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Mid-Term, Fall Semester 2005-October 10, 2005
Words of Inspiration
the collection
appears at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/words.html
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Leif Ericson Day
Leif Ericson Day was designated by Act of
Congress in a joint resolution approved on September 2, 1964. (Public Law
88-566). This resolution established October 9th each year as "Leif Ericson
Day". President Clinton's 1997 Proclamation!
According to Ivar Christensen, President of
the Leif Ericson Society International, October 9th. was selected because
October 9th, 1825 was the arrival date of the first Norwegian immigrant ship,
the "Restauration", which landed in New York from Norway on that date.
In 1995,
President Clinton wrote in a proclamation about the holiday, "Every October, we
celebrate Leif Ericson Day and honor the memory of that great Norse explorer who
first set foot on North American soil nearly a millennium ago. At a time when
mankind has traveled from pole to pole and even journeyed into the vast reaches
of space, Leif Ericson's bold determination stands as an early example of the
spirit of adventure and enterprise."
from
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/3227/Leif-day.htm#Leif_Erickson_Day_Celebration_
and
http://www.cavalierdaily.com:2001/CVArticle_print.asp?ID=1322
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Announcements
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1)
Upcoming Events
CARE meeting, Thursday, October 13, 2005, 12:30 -
1:45, Webb 115. Topics for discussion - requests for reduced student
teaching, substitution of EDU 503, deferrals from student teaching for 18
teacher candidates, the admissions process, the interview process, revising the
application forms to include confidentiality and clearer information on pending
PRAXIS I waivers
AACTE-CT workshop on
Association for Childhood
Education International (ACEI) standards
for elementary education, Friday, Oct 14, Sacred Heart
University, Fairfield, CT. A car will leave from the Webb parking lot at 7
am.
Relay for Life: October 15-16, 2005 -
please contact Associate Dean Tuesday Cooper if you would like to join the
School team.
Connecticut Conference on Multicultural
Education, Monday, October 17, 2005, Hartford Marriott, Farmington, Connecticut. We are planning
to take a good size group of students, faculty, administrators to participate in
this conference. A van will leave at 7 am from the Webb parking lot. The
conference starts at 8:15 am.
On October 20th at 5:30 pm Kathleen Wedge from the State
Department of Education will be on campus to speak with teacher candidates
(currently student teaching) about applying for certification. The meeting
will be held in Webb Hall, Room 110.
Connecticut State University Faculty Research Conference,
Saturday, October 22, 2005, Central Connecticut State University.
Open House for Prospective Students will be held on Sunday,
October 23, 2005 from 1 – 4 pm.
Connecticut Educator Computer Association conference, Monday,
October 24, 2005,
Thomas Edison Middle School, 1355 North Broad Street, Meriden,
CT. Please see David about registration.
The Connecticut Consortium to
Enhance Learning and Teaching
conference,
Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT, Friday, October 28, 2005.
Please see David if you would like to travel from Eastern CSU for the
conference.
Save the Date - Celebrating Reading and Shirley Ernst, Monday,
December 12, 3:30 - 6, Curriculum Center and Johnson Room, Smith University
Library, Eastern CSU. Dean Kleine and her staff will be supporting the
celebration by sponsoring the printing and mailing of the invitations, printing
the program, and the reception. Thank you very much for your support.
Sixth Annual
Excellence Expo: April 26, 2006.
2) News about Dr. Robert Levin.
Dr. Rob Levin has accepted a job with
TeachFirst™
http://www.teachfirst.com/teachfirst/,
a professional development organization that "provides a model for professional
development that increases the skill set of K-5 mainstream teachers and ELL
specialists." He will be working out of Cambridge, MA.
If you would like to contact him, please use his email -
writingrobert@yahoo.com.
Congratulations, Rob.
