Position Announcement from the State Department of Education - Hilary Freedman

"The job posting for the project director for the Title II state grant is
available.  Some of you may have received it in the mail; it is also
available on the Department's web site (http://www.state.ct.us/sde/jobs/certaec.htm)
in "Job Opportunities"  as an  Associate Education consultant. Closing date -
December 17, 1999.    As you know this is a very important position since
the person will be working for the next three years with all of the
preparation programs in Connecticut as they prepare for the regulations
which take effect in 2003 and require that graduates are able to demonstrate
competencies in certain areas.

I am writing to ask for your help.  Please read the posting and refer it to
colleagues, within Connecticut or outside of the state, who might be
interested in applying.  There is a strong possibility that once the
three-year period ends, the person would be able to remain at the Department
in a different position, depending upon vacancies that might occur.

My best to all of you for a happy holiday season,

Hilary"

Please announce to students:

Wintersession Offerings
PSY 206 Psych Of Childhood 12/27/1999  to: 01/13/2000,
MC 101  M-R  09:00a-12:10p Fitzgerald, D.

PSY 208 50  Psy Of Adolesence 01/03/2000  to: 01/21/2000
OC VCMS M-R  06:00p-09:10p Pozzato

ECE 215 01  Foundations of ECE  01/03/2000  to: 01/21/2000
WH 210  M-R  06:00p-09:10p Staff

EDU 200 01  Chld/Adol Developm  01/03/2000  to: 01/21/2000
WH 212  M-R  06:00p-09:10p    Staff

EDU 360 01  Tech in the Clsrm   12/27/1999  to: 12/30/1999
WH 307  M-R  04:00p-07:45p    Stoloff

EDU 509 01  Field Experience    01/03/2000  to: 01/21/2000
TBA    Staff

EDU 553 01  Comp/Clsrm&Curriculum    01/03/2000  to: 01/21/2000
WH 407  M-R  04:00p-07:20p     Stoloff

EDU 670 01  Workshop:Educ Port 01/11/2000  to: 01/17/2000
WH 316  TWR  05:00p-08:20p     Staff,
WH 316  M    09:00a-12:20p     Staff

Planning for the Education Department Meeting - December 2, 1999

Message from Mitch Sakofs:

He has joined the PDS Conference Planning Committee and the PDS Forum Steering Committee, statewide committees.  He will keep the faculty posted when the conference theme is finalized and a call for presenters is announced.

Recently acquired media

In the Departmental Library in the Chair's Office:

Connecticut's Common Core of Teaching.

The Connecticut Framework:  K-12 Curricular Goals and Standards.

Web resources suggested by Leslie Ricklin via CUFA (Confederation of University Faculty Associations) -

Just Released! The Quest For Better Teachers:  Grading The States by Chester E. Finn, Jr., Marci
Kanstoroom, and Michael J. Petrilli, The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, November 1999. This brand-new report card shows most states moving in the wrong direction on teacher quality.  http://www.edexcellence.net/

from Dean Kleine -

Campbell, L. & Campbell, B. (1999) Multiple intelligences and student achievement:  Success stories from six schools.  Alexandria, VA:  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

The constructvist classroom.  Educational Leadership, 57, 3, November 1999.

Notes on the Eastern Connecticut Teacher Education Community Advisory Council Meeting, Thursday, September 30, 1999 may be found at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/tecac93099.html

Comments Arranged by General Themes from a Survey of Eastern Connecticut Educators’ Impressions of ECSU Teacher Education Graduates – September 1999
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/tecac930responses.html

Notes from the Fall 1999 Teacher Education Faculty Council (Thursday, October 28, 1999, 11:30-1:30, WH 159) may be found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/tefc102899.html .

A copy of the outline of the Connecticut Common of Teaching is posted at
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/dept/ctcoreofteaching.html .
 

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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.