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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT NEWS Thanksgiving of Fall 2002 Edition - best viewed at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/021126.html |
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Words of Inspiration
the
collection appears at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/words.html
Like Lilly Like Wilson
By Taylor Mali
I'm writing the poem that will change the world,
and it's Lilly Wilson at my office door.
Lilly Wilson, the recovering like addict,
the worst I've ever seen.
So, like, bad the whole eighth grade
started calling her Like Lilly Like Wilson Like.
ŒUntil I declared my classroom a Like-Free Zone,
and she could not speak for days.
But when she finally did, it was to say,
Mr. Mali, this is . . . so hard.
Now I have to think before I . . . say anything.
Imagine that, Lilly.
It's for your own good.
Even if you don't like . . .
it.
I'm writing the poem that will change the world,
and it's Lilly Wilson at my office door.
Lilly is writing a research paper for me
about how homosexuals shouldn't be allowed
to adopt children.
I'm writing the poem that will change the world,
and it's Like Lilly Like Wilson at my office door.
She's having trouble finding sources,
which is to say, ones that back her up.
They all argue in favor of what I thought I was against.
And it took four years of college,
three years of graduate school,
and every incidental teaching experience I have ever had
to let out only,
Well, that's a real interesting problem, Lilly.
But what do you propose to do about it?
That's what I want to know.
And the eighth-grade mind is a beautiful thing;
Like a new-born baby's face, you can often see it
change before your very eyes.
I can't believe I'm saying this, Mr. Mali,
but I think I'd like to switch sides.
And I want to tell her to do more than just believe it,
but to enjoy it!
That changing your mind is one of the best ways
of finding out whether or not you still have one.
Or even that minds are like parachutes,
that it doesn't matter what you pack
them with so long as they open
at the right time.
O God, Lilly, I want to say
you make me feel like a teacher,
and who could ask to feel more than that?
I want to say all this but manage only,
Lilly, I am like so impressed with you!
So I finally taught somebody something,
namely, how to change her mind.
And learned in the process that if I ever change the world
it's going to be one eighth grader at a
time.
from http://www.taylormali.com/index.cfm?webid=15
Posted
on November 29, 2002
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Announcements
Education Department Faculty Meetings
usually on Thursdays, 12:30 - 1:45 in Webb Hall 115.
No
meetings due to Thanksgiving – happy Thanksgiving.
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Alyssa Gwinnell
[mailto:agwinnell@attglobal.net],
a most excellent graduate now teaching in South Windsor, writes:
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Save the Date!
Saturday,
April 12, 2003 at 8:30 A.M.
17th Annual CSU Academic Computing Conference
http://so-mako.sysoff.ctstateu.edu/acc/acc2003.nsf
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The 17th Annual CSU Academic Computing Conference
will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2003 at 8:30 A.M. at Southern
Connecticut State University. |
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Photos
from the Diversity Seminar – September 4, 2002 - http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/photosf02/photosfall2002.html
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A message from Hope Cook, Curriculum Center Librarian -
“Hi David and Education Faculty,
Just wanted to let you know that the Curriculum
Center Computer Lab, Room 145 of the Eugene Smith Library is now open for your
use!
Here are some of the
highlights added to the Computer Lab:
·6 new PC's with Internet Access and equipped with
educational and presentational software titles
·1 of the 6 PC's is setup as an instructor station. This
station includes a projector that will allow the instructor the
opportunity to project information to a screen, or if one prefers to the white
board.
·We have also retained 1 Macintosh machine that is loaded
with software and has Internet access.
·The computer lab also includes a VCR, Slide Projector, and
Overhead Projector
·Additionally, students can use this room to work on
classroom projects as we now have 2 Ellison Machines and several dies to cut
letters, borders, etc.The lab is also equipped with a sink.
·The lab can seat up to 20 people and would be ideal for
those teaching courses that contain some component of children's literature or
the use of educational software.
Thank you!
Hope”
Dr. Jeanelle Bland has
been appointed Curriculum Center Computer Lab liaison from the Education
Department.
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An interesting resource shared by Dean
Kleine –
“Greetings,
I just wanted to
let you know that the Title II state report website is now open to the
public. It was opened on 11/15/02.
The U.S.
Department of Education has decided not to do issue a pressrelease on the state
reports this year.
