L.C.; Cook, C.; & Marinak, B.A. Welcoming students back: PDS stakeholders reflect on emergency remote teaching and the return to “normal”. PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 16(4), 2021.

Brady, K.J., Foreward. In Rachel Slaughter Turning the page. The ultimate guide for teachers to multicultural literature. Rowan & Littlefield, 2021.

Ohanian, M. J. Z., Solar, E., Brady, K.J., Cook, C., & Marinak, B. Pedagogical practices and collaborative conversations: Teacher candidates’ approaches for supporting students’ motivation in writing. Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education. Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 9. 2021.

Carolyn Cook

“Pedagogical practices and collaborative conversations: Teacher candidates’ approaches for supporting students’ motivation in writing” with Ohanian, M. M.Z.; Solar, E.; Brady, K.J.; & Marinak, B. Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education, 10(1), March 2021.

Brady, K.J.; Ohanian, M. M.Z.; Solar, E.; Frazier, L.C.; Cook, C.; & Marinak, B.A. Welcoming students back: PDS stakeholders reflect on emergency remote teaching and the return to “normal”. PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 16(4), 7-11. 2021

Laura Frazier

Frazier, L. C. & Palmer, B. M. (2021). Models for implementing effective online learning. In Research Anthology on Developing Effective Online Learning Courses, IGI Global. Reprint of chapter published in 2019.

Frazier, L. C. & Palmer, B. M. Models for Implementing Effective Online Learning. In “K-12 Online Learning E-Book Collection: Presenting K-12 Educators with the Knowledge Needed to Navigate the “New Norm” of Online Learning.” Reprinted from T. L. Heafner & R. Hartshorne (Eds.), Handbook of research on emerging practices and methods for K-12 online and blended learning. Ch. 17, Hershey: IGI Global, 2020.

Brady, K.J.; Ohanian, M. M.Z.; Solar, E.; Frazier, L.C.; Cook, C.; & Marinak, B.A. Welcoming students back: PDS stakeholders reflect on emergency remote teaching and the return to “normal”. PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 16(4), 7-11, 2021

Barbara Marinak

Brady, K.J.; Ohanian, M. M.Z.; Solar, E.; Frazier, L.C.; Cook, C.; & Marinak, B.A. Welcoming students back: PDS stakeholders reflect on emergency remote teaching and the return to “normal”. PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 16(4), 7-11, 2021.

Ohanian, M. J. Z., Solar, E., Brady, K.J., Cook, C., & Marinak, B. Pedagogical practices and collaborative conversations: Teacher candidates’ approaches for supporting students’ motivation in writing. Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education. Vol.10 : Iss. 1, Article 9. wmich.edu/wte/vol10/iss1/9, 2021

Michelle Ohanian

Brady, K.J.; Ohanian, M. M.Z.; Solar, E.; Frazier, L.C.; Cook, C.; & Marinak, B.A. Welcoming students back: PDS stakeholders reflect on emergency remote teaching and the return to “normal”. PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 16(4), 7-11, 2021.

Ohanian, M, Brady, K, Solar, E., Cook, C, and Marinak, B. Teacher candidates supporting writing motivation: A qualitative view of the motivation to write profile – College. Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education. 10(1), 1-18. Winter/Spring 2021.

Ohanian, M.M.Z. (2020). Perceptions on identity, race, and identity: Teacher candidates’ online discussions. The International Journal of Learning in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7955/CGP, December 2020.

Ernest Solar

Brady, K.J.; Ohanian, M. M.Z.; Solar, E.; Frazier, L.C.; Cook, C.; & Marinak, B.A. Welcoming students back: PDS stakeholders reflect on emergency remote teaching and the return to “normal”. PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 16(4), 7-11, 2021.

Ohanian, M. J. Z., Solar, E., Brady, K.J., Cook, C., & Marinak, B. Pedagogical practices and collaborative conversations: Teacher candidates’ approaches for supporting students’ motivation in writing. Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education. Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 9. wmich.edu/wte/vol10/iss1/9, 2021.

Scholarly Presentations

Kara Brady

“Pedagogical Practices and Collaborative conversations: Teacher Candidates’ Approaches for Supporting Students’ Motivation in Writing. (Paper Presentation) with Ohanian, M. J.Z., Solar, Brady, K.J., Cook, C., & Marinak, B., Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, Hilton Head, SC, November 2021.

Carolyn Cook

“Pedagogical Practices and Collaborative conversations: Teacher Candidates’ Approaches for Supporting Students’ Motivation in Writing. (Paper Presentation) with Ohanian, M. J.Z., Solar, Brady, K.J., Cook, C., & Marinak, B., Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, Hilton Head, SC, November 2021.

Barbara Marinak

“Pedagogical Practices and Collaborative conversations: Teacher Candidates’ Approaches for Supporting Students’ Motivation in Writing. (Paper Presentation) with Ohanian, M. J.Z., Solar, Brady, K.J., Cook, C., & Marinak, B., Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, Hilton Head, SC, November 2021.

Michelle Ohanian

“Pedagogical Practices and Collaborative conversations: Teacher Candidates’ Approaches for Supporting Students’ Motivation in Writing. (Paper Presentation) with Ohanian, M. J.Z., Solar, Brady, K.J., Cook, C., & Marinak, B., Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, Hilton Head, SC, November 2021.

Accepted Paper Presentation, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Virtual Annual Meeting, Global Consciousness in a Global Service Learning Program to Costa Rica April 2020.

Patrick Ryan

Our Miss Brooks: The Lead Teacher in Her Domestic Sphere.” (Paper Presentation for Panel), “Modern Schoolmarms Take to the Airwaves: Female Teachers on Television in the American Postwar” at the History of Education Society’s Annual Meeting, San Diego, California via Zoom, November 2021

Ernest Solar

“Pedagogical Practices and Collaborative conversations: Teacher Candidates’ Approaches for Supporting Students’ Motivation in Writing. (Paper Presentation) with Ohanian, M. J.Z., Solar, Brady, K.J., Cook, C., & Marinak, B., Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, Hilton Head, SC, November 2021.

Professional Activities

Kara J. Brady

  • Reviewer, Pennsylvania Reads: Journal of the Keystone State Literacy Association, April 2022.

Stacey Brown-Hobbs

  • AAQEP Team Lead (2023), Quality Review Team Report, College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ
  • AAQEP Team Lead (2020), Quality Review Team Report, Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, NC
  • AAQEP Proposal Reviewer, (2022-2023), Pace University, Pleasantville, NY
  • AAQEP Proposal Reviewer, (2021-2022), Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY
  • Maryland State Department of Education (2023) Induction Workgroup, Maryland State Department of Education
  • Maryland Teacher Prep Summer Workgroup (2023)
  • Strategic Planning, (2023), Mother Seton School, Emmitsburg, MD
  • Strategic Planning, (2023), St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, MD

Michelle Ohanian

  • Reviewer, ALER Conference Proposals for Annual Meeting, 2021.
  • Discussant, Round Table and Symposia sessions, AERA Annual Meeting 2021.
  • Invited Outside Reviewer Dissertation Defense, The George Washington University. Stories of Teachers’ Long-term Experiences with the National Writing Project by Kim Sloan 2021.
  • Invited Reviewer, The Learner Journal Collection 2020.

Community Activities

Stacey Brown-Hobbs

  • Board Member, St. John’s Regional School, Frederick, MD
  • Board Member, Carroll Lutheran School, Westminster, MD

Michelle Ohanian

  • Vestry Member and Junior Warden of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Reston, Virginia, March 2020 – Present.