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

posted on November 21, 2003

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Announcements

1) Tuesday, November 25, 11 am - 1 pm - Please come join us for a  potluck honoring Paulette Mares, whose last day will be Wed., Nov. 25.  Please bring something to share and gather in the department office to wish Paulette our best as you leaves us again.  

2) No Thursday faculty meetings - Thanksgiving.  Faculty members - please send your catalog to David Stoloff by Monday, December 1.

3)  An emergency search for University Assistant for the Committee for Admissions and Retention in Education and Admission Advisor has been approved.  Please ask interested candidates to send their resumes and letters of interest to David Stoloff, search chair, Education Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Webb Hall Room 129, Willimantic, CT 06226, email:  stoloffd@easternct.edu .

The ideal candidate would facilitate the collection and assessment of the CARE application files.  As CARE Secretary, the candidate would provide information at each monthly meeting and maintain the official minutes of the meetings.  As Admission Advisor, the candidate would provide office hours for potential teacher candidates and their parents and present group advisement sessions for transfer and new students at Advisement Center orientations, in pre-requisite courses, at two Admission Office Sunday events a year, and in other meetings.  

Preferred qualifications:  Flexibility of hours – may include some hours during the evening, strong knowledge about certification requirements and teacher education programs at Eastern, and excellent human relations skills.  The position is expected to be for 19 hours per week during the academic year.

4) Message from Dr. Shirley Ernst, lead faculty member, Reading/Language Arts:

RLA students who plan to write comprehensive exams in the spring should plan to attend an informational meeting for them on Tuesday, December 9th at 6:45 pm in Webb 115.

5) Message from Hope Marie Cook, Curriculum Center Librarian, J. Eugene Smith Library

Attention: New Service for Education Students
Reserve a Librarian

Are you having trouble finding information or materials for your education related project and you are in need of some one-on-one coaching to help you get through the semester? 

Are you having trouble using the library catalog or databases to find information related to your topic? 

Reserve a Librarian and discuss possible ways to attack education related assignments.  By reserving a librarian through signing up for an appointment you can be assured that you will get individual help and uninterrupted service.  Appointments can last 20-45 minutes.

This service is easy to use, but does require you to sign up for an appointment.  Don’t wait until your assignment is due to prepare your research!  Sign up today!  See staff at the Curriculum Center Service Desk for sign-up dates and times or e-mail Cookh@easternct.edu

6) Items to discuss  for our Fall 2003 Education Department meetings -

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

7) PRAXIS II PREPARATION
   WORKSHOPS

CREC is pleased to announce a series of workshops being offered for Praxis II Preparation.  Sessions are being held concurrently by master teachers in the following content areas:

* Math     * General Science     * Biology     * Chemistry     *Physics

Workshops will be offered at the following times for each content area, each 10 hours long:

December 10, 2003        5:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.    dinner included
December 13, 2003        8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.    breakfast & lunch incl.

The workshops will be held at CREC Central, 111 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106.  The cost for attending a session is $200.00 per person, and includes all materials and refreshments.

For more information, please contact Cara Hart, Capitol Region Education Council, 111 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford CT 06106  at 860-524-4021 or chart@crec.org.

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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Alumni News
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/alumninews.html

News from Monica Sajkowska.  

I have been teaching 3rd grade since August in Bridgeport CT. 

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Call for Graduate News -

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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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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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
 
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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

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searches pending approval -
full-time tenure track faculty members to start in Fall 2004 
in Learning and Teaching,
Reading/Language Arts, and for a Director of Educational Experience

search for University Assistant for
the Committee for Admissions and Retention in Education (CARE) and Admission Advisor

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Recently acquired media - in the Chair's Office or on the Web

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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 receive this newsletter and be added
to the Education Department e-mailing list by contacting David Stoloff.