Institute for Urban Education
Welcome to the Universities of Wisconsin Institute for Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (IUE).
The Universities of Wisconsin System, Institute for Urban Education (IUE) at UW-Milwaukee works to advance innovative engagement, leading-edge pedagogy, and transformative research in the field of urban education to center PK-12 schools and their surrounding communities. The IUE will accomplish this purpose through the conceptualization and enactment of research-grounded clinical and professional development opportunities for preservice teachers, in-service teachers, and scholars.
The Institute for Urban Education will impact meaningful change for children/youth, families, pre-service teachers, in-service educators, and encompassing school communities through culturally responsive and sustaining practices that promote access to learning, highly effective educators, and thriving collaborative relationships across educational settings.
The IUE upholds the system-wide commitment to the following goals:
- Engage faculty and students in research partnerships across educational settings;
- Provide professional development for urban educators and;
- Coordinate and implement clinical placements in urban settings for pre-service teachers across the Universities of Wisconsin System.
Goals and Mission
- Provide internship opportunities for UW System students to teach in urban school settings in order to fulfill their student teaching requirements.
- Facilitate community connections between teaching candidates, community members around and within the school districts, and UW System stakeholders.
- Increase and support effective professional development opportunities for Wisconsin teachers who are working in urban settings or want to work in urban settings.
- Increase and improve the collaborative teaching and research efforts of UW System schools and programs of education.
The IUE’s charge is to advance the field of urban education and to recruit, promote and retain high-quality educators for urban districts.
To achieve this goal, the IUE will:
- Establish and maintain productive relationships with appropriate public and private organizations at the local, regional, state, national and international levels.
- Promote public service and research efforts directed toward meeting the social, economic and cultural needs of the state of Wisconsin and its metropolitan areas.
- Encourage others from institutions in the UW System and from other educational institutions and agencies to seek benefit from the university’s research and educational resources, such as libraries, special collections, archives, museums, research facilities and academic programs.
- Provide educational leadership in meeting future social, cultural and technological challenges.
Staff
- Director, Institute for Urban Education
- Associate Professor, Teaching and Learning
- levans@uwm.edu
- 414-229-7324
- Enderis Hall 395