3) Openings in Montville - forwarded
by Michele O'Neill, Eastern alum, Summer Institute for Future Teacher Director,
and English teacher at Tyl Middle School -
fourth grade
teacher at
Mohegan Elementary School and two language arts
teachers at Tyl Middle (one full time, one 5/7, which is almost full time).
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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
I just wanted to inform you that I have been
offered a job as a long-term substitute counselor at DePaolo Middle School
in Southington. I went today to meet everyone and it is wonderful. I love
it. I will keep you posted. I should be there until Feb. or March because
the person I am replacing just had TWIN BOYS! Yikes. I am so happy and
finally using my degree. Thanks for everyone's support.
Bethany"
posted on October 6, 2005
Good news from Dr. Fred Ashton:
I am pleased to
let you know that Windham Tech is employing two outstanding new educators,
fresh from the latest graduating class:
--Glenn
Anderson, English
--Chris Morgan,
social studies
As you know, I
recruited Chris Morgan for our system last year as a substitute after I saw
first-hand the work he was doing in mentoring middle and high school students
over the summer at ECSU. He soon became one of our most-requested subs that
fall and student taught at Norwich Tech last spring.
Glenn Anderson
was a student in my seminar for student teachers last spring. He completed an
exemplary portfolio and had an outstanding student teaching experience at Dr.
Helen Baldwin School in Canterbury.
Both have done
a great job in their first week- a testimony to the instruction and
experiences that they have had at Eastern. They are going to make a
difference in the lives of our students.
Fred Ashton
posted on September 7, 2005
Good news from Alicia Dunbar -
"I just wanted to share some of my own good news. After
teaching this past year in New Haven I have been offered a position in Madison
teaching First/Second Grade Multiage."
Alicia Dunbar
ECE 2003 Graduate
posted on August 29, 2005
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Dr. Sudha Swaminathan relays from Cherise Bernier
"Hello
everyone, hope your summers are going well! I just wanted to
write you a quick email letting you know that I got a job for the fall,
teaching at a new school called "The Friendship School" in Waterford.
It's a magnet school with kids from New London and Waterford, and I
will be teaching special education preschool. I'm very excited!!!
Thanks for sharing your experiences and guidance with me, I can't wait
to use all I've learned!!!
Have a great school year,
Cherise Bernier"
posted on August 16, 2005
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Dr. Cathy Tannahill relays from Laura DuBois--
"Halo all;
I'd proudly like to state that self is now gainfully employed
at Parish Hill High School! Happy!
~Laura"
posted on August 16, 2005
Dr. Sudha Swaminathan relays from Joe Pereira --
"I thought I would let you know that I got the
job I was hoping for! I will be teaching 2nd grade in Avon at Roaring Brook
School. Thanks again for your help!
Joe Pereira
ps. - let the other professors know if you
wish."
posted on August 16, 2005
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Alumni news via Lana Pontbriant
and Joy Goff (Institutional Advancement) after meeting Joan Disco (class of
1982) at the Eastern Alumni table at the Norwich Navigators' game on Friday,
August 5.
Ms. Disco is currently teaching
5th grade at Andover Elementary School. Ms. Disco adds that "I
have had two student teachers from ECSU, and both have been very qualified
and excited about teaching. It was very rewarding to see the growth of
these young women."
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Good news from Rebecca Stanger on 8/4/05:
I
have accepted a position as a 4th grade teacher at Ashford School in Ashford,
CT. There were at least 300 applicants for this position.
There are other ECSU graduates
teaching in the school. Everything I learned at the program came up in
the interview process. I was totally prepared. Thank you.
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Good news from Joy Goff and Kyle Verona - Institutional Advancement -
Amy Crocker, Psychology and
Elementary Education 1992 and a MS in ECE 2005 graduate, has accepted a
position as a pre-K teacher at The Friendship School, a new magnet school for
pre-K in Waterford.
