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Position announcements - please also visit http://www.ctreap.net - for the Connecticut teaching position listings.

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1) Upcoming events and announcements -

a) from the Clinical Experiences website - http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/clinical/

Mandatory Orientation for FALL 2007 Student Teacher Candidates on May 11, 2007 10:00 am-Noon Johnson Community Room, Library

b) Last day of classes - Wednesday, May 9.  Finals week - May 14 - 19.  Commencement - May 20.

c) CARE meeting, Thursday, May 10.  Please send agenda items to David.

c) May University Meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 11, 2007 at 10 a.m. in the Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium, 9:30 refreshments.  After a brief break at 11:30 a.m., a strategic planning Stakeholders Conference will commence with a luncheon and presentation on the status of the planning process and of general findings and recommendations of COFE and its four subcommittees. Following the presentation, participants will have the opportunity to engage in group discussions, and provide input on issues considered in the planning process. In addition to Eastern faculty, staff, and administrators, students and representatives of external organizations will be invited to the conference. The conference will last until 3:30 p.m.

2) Dr. Dan Rothermel, former faculty member at Eastern CSU, announces that his daughter, Robyn, is serving in Afghanistan.  Her mailing address is

Specialist Rothermel, Robyn
Camp Cherry Beasley
TF Spartan Bagram
APO AE 09354

3) For those interested in enrolling in EDU 570 - Capstone Seminar:

Please complete the Special Permission for Enrolling in EDU 570 form that you can download from the Graduate Division's website at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/graduate/documents/SpecialPermissionForm-EDU570.pdf , print off the form, complete it , and send a copy to your advisor along with your graduate transcript as attachments. You may send a copy to your advisor via mail c/o Education Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226 or fax a copy to 860 - 465 - 5099. Paper copies of the form are also available in the Education Department office, Webb 124.

Your advisor will consider your request and return the form if approved via mail or with reasons if not.

You may print off the graduate registration form from http://www.easternct.edu/depts/graduate/documents/GraduateCourseRegistrationForm.pdf . You will need to print the form and complete it in pen.

Web registration is not available. Students must include their approved EDU 570 permission form and the graduate course registration form when submitting their in-person, mail (Registrar's Office, Alvin B. Wood Support Services Center, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, Connecticut 06226) or fax (860-465-4382) registration to the Registrar's Office.

Please let your advisor or David Stoloff (stoloffd@easternct.edu) know if you have any questions on this process.

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There are 4 sections of EDU 570 being offered during the first summer session.  Faculty members are considering whether they might offer sections during the second summer session.  Please see the online course schedule for any change in the current summer offerings. 

4) For Connecticut-based scholarships for minority teacher candidates, please visit -

Connecticut Minority Teacher Recruitment Grant information:

http://www.ctdhe.org/SFA/pdfs/MTIP%20Brochure%20and%20Form.pdf

Alma Exley Scholarship Program

http://www.almaexleyscholarship.org/

The deadlines for these applications are usually in the Fall semester.

5) Opportunity shared by Hope Marie Cook, Head of Curriculum Center:

Dear GEMS Associate,

We need your help!  GEMS is recruiting field trial teachers and we are hoping that you will either qualify or know someone who does.  We need teachers who are teaching reading in grades 2 through 4.  Please pass this message on to anyone you know who can help us with testing this exciting new program from GEMS:

Reading About Science-Field Test Teachers Welcomed!

The University of California at Berkeley is developing an innovative new reading curriculum as a joint effort between the University's Lawrence Hall of Science and Graduate School of Education. The focus of the program is teaching literacy skills using content rich student books that address compelling science topics.

We are now actively recruiting reading teachers in Grades 2-4 to participate in field trials of a number of exciting units in the Reading About Science curriculum. In exchange for testing and providing feedback on a single unit, participants will receive free field trial materials and later the unit's published teacher's guide and student books.
Reading About Science is part of the University's promising new research and development program Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading.  To learn more about this ground breaking program and to participate, please visit http://seedsofscience.org/about/FieldTest2.htm

We are recruiting for the units listed below. We will use teacher preferences expressed in the applications to make assignments. Please note that a class session is typically an hour in length.

