1) Planning for the Tuesday, March 28, 2000 Teacher Education Faculty Council meeting, 12:30 - 2, Lib 204, lunch sponsored by Dean Kleine - working meeting with faculty from other departments on campus.

Topics to discuss:

Proposal for Integrated Science certification program

Proposal for World Languages certification program

Infusing Language Acquisition curricular into certification programs

Proposals for graduate secondary certification programs

Scheduling teacher education coursework

What is NCATE and how do we prepare for national accreditation??

Changes in State Department of Education regulations for 2003 and their impact on curriculum

Other topics??

Please let David know if you are UNABLE to attend this important meeting with our colleagues.

2) Planning for Thursday, April 6, 12:30 - 1:45 Full Faculty Meeting, WH 115.

Items for the agenda -

Approval of March 2 Minutes

Reports from Units and Committees

EDU 570, Comprehensive Exams - completion of coursework, summer options??, process of evaluation, distinction, ...

Process of selecting outstanding student teachers

Planning for April 27 Teacher Education Community Advisory Council

Planning for September Mini-Conference

Other items?? - please talk with David.   Thanks.

3) The resume Profile for NEASC will sent as a WORD attachment to this newsletter.  It may also be found at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/resume.doc .
The faculty members at our 3/2 meeting agreed to try to send David an email version of their resumes by April 3 for NEASC documentation.  Thank you very much.

4) For information about ECSU's class delays or snow closures, please call 465-4444, ECSU's Weather Line.

5) Upcoming Events

a) Conference Opportunity Announcement from Dean Kleine

Recruiting New Teachers, Inc.'s National Pathways to Teaching Careers Conference 2000: Finding and Keeping Quality Teachers - New Possibilities
Cambridge, MA Royal Sonesta Hotel from March 23-25

For a conference brochure or information on registering, visit the RNT
website at http://www.rnt.org, or contact Lisa Cella, Conference Coordinator,
at (617) 489-6000.

b) 10th Annual Minority Teacher Recruiting Career Fair, Saturday, April 1, 2000, 8:30 a - 12:30 p, Conard High School, West Hartford
We have participated in this recruiting career fair for the past several years.  Please see Elsy or David for more information. [David has reserved a car which will leave ECSU at 7:30 am.]

c) Conference - What Beginning Educators Need to Know About Student Testing in Connecticut, April 12, 2000, ACES.  Sessions on the CT Mastery Tests and CAPT.
David has reserved a car that will leave at 7:30 am for the start of the meeting at 8:30 and return by 1:15 pm.  Please let David know if you are interested in attending.

d) Spring Reception for Admitted Students - Sunday, April 16, 2000.
Please join Amy and David in orientation sessions for admitted students for our class of 2004.  Please let David know if you are interested in attending.
 

6) Message from Mitch Sakofs:

Mitch has joined the PDS Conference Planning Committee and the PDS Forum Steering Committee, statewide committees.  He will keep the faculty posted when the conference theme is finalized and a call for presenters is announced.

7) Recently acquired media

In the Departmental Library in the Chair's Office:

Connecticut Framework for Preschool Curricular Goals and Benchmarks

Dan Rothermel's Sweet Dreams Robyn.

Proposal for The Child and Family Development Resource Center

Drugs Don't Work - Winter/spring 2000 Training Brochure and Technical Assistance Guide

Character Education Partnership's Teachers as Educators of Character:  Are the Nation's Schools of Education Coming Up Short? and Character Education:  The Foundation for Teacher Education.

Commissioner Sergi's Initial Report of the Secretary of Education on the Quality of Teacher Preparation (in Connecticut) - a table will be shared with the faculty.

Connecticut's Common Core of Teaching.

The Connecticut Framework:  K-12 Curricular Goals and Standards.

In-Service Training Course Catalog, Spring 2000.

Notes on the Eastern Connecticut Teacher Education Community Advisory Council Meeting, Thursday, September 30, 1999 may be found at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/tecac93099.html

Comments Arranged by General Themes from a Survey of Eastern Connecticut Educators’ Impressions of ECSU Teacher Education Graduates – September 1999
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/tecac930responses.html

Notes from the Fall 1999 Teacher Education Faculty Council (Thursday, October 28, 1999, 11:30-1:30, WH 159) may be found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/tefc102899.html .

A copy of the outline of the Connecticut Common of Teaching is posted at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/ctcoreofteaching.html .
 

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Please contact David Stoloff at (860) 465-5501, email: stoloffd@ecsu.ctstateu.edu if you have any questions or comments on this newsletter.