College of Education
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION "CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE" ON TUESDAY, APRIL 21
An unusual "celebration of excellence" for the College of Education will be held on Tuesday, April 21. Weather permitting, the ceremonies will be held in a tent on the lawn near Boone Hall.
Several hundred graduate and undergraduate students, staff, faculty, and friends of the College of Education will be recognized for outstanding accomplishments. Because it was not possible to find a single time when all those to be honored could attend, three separate short activities will be held at 9:00 a.m., noon, and 4:30 p.m.
Those being recognized are invited to attend any one of the three events. Refreshments will be served and there will be entertainment. In the event of inclement weather, the events will be held in the main hallway of Boone Hall.
PRESIDENT SHELTON SCHEDULES APRIL 20 BUDGET MEETING
President Shelton has scheduled an open meeting on the 1992-93 EMU budget for 11:30-1:00 on Monday, April 20. The meeting will be held in 201 Welch Hall. Everyone is invited and urged to attend.
CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE--APRIL 21
VIC CHIASSON ORGANIZES NEW YORK CITY "GREAT MARSHMALLOW DROP"
Vic Chiasson recently organized the dropping of about 10,000 marshmallows from a helicopter into a New York City park. Youngsters eagerly snatched them up and traded them for plastic eggs filled with treats.
The New York City "drop" was modeled after several southeast Michigan marshmallow drops originated by Chiasson. The New York City event was covered by the Free Press, the Ann Arbor News, and other media.
Chiasson joined the HPERD faculty in recreation in January after a number of years of experience in recreation work in southeast Michigan.
AERA PRESENTERS FROM TEACHER EDUCATION
Five faculty from Teacher Education--Margaret Moore, Rebecca Martusewicz, Patricia Pokay, and Valerie Polakow--are presenting at the annual AERA convention in San Francisco this week.
Diamond and Moore are presenting on "Effects of Parental Involvement in a Multicultural Literacy Program in an African-American School District." Martusewicz' paper is on
"The Art of Making Do: Reflections on Popular Culture, Pedagogy, and Politics." Pokay is presenting on "Pre-service Teachers' Thinking About Activities," while Polakow is presenting on "Invisible Space: Unpacking the Discourse of Care in the Landscape of Women and Children."
HPERD SCHOLARSHIPS ANNOUNCED
In recent HPERD ceremonies, Craig Voll, Jr. was presented the Wilbur P. Bowen Scholarship. The Marguerite E. Grills Uniqueness Scholarship was awarded to Kurt Bartel. Lorraine Meloche was the recipient of the Augusta Harris Scholarship.
The Paul B. Sampson Scholarship was awarded to Bruce Rivera and the recipients of the Katherine Maher Scholarship were Samuel Cornett and Donna Sink.
James E. Martin was recognized as the 1991-92 Physical Education Major of the Year. One hundred twenty four students were presented honor certificates.
COE/L&C CO-SPONSORS REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCHOOL FINANCE
Nine property tax and school finance reforms for Michigan were debated during a recent school finance conference co-sponsored by the COE/L&C, along with the Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce and several other southeast Michigan community groups.
A large audience from throughout Michigan attended the event, held at the EMU Corporate Education Center. Helen Ditzhazy, William Price, and Jerry Robbins were involved in the event.
DEATHS MADE KNOWN
Margaret Kulhawik of Jackson, a recent program completer, was killed on January 13 by a hit-and-run driver. Dawn Pawluszka, an L&C student, died approximately two weeks ago. Condolences are expressed to members of the families of these two members of our COE community.
MSHA CONFERENCE INCLUDES SPECIAL EDUCATION FACULTY
At the recent annual conference of the Michigan Speech Language Hearing Association, Carole Gorenflo served as moderator of a session that included papers by Kenneth Schatz and Barbara J. Underwood on "Speech-Language Pathology Students and AIDS" and by Carole W. Gorenflo and Sarah Santer on "Attitudes of Speaking Persons Toward Synthetic Voice Output of Nonspeaking Persons."
K. Paige George and Carole Gorenflo participated in a poster session with "Educational Handouts as a Means for Increasing Child Care Workers' Knowledge of Speech and Language Development." Ronald B. Hoodin and Ann Raffoul presented "The Social Acceptability of Treatment for Stuttering."
PDK CHAPTER RECOGNIZES COE FACULTY
Ron Saunders, Jim Berry, Donna Schmitt, and Irene Allen have all been elected to leadership posts in the EMU chapter of Phi Delta Kappa. Lou Thayer (25 years) and Gloria Neve, William Price, and Alane Starko (10 years) were recognized recently for long service.
