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Words of Inspiration
the collection appears
at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/words.html
Posted September 8, 2003
1) Third Education Dept. faculty meeting
- Thursday, September 11, 12:30 - 1, Webb Hall 115 -
departmental organizational meeting - selection of committees; units'
meetings - discussion of Spring 2004 and Intersession 2004 schedules
Action items -
Selection of University Senator and Alternate
Committee representation -
- Departmental Evaluation Committee (DEC)
- Committee for Admission and Retention in Education (CARE)
- Committee on Excellence and Diversity in Education (CEDE)
- Budget Committee
- Educational Experience/Professional Development Schools Committee
- Educational Technology Committee
- Graduate Studies Committee
- Library and Curriculum Center Committee
- Assessment Committee
- Social Committee
Announcements -
Open House for Prospective Students,
Sunday, October 19, 2003, 1 - 4 pm, BTR
PDK meeting - Thursday, October 2, 2003
- membership recruitment, retirement planning, free pizza and salad, Roma's,
Mansfield Center
Education Unit meeting - 1 - 2 -
discussion on assessment
2) Dr. Mitch Sakofs' new email address
is sakofsm@mail.ccsu.edu and
mailing address -
Mitchell Sakofs, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
School of Education and Professional Studies
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT 06050
Telephone: 860-832-2103
3) Introducing new members to the
office staff:
Sarah Stockton will be serving as
a Graduate Assistant in our office.
Renee Maheu is returning about a
year of service in our Education Department office. Renee is a sociology
major planning to apply to our Early Childhood Education program by February
15, 2004. A native of Voluntown, CT, Renee is a graduate of Griswold High
School. Renee will be assisting on Mondays and Fridays from 10 - 3 and Wednesdays
from 12 - 2.
Stacey Powell is a new student assistant
and in her first semester at Eastern. Stacey is a honor roll graduate of
Bloomfield High School and has served as an artist apprentice and sales associate
in the Hartford area. Stacey plans to be a psychology major and apply to
the Early Childhood Education program by February 15, 2005. Stacey will
be assisting on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 - 5 and on Wednesdays from
3 - 5.
Gale Mikkelson is our third student
assistant and a graduate student in our MS in Early Childhood Education with
certification program. Gail has a Bachelor of Arts degree in managerial
psychology from Rochester Institute of Technology and has worked in retail
management for over 15 years. Gail will be assisting on Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday mornings from 8 am - noon.
Of course, we are very happy that
Paulette Mares has returned from retirement to help us start the semester
and prepare for NCATE. We missed you, Paulette.
Please welcome our office staff when
next you are in the office.
4) Getting to know our NCATE visiting
team members - September 20 - 23, 2003:
NCATE Board of Examiners Team Members:
(for active links - please visit the website of this page)
1) Chair - Dr. Karen Schuster Webb, PhD,
Systemwide Dean, http://www.alliant.edu/gsoe/dean.htm
"Dr. Karen Schuster Webb joined Alliant International University's Graduate
School of Education in July 2000. Previously, she served as dean of the
College of Education at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and
as program chair of language education at the University of Kentucky. She
has also held faculty positions at Howard University and Indiana University.
Dean Webb serves on the Board of Examiners for the National Council for Accreditation
of Teacher Education and is a member of the National Council of Teachers
of English standing committee on Teacher Preparation and Certification. Her
research and publications are in the areas of applied linguistics, inclusive
pedagogy, and discourse pragmatics."
Alliant International University Graduate
School of Education (http://www.alliant.edu/gsoe/)
Alliant International University http://www.alliant.edu/ - AIU Ranks as Most International
Doctoral Univ in the US & 5th in Diversity- US News & World Report
Alameda, CA
2) Sharon A. Lease - http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/2001_10/people.htm
- as of October 2001 -
"Oklahoma City, Okla., has a new chief academic officer in Sharon Lease.
She came to the district from the Oklahoma State Department of Education,
where she held the post of deputy state superintendent. Lease previously
was superintendent of the Western Heights Public Schools in Oklahoma City."
Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation."
Oklahoma City, OK
Service Chair, Learning for Life, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - http://www.lastfrontiercouncil.org/Districts/learningforlife.htm
3) Michael R.
Coe http://www.creteschools.org/teachers%20bio/CoeBio.html
Crete
High School http://www.creteschools.org/hs%20home%20page/hs%20home%20page%2002.htm
Crete, Nebraska
Curator,
Crete Public School Arboretum
http://www.creteschools.org/hs%20home%20page/Arboretum3%2002.htm
4) JoAnn Hammadou Sullivan, Professor,
Languages http://www.uri.edu/artsci/ml/index.html
University of Rhode Island http://www.uri.edu/
Charlestown, RI 02813
Professor of French, Ph.D., Ohio
State University - http://www.uri.edu/artsci/ml/info/info_hammadou_sullivan.htm
Editor, Research in Second Language Learning: Vol. 1. Literacy and
the Second Language Learner. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
State Visiting Team
1) Wendy Kohli,
Connecticut Co-Chair http://www.fairfield.edu/publications/ccoct02/#newfac
Graduate School of Education
and Allied Professions
Fairfield University http://www.fairfield.edu/
Fairfield, CT
Scholarly Interests: Philosophy of education; urban school reform; critical
pedagogy; feminist theory; curriculum theory. - http://www.fairfield.edu/academic/gradedu/fac_contact_01.html
2) Robert Hiscox,
Newington High School
http://ctschools.net/newington_hs/
Prospect, CT
Member,
PROJECT
SEARCH http://www.sciencecenterct.org/projectsearch/default.htm - WATER QUALITY MONITORING (and more)
FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
3) Thomas Cordy http://www.wcsu.edu/sps/fbiocordy.asp
Department of Education
http://www.wcsu.edu/sps/contacted.asp
Western Connecticut State University
http://www.wcsu.edu
"Dr. Cordy’s areas of professional
interest include: educational reform, urban education, special needs population
including Tourette’s Syndrome, and site-based educational research."
