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Words of Inspiration
the collection appears at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/words.html
Happy April’s Fools Day –
"The first of
April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year."
- Mark Twain
http://www.usis.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/april.html
Announcements
Dr. Jeffrey
Trawick-Smith’s Return
We are happy to
welcome back Dr. Jeffrey Trawick-Smith. He
returned to campus last week for a few hours and is slowly returning to his
routine.
Best wishes to
all for renewed health and spirit.
Welcome back, Dr. Trawick-Smith.
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Education Department Faculty Meetings
Meeting
of the Education Dept. faculty this
Items for the
agenda –
1)
Announcements
–
Welcome
back, Jeff
comprehensive portfolios – Excellence Expo
candidates
2)
Approval
of the minutes of March 13, 2003 meeting
3)
Unit
reports, committee reports
4)
Planning
for the April 9th mini-conference
5)
Planning
for the April 8th Teacher Education Faculty Advisory Council
Topics
for this meeting - programmatic change in our secondary certification program – other
items see below
6)
Time
Certain – Steve Frazier and WebCT – 1:15 – 1:30
7)
Time Certain
–
Please contact David Stoloff with
additional agenda items.
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Save these Dates!
1) Teacher Education Faculty Advisory
Council lunch discussion -
12 - 2, Johnson Community Room, Library
Items for discussion:
Progress on NCATE accreditation
Updates on any changes in teacher
certification regulations in
Recent changes in the undergraduate Early
Childhood Education program - from a 3 to a 4 semester program
New Master of Science in Secondary
Education program, and its certification option
Development of a BS in Integrated Science
program, with certification
Five-year combination undergraduate
academic major and graduate certification programs
Programmatic
change in our secondary certification program
Educational planning advisement sheets
Graduate programs in Education - Early
Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Educational Technology,
Reading/Language Arts, Science Education, Secondary
Education
Other graduate initiatives
Collaborative scheduling
Library Support for new programs
Other topics for discussion
2) Showcasing the
Education Department Mini-Conference
–
Performance
through Partnership – Education Unit Assessment
Tentative
Schedule
4
– 4:30 – Opening greetings
Two
from Reading/Language Arts
Two
from undergraduate Early Childhood Ed. and two from graduate ECE
Two
from undergraduate Elementary Ed. and two from graduate Elem.
Two
from undergraduate Secondary Education
Two
from Physical Education
5
– 6 – Interest group, roundtable discussions
6
– 6:30 –
Presentation
on Online Learning and Teaching
Tour
of the Aerospace Environmental
Introducing
revised Conceptual Framework
Keynote
presentation on Performance through Partnership
Roundtable
discussions on meeting the challenge of change
3) 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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New faculty photo at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/faculty.html
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Eastern
COMMENCEMENT,
2003
Schedule
of Events
Master of Science Degree Commencement
Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium,
12 noon – 2:30 p.m.
President’s Picnic for the Class of
2003 and Families
Baccalaureate Service
Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium,
Light Luncheon for Full-time Undergraduates
and Guests
Rain site:
Betty R. Tipton Room,
Continuing Education Luncheon for Part-time
Undergraduates and Guests
Hurley Hall Dining Room
All Graduates begin forming a line at the
Foster Clock Tower for Procession for the “Make a Wish” Tradition
Foster Clock Tower
Faculty Line-up for “Make a
Wish” Tradition
Foster Clock Tower
Line-up:
Along sidewalk path from Foster Clock Tower to Student Center Fountain
Chimes will cease and the procession will
begin
Graduates line up for Commencement
Procession in designated areas
Faculty Line-up for Academic Procession and
Commencement
Faculty Robing
Room: Sports Center Conference Room
Line-up:
Sports Center Overhang (facing
Rain site:
Sports Center Main Office Corridor
Academic Procession and Commencement
Exercises
Windham Regional Vocational-Technical High
School Field
Rain site:
Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium,
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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
[ http://www.preservice.org]
and 13 other universities throughout the
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Long Term Announcements
Alumni
news may be found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/alumninews.html.
Planning
back to top
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
–
During
Career Day at
Sixth Report
Results of the
Open House –
Leslie Ricklin,
Richard Reynolds, Delar Singh, Cathy Tannahill, and Ingrid Enniss and David
Stoloff met over 121 students interested in coming to Eastern for teacher
certification on
The
majority expressing interest in elementary education (68), early childhood
education (17), secondary education (24), special education (3), and middle
level (2), with the remainder uncertain.
Another 15
students/family may not have signed in but received information about the
programs. The information sheet at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/questions.html
was distributed.
Searches
back to top
searches pending approval - we had request an
additional faculty member in Elementary Education.
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
Kushner, Harold
S. (2001) Living a life that matters.
Rothermel, Dan
(1996).Starting points: How to set up and run a writing workshop - and much
more!
Wynn,
Charles M. & Wiggins, Arthur W. (1997).The five biggest ideas in science.
Jacobik, Gray
(2002). Brave disguises.
Mama,
Raouf & Romney, Mary (2001).Pearls of wisdom.
Folios
from the NCATE Professional Development Workshops, sponsored by CT State Dept
of Ed. – Fall 2003
Connections
between K-12 Student Standards and Teacher Preparation Standards.
CAPT Test handbooks in Science,
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.
Notes
from the 2002 Creative Advance - "Creativity Through Diversity" -
Thursday,
Evaluator's Report on the
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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