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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT NEWS
Finals
Week of Spring 2003 – May 12 Edition best viewed at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/030512.html
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A search result from a study sponsored by the Maya Angelou* Institute for the Improvement of
for more information, please visit http://www.wssu.edu/mai/currentprojects3.htm
Dr. Maya Angelou will be Eastern CSU's commencement speaker on May 18, 2003.
Posted on
Announcements
1) The Reading/Language Arts clinic will be at Chaplin Elementary School from July 2 - August 8th, 8 am – 1 pm. RLA consultant candidates seeking certification should enroll in RLA 519 – Clinical Experience in Reading/Language Arts. Linda Rogers will be the supervisor of this experience.
There will be an orientation meeting for the summer school/clinic on Wednesday, July 2, 8:30 - 12.
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2) Schedule of Commencement Activities for 2003
Friday, May 16, 2003
Graduate Commencement is scheduled for Friday, May 16 from 6-8 p.m. in the Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium, Sports Center.
Saturday, May 17, 2003
• The President’s Picnic for Graduating Seniors and their Families will be held from 12:00 noon to 2:30 p.m. under the tent on the Alvin B. Wood Support Services Center lawn. Faculty and staff are urged to attend and greet students and parents at that time. In case of inclement weather, the luncheon will be held in the Betty R. Tipton Room of the Student Center.
Sunday, May 18, 2003
• The Baccalaureate Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium. The interfaith service will include music, readings, and an address by a faculty member selected for the honor by graduating students. The Baccalaureate Service is traditional, inspiring, and relatively brief. Admission is open as long as seating remains available.
• The Commencement Luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. under the tent on the Alvin B. Wood Support Service Center lawn. Faculty and staff are urged to attend and greet students and parents at that time. In case of inclement weather, the luncheon will be held in the Betty R. Tipton Room of the Student Center.
• The “Make a Wish” Exiting Tradition will be held at 12:30 p.m., faculty and staff are invited to line up along the sidewalk beside Eastern Road, beginning at the Clock Tower, in salute to the graduating students. At exactly 12:45 p.m., students will symbolically “exit the University” in procession through the Clock Tower and between the assembled faculty and staff. The students will toss a coin into a fountain and “make a wish” for future success. This tradition, and the fountain, are the class gift and legacy of the Class of 1999.
• The Academic Procession and Commencement Exercises will begin promptly at 1:45 p.m. Faculty will robe in the Sports Center Conference Room. Faculty procession lines will form at 1:15 p.m. outside the Sports Center under the overhang facing Eastern Road. In case of inclement weather, lines will form in the Sports Center corridor directly in front of the main office. Commencement will take place at the Windham Regional Vocational Technical School field across the street from Eastern’s Sport Center. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held at the Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium in the Sports Center.
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A message shared by Dean Kleine, May 5, 2003 -
Of interest to anyone who is a professor in the Education Unit.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hasegawa Jack [mailto:Jack.Hasegawa@po.state.ct.us]
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:52 AM
To:
Subject: Wanted Current and Aspiring Teachers to take American Board field
I sent this link, http://www.idealist.org/en/events/93517/83461 which advertises a test ofered by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence. The advertisment says they are developing four certification examinations designed to create new pathways to enter the teaching profession. I sent an e-mail asking if anyone knew what this was. My return e-mail reminded me that this is something we've actually discussed in the past, so I thought I'd send this update, gleaned from colleagues with better short-term memory.
This is the new licensing examination that is being sponsored by the Education Leaders Council (The splinter group of CCSSO). They got a $5 million discretionary grant from the US Department of Education to create another licensing exam to compete with ETS' Praxis series and the NES licensing exams. Their emphasis is on content, without much concern for pedagogy. The proponents believe that command of a high level of content should suffice to teach a subject. Teacher preparation would not be necessary to sit for the exam. Interestingly, the group was contracting with ACT to develop the test and they had a parting of the ways. There is some confusion over the fate of the test, for the intellectual property of the test items is being "discussed." You might want to look on the NCATE website for an article Art wrote on the matter and investigate the matter carefully before promoting it.
Arthur Wise, the President of NCATE has an article about the need for more teacher preparation, not less. Although he does not directly mention the ABCTE test, he clearly makes the case that the Bush administration's emphasis on content and fast-track alternate certifications (as opposed to Connecticut's "alternate route to certification") may not produce the kind of teachers we need or want. If you can't download the article from this link, you can find it featured on the NCATE website http://www.ncate.org.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ew_sendfriend.cfm?slug=30wise.h22
<<Idealist.org Wanted Current and Aspiring Teachers to take American Board field tests!.url>>
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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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Other Events
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ECSU - ThinkQuest for
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.
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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
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
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 pending approval - we had request an additional faculty member in Elementary Education.
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Anticipated* Vacancies for 2003-2004
Elementary
Strings (.4)
Ellsworth
Grade 3
Clover Street
Grade 1 (.5)
John F. Kennedy
Grade 1
Grade 2
Wolcott
Literacy Teacher
Sage Park
Challenge Resource (.6)/Challenge Leadership (.4)
Grade 6 (Language Arts/Social Studies)
Language Arts (Grade 8- 2003-2004 only)
Mathematics (.4)/Math Specialist (.6)
Mathematics (Grade 8)
Reading/Language Arts Specialist (.5)
Science (Grade 7)
Science (Grade 8)
Special Education
Windsor High School
Alternative Education
Biology
Chemistry
Earth Science
English
Latin
Mathematics
Mathematics (.6)/Department Head (.4)**
Science (.6)/ Department Head (.4)**
Social Studies
Spanish
Strings (.2)
Special Education
Application Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2003
Please contact Mark Winzler, Director of Human Resources
via e-mail: mwinzler@windsorct.org or send a note via interoffice mail.
*The filling of some positions is contingent upon approval of the 2003-2004 budget by Referendum on May 13.
**Administrative (#092) or Department Head (#105) Certification Required for these positions
5/9/03
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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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