COFFEES WITH THE DEAN--Next on April 30; a previously announced one for May 29 has been cancelled.
AN UPDATE ON THE OVERSEAS EDUCATOR PROGRAM
After receiving input from the College of Education Council last fall, the central administration determined that there would be a phase-out of the Overseas Educator Program which has been operated for several years by the College of Education.
Administrative responsibility for the phase-out period was assigned to EMU's Office of Continuing Education, under the general direction of George Klein.
An identification was made of all degree-seeking students in the program. Through the efforts of the Graduate School, a determination was made for each student as to how much course work (and what) remained in order to complete degree requirements.
It was found that, by careful offering of certain courses in the summers of 1992 and 1993, all students would have an opportunity to complete degree requirements.
Continuing Education has arranged for selected courses to be offered near London this summer. The Department of Teacher Education has identified instructors for these courses through the usual processes for identifying instructors for off-campus classes. Bert Greene has been asked by Continuing Education to serve as the on-site coordinator for this summer.
Continuing Education has notified all students of the need to complete program requirements during this summer or, as necessary, the next two summers. It is not anticipated that the College of Education will attempt, in the foreseeable future, to offer complete degree programs outside of the U.S. after this is completed in 1993.
APRIL 15 COE COUNCIL MEETING
At its April 15 meeting, the COE Council referred to its Instruction Committee for "workup" and report back a title change in PED 581.
The Council officially took note of the fact that EMU has not one, but three routes for the preparation of teachers of English. The Council approved a "general education" component for each. The Council also added two Spanish literature courses to the options available in "general education" under literature.
Reports of standing committees were received. The Instruction Committee meets next on April 39 at 1:30, primarily to consider various changes in graduate courses in Special Education. Reports were made on the "Celebration of Excellence" and the "Conference on Collaboration."
Reports were received from groups with which the COE Council has been connected. The Council's "long-range planning" committee, chaired by Marvin Pasch, has been active. Other activity was reported by the Community Advisory Committee and the Student Advisory Committee. The Joint Committee on the Post-Baccalaureate Program will meet on April 22, chaired by Tom Gwaltney.
The Council provided input to Stewart Work and Don Bennion, representing the University's assessment task force.
The Council took from the table and passed a motion to create an EDM 333 Instructional Applications of Media and Technology (3) and to make this course required and in the place of EDT 300 (1) and EDM 345 (1) in all programs in which both EDT 300 and EDM 345 are now required. (However, two technical problems have arisen and this will not be implemented until the technical problems are resolved.--JHR)
The Council adopted a report from HPERD concerning admission, retention, and exit requirements for the master's program in physical education.
The question of a secretary for the Council after this meeting was discussed at some length.
The Council gave input on the content and format of several NCATE-related questionaires that will be circulated soon.
Items on the next agenda will include a discussion on enrollment management within the COE, consideration of election of three COE representatives to next year's Graduate Council, program revisions for several programs in Teacher Education, exit requirements for graduate programs in leadership, retention and exit requirements for several graduate programs in Teacher Education, revisions to the specialty studies in earth science, major portions of the "knowledge base" for the basic-level programs, a structuring of acceptable majors and minors for elementary and secondary/K-12 basic level programs, and official adoption of the basic-level professional studies component, among others.
APRIL 16 UNIVERSITY COUNCIL ON TEACHER EDUCATION MEETING
At its April 16 meeting, the University Council on Teacher Education reviewed and approved minor amendments to the "specialty studies" in the earth science basic-level program.
UCTE also adopted a report from the basic-level "knowledge base" committee. After considerable discussion and several amendments, the UCTE approved a list of 20 acceptable majors and 27 acceptable minors for prospective elementary teachers. UCTE also approved a list of 32 acceptable majors and 33 acceptable minors (some of which are associated only with particular majors) for prospective secondary and K-12 teachers.
UCTE also approved, for the basic-level programs, the content and structure for the professional studies component, with the exception of the professional studies component for business education, industrial arts, and vocational-industrial education.
The next agenda will include items on the professional studies component for business education, industrial arts, and vocational-industrial education; input on the proposed "CITE II" proposal; consideration of criteria for admission to the teacher education program; consideration of the specialty studies component for basic-level programs; further implementation of the basic-level "knowledge base"; and other items.
UCTE PROPOSES THEME
Based on the work of the basic-level "knowledge base" committee, chaired by Georgea Sparks-Langer, the UCTE has endorsed the following theme for the EMU initial teacher preparation program:
EMU teacher educators produce:
KNOWLEDGEABLE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE CARING, REFLECTIVE DECISION-MAKERS IN A CULTURALLY DIVERSE SOCIETY.