Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Student Success

Dr. Patrick O’Shea, is an Associate Professor in the Reich College of Education’s (RCOE) Department of Leadership and Educational Studies. O’Shea’s teaching goes beyond the classroom. After conversations with undergraduate students, he developed and implemented a series of seminars through the James Center for Student Success and Advising that aimed at assisting undergraduate students in the RCOE to better understand the technology they would be asked to integrate into their professional practice when they entered their own classrooms. He also developed and implemented a seminar series for doctoral students that is aimed at providing them guidance on the intricacies and rigors of completing doctoral work.

Dr. Patrick O' Shea stated: “I value the interpersonal relationships that are built in the classroom, and attempt to build my teaching around the belief that all of my students are valuable contributors to the class.  As such, each of my classes focuses on empowering the students to be creators rather than simply consumers of content.”