Four Weeks before Finals
of Spring 2000 Semester -
April 17, 2000
also found as http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/000417.html
on the WWW
a) NEASC Assessment Conference, Friday, April 28
David has reserved a car that will leave at 7:30 am from the Heating
Plant for the start of the meeting at 8:30
and will return by 3:15 pm. Please let David know if you are
interested in attending.
b) Education Department Faculty meeting, Thursday, May
4, 12:30 - 1:45, WH 115
Please submit agenda items to David.
Pre-meeting workshop
Barbara Aber from Adtech, the company from whom we bought the projector, will be here on Thursday, May 4, 11:30 - 12:25 in WH 115 to demonstrate the finer workings of the projector. Please bring your laptops for a lesson on setting them up for use with the projector.
Please prepare for our Spring 2000 faculty photos for publications on paper and on the web.
Some agenda items will include -
Approval of March and April Meeting Minutes
Reports for Units and Committees - including
discussion of incomplete policy for student teaching
report on BEST Program Assessment meeting (4/14)
Planning for closing events - graduation ceremony
c) PDS Forum: Assessing Our Progress. Wednesday,
May 24, Cromwell.
Please let David know if you wish to attend so that we might get the
registration paid for prior to the conference. David has reserved
a car that will leave at 7:00 am from the Heating Plant for the start of
the meeting at 8:00 and will return by 4 pm.
2) Mary Ann Martin Sines nominated by Ed. Dept. for Graduate Student Marshall
The Education Department at our April 6 faculty member nominated Mary Ann Martin Sines for Graduate Student Marshall at Commencement 2000.
3) Recently acquired media -
BEST Program - Portfolio Guiding Questions 1999-2000, Standards for Evaluation of BEST Teaching Portfolio.
CT State Board of Education. Connecticut Mastery Test: Third Generation, Language Arts Handbook: Part 1.
CT State Board of Education. Connecticut Mastery Test: Third Generation, Mathematics Handbook: Part 1.
New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Developing an initial student outcomes assessment plan.
Performance Measures for the Connecticut State University
CEO Forum on Education and Technology. Teacher Preparation STaR Chart: A Self-Assessment Tool for Colleges of Education
Other documents are listed
on the Education Department Documents page at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/documents.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.