For your information,
the web address is: http://www.title2.org/Title2DR/
If you have any
questions, please let me know.
Thanks.
Georgette Nemr
Title II Project
Director
Bureau of
Certification and Professional Development
Connecticut
State Department of Education
860-713-6716”
A message from
Professor Ross E. Koning, PhD
Chapter President ECSU-AAUP
Biology Department - Goddard Hall
email: Koning@EasternCT.edu
http://Koning.EasternCT.edu/
Greetings ECSU-AAUP Faculty,
I am pleased to announce that our
on-line (html) version
of the 2002-2006 CSU AAUP-BOT Collective Bargaining
Agreement is on-line at the usual URL:
http://www.easternct.edu/aaup/cba.html
This version is, of course,
unofficial...but we have worked
hard to make it identical with the printed version in content,
and have hopefully corrected most of the printed version's
flaws.
We encourage you to try it
out. All internal and some external
references are linked so navigation is better than in the print
version. You can also use the find and find-again feature of
your browser to search for words in the contract...so finding
items is perhaps easier. On the down-side, the contract is now
in a single file that is sometimes slow to open if you are on a
modem connection...but we think your patience will be rewarded.
I also encourage you to
right-click (PC USERS) or click-hold-drag
(Mac USERS) on the CBA link on the home page to DOWNLOAD
the contract to your hard-drive for improved loading times. Our
home-page is:
Best wishes for the fall semester.
ross
Professor Ross E. Koning, PhD
Chapter President ECSU-AAUP
Biology Department - Goddard Hall
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Call for Graduating Senior Information
A request from Institutional
Research -
Please share news about the plans
of graduating seniors.
If they are going on to graduate
school, please provide the graduate's name, undergraduate major,
graduate university, location (city, state), field of study and degree program
sought, and any information
on scholarships and/or fellowships.
If they have been accepted for
employment positions, please provide the graduate's name,
undergraduate major, company, location (city, state), position, salary.
Please email the information to
David, who will compile it for the department. Thanks.
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Other Events
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ECSU - ThinkQuest for Tomorrow's Teachers Projects
Faculty members and students from
Eastern Connecticut State University are participating in a US Department of
Education grant to Prepare Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology with
ThinkQuest
[ http://www.thinkquest.org] and 13
other universities throughout the US. This project's homepage may be at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/pt3.html
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Long Term Announcements
Alumni news may be found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/alumninews.html.
Planning
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Past surveys of our graduates are
available on the WWW -
an analysis of the survey of
teacher education program graduates 1996-98
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/assessment/survey9698.htm
results of the survey of teacher
education program graduates - 1996-1998 -
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/assessment/surveyresults9698.htm,
and
results of the survey of teacher
education program graduates - 1998-2000 -
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/assessment/gradsurvey2001.htm
survey of interests in graduate
programs -1999,
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/assessment/gradinterestsurvey1999.htm
survey of interests in graduate
programs - 2001
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/assessment/gradinterestsurvey2001.htm
Planning forms for field
experiences and student teaching for Spring 2003 are now posted at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/stinfo.doc
and
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/stpreferencefall2003.doc
Research
and Creativity Activities –
chronicling
the ongoing progress of the Education Department at Eastern Connecticut
State University
also found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/rca.html
Seventh
Report – November 15, 2002
During Career Day at Putnam High
School, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002, David Stoloff met with 41 students to discuss
their interests in teacher education.
Of this group, 12 were interested in Secondary Education, 8 in
Elementary Education, 7 in Early Childhood Education, 1 Elem/ECE, 6 in Special
Education, 2 in HPE, 1 in Music, 1 in Art, and 3 were undecided.
Sixth
Report
October 20, 2002
Results of the Open House – Sunday, October
20, 2002
Searches
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searches pending approval -
we had request an additional faculty member in Elementary Education.
Opportunities
Coordinator for the website
of Children's Literature Assembly of the
National Council of Teachers of English (now at (http://venus.twu.edu/~f_vardell/index.html)
sought.
Dr. Shirley Ernst
plans to propose at the CLA’s board meeting on November 22nd that, under her
leadership, a revised organizational website would be developed.Dr. Ernst seeks
individuals in the Eastern community who might be interested in assuming the
web development and maintenance tasks for this proposed website.Benefits –
national recognition in the field of Children’s Literature and a stipend that
will be negotiated.Please contact Dr. Ernst (email: ernsts@easternct.edu) before November 20
if you might be interested in assuming this position.
