Welcome to the Ninth Week of the Spring 1999 Semester.

Upcoming Events

Candidate for Reading/Language Arts Position
Please mark your calendar for the following presentations by candidates for this important position:

Tuesday, March 30, 3:30 pm - Presentation to Faculty - Ms. Joanna Marasco  - Webb 258

Tuesday, April 6, 1 pm  - Presentation to Faculty - Mr. Jesse Turner  - Webb 159

Wednesday, April 7, 3 pm - Presentation to Faculty - Mr. Dan Rothermal  - Webb 159

Education Department Faculty Meeting - Thursday, April 1, 1999, 12:15 - 1:45, Webb 115
Evolving Agenda

1. Catalog copy change - need to add consecutive semesters for Cores;  variations by CARE policy
2. Discussion on National Standards
3. Committee reports
4. Ongoing projects
5. GPA and CARE program - discussion in Graduate Studies Committee

Join Howard GARDNER and other LEADING EDUCATORs on the Annenberg/CPB Channel
this spring!  Still time to participate in upcoming sessions.

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.

Learning Plus Workshop - Wednesday,  March 31, 3-4, Webb 307
Learn about LearningPlus, a software package purchased by the SIFT Program, in an introductory session in Webb 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.

Request from UCONN's Michael Young
 Professor Michael Young at UCONN has requested that Ed. Dept. faculty at ECSU please considering allowing [an advanced doctoral student] to recruit teacher education students in our Education classes for a study to identify common teacher misconceptions about educational technology.  He reports that many participants at UCONN have found the study interesting and informative and the results can potentially improve the way we train future teachers to
apply technology in the classroom.

A copy of the study abstract, questions, and release form are available for your review in David's office.  Please consider opening your class to this study which should take less than 30 minutes.

Student Opportunities (Please see David for details.)

Peer Advisors for STEP-CAP and ConnCAP

Summer Positions as Peer Advisors for two summer residency programs - Summer Transition at Eastern-Contract Admission Program (STEP-CAP) and Connecticut Collegiate Awareness and Preparation Program (ConnCAP) - running from June 27th through August 6th.  Applicants should have completed at least one full year of college andmust be currently matriculated in a college/university program in good academic standing.  Housing and limited meal plans are provided according to the requirements of the individuals programs.  For more information, please call (860) 465-5198.

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

In the Chair's Office -

Boyer, Ernest L. (1990) Scholarship reconsidered.  The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Glassick, C.E., Huber, M.T., Maeroff, G.I. (1997).  Scholarship assessed.  The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

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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.