Full Department Meeting - Thursday, April 5, 12:30 - 1:45, WH 115.  Please send agenda items to David.

Tentative Agenda

Acceptance of the Minutes of March 1, 2001 meeting

Reports from Units and Committee
    The Graduate Studies Committee has two announcements:
    Focus Group established to explore the development of a rubric for the Elementary Comprehensive Exam
    Recommendation for a name change of a course, Introduction to Research to Research in Education.

Student Marshalls at Graduation

School of Education and Professional Studies Student Exhibition - Saturday, May 5, 1-5

Alumni List for Education Department Brochure

By-Law Review - update needed for NCATE report

Ideas from Teacher Education Faculty Council Meeting - notes at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/tefc327.html

Annual Report preparation - Dept. Goals for 2001-2002

April Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement Project Workshop
"The deadline for the April Title II workshop is fast approaching.  The
program we have planned should be quite exciting with a presentation on Day
1 by Mary Diez and Bill Rickards from Alverno College on performance
assessment development and on the challenges related to collaboration
between Education and Arts & Sciences programs.  Three National Board
certified teachers will present on the National Board certificationstandards and portfolio requirements.

Please e-mail or fax in your registration form.  Although there is no cost
for the workshop, we need a count for lunch.  Also, if your schedule does
not allow for your attendance on both days, please do consider attending one
of the two days.

Date:  Wednesday: April 4, 2001
Time:  8:30 until 3. Program begins at 9 a.m.
Location: Ramada Plaza Hotel, Meriden

The deadline for submitting your registration form is Thursday, March 29, 2001.  [Please see David for registration information.]

Thank you, and we hope to see you there.

Marilyn Duran
Connecticut State Department of Education
Bureau of Certification and Professional Development
165 Capitol Ave.-Room 243
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 566-4100 phone
(860) 566-8929 fax

Educators Mini Career Fair on Tuesday April 17, 2001, 4-6 p.m. in the Johnson Room of the Library

I hope that you will encourage your students to attend our first Educators Mini Career Fair on Tuesday April 17, 2001, sponsored by Career Services and the Department of Education. Representatives of public and private schools will be there from 4-6 p.m. in the Johnson Room of the Library. Please drop by to meet colleagues from the K-12 environment. A listing of the schools will be on line shortly (www.easternct.edu/depts/career) and will be updated at least twice weekly until the event. If you have any questions, please contact us at 465-4559. Thanks for your support.

Academic Computing Conference, WCSU, Saturday, April 21.  David has a state car and will be leaving ECSU at 7 am.  For more information about the conference, please visit http://web.wcsu.edu/acc2001 .

Spring Reception for Admitted Students - Sunday, April 22, 2001, 12 - 4.  Please consider joining David in representing the department and congratulating the new students.

Planning for the School of Education and Professional Studies Student Exhibition - Saturday, May 5, 1-5

Dean Kleine and the Department Chairs in our School are developing a Student Exhibition for Saturday, May 5, 1-5.  While reviewing the comprehensive exams, please be on the lookout for

1) nominees for Outstanding Comprehensive exam - perhaps 3 from ECE, 3 from R/LA, 3-4 from Elementary Education and Science Education.  These nominees would be invited to present their portfolios on May 5.  We should consider including outstanding portfolio from Fall 2000 in this selection process.

2) evidence of our graduate students' classroom children's achievement for inclusion in our NCATE document - particularly for the Elementary Education folio.

Please let's discuss further these plans for the Student Exhibit in our Unit meetings and at the Graduate Studies Committee.

Save the Date - Mini-Conference for the Teacher Education Community - Thursday, May 10, 4-8

Please consider adding to the following alumni list for our departmental brochure by sending your nominations to Julie Vecchitto, email: vecchittoj@easternct.edu .

Edith Prague ¹65, Connecticut state legislator, Columbia, CT

John Lescoe ¹71, former teacher and legislator, First Selectman,
Windham/Willimantic, CT

Kirk Williams '98 MS, elementary school teacher, Charter Oak Academy, West
Hartford, CT

Linda Edmonds ¹99, bilingual teacher, Windham Middle School, Windham, CT
 

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.
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"I would like to acknowledge the following School of Education and Professional Studies faculty members for their work to improve the "use of technology in teaching" at Eastern Connecticut State University through the Center for Educational Excellence/Office of Information Services:

Walter Dempsey
Ken Dobush
Jaime Gomez
Hari Koirala
Gayle Russell
David Stoloff

Congratulations on your successful workshops."

Meeting on Monday, April 9th from 3-4 in Webb Hall 115.  We will be having a resume writing workshop by Linette Branham and we have one quick order of business to attend to.  Hope to see you all there.  -- Alyssa

Please nominate a student member of Kappa Delta Pi to serve as the Student Marshall at Graduation.  Nominations with name, telephone number, and email address, are due by March 26, 2001.  Thank you.

Milken, L. (2000) Teaching as the Opportunity:  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 Approach)
 

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.