I wanted to inform you that I have had a wonderful first week of teaching a new pilot position at GH Robertson School in Coventry. I co-teach third grade in the afternoons, Math, Science, and Social Studies. This position allows me to focus more on Numeracy, while the morning teacher, Jen Emerson, focuses on Literacy (Reading and Writing). I know the skills I have learned through ECSU will help co-teaching become more available in other districts. Who says, "You can't have your cake and eat it, too?" Thank you to all the faculty in the Education Department.
Great news shared by Dr. Ricklin and Dr. Ashton from Hope Zettwoch -
I hope that this email finds you in good health and ready to assist a new group of student teachers. I can't thank you enough for all your advice and support last year.
Hi Dr. Ashton,
Just had to let you know that I was hired as a first grade teacher (possibly a 2nd grade if another person rejects the offer) at Sweeney Elementary School in Willimantic. I will be traveling my favorite route that I traveled to Eastern for 4 years. I am so excited about my new career. I will be working with a great group of people. The principal and staff were so kind and supportive even before they offered me a job. I will have a diverse group of students that will challenge me as a teacher and as a person that cares. I thought of our student teaching seminar and the teachers who visited from Hartford, when I was interviewing and teaching a lesson during the selection process. After an initial offer had been made and I had to leave, a teacher said to me "Our students need a teacher like you." I was so moved. I never felt so much true support and interest. I am so happy. I have to say that it is not easy out there. I went to 7 interviews and taught two lessons. The process was not easy. I learned a lot from it.
.... It also is good for people to hear that despite the difficult odds of getting a teaching position, it can be done. Boy, did I have some unbelievable experiences out there. If you would like, I would be willing to come back in the fall and talk about the interview/application process that I went through for your students. let me know if I can be of help. I believe we always need to give back the help we've been given. It can be depressing when you hear it takes three years. That is not always the case. Also hearing from other people helped me, inspired me and motivated me to strive even harder. ...
I wanted to thank you for all your ideas, tips and thought provoking sessions. I learned so much at Eastern. Thanks again Dr. Ashton.
Ryan Webb, one of my subs and a recent ECSU graduate student grad, just stopped by. He has just been hired to teach social studies at Vinal Tech in Middletown.
Good news from Noah Ventola, shared by Dr. Ricklin
I am writing to tell you that I have been offered a social studies position at RHAM high school! The position will be either 9th grade global studies or 10th grade world civilization. I am thrilled with the position. It is the position that I wanted in the district that I hoped to work in. I owe part of my success in landing this position to my experience at Eastern as our education department has prepared me for a great future in the public schools. Thank you for all your help and support throughout the last 2 years.
Thanks again!
Noah
posted on May 22, 2006
Past
Alumni News is
posted at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/alumninews.html
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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Other Events
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ECSU - CultureQuest
Faculty members and students from
Eastern
Connecticut
State
University are participating in an international consortium of teacher education institutions to explore ways to make use of the web to enhance global understanding. Please visit our projects at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/culturequest.html .
Earlier this decade, we participated in a US Department of Education grant to Prepare Tomorrow's
Teachers to Use Technology with ThinkQuest. Our projects' homepage may be found at
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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Research and Creativity Activities
chronicling the
ongoing progress of the Education Department at Eastern Connecticut State
University
| Accepted Students by January 4, 2007 |
|
| |
# |
% of total |
|
|
| BIOC |
4 |
0.71% |
|
|
| BIOL |
29 |
5.17% |
|
|
| CPSC |
6 |
1.07% |
|
|
| EESC |
7 |
1.25% |
|
|
| ENGL |
10 |
1.78% |
|
|
| H/AS |
6 |
1.07% |
|
|
| H/SS |
1 |
0.18% |
|
|
| HIST |
8 |
1.43% |
|
|
| MATH |
9 |
1.60% |
|
|
| PART |
3 |
0.53% |
|
|
| POLI |
11 |
1.96% |
|
|
| PSWK |
9 |
1.60% |
|
|
| PSYC |
44 |
7.84% |
|
|
| SOCI |
6 |
1.07% |
|
|
| SPAN |
3 |
0.53% |
|
|
| VART |
9 |
1.60% |
|
|
| School |
|
|
|
|
| Total |
165 |
29.41% |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Majr |
|
|
|
|
| ACCT |
19 |
3.39% |
|
|
| BUAD |
96 |
17.11% |
|
|
| BUIS |
3 |
0.53% |
|
|
| COMM |
46 |
8.20% |
|
|
| ECON |
2 |
0.36% |
|
|
| PEAR |
31 |
5.53% |
Early Childhood Education |
| PELM |
87 |
15.51% |
Elementary Education |
| PHED |
38 |
6.77% |
Health and Physical Education |
| PSEC |
37 |
6.60% |
Secondary Education |
| SMGT |
37 |
6.60% |
|
|
| School |
|
|
|
|
| Total |
396 |
70.59% |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Total Accepted as 1/4/07 |
|
|
| |
561 |
|
|
|
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 2007 pending approval -
two full-time Reading/Language Arts
tenure track
faculty members
and
a Research and Assessment tenure track faculty member
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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/
An announcement from Hope Cook, Head of Curriculum Center /Librarian:
The Library of Congress is now accepting applications for its 2007 Summer Teacher Institutes. The Institutes provide educators from grades 4-12 across the nation with the opportunity to engage in intensive study and exploration of a specific topic using the staff expertise and facilities of the Library of Congress.
