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EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT NEWS Sixth
Week,
Spring 2004 - March 1, 2004 for past issues Ed. Dept. News Index - http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/newsindex.html |
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Words of Inspiration
the
collection appears at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/words.html
Stand
and Deliver Revisited
It is less well-known that Escalante left Garfield after problems
with colleagues and administrators, and that his calculus program
withered in his absence. That untold story highlights much that is
wrong with public schooling in the United States and offers some
valuable insights into the workings -- and failings -- of our education
system."
posted
on March 1, 2004
1)
Education Unit meetings - Thursday, March 4,
2004 - 12:30 am - 2 pm, Webb Hall 115
Topics
for
discussion: announcements, committee reports, grant updates, curriculum initiatives,
election of department chair 2004-2005, Excellence Expo, Outreach
events - Thursday, April 8, Mead Hall Major Fair, 2 - 5:30 pm;
Sunday,
April 25, 12 - 3 pm - Reception for New Students, Diversity Seminar on May 13, graduation ceremonies ... please send David
additional items for the agenda
3) Outreach events - Thursday, April 8, Mead Hall Major Fair, 2 - 5:30 pm; Sunday, April 25, 12 - 3 pm - Reception for New Students
4)
Diversity Seminar, Thursday, May 13, 1 - 4, Betty Tipton Room - please
announce this event in your classes.
5)
Message from Dean Kleine on the
4th Annual Excellence Expo:
The
4th Annual Excellence Expo will be the School’s best exhibition of
student excellence ever!
The School of Education and Professional Studies will be celebrating
its 4th Annual Excellence Expo on Wednesday, April 28, 2004, from 3:00
p.m.
– 7:00 p.m. in campus venues to be announced at the beginning of Spring
Semester 2004. The format of the Expo has been significantly
enhanced:
• Poster sessions (i.e., research posters,
professional business posters)
• PowerPoint sessions
• Demonstrations
• Portfolio presentations
• All Ears Radio Theatre
• Gallery-style shows (e.g.. photography)
All sessions will be juried; all student participants will be formally
recognized (i.e., acknowledgement of the quality and significance of
their
“presentations”). The Expo committee comprised of Drs. Bob
Horrocks and
Frank Hendrick (HPE), Dr. Delar Singh (EDU), Drs. Edmund Chibeau and
Terri
Toles-Patkin (COM), Dr. Ken Parzych (ECO), and Dr. Chiaku Ndu (BUS)
have
developed poster session guidelines, effective PowerPoint strategies,
and
judging criteria. Each faculty member will receive a packet of
information
regarding the Expo for distribution to students at the beginning of the
spring
semester.
6) Message from Hope Marie Cook, Curriculum Center Librarian, J.
Eugene Smith Library
The
Curriculum Center Computer Lab is available for use for Spring 2004.
Please contact Ms. Cook for reservations.
Faculty photo is posted at 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
relayed by Leah Barbuto from Genny Christensen (Wald):
Hi
Leah,
Just thought I would write and say hi! I am still at Dwight
School teaching
Kindergarten Special Ed in Hartford. I absolutely love it this
year! My
Best portfolio is coming along pretty good, it's a lot of work!
Thank you for
preparing me for my career - I could not have done it without your
support. I
would also like to thank Shirley, Diane, and Anne, if you could pass
this
along to them!!
I also thought I would let you know that I got married last Feb. to Rob
before he left for Iraq - he will be coming home this Saturday after 13
months; we are having the official wedding this July so it will be
exciting.
I am starting my masters this fall either at Mitchell College, they
started
a new masters program. I am also looking into Eastern and
Central. I would
like to either complete my masters in Special Ed or Reading and
Literacy!
Well... Thanks you so much for all you did for me at Eastern. I
will see
you next time you visit my school!!
Thank
you Genny Christensen (Wald)
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News
from Alyssa (Fresa) & John Gwinnell:
Benjamin
Carter Gwinnell was born on Friday, November 28, 2003 at 2:57 p.m.
8lbs3.5oz, 20.5 inches.
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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/
or http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/pt3.html.
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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
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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
departmental 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
Recently acquired media - in the Chair's Office or on the Web
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