The Friendship School is "a model
urban-suburban collaborative effort between
Waterford and
New London with
LEARN,
the regional educational service center for southeastern
Connecticut, serving as the local
educational agency for the school." For more information, please visit
http://www.thefriendshipschool.org/ or
go to the ribbon-cutting of the school on August 24, 2005. The Friendship
School is expected to open on August 31, 2005,
with slots for 220 kindergarten students and 300 preschool students, with 50%
of the students coming from New London and 50% from Waterford. - July 27, 2005
Congratulations, Amy, for joining this
innovative program.
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James Hendricks, graduate of
ECSU's undergraduate elementary education and graduate educational
technology programs, reports that he continues to serve as a third grade
teacher at Southeast Elementary School in Mansfield, CT -
July 28, 2005.****
Dr. Richard Reynolds reports that recent
graduate Scott Yeo has been appointed as a history/social studies teacher at
Lebanon's Lyman High School. - June 30, 2005
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Good news relayed by Dr. Ann
Gruenberg on June 29, 2005:
Hi
everybody!
I wanted to tell all of you
some more good news! My long term sub position at Hatton School ended.
However, I have been hired in the town of Simsbury as a full time
Kindergarten teacher (starting in August). I am so excited! I am going to
have my own class and I cannot wait! My portfolio really helped me to get
the job! Thanks again to you all!
Sincerely,
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Good news,
6/17/05 -
I have officially accepted a fourth grade
position at Sweeney Elementary. I am very excited about this and very excited
to keep my close ties to ECSU and the Windham community! Thanks for
everything!
Katie Balkan
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Good news from
Dr. Leslie Ricklin, 6/16/05 -
Just wanted to give you some good news; I
am a teacher! I was hired at Waterford High just four days after graduation.
I'm teaching 9th and 10th grade World History I and II, and have a lot of work
ahead of me.
Greg Gwudz
Good news from
Dr. Jeanelle Day, 6/7/06 -
Pattie Uccello (elementary certification master's student who will do portfolio
in fall) just got a 6th grade position at Marlborough Elementary School
yesterday! She called this morning all excited about it!
Todd
Sipala now has a permanent position at Rockville HS teaching earth science.
May 2005 graduate Erica Chenard has taken a new math position at E.O. Smith in
Mansfield. An elementary education master's certification student with a
bachelor's in mathematics, Erica completed Hari's EDU 546 and passed her
Praxis II exam before completing her master's degree.
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A message from
John Hinchliffe:
"Hi
David!
Enjoy your
weekly info-mail. Just finishing my fifth year at Enrico Fermi High School in
Enfield, CT.
We have a
position opening up for AP Biology and 10th grade biology by year’s end. If you
have a bio cert student, with general science cert a plus, please have them
submit something soon. Applicants will be very competitive.
Starting pay is among the state's highest. The Science Department is well run
with a great crew to work with and the school is BEST Portfolio friendly.
Please say "hello" to your crew for me, and send my best wishes to Richard
for continued good health!
P.S. Tell Hari that I've finally developed my mathematics vaccine, and have
received F.D.A. approval for clinical trials following successful LD-50 tests.
Pfizer and I are currently negotiating a marketing strategy to target those out
of school for more than twenty years and others with mathematically-compromised
immune systems and early-onset dementia--I think that's what it's
called.
Old Guy with Beard :-)=
John Hinchliffe "
posted on
4/18/05
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A message from Joe Pereira relayed by Dr. Ann
Gruenberg:
Hello
Last time we spoke I may have told you that I
have secured a position in Avon Ct, at Roaring Brook School Teaching 3rd grade
as a long term sub for child rearing leave until the end of the year. I was
hoping to start this position at the beginning of April. I have found myself
taking over one month earlier. I have already learned so much. Things couldn't
be better!! I am hoping to fill an open position at this school for the fall
and will let you know when I do!! Thanks for all your help!!
Sincerely,
Joe Pereira
ps: extremely valuable website
www.schoolnotes.com for parent teacher
communication. Highly recommended!!