Participants in our summer institutes will:
* Discover Library of Congress primary source materials
* Develop strategies for using primary source digital content in teaching
* Engage in inquiry learning in hands-on workshops
* Learn from Library of Congress subject matter experts
* Network with other teachers from across the country and share ideas and experiences
* Leave with a plan for creating a lesson or activity to be used with their students.
The four sessions are:
July 11-13 Incorporating Primary Sources into the Teaching Process
This institute will help teachers take advantage of the instructional power of primary sources-that is, the documents and objects left behind by the participants in past events. Though many teachers are familiar with the importance of primary sources, they are unsure about how to use them in the classroom or how to help students use them in projects. In this workshop, Library of Congress specialists will introduce participants to the unique characteristics of primary sources, while helping explore some of the millions of digitized primary sources available on the Library's Web site. Participants will look at ways to introduce students to primary sources, as well as to help them understand how to use-and cite-primary sources in projects of their own.
July 17-20 Advanced Session: Using Library Resources to Create Lessons
Teachers who have attended the Library's previous summer institutes, or who have served as American Memory Fellows, now have the opportunity to build on their skills with this advanced institute. Participants will work closely with Library staff to improve their skills in searching the Library's Web site, to learn more about using collections at the Library, and to develop primary source-based teaching materials for use in their own classrooms. In addition to attending training sessions with Library staff, participants will undertake intensive individual research in the Library's collections to discover primary source documents that support their teaching goals. By the conclusion of the institute, each participant will have created the initial stages of a lesson plan or other primary source-based learning experience that they can take with them and integrate into their teaching. For previous institute participants or American Memory Fellows only.
July 25-27 Primary Sources and Literature: A Backdrop for Learning
As school systems begin to focus on improving reading student reading scores on standardized tests, more and more teachers are looking at ways to combine reading with social studies or other classroom subjects. In this institute, participants will learn ways to bring books together with the rich and varied primary source materials that can be found in the Library's collections. By presenting great works of literature in the light of unique historical documents and artifacts, teachers can not only provide their students with a more vivid and engaging reading experience, but can also build the historical understanding and critical-thinking skills students need. Bring several favorite historical children's or young adult fiction books to use for assignments.
August 8-10 Incorporating Primary Sources into the Teaching Process
See July 11-13 session
The Institutes are open to all grade 4-12 educators, including teachers, librarians and media specialists, and technology coordinators in public, public charter, private or religiously affiliated schools, as well as home schooling parents. Content is geared to professionals working with students from upper elementary to high school.
Participants may only attend one session and must have experience using the Internet for research. The number of participants for each session is limited to 20. There is no charge for the institute or materials. Participants will be responsible for transportation to and lodging in Washington, D.C.
The deadline to apply for the Summer Institutes is March 15, 2007
Please visit our Web site to register for this event:
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/summer_institute/07/
Please send any questions about the Institutes to summerinstitutes@loc.gov
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For
Connecticut teaching
opportunities, please visit
http://ctreap.net .
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Teacher Substitute Openings in Windham Public
Schools
Windham Public Schools are
seeking Eastern graduates, with a bachelor's degree in any major, to
substitute for absent teachers. Please link to the district's home page
@ http://www.windham.k12.ct.us
There are also substitute
possibilities listed without the degree.
Posted on
November 27, 2005
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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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Connecticut Minority Teacher Recruitment Grant information:
http://www.ctdhe.org/SFA/pdfs/MTIP%20Brochure%20and%20Form.pdf
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Recently acquired media - in the Chair's Office or on the Web
1) Thanks to the 2006 SIFT faculty, RAs, and staff, available for borrowing for summer reading -
Letters to the next president : what we can do about the real crisis in public education / edited by Carl Glickman ; prologue by Bill Cosby, New York : Teachers College Press, c2004, LA217.2 .L48 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.
