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DEPARTMENT NEWS Day after April Fool's Day,
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2004 - 4/2/04 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
A message on NCATE from Dean Kleine.
The NCATE Unit Accreditation Board is meeting to consider the accreditation of colleges/universities, including Eastern Connecticut State University, today (Friday, March 26) through Sunday in Salt Lake City. I am not certain where Eastern is on the agenda, but Salt Lake City is certainly on mine.
Have a great weekend.
Following is a
message of thanks from Dean Kleine.
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The last document needing to be sent to NCATE, Eastern's rejoinder to the Board of Examiners Report, left the Office of the Dean at 3:55 p.m., March 9th. And now the "madness" begins. Eastern's accreditation status will be voted upon by the NCATE Unit Accreditation Board the weekend of March 26th-28th.
Considerable credit must be given to Shirley Ernst, Ingrid Enniss, Tuesday Cooper, Pat Kucharski, Kevin Gill, Nick Lacy, and, most especially, Hari Koirala. Thank you's also to the four educators -Jennifer S. Emerson, Maureen Adams,Cathleen Ober, and Dorothy Drobney-who gave us materials to document their excellent work with students. And kudos to all of us for preparing an excellent institutional report which made the rejoinder so much easier.
It is my extreme pleasure to work with all of
you.
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Future Teachers
Conference - March 25, 2004 at Eastern CSU - Preliminary Report
Nearly 800 students and teachers participated
in the Future Teachers Conference on March 25, 2004. Representing
52 schools from 35 schools districts - including Waterbury, Bridgeport,
Hartford, New Haven, New Britain, New London, and Windham, these
students participated in over 25 morning and afternoon workshop
facilitated by Eastern CSU faculty, Young Educators' Societies, and
educators from throughout Connecticut. This year's conference
also featured a College Fair with 18 Connecticut colleges and
universities, campus tours led by the Education Club, and keynote
presentations by President David Carter and Dr. Constance Belton Green
from Eastern and Mr. Steve Merlino, Assistant Principal at Windham High
School. Dean Patricia Kleine presented awards for the best club
banners, posters, and displays.
Much thanks go to
Barbara Tatro from CREC, Ellen Dalton from LEARN, Jackie Chorney from
ACES, the staffs of Eastern's food services and facilities, the
Education Club lead by Katie Balkan and Maureen Morse, and the
Education Department and community for their support of this annual
event.
1)
CARE meeting - Thursday, April 8, Webb Hall 115, 12:30 - 1:45,
evolving agenda
3)
Diversity
Seminar, Thursday, May 13, 1 - 4, Betty Tipton Room - please
announce this event in your classes.
4)
Message from Dean Kleine on the
4th Annual Excellence Expo:
The 4th Annual Excellence Expo will be held on Wednesday, April 28, 2004, from 3 to 7 p.m.
Tri-fold poster boards are now available (AKA free) to all students preparing posters. Students will be able to pick up their poster boards in each of the academic department offices after March 31st.
In an effort to better coordinate presentations/poster sessions/displays/etc., the Office of the Dean will be preparing a program book with specific times and locations for all presentations, which will include individual student and student team presentations. Please send your list with name(s), title, and type of presentation for each of the students you have selected to represent "excellence" to Pat Kucharski no later than Friday, April 2, 2004. We need to create a draft copy of the Expo program by Wednesday, April 7th so adherence to the April 2nd deadline will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.
5) Campus Connections 2004: A four-campus assessment conference,
Southern CT State University, Friday, April 30, 2004. Please
contact David Stoloff for information if you are interested in
attending.
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
DATE: Tuesday, April 6, 2004
[For
further information contact the Office of Career Services at x54559.]
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Robin
Shefts, Career Counselor
Office of Career Services
Alvin B. Wood Support Services Center (2nd floor)
83 Windham Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
860.465.4559
860.465.4440 (fax)
EDU 509
EDU
509 will be offered during the Summer II session. Class members will
participate in the United Nation’s Tunza International Children’s
Conference on
the Environment, held in
You
will be expected to be on site each day from 8:00 am - 6:30 pm to
supervise
students, lend a hand in workshop and field trip experiences, and help
with the
friendship circles (small group debriefing of each day’s events before
or after
dinner). Individual experiences can be framed here.
To
participate, you will need to contact Dr. Jeanelle Bland Day at
465-4532 to let
her know you will be signing up for this EDU 509 experience. This will
be
necessary to allow your entrance to the Conference activities due to
tightened
security with the international delegates. The deadline for contacting
Dr. Day
will be
Pre-session
training will be mandatory. Date of training to be arranged.
HEY, PARENTS!
YOUR PRESCHOOL
CHILDREN CAN PLAY, LEARN, & HAVE FUN AT E.C.S.U.!
*FUN, PLAYFUL, GYM-LIKE ENVIRONMENT
*QUALITY EXPERIENCES FOR 3, 4, OR
5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN
AND THEIR PARENT(S) OR GRANDPARENT(S)!
CHILDREN
CAN PRACTICE SKILLS SUCH AS:
Striking
Jumping
Kicking
Landing
Object Handling Locomotor
Skills
CHILDREN
CAN ALSO PRACTICE CONCEPTS SUCH AS:
Shapes
Force
Safety
Levels
Pathways
Colors
Numbers
CHILDREN
CAN PRACTICE SKILLS AND CONCEPTS WITH:
Balls,
Hoops, Beams, Tunnels, Mats, Songs, Parachutes
ADULTS CAN HAVE FUN
PRACTICING
AND PLAYING WITH THEIR CHILD!
Classes under the supervision of Dr. Darren Robert (Health and Physical Education Department)
Classes are
on Mondays starting April 5th
through May 3rd!
JOIN NOW!!!
Space
is limited and the class is filling up!
Class
is
465-5184 or
robertd@easternct.edu for more information!
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
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