Education Dept. Budget Committee meeting - Thursday, March 8, 11 - 11:30, WH 129 (Chair's Office)

Educational Experience Committee meeting - Thursday, March 8, 11:30 - 12:30, WH 115

Committee on Admission and Retention in Education (CARE) - Thursday, March 8, 12:30 - 1:45, WH 115

Online Educational Department meeting minutes and Departmental Goals for 2000-2001 are available at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/deptminutes0001.html

The notes from the NCATE Writers' meetings have been posted at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/ncate/ncatenotes.html.
The Teacher Education Organizational Chart is available as a WORD document in the NCATE folder in the faculty COMMON folder on the Z: drive.

Please visit http://www.virtualcommunity.intranets.com/ to see the potential of threaded discussions.

Please review this revised Teacher Education Mission Statement
 

The mission of the Teacher Preparation Programs of Eastern Connecticut State University is to recruit and prepare, in accordance with state and national standards, undergraduate and graduate students of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds to be reflective teachers and leaders in our nation's schools.   Teacher Education faculty initiate basic, applied, and collaborative research which relate to problems and issues in education and provide professional services and consultation to public school centers, community and state agencies, and professional organizations.

Please review this revised list of Education Department Committees:

The standing committees of the department shall be:

- Departmental Evaluation Committee (DEC)
- Committee for Admission and Retention in Education (CARE)
- Committee on Excellence and Diversity in Education
- Budget Committee
- Educational Experience/Professional Development Schools Committee
- Educational Technology Committee
- Graduate Studies Committee
- Library and Curriculum Center Committee

and let David know if you have any suggestions or comments.

This workshop will heighten participant awareness of guidelines for safe
schools and emergency preparedness in Connecticut schools.

Topics will include -

? the common types of school injuries and the relative frequency of unintentional injuries (“accidents”) and intentional injuries
? strategies for managing safety in a classroom and school
? keeping a school safety committee focused and effective
? playground safety practices
? safety during construction, renovation, and maintenance
? identifying actual and potential hazards in the classroom
? the various stages of evacuation and when each is needed
? why your school should have a flammable gas alarm
? teaching students about safety
? general considerations for prevention of school violence
? maintaining an up-to-date and effective emergency plan
? and more.

Presenters will be: Victor H. Ferry, Ph.D.; Bernard J. Silkowski, C.S.P.; Lt. Daniel Nutt; and Enrico DeMatto.

Each participant will receive a teacher's edition of an award winning school safety and emergency response procedures manual and the Guide to Developing a Severe Weather Emergency Plan for Schools.  In addition, the university will award a certificate attesting to participation in this workshop by individual students.   CEUs may also be available upon request.

Space is limited to 25 participants so please reserve your place by February 19, 2001 by contacting Dr. David Stoloff, Chair, Education Department, at 860-465-5501, email: stoloffd@easternct.edu.
 
 

Milken, L. (2000) Teaching as the Opoortunity:  The Teacher Advancement Program.  Santa Monica, CA:  Milken Family Foundation.

Print-out of Connecticut Minority Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program website at
http://www.state.ct.us/sde/der/info/minorityteacher/index.htm

Braus, N. and Geidel, M. (2000) Everyone's kids' books:  A guide to multicultural socially conscious books for children.  Brattleboro, VT:  Everyone's Books. [A gift from the Education Department Sunshine Fund to the Chair's Library - THANK YOU!!]

Connecticut Guidelines for the Issuance of Continuing Education Units Required for Certification.

Student Teachers' Poetry - ECE 465:  The Role of the Teacher.

In-Service Training Course Catalog, Spring 2001.

CT's Blueprint for Reading Achievement, CSDE, 2000.

CT Mastery Test Forum, Connecticut Public Television video.

Milne, A.A. (1926) Winnie-the-Pooh.  New York:  Puffin Books. (used to illustrate models of learning and teaching - particularly the Guiding Partner Model)

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (2000).  Engage discoverers:  Kids constructing knowledge with technology.  Austin, TX.  A VIDEO.

Gibson, G. W. (1992) Good start:  A guidebook for new faculty in liberal arts colleges.  Bolton, MA:  Anker Publishing Co. (gift from the Center for Educational Excellence - thank you, Dr. Rhona Free)
 

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@easternct.edu if you have any questions or comments on this newsletter.