Welcome to the Sixth Week of the Spring 1999 Semester.

Upcoming Events

Candidates for Director of Educational Experience Presentations
Please mark your calendar for the following presentations by candidates for this important position:
Friday, March 6, 11 am Presentation        Dr. Sharon Castle

Read Across America
Fred Ashton invites us to participate in a special Read Across America celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday on Tuesday, March 2, 1999.  Fred is looking for volunteers to visit Horace W. Porter in Columbia and read a favorite book.  If you would like to volunteer for a Dr. Seuss rading, at a time convenient for you on March 2, please call Fred or Ms. Rondini at 228-9493.

Education Department Presentation on Certification before Association of Department Chairs (ADC)
Please join David in a half-hour presentation before the Department Chairs on certification programs.  This presentation will be within the ADC meeting on Tuesday, March 9, 12:30 - 1:30 in CB 258.  Please let David know if you are interested in participating in this presentation.

Join Howard GARDNER and other LEADING EDUCATORs on the Annenberg/CPB Channel
this spring!

The Annenberg/CPB Channel Interactive Workshop Series
Presents  Looking at Learning...Again

March 2 to April 29, 1999
Tuesdays 4-5 pm ET
(repeated Tuesdays 6-7 pm; Thursdays  4-5 pm, and 6-7 pm ET)

Please contact Jackie Bowman for details.

March 5, 9-11:30 CACUTE meeting on Title II of the Higher Education Act and Teacher Recruitment, St. Joseph College
Please see David for details.

Learning Plus Workshop - Wednesday,  March 31, 3-4, CB 307
Learn about LearningPlus, a software package purchased by the SIFT Program, in an introductory session in CB 307 on Wednesday,  March 31, 3-4.  The software will be used by students enrolled in GST 109 - Praxis Exam Review -  on Wednesdays, 3/17-5/12/99, 4-6:45 pm.  Please announce this course to your students and encourage them to enroll.  For more information, please see David.

from the Office of the VP-AA:

University Excellence Awards
"The University Excellence Awards Committee is seeking nominations for six (6)
Excellence Awards for 1999 in three areas:

1. Two (2) awards in Teaching

2. One (1) award in Creative/Scholarly Activity

3. Three (3) awards in Service to the University to be awarded:
   one to a teaching faculty member, one to an unclassified employee
   and one to a classified employee

These awards are in addition to the Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year
Award, which will continue as in the past.

Please find enclosed a description of the awards, the process for nominating
and selecting award recipients, and a nomination form.  The selection committee
encourages every member of the University community (faculty, staff, students
and alumni) to nominate deserving persons for these awards.

Please submit your nominations to my office by MARCH 23, 1999.

Thank you for your assistance."

Distinguished Faculty Member Award
"The University is actively seeking nominations for the 1999 Distinguished
Faculty Member Award.  The award is given annually to honor a faculty member
whose excellence in classroom teaching and devotion to scholarship continue to
bring recognition to this University and have a positive effect on the lives
and careers of his/her students.

Past recipients include:

Francis Willey          1984
Ralph Yulo              1985
David Roth              1986
Leo Schneiderman        1987
John Lombard            1988
Mary Rogers             1989
Ken Parzych             1990
Irene Glasser           1991
Charles Wynn            1992
David Haines            1993
Michael Gable           1994
Carmen Cid              1995
Lyle Yorks              1996
Michael Adams           1997
Jeffrey Trawick-Smith   1998

I encourage you to submit a nomination application for this year's award,
together with a current curriculum vitae of your nominee to me by March 23,
1999.  Please feel free to renominate faculty members you may have recommended
in the past.

Please share this information with students who might wish to make a
nomination.

Thank you for your attention to this significant activity"

Student Opportunities (Please see David for details.)
from Dean Kleine and Bob Horrocks, Chair, HPE Department

The Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the fastest growing school district in the country.  During the 1998-1999 school year, we hired over 1,800 teachers with an attrition rate of less than five percent.  Our community is continuing its steady growth and we anticipate that 1999-2000 will be another banner hiring year.

We are aware of Eastern Connecticut State University College of Education's reputation and would like to have the opportunity to interview your seniors who are currently student teaching and also your alumni.  Unfortunately, we will be unable to visit your campus in person this year; however, we would like to loan a videophone to you so that we may interview those who are interested in teaching in the Las Vegas area.

If you are interested in giving your students and alumni the opportunity to interview with the Clark County School District, please respond to this message by e-mail to brownem@interact.ccsd.net or call Eva at (702) 799-1019.  We will then schedule a date for the interviews and make arrangements to send you a videophone.  We have developed a flyer located at http://www.ccsd.net/HRD/fliers/general1.htm
about our district that we invite you to print on legal size paper and post should you take advantage of  this opportunity.   Students or alumni who wish to know more about our district may access the Clark County School District's Pattern for Performance document on our web site at http://www.ccsd.net/HRD/fliers/general2.htm.

We would also like the opportunity to make a presentation to your students who are enrolled in your practicums, other pre-student teaching programs, and student teaching seminars.  We have dedicated video conferencing equipment that we use to make presentations to groups in the distance learning facilities.  Please let us know if you are interested in this additional opportunity.

Finally, if you have a database of students who are or will be seeking employment as teachers, we would like to make arrangements to obtain a copy, preferably in electronic format.  Hard copies can be sent to the address below, or electronic files can attached and sent to Eva.  We would like to invite all of your students to consider the Clark County School District for future employment opportunities.

Thank you very much for your assistance and for your interest in placing your students,

Sincerely,

Dr. George Ann Rice
Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources Division
Clark County School District

Please send all hard copy correspondence to:

Eva Brown
Licensed Personnel
Clark County School District
2832 E. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV.  89121

Send all electronic correspondence to:
brownem@interact.ccsd.net

(702)799-1019
(702)799-5063 fax

from Dr. Patricia E. Martin, Director, Career and Experiential Education Services Office, Student Center
"We have been receiving some job openings for teaching for the next academic years with January and February deadlines. Please suggest students visit our offices and view our job postings or listen to our 24 hour job line.  We will be open starting next week on Tuesday eves until 6 30 p.m."
The 24 Hour Job Line is at 860-465-5740.

Teacher Assistants in the PK-12 Schools - stipended experiences for students who have the skills to take on supportive roles in educational technology in the schools.

The School of Education and Professional Studies and the Education Department are looking for an undergraduate student assistant for data entry and analysis.  Please refer possible candidates for this position to David Stoloff.

Paid internships - full-time graduate assistantships for students seeking certification.

Service learning experience with the 4-H LIFT progam at Windham Middle School.

Might we get an Education Department College Bowl team?  The first set of matches will be held on 2/25.

In the Chair's Office -
Child and Family Development Resource Center:  A School for the Future - Facility Program 1998.

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Please contact David Stoloff at (860) 465-5501, email: stoloffd@ecsu.ctstateu.edu if you have any questions or comments on this newsletter.