Ed Harris, Superintendent of Schools, Region 11 - Chaplin, Hampton, Scotland - to visit ECSU on Wednesday, June 28, 11 - 2
Ed Harris, Superintendent of Schools in Region 11 - "just East of Windham" - will be coming to visit ECSU to discuss potential collaborations and resource sharing.
Mr. Harris will be meeting with

Please let David know if you might be interested in participating in the discussion and/or joining us for lunch.

Notes on NCATE organizational meeting - Wednesday, June 21, 12 - 2, in WH 159 may be found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/ncate621.html .  The next meeting is scheduled for July 18, 1-2:30 in WH 159.

Summer Institute for Future Teachers, July 4 - 29, 2000 - please discuss your interests in becoming involved in this 4th annual program with David.

Julie Alexandrin has accepted the one-year appointment in Special Education, starting in August 2000.  Ms. Alexandrin has been an adjunct faculty member in our department, teaching EDU 200, and is a doctoral student at UCONN.  Congratulations and thanks for all of their efforts to the search committee - Ann Gruenberg, Chair;  Sudha Swaminathan, Mitch Sakofs.

Ed. Dept. in a Consortium received PT3 Catalyst Grant
The Education Department is part of a consortium with the City College of New York, the University of the Pacific, Western Michigan University, and ThinkQuest [http://www.thinkquest.org/] that was awarded a US Dept. of Ed. - Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Program (PT3) of over $600,000 per year for the next three years.  ECSU's component will be about $10,000 for initiating the use of ThinkQuest in regional schools and in our teacher education programs.

A press release announcing our partnership with ThinkQuest may be found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/thinkquest622.html .  More information on this project from David, particularly after the project organizational meeting in late July.

Ed. Dept. Annual Report available on web and on paper
I have placed a paper copy of the draft Annual Report in the position announcement folder outside my door - WH  129 and have shared a copy with the faculty.  A WORD draft document may be downloaded from

http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/dept9900.doc

2)  Special Section - How we spent our summer vacations

A selection of documents describing how we spent our time during the summer vacations.  Faculty, students, and staff are invited to send in items to be posted in this seasonal news setting.

a) Notes on the STEP/CAP Program and the Education Department's involvement this summer may be found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/stepcap062600.html .

3) Recently acquired media - in the Chair's Office

Jonathan Kozol's Ordinary Resurrections (departmental gift to the Chair's Library - thank you).

Other available 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.