The new Title II, Part A of ESEA creates
Improving Teacher Quality State Grants to strengthen teacher quality and
increase the number of highly qualified teachers and principals. In
Connecticut, the higher education component of this initiative is known as the Teacher
Quality Partnership Grant Program. It replaces the Eisenhower Professional
Development Grant Program and the Connecticut Collaborations for Teaching the
Arts and Humanities.
For 2003, the Connecticut Department of
Higher Education is authorized to award $663,199 in competitive Teacher Quality
Partnership Grants for professional development projects for teachers,
paraprofessionals and principals across 10 core academic subjects (English,
reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and
government, economics, the arts, history and geography). Preference will
be given to proposals which address at least one of several priorities, among
them projects that seek to:
·increase teacher mastery of subject matter,
especially in mathematics, science and the essential themes which define the
American experience
·recruit and prepare minority teachers, and
·improve the
leadership skills of principals.
1)the division of a Connecticut public or
independent institution of higher education that prepares teachers and principals,
2)one or more schools or departments of
arts and sciences at that institution, and
3)one or more high-need schools or school
districts in Connecticut.
Other schools, colleges, education groups
and non-profit organizations may serve as additional partners. Please note that
no single participant in an eligible partnership may use more than 50 percent
of the partnership grant award.
Project periods may vary over a period of
17 months. Multi-year activities are allowed based on available funds and progress
in meeting goals. Requested project amounts depend on the scope of the
activities proposed; there are no minimum or maximum award limits. Proposals
are due January 10, 2003 and grant awards will be announced February 7, 2003.
For more
information about this grant program, please see
http://www.ctdhe.org/RFP/default.htm
Jamie Hendricks shared this link
to the Mansfield Schools employment website -
http://www.mansfieldct.org/MBOE/Employ/docs/Web%20Posting%206.02B.doc
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Recently acquired media - in the Chair's
Office or on the Web
Rothermel, Dan
(1996). Starting points: How to set up and run a writing
workshop - and much more!
Columbus, Ohio:
National Middle School Association.
ISBN 1-56090-109-8
Wynn, Charles M.
& Wiggins, Arthur W. (1997).
The five biggest ideas in science.
New York: John Wiley &
Sons. ISBN 0-471-13812-6.
Jacobik, Gray
(2002). Brave disguises.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5788-4
Mama, Raouf
& Romney, Mary (2001). Pearls
of wisdom. Brattleboro, VT: Pro
Lingua Associates. ISBN
0-86647-134-0
Folios from the NCATE Professional
Development Workshops, sponsored by CT State Dept of Ed. – Fall 2003
Graduate Elementary Education
Program Self-Study for NCATE visit.
Teaching Our Youngest: A
Guide for Preschool Teachers and Child-Care and Family Providers. (2002)
Early Childhood-Head Start Task Force, US Dept. of Education and US Dept. of
Health and Human Services.
America's Children: Key
National Indicators of Well-Being 2002. Federal Interagency Forum on
Child and Family Statistics.
Notes from the 2002 Creative
Advance - "Creativity Through Diversity" - Thursday, August 22, 2002,
Eastern Connecticut State University.
Evaluator's Report on the May
State On-Site Review of ECSU's Teacher Education Programs. Received May
31, 2002.
Institutional Overview and
Response to Standards, Self-examination report on Teacher Preparation
Programs at ECSU, March 2002.
Portfolio Responses for BEST
program, 2001-2002.
Precondition Report for the
Education Unit - April 2002, NCATE document
General Education Committee's
General Education Program Proposal
Wednesdays - A Compilation of
Short Stories written by Eastern Connecticut State University
Graduate Students
Faculty Handbook.
Our Reading/Language Arts room,
Webb Hall 113, has been enriched with past issues of Phi Delta Kappan, Academe,
Syllabus, Converge, Governmental Technology, Journal of Teacher Education, and
other resources. Please feel free to use and encourage your students to
use these materials.
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Please contact David Stoloff at (860) 465-5501, email: stoloffd@easternct.edu if you have any
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