Thank you.

Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) Setting Standards for Excellence in Education Lawrence Hall of Science, #5200 University of California Berkeley, CA 94720

6) David Stoloff has started a blog that will eventually serve as a supplemental magazine for this e-newsletter.  Please visit http://stoloffd.edublogs.org/ for the opening weeks of this blog on the Social Foundations of Education and Media.

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The Education Department Faculty photo is posted at
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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

the full text of the contract changes on the ECSU AAUP home page: http://www.easternct.edu/aaup/.  New language is underlined.  Deleted language is crossed out.

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Alumni News
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/news/alumninews.html

Good news about Greg Carter:

Greg Carter, a 2003 graduate of our secondary education/social studies program, is currently teaching at the Polaris Center in East Hartford.  After his studies at Eastern, he continued to receive certification in special education.  He was a recruiter at the CREC Minority Teacher Recruitment Career Fair at the Two Rivers Magnet Middle School on Saturday, March 10, 2007. 

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Good news from Beverly Chapman:

I have been hired as a full-time teacher at Hampton Elementary.  Since the beginning of the school year, I have been teaching  fourth grade and will continue to do so for the remainder of the academic year.   I am also teaching a class at Goodwin College.

posted on December 8, 2006

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Good news relayed by Dr. Dan Rothermel, Associate Professor, Literacy
Coordinator, Teacher Certification Program, University of New England Biddeford :

I just heard from one of our former Eastern students, Vincenza Paluso, that she was just hired at Burr Elementary in Hartford, CT as a second grade teacher.

posted on November 27, 2006

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Good news from Heidi White, Secondary Education/History & Social Studies graduate, Spring 2006:  

I serve as a volunteer teacher and after-school mentor with the AmeriCorps in a seventh grade classroom working at McCormackMiddle School in Dorchester, MA with a women who is not a certified teacher.   I am able to help her and her students out from the experiences I had in the education program student teaching and education classes.   I will earn an Americorps educational award for my work in City Year once I have completed my 1,700 hours of service work.   Americorps is a great way to gain real life experience in urban classrooms in cities across the country and to earn money toward future education.  Tell more education students about this program.

posted on November 2, 2006

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Good news from Heather Young, ECE graduate:

I just wanted to give you an update of what I have been up to lately.  In May I finished up my Masters in Elementary Education and I was also able to cross endorse in Elementary Education.    I also just signed with Bethel Public School, as a part time preschool education teacher.  

Sincerely,   Heather Young

posted on October 20, 2006

Commendations from Dr. Fred Ashton:

Just a note to let you know that Nory Oakes is completing the first half of her first quarter as a new English teacher here at Windham Tech.  Nory came highly recommended by Dr. Reynolds, and I can see why. She is intelligent, hard-working, and creative and is one of the best first year/first weeks-of-school teachers that I have seen in my 25 years as an administrator.  She is using Bloom’s taxonomy and involving her seniors in all manner of writing.  She has a great web site up and running for students and parents to use when they are away from the school.  Eastern has taught her well and we are the proud and delighted beneficiaries.

Fred Ashton

posted on October 20, 2006

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Good news relayed by Dr. Ricklin:

I am teaching 9th grade civics at Norwich Free Academy - I love it so much.. my students are great and its been wonderful so far and I really enjoy the teachers that are in my unit. I have the greatest building principal. They are all so helpful.

It's been really busy so far. My extracurricular activity is being House Council Advisor for the Freshmen house, I have already put together a dance that was two weeks ago and it went great, we made a good amount of profit. Now we are trying to get things together for Homecoming Game this Saturday.