Posted on 3/28/05
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A message from Bethany Champagne,
[bethany_champagne@yahoo.com],
former Education Department student assistant and near graduate of a graduate
program in school counseling:
I just wanted to say hello. It has been
a while since I have stopped by or written. I have been busy with my
Practicum at Longmeadow High. I am liking it so far, but I cannot imagine
myself working there-very intense environment. I will be done and ready to
graduate with my Master's in May! Can you believe it? It has gone by so
quickly. I will be coming to ECSU at the end of the month for the Education
Career Fair to see if there are any guidance openings.
I am feeling a little overwhelmed with the
college piece at the high school level and think maybe the middle school is a
better fit for me. I really liked my middle school placement at Vernon Center
Middle School. I think I may apply for both placements.
I am learning a lot and I have been
doing a lot...teaching too! (David) Haha. Well, I hope all is well and let
me know how you are and how the Edu. dept is doing. I keep up on the dept
newsletters.
4 months until the wedding!
See you at the end of the month
hopefully.
Bethany
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A message
shared by Dr. Sudha Swaminathan on 2/22/05:
"Hi
everyone,
I am
writing to let everyone know that I have a job!!! I went for an interview
this week for a long term sub position at Hatton Elementary School in
Southington, CT and I got it. It is for an inclusive preschool classroom. I
am so excited, it is like a dream come true! Thank you all for everything,
without all of you I wouldn't have been given this great opportunity.
Thank you
all,
Jessica
Biardi"
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Message
from Christine Mengel, elementary education teacher candidate, January 2005:
"Hi All,
I just
wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of you for the wonderful instruction
and guidance you have given me through core I and II. I took the Praxis in
November for the first time and not only did I walk away from the test feeling
confident but my confidence was assured when I found out I did very well and
past the tests. So I wanted to thank all of you for your help in this process.
Have a wonderful break and Happy New Year!
Thank
you again!
Christine
Mengel "
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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.
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A
message from Ms. Leah Barbuto -
Joan
Culpin was just hired as a third grade teacher in Columbia, CT.
posted on August 20, 2004.
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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 Vocational Technical School
System and for ECSU: Mary Schlehofer will be appointed to a teaching position in
the English Department at H.H. Ellis Technical High School in Danielson, CT.
Mary did her student teaching here at Windham Tech this past spring semester
with department head Jan Marie Weston and she did an outstanding job.
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A
message shared by Dr. Fred Ashton -
"More
good news for Windham
Tech, ECSU, and new graduate David Carter: David has been appointed to a math
position at Windham Vocational Technical High School. David finished the year
for us in a long-term substitute position that he started just after he finished
his student teaching and he did a great job. We are looking forward to him
starting the year with us. His content knowledge and pedagogy are strong and he
is a most welcome and valued addition to the teaching faculty!"
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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
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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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ECSU - ThinkQuest for
Tomorrow's Teachers Projects
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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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
Searches and
Opportunities
for job
announcements at Eastern CSU -
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/personnel/jobs.html
departmental searches
to start in Fall 2006 pending approval -
two full-time Reading/Language Arts
tenure track
faculty members
and
one research and assessment
tenure track
faculty member
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For opportunities for technology
resources and recognition for exemplary leadership, please visit
http://www.futureready.org/about/
.
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DISCOVER A NEW WORLD OF EDUCATION
Sponsored by the United States
Department of State, the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program arranges: direct
one-to-one classroom exchanges to over thirty countries for teachers at all
levels. Most exchanges occur for an academic year. Argentina, Mexico, and the
United Kingdom offer fall-semester exchanges. The United Kingdom and Morocco
offer six-week exchanges.
In addition to the teacher exchanges, there are
administrative exchange opportunities in Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Finland, Mexico, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Thailand,
Turkey and the United Kingdom. Oman, Jordan, and Uruguay currently offer
opportunities to host incoming administrators during site visits to the United
States. Germany offers a two-week special program for U.S. principals to study
school systems there for several weeks.
