Full Education Department Faculty Meeting - October 7, 1999, 12:30 - 1:45, WH 115

Items for the Agenda

1) Approval of the Minutes of May 6, 1999,  September 2, 1999
- where are the minutes of last April??

2) Unit Reports

ECE
Secondary Group - on graduate certification

3) Committee Reports

Library Committee
CARE
Graduate Studies
    [materials on program proposals should be available by next Wed. for your review]
Ad-Hoc Field Experience Group
other committees

?? Education Dept. Photo 1999-2000 - using new digital camera ?? - if we have time before 1:30

4) Course evaluation process
Other issues to be discussed

5) Discussion of the Teacher Education Community Advisory Council meeting on 9/30

Planning for the Teacher Education Oncampus Advisory Council - ?? Thursday, October 28, 1999 - 11:30 - 1:30??, issues to discuss ??

6) Initiatives
    Summer BEST seminars at ECSU?, CSU Education Faculty conference on assessment - 4/00

    Jaime Gomez, Communications, would like to discuss a potential collaboration with the University of the Atlantic in Colombia

    initiatives on educational technology, computer education

    increasing number of majors to increase recruitment - making secondary programs majors??

Please send other other items for the agenda to David Stoloff ASAP.

Please note:

Summer Institute for Future Teachers funding - a grant program directed by Dr. Elsy Negron-Wrang - purchased a SONY Digital Mavica - digital still camera.  It is available for short-term loan by contacting David Stoloff.

Patricia Lockey, an ECSU alumna and a homeschooling teacher, would like to talk with Education classes about homeschooling - rationale and reality.  If you are interested in inviting her to your classes, please contact Ms. Lockey at 487-0332.

Phi Delta Kappa meeting - Tuesday, October 19, 1999, Zenny's Restaurant in Mansfield, 5 - 8 pm.  Panel discussion on Teacher Preparation and Certification with Drs. Hilary Freedman, Richard Schwab, & Michael Smith.  Please see David for details on this dinner meeting and on becoming active in the PDK chapter in Eastern Connecticut.
 

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

Undergraduate Student Assistantships -  from Dean Kleine's office

"As in the past, Eastern has created a limited number of paid undergraduate student assistantships for Fall 1999.  The undergraduaate assistants will perform appropriate tasks, which will make it easier for a faculty member to interact with students.  An undergraduate assistant can be assigned to an individual faculty member or a group of faculty within an academic department.  An undergraduate is usually a student of junior or senior standing.

Please see David for guidelines for the application process.  These funds will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Student Funding for Research/Creative/Scholarly Activity

ECSU invites matriculated students to apply for funding in oreder to support research projects, publication efforts, presentations or papers at conferences, exhibitions, and performances.    Applicants, using a form available from the Department Chair, describe the nature of the proposed project and include a budget up to $200.  For more information, please see the Department Chair or the School Dean.
 

Opportunities for Interns as Part of "Technology Literacy Challenge Fund" Grant

The Area Cooperative Education Services (ACES) is seeking 20 preservice teachers to work with project teachers and their students to create technology-rich classrooms.  Each participating college/university will receive $9,000 for each Project Intern to pay for their education expenses duirng the year.

Please contact either David Stoloff at x55501 or Ed Molloy, Technology Education Specialist at ACES, (203) 407-4454 for more details.

substitute teaching opportunities for students

Killingly schools are interested in recruiting mature, talented people to serve as part of a core
substitute teacher cadre.  Members of this substitute teacher cadre will have regular
work and the added benefit of being able to participate in programs through Killingly’s
newly established professional development center.

Please see Mitch Sakofs for details.

Opportunities to Contribute

Relay for Life - American Cancer Society - October 16-17, 1999. The Stoloff family is looking for sponsors;  we will be walking around the track at Windham High School from 6-7 pm on Saturday, October 16.  Pledges are due on October 7.

The Bowlathon on Saturday, November 13, 1999, supporting scholarships at ECSU.  The Stoloff boys will be continuing their participation, without gutter bumpers this year, and seek contributions by the number of pins that they will knock down in two games - should not be a great number.  Please see David if you care to contribute.

Recently acquired media

At the PDS Forum, Jackie Bowman bought

Johnston, M. (1997) Contradictions in collaborations.  NY:  Teachers College Press.

Levine, M. & Trachtman, R., ed. (1997)  Making professional development schools work.  NY:  Teachers College Press.

Please see Jackie if you would like to borrow these books, which were purchased with the support of the Technical Assistants  in the P-12 Schools project.

David Stoloff has the proceedings of the "In Praise of Education" conference in his office.  Also, Learn and Live, a video from the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

On David's bookshelf:

The Dean shared with David - "Rising Expectations:  A Framework for ERIC's Future in the National Library of Education."

SDE's report on "Public School Educator Supply and Demand in Connecticut:  A Look Toward the 21st Century."

Large binder and other materials to prepare for NCATE 2000 Standards and our next program review.

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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.