Jehanne Beaton, the coordinator of the DirecTrack to Teaching Program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is a recipient of a 2022-23 John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising.

Beaton’s areas of interest include urban teacher preparation, practice-based teacher preparation, and social studies education. Her dissertation research took up arts-based research to explore the complexities of learning to teach in a university partnership high school. As the coordinator of DirecTrack to Teaching, she helps students receive early exposure to the culture of teaching and schools through in-school experiences to prepare them for MEd and teaching license programs.

The Tate Award serves to recognize and reward high-quality advising at the University. It calls attention to the contributions that academic advising and career services make in helping students formulate and achieve their intellectual, career, and personal goals. By recognizing professionals for their outstanding commitment to students, the Tate Award celebrates the role that academic advising and career services play in the University’s educational mission. The award is named in honor of John Tate, professor of physics and first dean of University College (1930-41).