The program also offers eight-week seminars in Italy or
Greece for teachers of Italian, Latin, Greek or the Classics.
Prospective applicants must meet the following general eligibility
requirements:
U.S. Citizenship
Fluency in English
Bachelor’s degree
or higher
Be in at least
third year of full-time teaching
A current
full-time position
The application deadline is
October 15, 2005 for the 2006-2007 program year. For more information and/or an
application please visit our Web site:
www.fulbrightexchanges.org or
call (800)726-0479.
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Need Community
Service or
Work
Experience
Tutors Needed at
the Allen Institute for Fall 2005
The Allen
Institute has developed a systematic approach to service provisions encompassing
educational supports and social skill building that is based on experience and
built on the best practices.
● Flexible hours
● All majors are welcome
● Community service hours available
● In close proximity to Eastern’s Campus
(Transportation not provided)
For more
information please contact
Peter F. Love at
(860) 228-6962
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Recommendation from Diane
Reale, OnlineCSU instructor, to subscribe to Edutopia:
"You may
already be familiar with Edutopia, but I recently received an invitation to a
free magazine subscription from them, in the mail, so I thought I would send the
link along to you....(re: exemplary programs in K-12 schools)....thought your
faculty and students might be interested.
http://www.edutopia.org/foundation/foundation.php
Diane"
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Reference from Walter Diaz,
Director, Career Services:
Teaching Jobs at
SchoolSpring.com
Description: Free educator job
search. Apply online, get email job alerts, find 1000s of teaching jobs from
dozens of sites with the SchoolSpring SuperSearch. Apply to any job, anywhere
with SchoolSpring PLUS!
URL:
http://www.SchoolSpring.com
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Looking for an
internship, co-op or full-time job? Then check out our new on-line
system-eRecruiting at
http://eastern.eRecruiting.com
Walter Diaz
Director
Career Services
Eastern Connecticut State University
83 Windham Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
Phone: (860)465.5244
Fax:(860)465.4440
Email:
diazw@easternct.edu
University Web Page:
www.easternct.edu
Department Web Page:
www.easternct.edu/depts/career/
Announcement from Robin Shefts, Career Counselor, Career Services:
"I discovered this website recently which I wanted to share with you, faculty
and students.
http://careers.education.wisc.edu/projectConnect/MoreInfo.cfm
Project Connect is a national cooperative resource between school districts and
universities to assist with teacher/education staff employment efforts on the
internet. If you are not familiar with Project Connect, it's worth checking
out!"
******
For
Connecticut teaching
opportunities, please visit
http://ctreap.net .
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Alma Exley Scholarship Program
This scholarship program supports
and encouraged persons of color who are committed to a career in public school
teaching. A scholarship award of at least $1,500 a year for two years will
be granted to an individual who has been admitted to a teacher-preparation
program in a Connecticut College or university. For more information and
an application, please contact David Stoloff in the Education Dept, Webb 129 or
visit
http://www.almaexleyscholarship.org .
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Recently acquired media - in the Chair's Office or on the Web
1) Thank you, Ann, for enriching the Education Department Chair's office with
Dan Brown's Digital Fortress (Corgi
Books, 1998)
and worry beads from Greece.
2) Also available in borrowing for summer reading -
Cambre, M. & Hawkes, M. (2004). Toys, tools & teachers: The challenges of
technology.
Lanham,
Maryland: Scarecrow Education.
3) Ordered for the Curriculum
Library -
Comparative guide to elementary and secondary schools: 2005. Millerton,
NY: Grey House Publishing.
ACPA & NASPA (2004), Learning Reconsidered: A Campus-Wide Focus on the Student
Experience. Washington, DC: ACPA - Advancing Student Affairs, Engaging
Students and NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. and
other materials from President Carter's Advance on August 17 & 18, 2004.
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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.