4) Jack Hasegawa
http://www.library.yale.edu/training/relocation.htm,
SDE Coordinator, Educator
Preparation Program Approval http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/cert/tprepapp/NCATE%20Handbook%202003.doc
Bureau of Educator
Preparation and Certification http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/cert/tprep1.htm
State Department of Education
http://www.state.ct.us/sde/
Hartford, CT
5) John Walters, DHE representative
Connecticut State Department of Higher
Education http://www.ctdhe.org/
Hartford, CT
4) A message from Ruth Ettenberg Freeman,
MSW, Director of Family Services,
THE COVE Center for Grieving Children, Coordinating Office, 134 State
Street, Meriden, CT 06450, Phone: (203) 634-0500, Fax: (203) 634-6934, Email:
TheCove@earthlink.net
Web site: www.covect.org David –
Thank you for the “Circle of Life” website. I want to add a resource that
I hope you will share with your faculty and students. The Cove Center for
Grieving Children serves children and their families who have experienced
the death of an immediate family member. Children participate in developmentally
appropriate groups with other children who have had similar experiences and
parents receive support and education about the unique nature of children’s
grief. Our founders, James and Mary Ann Emswiler have written a seminal text
for adults who are in relationship with grieving children and it is called
“Guiding Your Child through Grief.” Feel free to contact me for more information
at TheCove@earthlink.net or visit our website at www.covect.org. My husband, Joe Freeman,
is organizing the development of a Cove in the Windham area and anyone
who would like to help with this effort can reach him at 860 429-4477.
Thanks, Ruth
4) A message from Judy Kilburn, IT Staff
member:
New color printer in Ed Dept Office
- networking information -
The new Education Department HP5500dn
color laser printer has been installed in the back of the Education
Department office. Because of the capabilities of this new printer,
no network print queue has been set up for the printer.
All those that would like to print to
this machine will need to print directly to the IP address of the
printer. Each individual will need to have the printer setup under
their profile. (They will need to be logged on.) This is a very quick
install, usually no more than ten minutes.
This means that each person will need
to make an appointment with ITS staff though the Helpdesk. They
should mention in this request that the printer needs to be installed
to send jobs directly to the printer. If you have any questions, please
do not hesitate to contact me or Emmanuel Ogungbe.
5) An announcement from Constance Belton
Green, Director, Equity and Diversity,
8th Annual Conference on Multicultural
Education
Eighth Annual Connecticut NAME Conference on Multicultural
Education
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Stories from Multicultural America
October 16, 2003
Hartford Marriott * Farmington, Connecticut
6) Items to discuss for our Fall 2003
Education Department meetings -
Time certain - Anne Patti, Counseling Service, September
4, 1:15 - 1:45 - POSTPONED
We may need part of the unit meetings'
time for these items:
Departmental committees
Departmental goal revisions
Departmental leadership for 2004-2005
Standards - revision or maintenance?
Admission to graduate program - 2.70 - waiver options?
General education, program requirements, state requirements
GPA
waiver policy for certification programs
Pre-requisite courses - sophomore standing,
GPA requirement??
Transfer credit for graduate programs
Curriculum initiatives for 2003-2004
Education Department's comments on GER
Grade appeal process
Unit-counseling services support
Syllabi revisions
Time Certain:
7) PDK meeting - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - membership recruitment, retirement planning, free pizza and salad, Roma's, Mansfield Center
8) Open House for Prospective Students, Sunday, October 19, 2003, 1 - 4 pm, BTR
9) STUDENT TEACHERS!! All of your questions about CERTIFICATION answered by representatives of the State Department of Education. Friday, November 14th, 4-5:30, Webb room 110. Refreshments will be served.
Faculty photo at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/faculty.html
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The
2002-2006 CSU AAUP-BOT Collective Bargaining
Agreement is on-line at the usual URL:
http://www.easternct.edu/aaup/cba.html
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Graduate News
News from Rachel Timoteo:
I graduated from Eastern with an English degree and a Secondary Education
Certification in December of 2002. I worked as a long term substitute at
E.O. Smith High School in Mansfield from January to June of 2003, and was
offered a permanent position for this year. The faculty and staff here are
wonderful to work with!
News from
Timothy Bowen:
This is my 4th year at E.O.Smith High School. I am tenured now. Yippie!