Kelley Creighton

posted on October 4, 2006

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Good news shared by Dr. Sudha Swaminathan:

Just wanted to let you know that I did get the Head Start Teacher position. I am now into  my second week with the children.  I am still working out the schedule, room arrangement, etc. The neat part is that I get to teach a lesson in the morning, and then improve the lesson for the afternoon.  My supervisors are E.A. Aschenbrenner and Cindy Torrence. 

Hope the start to your teaching year is going well.

Janet Richman

posted on October 4, 2006

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Great news from Dr. Ann Gruenberg:

Other Early Childhood graduates I have seen lately, employed:  

       Courtney Tuller-  Inclusive Preschool, Gilead Hill, Hebron

       Carly Grauer -  Inclusive Preschool, Chaplin Elementary School

posted on September 20, 2006

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Good news from Alycia Fargnoli shared by Dr. Sudha Swaminathan:

I just wanted to let everyone at the education department know that I was just hired at Preston Elementary school as a preschool teacher. Thanks for everything that you have done for me to get me here. A year ago I couldn't have imagined having a position this quickly. Thank You!   Alycia Fargnoli -- (class of 2006)

posted on September 14, 2006

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Good news from Jennifer Brokaw shared by Dr. Tannahill:  

I teach at Horace W. Porter School in Columbia.  I am the seventh grade math and prealgebra teacher.   I also just received word that I passed my BEST portfolio.  I am so excited!!   Jennifer Brokaw

posted on September 8, 2006

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News from Colleen A. Moran shared by Dr. Singh,

I am writing to tell you that I have just been hired in FL to teach 5th Grade  at Lamarque Elementary School.  Although I would have prefered to stay in CT there were more opportunities for employment in FL.  

Colleen A. Moran

posted on September 8, 2006

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News from Theresa Tiscia shared by Dr. Ricklin:

I landed a long-term sub position at Lauralton Hall in Milford teaching U.S. History to juniors and seniors.  Although I will only have a job until January, it is a great place to start my career.  I'm really excited to be back in the classroom.  I didn't realize how much I missed it since May!   Over the summer I did have the opportunity to go on several interviews and I wanted to let you know that all of the schools were very impressed with my student teaching portfolio.  It definitely would be a useful tool to continue with future classes, and it was great experience for me as well.   I hope that you had an enjoyable summer and wish you luck in the upcoming school year.  Thanks again for the recommendation and all the help that you gave me over the last year!   Theresa Tiscia

posted on September 10, 2006

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News from Rebecca Stanger:

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.

posted on September 1, 2006

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Great news shared by Dr. Ricklin and Dr. Ashton from Hope Zettwoch -

"I just wanted to let you know that I accepted a long term sub position in the 4th grade at Parker Memorial School in Tolland. I am very excited and have been busy preparing for the upcoming year. I just wanted to thank you for introducing me to The First Days of School by the Wongs. I have found it very helpful as I am planning my classroom for this fall. I have also been using The New Teachers Complete Sourcebook (Grades K-4) by Bonnie Murray which is a great resource for new teachers.

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. 

Sincerely,

Hope Zettwoch"

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Great news from Bethany Champagne Holland, former student assistant in the Education Department -

Hi David.  I just wanted to share some good news with you.  I have been offered a position in Enfield with Nathan Hale Elementary School as the k-6 School Counselor.  I signed the contract today.  I am very excited to start my career and have been looking forward to this for a long time.  Thanks for all of your kind works and support over the years.  Bethany Holland (new email - bethany3holland@yahoo.com)

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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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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

Endorsements issued to Eastern Graduates since Spring 2002

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

positions filled for Fall 2007 -

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/

 

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For Connecticut teaching opportunities, please visit http://ctreap.net .

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Teacher Substitute Openings in Windham Public Schools

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) The Education Club has donated to the departmental library - Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell (1999).  The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing To Change Themselves and the World around Them.  New York:  Broadway Books.

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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.