Special Opportunity Through Project Match Made in Schools
Though Project Match Made in Schools, Ashley Jetton, was able to expand her knowledge on holistic teaching.
“I love that Project Match Made in Schools is working to train students to be knowledgeable in special education if they are social work students,” said Jetton, who graduated this past summer with a Master’s in Social Work. “Social Work and Special Education share many similarities, and this program will benefit the students in a public education setting.”
Project Match Made in Schools is a unique, federally funded Master of Education in Special Education with certification or Master of Social Work degree program pays for nearly 100% of a students tuition and fees.
As a Project MMS scholar, Jetton worked with Dr. John Romig on a research project that was published in an academic journal. “Effects of a Repeated Reading Intervention Delivered Online to Upper Elementary Student,” focuses on the effects of a tutoring project that Roming conducted in the spring of 2020.
“When schools shut down, I had students in my SPED 4301 course do a tutoring project as their field placement,” said Roming, who is the Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.
Jetton was the primary intern and was able to assist Roming daily by collecting and analyzing data. As the primary intern, she would then organize the received information with the result that it was presentable in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Being hands on in this research project helped her gain more passion in the field.
“I gained an inside perspective on research for published works in academia,” Jetton expressed. “This was so exciting to be a part of and just solidified how much I love research.”
With graduation just around the corner for Jetton, she said she is looking forward to what lies ahead in her future – which includes more research and clinical therapy.
“I plan to get into therapy starting on my clinical and play therapy hours,” she declared. “I want to be involved in human behavior research, as that goes hand in hand with play therapy techniques.”