Community Outreach and Engagement
The Graduate School of Education is committed to engaging meaningfully with the schools and communities we serve. We are dedicated to building and sustaining partnerships that allow for the mutual exchange of ideas, and working collaboratively to conduct research that solves real problems and informs policy for the public good.
Engaged Throughout Western New York
At UB, we are proud to partner with dozens of schools and school districts within the eight counties of Western New York. Here, we have the opportunity to work with an exceptionally diverse population, including Buffalo Public Schools (and their large international and refugee communities), suburban districts and rural communities.
Get Involved and Connect With Us
Contact Wil Green, Assistant Dean of Community Outreach and Engagement
716-645-1358
Brainy Bulls is a FREE tutoring services to local students in grades 5-12. Tutor-mentors in all subjects are available. We match your student with a UB student who will offer academic guidance in regular one-to-one online tutoring sessions. The program is made possible by UB and GSE.
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WNY Education Equity Task Force aims to establish an educational system in Western New York where all community members are accountable and empowered to ensure students meet high academic standards and are supported socially, culturally, and emotionally.
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Empowering local youth to become advocates for change in their schools on topics that matter most to them. Young people re-imagine our public schools and work to create an inclusive, equitable, emancipatory public education system that reflects and enacts our ideals.
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The Dean's Lecture Series hosts talks each semester organized around an annual theme and timely topics. Speakers and them are selected by a committee of junior faculty. Their topics reflect a range of perspectives on the theme, representing the various departments within GSE.
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GSE fosters long-term, mutually beneficial collaborations with school districts and educational organizations. We address real-world educational challenges through collaboration, capacity building, and time-bound engagement to maximize community impact.
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Are you in need of academic tutors? We are happy to facilitate connections to GSE students and/or faculty regarding needs and opportunities.
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Literacy, Access and Equity: Embracing Diversity to Enrich Our Community, is a course that places UB undergraduate students in Buffalo Public School classrooms as literacy trainers and mentors addressing early literacy needs, while simultaneously developing a pipeline of future teachers.
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The Faculty in Residence Program at the University at Buffalo's Graduate School of Education partners faculty with local educational institutions to conduct site-based, mutually beneficial research projects, enhancing community education and fostering collaborative learning.
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Idea Incubator
GSE facilitates an annual process of connecting district and community organizations’ needs with researchers through an Idea Incubator.
Open Educational Resources
Explore our developing collection of guidance, tips, tools and additional resources that may help the communities we serve in their daily work.
Centers, Institutes and Projects
Many of our research centers, institutes and projects are directly engaged in community outreach, encouraging our students and faculty to get involved.