Dr. Margaret Early (right) winner of the Murray Elliott Award at the Bachelor of Education Student Awards Night
Margaret Early – Murray Elliott Award Summary
Margaret Early’s many contributions to Teacher Education at UBC are characterized by her deep passion and commitment to the successful integration of English Language Learners (ELLs) into local schools and communities. This commitment to cutting-edge pedagogical approaches for ELL education, which she pioneered, is well known in the Faculty of Education, in the Vancouver School Board, and indeed across the Lower Mainland and other parts of Canada. In recent years, Margaret spearheaded curricular reform in the new CREATE Teacher Education Program. Her sustained leadership in ELL teacher education required thoughtful, well-researched course design and delivery for teacher candidates in all program areas. Her investment in such initiatives has involved mentoring countless colleagues, teaching assistants, sessionals, graduate students and B.Ed. teacher candidates about principles and best practices for effective language and literacy education across the curriculum. Her inspired service is strongly linked to her teaching, and has been a catalyst for significant developments not just at UBC, but in teacher education nationally and internationally.