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EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT NEWS First Week of Classes, Fall
2004 -
August 30, 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
| 1. | Most students entering college this fall were born in 1986. |
| 2. | Desi Arnaz, Orson Welles, Roy Orbison, Ted Bundy, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Cary Grant have always been dead. |
| 3. | “Heeeere’s Johnny!” is a scary greeting from Jack Nicholson, not a warm welcome from Ed McMahon. |
| 4. | The Energizer bunny has always been going, and going, and going. |
| 5. | Large fine-print ads for prescription drugs have always appeared in magazines. |
| 6. | Photographs have always been processed in an hour or less. |
| 7. | They never got a chance to drink 7-Up Gold, Crystal Pepsi, or Apple Slice. |
| 8. | Baby Jessica could be a classmate. |
| 9. | Parents may have been reading The Bourne Supremacy or It as they rocked them in their cradles. |
| 10. | Alan Greenspan has always been setting the nation’s financial direction. |
| 11. | The U.S. has always been a Prozac nation. |
| 12. | They have always enjoyed the comfort of pleather. |
| 13. | Harry has always known Sally. |
| 14. | They never saw Roseanne Roseannadanna live on Saturday Night Live. |
| 15. | There has always been a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
| 16. | They never ate a McSub at McD’s. |
| 17. | There has always been a Comedy Channel. |
| 18. | Bill and Ted have always been on an excellent adventure. |
| 19. | They were never tempted by smokeless cigarettes. |
| 20. | Robert Downey, Jr. has always been in trouble. |
| 21. | Martha Stewart has always been cooking up something with someone. |
| 22. | They have always been comfortable with gay characters on television. |
| 23. | Mike Tyson has always been a contender. |
| 24. | The government has always been proposing we go to Mars, and it has always been deemed too expensive. |
| 25. | There have never been any Playboy Clubs. |
| 26. | There have always been night games at Wrigley Field. |
| 27. | Rogaine has always been available for the follicularly challenged. |
| 28. | They never saw USA Today or the Christian Science Monitor as a TV news program. |
| 29. | Computers have always suffered from viruses. |
| 30. | We have always been mapping the human genome. |
| 31. | Politicians have always used rock music for theme songs. |
| 32. | Network television has always struggled to keep up with cable. |
| 33. | O’Hare has always been the most delay-plagued airport in the U.S. |
| 34. | Ivan Boesky has never sold stock. |
| 35. | Toll-free 800 phone numbers have always spelled out catchy phrases. |
| 36. | Bethlehem has never been a place of peace at Christmas. |
| 37. | Episcopal women bishops have always threatened the foundation of the Anglican Church. |
| 38. | Svelte Oprah has always dominated afternoon television; who was Phil Donahue anyway? |
| 39. | They never flew on People Express. |
| 40. | AZT has always been used to treat AIDS. |
| 41. | The international community has always been installing or removing the leader of Haiti. |
| 42. | Oliver North has always been a talk show host and news commentator. |
| 43. | They have suffered through airport security systems since they were in strollers. |
| 44. | They have done most of their search for the right college online. |
| 45. | Aspirin has always been used to reduce the risk of a heart attack. |
| 46. | They were spared the TV ads for Zamfir and his panpipes. |
| 47. | Castro has always been an aging politician in a suit. |
| 48. | There have always been non-stop flights around the world without refueling. |
| 49. | Cher hasn’t aged a day. |
| 50. | M.A.S.H. was a game: Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House. |
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1) Preparing for Fall 2004 semester - a few developing dates
Ed
Dept meeting - Thursday, September 2,
Here is the
tentative agenda - please send additional
items to David -
Introductions - welcome to Rob Levin, good news - CSU Professor, sad
news,
illnesses, summer travels, academic year expectations, life passages
Education Department goals for 2004-2005
Committees' organization and scheduling, faculty, CARE, units, graduate
studies, other committees
Lead program faculty - ECE, Elem, Sec - UG and GRAD, other leaders
Educational Technology Resources
News from the University Senate and other committees
News from departmental committees
Professional
Development Schools relationships –
Incomplete from Spring 2004 grades due - October 8, Comprehensive
portfolios
due week of October 11-15, when will our evaluations be due??, Oct. 18
–
mid-semester grades due; draft of thesis to graduate office – 10/18;
Withdrawing from class deadline - November 5, incomplete policies
Conference
announcements -
Tuesday,
September 21 - NCATE Celebration reception -
4:30 - 6 pm
Monday, October 18 - Ninth Annual Connecticut Conference on
Multicultural
Education, Hartford Marriot, Farmington - invitation by Dean Kleine to
invite
faculty and teacher candidates
http://www.ceca-ct.org/
- CECA - October 25,
CCELT
conference - Friday, October 29, Manchester CC -
car reserved
Time certain -
1) a survey on attitudes towards diversity by future teachers before 4 pm
2) starting the session by
a) welcoming all - explaining the overall goals of the diversity seminars and this one's specific goals - David
b) explaining the goals of the survey - Cathy?
