a) Kappa Delta Pi induction - Saturday, April 29,  Betty Tipton Room, Student Center, 2- 3:30
Our Education Department's chapter of this international honor society in Education.

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

Planning for closing events - outstanding student teacher voting process, graduation ceremony

Organization of 2000-2001 committees

Reports for Units and Committees - including

    discussion of  incomplete policy for student teaching

    report on BEST Program Assessment meeting (4/14)

    planning for SU 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2001 -
        EDU 110? - First Year Course Proposal - Leslie
        Status of UG Elem Ed Program
        Adjuncts, summer positions
        Education Department and Learning Center
        PDS planning

Proposed Graduate Programs in Computer Education

2000-2001 Search Planning - need for Position Announcement for Literacy position

Realities of Student Teaching Workshop, sponsored by CEA Student Program and Kappa Delta Pi
Thursday, May 11, 4:30-6, Paul Johnson Community Room, LIB 204.  Refreshments will be served.

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 -

ATE's Teacher Education Yearbook VIII - Research on Effective Models for Teacher Education.

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.