I am
currently teaching 9th graders in Politics and Geography and 11th graders
in
World Civilizations. I am an active member of the Connecticut Council
for
Social Studies and just finished a 2 year term on the Executive Board.
As
you know, I am in the Master's program at ECSU for secondary education
and
it is going well. I am so glad that you have the program now. Eastern
has
been and surely will continue to be a great experience.
If you ever need my assistance in speaking to ECSU students in the education
program I will be
more than happy to share my experiences with them. It is always nice
to
hear 1st hand from an alumni what it is like in the profession and the
transition from graduation to finding a job to BEST program and so on.
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Mitch Sakofs relays a message from Maggie Tarbox that there is a 7th
grade language arts position vacant in Bloomfield, CT at Carmen Arace
Middle School.
Theresa
Picard and Sudha Swaminathan reports that Vicki Rondeau was hired on Friday
as the head pre-school teacher at The Putnam School of Early Learning.
Steve Babyak is teaching in a 3rd grade at Cos Cob School in Greenwich,
Ct.
Catherine Tannahill reports that Elizabeth
Chartier has accepted a position teaching Integrated Kindergarten at
the Early Learning Center in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Leah Barbuto reports that Jen Toft just got a job teaching 4th
grade in Lebanon.
Sudha Swaminathan and Theresa Picard report:
Sherena
Campbell writes - This month I was offered a 1st grade teacher position
at Second Hill Lane in Stratford, CT. I start new teachers orientation
the last week in August.
Relayed
by Sudha Swaminathan:
"From Angela Puccia:
Hi Sudha,
I just wanted to let you know that I had just accepted a
first grade teaching position at the Coventry Grammar School. I am
going to sign the contract this morning. There were a total of 171 applicants
for the one position! I also wanted to tell you about the wonderful things
that Mr. Grasso had to say about ECSU. He said that he really enjoyed
the student teachers from Eastern and feels that we are all taught very
well. So, thank you so much for all of your help. "
Jenn Pohlman graduated from Eastern in the spring of 2002
from the last middle level group. She is currently working at Ellington
Middle School in Ellington CT as an 8th grade LA teacher.
She writes, "I just wanted to let you know that there is
a part time position opening for LA at our school. We also have another
Eastern grad currently working here: Alison Padegemis.
I am definitely partial, but I think this would be a great
position for someone who wants to get a little more experience before
getting their own classroom. Also you would be working with a great
LA teacher, who will be in the building in a part time administration
job.
If you can let recent grads or anyone else you feel may be
interested know about this position, I would appreciate that. They
should contact the middle school at 896-2339 or the central office
at 896-2300.
Thank you
Jenn Pohlman"
Sudha Swaminathan
reports that Jason Ladegard (Mr. Ladegard) is now a Second Grade
Teacher at Lebanon Elementary School. Classroom sizes are excellent,
15-17 children per room.
Mike Gadoury reports that he
is substitute teaching and working as a UA in the Curriculum Center
in the Library at night.
Mitch Sakofs reports that Sarah Ververis will be teaching
second grade at Ashford School starting the end of August.
Hari Koirala reports that Sarah Jones and Laura
Quarticelli have been "hired to teach 5th grades at Windham Middle
School. It is interesting to know that they will be teaming as well."
Leah Barbuto and Mitch Sakofs shared this news
from Dana Ballou -
"Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you all know
that I got a job! I'll be working at Eli Terry Elementary in South
Windsor and will be teaching preschool special ed. I had my final
interview today and they offered me the job! I am very very excited
and can't wait to start!"
Dan Rothermel reports that Christina Cody, from our penultimate
class of middle school teacher candidates, will be teaching 8th
grade Reading / Language Arts at Saint Marys Middle School in Saint
Marys, Camden County school system, Georgia.
Dan and Mitch Sakofs also report that Heather Scorca, who just completed her student teaching in core III secondary, has a position at Bolton Middle School.
Mitch
Sakofs and Dan Rothermel report that Christine Kendall (secondary
English) will be teaching 8th grade language arts at Carmen Arace
Middle School in Bloomfield, CT.
Mitch Sakofs reports that Caragh O'Brien was
offered a position in Sec English in Tolland.
Mitch Sakofs reports that Kathy Rosen has been
asked to teach summer school at Mohegan Elementary School.
Dan Rothermel, Jeanelle Bland, and Mitch Sakofs
report that Vicenza Benoit that she has just been hired in South Carolina
as a 4th gr classroom teacher in the Varennes Elementary School, Anderson
District 5 Schools, Anderson, South Carolina, Dr. Mary Paul, Principal.
Dan Rothermel
reports that "one of our core III secondary student, Maggie Tarbox, has just accepted a position to teach 7th
grade language arts at
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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 participated 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 found 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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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
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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
also found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/rca.html
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searches
pending approval -
we had requested temporary full-time one-year appointments
in Learning and Teaching,
Reading/Language Arts, and for a Director of Educational Experience
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Recently acquired media - in the Chair's Office
or on the Web
America's
Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2003. Federal Interagency
Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
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Please contact David
Stoloff at (860) 465-5501, email: stoloffd@easternct.edu
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