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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT NEWS Excellence
Expo Week of Spring 2003 - 4/21/03 Edition best
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Words of Inspiration
the collection appears at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/words.html
What is FREE – Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence?
More than 30
Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of federally
supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that
work is the FREE web site - http://www.ed.gov/free/
.
Also,
Please see http://www.snopes.com/glurge/allgood.htm
for an inspirational message - “A
teacher's ad hoc class assignment is kept and treasured by her students”
- and the confirmation on this urban legend on lifelong lists.
Posted on
April 21, 2003.
Announcements
1) The School of Education and Professional Studies Excellence Expo –
Saturday, April 26, 2003, Webb Hall
Two
Early Childhood Education presentations -
A
Web Page Presentation of a Thematic Literacy Play Center: Pets-R-Us.
Developed
by Dawn McCusker, Leslie Labenski, Heather Johnson, and Lisa Kroc.
A
Web Page Presentation of a Thematic Literacy Play Center: The Bakery
Developed
by Stacey Barnard, Nicole Butler, Elizabeth Cone, Kristen Cousino, and Donna
Sandshaw.
Faculty
mentors – Theresa Picard and Jeff Trawick-Smith.
Graduate Student Session - 12:30
- 2:30 - in Webb Hall 113.
Lynne E. Dowden, MS,
Reading/Language Arts - Facilitation of Lifelong Literacy Learning
Kathryn T. Herrity, MS,
Reading/Language Arts - Community of Learners
Brenda Moulton, MS, Elementary
Education - Voices of Elementary Education
Kathleen M. Sypher, MS, Science
Education - Science Education in Middle School
Paula Walker, MS, Elementary
Education - Developing Individuality.
Mentors
for Reading/Language Arts - Drs. Dan Rothermel and Ingrid Enniss, for
Elementary Education - Drs. Leslie Ricklin, Richard Reynolds, Catherine
Tannahill, and Delar Singh, and for Science Education - Drs. Jeanelle Bland and
Hari Koirala. Session organizer - Dr.
David Stoloff, Education Department Chair.
2) The following students received
memberships into Who's
Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges: Bethany Champagne, Brandon Bilodeau, Susan Leser,
Amy Niblett, Sarah Ververis, Kathryn Balkan, and Maureen Morse. The Awards Ceremony celebrating their
achievement will take place on Wednesday, April 30, 4 pm in the Betty Tipton
Room.
3) Draft notes from the Teacher
Education Faculty Advisory Council lunch discussion - Tuesday, April 8, 2003,
12 - 2, Johnson Community Room, Library - http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/tefac040803.doc
4) Education Department Faculty
Meetings – Graduate Studies meeting, Thursday, April 24 2003, 12:30 -
1:45 in Webb Hall 115
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New
faculty photo at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/faculty.html
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Announcement from Dean Kleine
– April 16, 2003 –
ANNOUNCING A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE
FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS
Linking Family and School
Literacies:
The Critical Connection for Student Success
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Radisson Hotel in Cromwell
No registration fee
Featured Presentations
"Connecticut's Changing
Demographics and the Impact on Family Literacy"
Dr. Harold L. Hodgkinson
Director of the Center for Demographic Policy at the Institute for Educational
Leadership
and one of the nation's leading educational demographers
"Making a Difference for All
Young Children, Not Just the Lucky Few"
Dr. Victoria Purcell-Gates
Professor in the College of Education at Michigan State University and leading
scholar on the influence of culture, class, gender, and SES on literacy
development and access to literacy learning in schools
Connecticut Commentators
Dr. Janice M. Gruendel
Co-President and Senior Policy Fellow
Connecticut Voices for Children
David M. Nee
Executive Director
William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
Register by May 12, 2003
For program information:
Judy Carson (judy.carson@po.state.ct.us or 860-713-6576; or
Harriet Feldlaufer (harriet.feldlaufer@po.state.ct.us or 860-713-6579)
For registration questions:
EASTCONN Conference Office 860-455-0707
Please complete the following
registration information:
Name:
Title:
Organization:
Street Address:
Town:
Zip:
Phone:
Email:
Send completed registrations to
EASTCONN Conference Office, Windham Mills Bldg. #1, 3rd floor, 322 Main Street,
Willimantic, CT 06226; or fax to 860-456-9407; or email to
conferenceoffice@eastconn.org <mailto:conferenceoffice@eastconn.org>.
You will receive written
confirmation and directions by mail if your registration is accepted. You
must be preregistered to attend this event.
Hosted by the Connecticut Family
Literacy Initiative - A Project of The Connecticut State Department of
Education
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.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.
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 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
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.
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. 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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Please contact David Stoloff at (860) 465-5501, email: stoloffd@easternct.edu if you have any
questions or comments on this newsletter. Please invite others to
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