c) asking faculty members who are willing to
introduce themselves, in less
than a minute, by telling the group our names, program(s),
cultural/ethnic/social identification - personal culture, and the
implications of this identification on learning and teaching and
collaborating with family,
3) Wendi Everton - a short presentation (10 minutes) on her expectations for what teachers should know when her children are learning in their classrooms - probably around 4:45,
4) inviting the Unity Center to
send representatives from campus diversity clubs to participate in a
panel on "what teacher candidates should know about diversity in public
schools and interacting with diverse students and families,"
5) facilitating small group
discussions on asking students to
give examples of how their personal cultures - family ways, ethnic
identification, religion, language, ... had influenced their
interactions as students and will influence their teaching and discuss what
diversity means and how it influences the learning and teaching setting
and teacher-family relationships,
6) organizing short reports from these groups - particularly on teacher-family relationships, and
8)
closing with one (or more) of the faculty summarizing the learning from
this workshop and announcing the planned date of the next session at
the beginning of the Spring 2005 semester.
The
Education Department Faculty photo is posted 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
Dr.
Sudha Swaminathan reports that Leslie Labenski has been hired at
Andover Elementary
in
a Kindergarten setting.
Joan
Culpin was just hired as a third grade teacher in Columbia, CT.
posted
on August 20, 2004
One
of our graduate students, Leslie Campbell-Belsito has got a teaching
position. In fall, she will be teaching first grade at Sweeney
Elementary School in Willimantic, CT.
Good
news from Robyn McKenney, MS in Ed Tech program
graduate –
I just
wanted to share my great news with
you! I have been offered a job as a K-8
Technology Integration Coach. I am very
excited about this opportunity and feel that my work at Eastern was
invaluable
in preparing me for this role (especially the thesis).
Some feedback I received was how pleased
they were with my understanding of constructivism, project (problem-)
based
learning, ISTE standards, assessments, and learning environments. I wanted to share that with you because I
feel it speaks directly to your program.
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Another
message shared by Dr. Fred
Ashton –
Once
again, I am
pleased to share more good news for the
A
message shared by Dr. Fred Ashton -
A
message shared by Dr. Ann Gruenberg from Cara Ravetto -
I
took a
long term sub position at the Borough Elementary School for a teacher
on maternity leave with the expectation of continuing in the fall for
her. As the last few days of school arrived one of the teachers in
decided not to renew her contract and resigned, thereby creating an
open position. After all was said and done, the position ended up being
for first grade. I interviewed for it and was offered the job! I am
very excited because I wasn't expecting anything in the district to be
open! I was fully prepared to sub for the next year. Now reality sets
in as I prepare to set up my classroom and plan the curriculum! My
fellow collegues seem very nice and the principal is very supportive.
Hope all is well at ECSU and I plan to return in the spring to complete
my Capstone. Take care!
Cara
Ravetto
News
from Dr. Fred Ashton:
Scott Hill just emailed me. He has accepted a 4th grade position at Sweeney School. Scott was in last semester's student teachers' seminar with me. He is a fine student and will be a great first year teacher.
News
from Dr. Bland Day:
I heard from Rosemary Humes that Cary Langley and Chad Johnson have taken science teaching positions at the Norwich Free Academy. Cary is teaching biology, and I believe that Chad's job is in General Science.
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News
from Diana Kimiatek:
News
from Sarah Orefice:
I am
actually doing great! Immediately after finishing all coursework
in
January, I landed a long-term substitute position at Litchfield High
School,
teaching 7th and 8th grade Spanish. On April 1st, they hired me
as a first
year teacher under a DSAP Certification. I will be at Litchfield
until the
end of the year at which point I have the option of staying next year
or
looking for another position. I have been applying to area
schools for
positions in Early Childhood Education, where my actual certification
lies.
In addition, I will be beginning Grad. School at CCSU this
summer. I will
be taking up a M.A. in Modern Languages, studying in Spain, and
applying for
a cross-endorsement in Elementary Spanish. I will definitely keep
you
posted! Thanks again.
Sarah Orefice
posted
on April 27, 2004
more
from Sarah -
Hello,
more great news!! I was asked to be a Student Marshall at
graduation
representing Sigma Delta Pi, the National Spanish Honors Society.
I also
got engaged over the weekend and will be planning a wedding for June
2005!!!
posted on May 3, 2004
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News
first relayed by Steve Kenton:
Kim
Kenney is currently teaching at 9th - 12th grade Mathematics at Grasso
Tech. Mrs. Kenney has an exemplary website posted at http://www.teacherweb.com/ct/grassotech/mrskenney/
.
She
writes that "in addition to using a website as a communications
vehicle, I also use powerpoint in my classroom (to give notes).
It is very effective because the kids really like it, so they pay
attention. Also, I can put up a slide and walk around to ensure
the kids are on task. I know that a lot of schools do not have
the technology, we do not have smartboards or projectors, so I use a
TV."
posted
on April 5, 2004
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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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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 2005
in Learning and Teaching and
Reading/Language Arts
Recently acquired media - in the Chair's Office or on the Web
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