Welcome to Second Week of the Summer 1999 Sessions.

Final tasks to close out Spring 1999 Semester - for the Annual Report -
Faculty and staff - please send David by email or disk by June 2 a list of your 1998-99 accomplishments - including presentations,
publications,
honors,
special recognitions,
leadership on special projects,
participation at special meetings
committee memberships, or
any other accomplishments that we might celebrate in the Annual Report.

Upcoming Events

PDS: Moving Forward Conference, June 24, 1999, Legislative Office Building.
Jacqueline Bowman and David Stoloff are planning to attend.  There is room in the car that will leave ECSU at 7:30 am to return by 4 pm.

Student/Professional Opportunities (Please see David for details.)

American Association for University Professors - Connecticut State University
Research Project in Developing Online Courses for PK-12 Schools

Seeking a diverse group of ten PK-12 teachers, representing a variety of grades and subjects taught, to develop collaboratively month-long courses that they would plan to implement in their classrooms during the 1999-2000 academic year.  These courses would focus on a curricular topic that would be enriched through the integration of at least 100 links to websites woven into the course’s narrative and activities for learning.  This project will examine the factors influencing the effectiveness of curriculum supported by web-based resources.

 Qualifications:  experience teaching in a PK-12 school, coursework in curriculum development.  Willingness to develop in webpage development.

 Participants will receive a stipend of $300.  They may either work on their own with collaboration with the project director via email or attend workshops during July 1999 at ECSU.  They may also earn graduate credit for their participation by enrolling in an oncampus or online educational technology workshop.

 For more information, please contact Dr. David Stoloff, Education Department Chair, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT 06226, email:  stoloffd@ecsu.ctstateu.edu, tel. no. (860) 465-5501, or visit  http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/stoloff/su99project.html .

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

In the Chair's Office -

BEST (The Beginning Educator Support and Training Program) Handbook for the Development of an English Language Arts Teaching Portfolio 1998-1999

BEST Handbook for the Development of a Science Teaching Portfolio 1998-1999

BEST Handbook for the Development of a Mathematics Teaching Portfolio 1998-1999

Connecticut's Common Core of Teaching - April 1999 Draft.

ECSU's Affirmative Action Plan, July 15, 1998.

ECSU's 1999 Baseball Program.

In Faculty Members' Offices -

Praxis II Mathematics Test Preparation Kit - in Hari Koirala's office.

BEST (The Beginning Educator Support and Training Program) Handbook for the Development of a Social Studies Teaching Portfolio 1998-99 - in Leslie Ricklin's office.

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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.