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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT NEWS  Volume XIV, Spring 2003  Eleventh Week of Spring 2003 - 4/7/03 Edition best viewed at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/030407.html on the WWW; for past issues –  Ed. Dept. News Index - http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/newsindex.html

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the collection appears at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/words.html

World record attempt at the largest lesson in support for Education for All

April 2, 2003 - Children and adults from more than 100 countries will attempt to break the world record for the Largest Simultaneous Lesson on Wednesday April 9, as part of the celebrations for this year’s Education For All Week (April 6-13) which is being held under the banner of “All for Girl’s Education”.

The record attempt is being organized by the Global Campaign for Education, a coalition of charities, trade unions and citizens groups worldwide, and is supported by UNESCO, which will also participate.

The present record for the largest lesson, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is held by the United Kingdom for a language class given in March 2002 in which 28,801 children took part.

For more information, please visit http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/index.shtml .

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Announcements

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1) Teacher Education Faculty Advisory Council lunch discussion - Tuesday, April 8, 2003,

12 - 2, Johnson Community Room, Library

Items for discussion:

Progress on NCATE accreditation

Updates on any changes in teacher certification regulations in Connecticut

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

Changes in English major – effective Fall 2003

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

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Education Unit Assessment Conference Partnerships for Performance The Paul Johnson Community Conference Room 204 J. Eugene Smith Library Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, Ct April 9, 2003

4:00

Opening greetings
Dr. Mitch Sakofs, Dean Patricia Kleine

Keynote

Performance through Partnership

Steve Merlino, Assistant Principal

Windham High School

4:00 - 5:30

Portfolio fair - Curriculum Library

5:00 – 6:00
Presentations

Enhancing Preschool Curriculum and Pedagogy with Technology

Sudha Swaminathan, Leah Barbuto,

Jeffrey Trawick-Smith                     Lib 147

Clinical Practice Assessment
Mitch Sakofs, Darren Roberts        Lib 266

Wax Museum: Interdisciplinary Project Presentations
Leslie Ricklin                                   Webb 113

Lessons of Learning & Teaching
Ken Dobush                                      Media 203

Technology in the Classroom
Cathy Tannahill                               Webb 206

Tour of the Curriculum Library

Hope Cook                                                 Lib 1^st Floor

Online Learning and Teaching
David Stoloff                                    Lib 235

Tour of the Aerospace Environmental

Education Resource Center

Jeanelle Bland                                  Lib 144

6:00 - 6:15

Closure

Paul Johnson

Community Conference Room

6:15 - 7:30
Teacher Education Community Advisory Council Dinner

Greetings
Jeanelle Bland

Introducing the Education Unit’s Revised Conceptual Framework
Hari Koirala

Roundtable discussions on Partnerships for Performance: Assessment
Mitch Sakofs, Darren Robert

Buffet Dinner

Closure
Cathy Tannahill, Leslie Ricklin

3) Education Department Faculty Meetings

Meeting of the Education Dept. Units this Thursday, April 10, 2003, 12:30 - 1:45 in Webb Hall 115 – for faculty other than ECE.

Items for the agenda –

Review of

          Program planning sheets

          Curriculum maps

Planning Spring 2004 schedule

Please contact David Stoloff with additional agenda items.

4) 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 Connecticut State University

COMMENCEMENT, 2003

Schedule of Events

Friday, May 16, 2003

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Master of Science Degree Commencement

Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium, Sports Center

Saturday, May 17, 2003

12 noon – 2:30 p.m.

President’s Picnic for the Class of 2003 and Families

Alvin B. Wood Support Services Center Lawn

Sunday, May 18, 2003

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Baccalaureate Service

Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium, Sports Center

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Light Luncheon for Full-time Undergraduates and Guests

Alvin B. Wood Support Services Center Lawn

Rain site:  Betty R. Tipton Room, Student Center

11:30 a.m.-1:00p.m.

Continuing Education Luncheon for Part-time Undergraduates and Guests

Hurley Hall Dining Room

12:15 p.m.

All Graduates begin forming a line at the Foster Clock Tower for Procession for the “Make a Wish” Tradition

Foster Clock Tower

12:30 p.m.

Faculty Line-up for “Make a Wish” Tradition

Foster Clock Tower

Line-up:  Along sidewalk path from Foster Clock Tower to Student Center Fountain

12:45 p.m.

Chimes will cease and the procession will begin

1:00 p.m.

Graduates line up for Commencement Procession in designated areas

1:15 p.m.

Faculty Line-up for Academic Procession and Commencement

Faculty Robing Room:  Sports Center Conference Room

Line-up:  Sports Center Overhang (facing Eastern Road)

Rain site:  Sports Center Main Office Corridor

1:45 p.m.

Academic Procession and Commencement Exercises

Windham Regional Vocational-Technical High School Field

Rain site:  Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium, Sports Center

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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: 

http://www.easternct.edu/aaup

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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                       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.preservice.org/] and 13 other universities throughout the US.  This project's homepage may be at http://www.preservice.org/ecsu/ . 

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Long Term Announcements

Alumni news may be found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/alumninews.html.

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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
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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

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 Sunday, October 20, 2002 at the Fall 2002 University Open House.

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.

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Searches
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searches pending approval - we  had request an additional faculty member in Elementary Education. 

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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 
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Kushner, Harold S.  (2001)  Living a life that matters.  New York:  Anchor Books. [holiday gift from the Education Department]

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

Connections between K-12 Student Standards and Teacher Preparation Standards.

CAPT Test handbooks in Science, Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum, and Mathematics.

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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