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Election Day, Fall 2004 - November 2, 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
Impress upon children the truth that the exercise of the elective franchise is a social duty of as solemn a nature as man can be called to perform; that a man may not innocently trifle with his vote; that every elector is a trustee as well for others as himself and that every measure he supports has an important bearing on the interests of others as well as on his own.
Daniel Webster, The Works of Daniel Webster (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1853), Vol. II, p. 108, from remarks made at a public reception by the ladies of Richmond, Virginia, on October 5, 1840.
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3) Important dates in November 20044) A message from Dr. Pachis -
(This publication includes an acknowledgement of the pioneering efforts of
Dr. Barbara Wright.)
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
News from Jessica Bessette shared by Dr. Swaminathan:
"Hi! I just wanted to tell you that I got a job!! Starting Monday I will be a preschool teacher in Waterbury. It's not in a school though, it's in a daycare facility, but I will have my own classroom of 3-5 year olds (although I think right now there are only 3 and 4 year olds). I am really excited to start, I really have a lot of freedom to teach what I want and how I want, it's a really exciting first teaching job, a really great experience, especially since I have to do most of the planning of what exactly I'm teaching, there is no curriculum to follow or anything. So I'm really excited to use a lot of the information I got from the core classes @ Eastern. I'm sure I'll be emailing you (300 times a day!) to ask you questions and get advice, I hope you don't mind! Just wanted to tell you because I thought you'd be proud :)"
posted on October 22, 2004
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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.
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 colleagues 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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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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