College of Education

Eastern Michigan University

Issue No: 100
August 23, 1993

COE FALL FACULTY CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 26

The annual COE Fall Faculty Conference will be held on Thursday, August 26 at the Radisson-on-the-Lake in Ypsilanti.

Events will start at 8:00 a.m. with coffee and a "get (re)acquainted" activity led by Vic Chaisson.  Lunch will be included and the session will end around 3:00 p.m.

NICE SPONSORS TECHNOLOGY MEETING

The National Institute for Consumer Education (NICE) held an August 20 conference on campus on "New Technologies: Implications for Consumer Education."

Out-of-town attendees were from such places as New York, Washington DC, Detroit, Lansing, Troy, Chicago, and Texas.  They represented such entities as MasterCard, the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs, Ford Motor, American Express, Kmart, AT&T, General Motors, the Federal Reserve, NBD, TRW, and the MI Department of Education.

MENTOR ANNOUNCED

In addition to those mentors for new faculty members previously announced, Myrna Yeakle will serve as the mentor for Joan Eckerson.

FACULTY NOTES

Due to a serious illness in his family, Bruce Crawford has requested a postponement of his appointment to the faculty of the Department of Teacher Education until January 1994.

Gary Banks presented "Legal Liability and the Youth Hockey Coach" on August 15 at a Program of Athletic Coaches Education (P.A.C.E.) workshop in Lakeland, MI.

ALUM AS DISTRICT TEACHER OF YEAR

Alum Traci Neill, 5th grade teacher at Loon Lake Elementary in Walled Lake, is the district's outgoing "teacher of the year."

STATE EVENTS OF INTEREST

The "Literacy, Society and School" conference will be held September 16-17, sponsored by the State Literacy Resource Center at CMU.  For information, call 517-774-7690.

The "Michigan Schools in the Middle--Teacher Preparation/Certification" conference for representatives of Michigan teacher education institutions will be held on September 23 in Mt. Pleasant.  R.S.V.P.'s are needed by September 8.  For information, call 517-774-6995.

MORE EVENTS OF INTEREST

The Society for Technology and Teacher Education's next meeting will be in Washington DC on March 16-19.  Presentation proposals must be received by October 2.  For information, call 804-973-3987 or send e-mail to AACE@Virginia.Edu.

"What's In, What's Out at NSF" will be presented at CMU on October 18.  For information phone 517-774-3094.

COE/PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM STATS FOR 1991-92 RELEASED

Data recently released from EMU's Office of Institutional Analysis and Reporting for 1991-92 show that:

514 persons became eligible for recommendation for certification as an elementary teacher.  Men constituted 8% of this group and minorities constituted 4% of this group.

305 persons became eligible for recommendation for certification as a secondary teacher.  Men constituted 8% of this group and minorities constituted 5% of this group.

The number of persons eligible for K-12 and other certifications was not made available.

The mean age of a recipient of an undergraduate degree through the COE was 26.3, with means by program ranging from 24.1 to 28.8.  The mean EMU GPA was 3.10.

The mean age of a recipient of a graduate degree through the COE was 36.2, with means by program ranging from 30.3 to 38.4.  The mean EMU GPA was 3.68.

Bachelor's degrees through the COE have steadily increased from 354 in 1986-87 to 542 in 1991-92.

Graduate degrees through the COE has steadily increased (except for one year) from 450 in 1986-87 to 710 in 1991-92.

PLANNING AHEAD

August 26--COE Fall Faculty Conference, 8-3.  Radisson Hotel.  Proposals due for Evaluation of Youth Violence Interventions.

August 27--COE Lecturer Recognition Banquet, 5-8, CEC, by invitation.  Proposals due for international education and cultural exchange of education leaders.

August 31--papers due to Texas Researcher.

September 1--deadline for submissions to Innovating Worthy Projects Foundation for mental health and disabilities.

September 2--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Founders Room. 

September 7--Comments due on guidelines for education of individuals with disabilities.

September 8--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I.  Proposals due to AASA for professor-practitioner school-based research.

September 14-15--EMU Graduate School workshops on preparing applications for university research awards, 3-4:30, McKenny Reception Rooms East and West.

September 15--applications due for "college student exchange."

September 16--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I.

September 16-17--"Literacy, Society and School" conference at CMU.

September 17--first applications due for "personnel training for children with disabilities."  Applications due for development or expansion of community service programs.

September 20--letters of intent due to develop education materials relating environmental factors and human health.

September 22--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I.  Graduate School pizza party for new faculty, 12-1:30 p.m., Starkweather.

September 23--"Michigan Schools in the Middle--Teacher Preparation/Certification" conference at CMU.

September 30--Coffee with the Dean sessions; 8:30-9:15, 110 Boone; 12:00-12:45, 214 Rackham; 3:30-4:15, 210 Warner.  Open to all faculty, staff, and students; no agenda.  Deadline for Canadian Studies Institutional Research Program; Canadian Studies Sabbatical Fellowship Program; Canadian Studies Faculty Research Program.

October 1--SRATE Journal manuscript deadline; deadline for manuscripts to Kappa Delta Pi Educational Forum on "Alternative

Schooling"; applications due for Woodrow Wilson Fellowships;  JTE manuscripts due on "Professional School Reform and Public School Renewal; applications due to Hatachi Foundation for support of community improvement projects, including the needs of youths and families.  NASSP Distinguished Middle Level Dissertation nominations due.  Papers due for National Educational Computing Conference.  Proposals on mental health and AIDS due to Ittleson Foundation.  Proposals due to NIMH on exploratory/developmental grants for psychosocial treatment research and for child and adolescent development and psychopathology research centers.

October 2--Proposals due for Society for Technology and Teacher Education.

October 7--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I.

October 7-9--TECSCU, Las Vegas.

October 13--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I.

October 15--Applications due for EMU Graduate School "Scholarly and Artistic Recognition Awards."  Applications due for Fulbright Teacher Exchange program.  Applications due to Environmental Protection Agency on teacher training, etc.

October 18--"What's In, What's Out at NSF" conference at CMU.

October 21--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I.

October 22--Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad application deadline.

October 23--Family Weekend at EMU.

October 27--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., place to be announced.

October 28--Coffee with the Dean sessions; 8:30-9:15, 214 Rackham; 12:00-12:45, 210 Warner; 3:30-4:15, 110 Boone.  Open to all faculty, staff, and students; no agenda.  Graduate School teleconference on "Graduate School: The Role of the Adviser," 1-3 p.m., 311 Library.

October 29--MACTE Conference, University Club at MSU, 8:30-3.

November 4--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I.

November 5--AERA Outstanding Book Award nominations due.  AERA "Outstanding Contributions Relating Research to Practice nominations due.  AERA Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award for Programmatic Research nominations due.

November 8--proposals due for USIA faculty exchange visits with other countries.

November 8-11--accreditation visit, Council on Accreditation of the National Recreation and Parks Association.

November 10--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I.

November 12--nominations due for ASCD Outstanding Dissertation Awards.

November 15--manuscripts due to Teaching Education on "Teaching on the Cutting Edge: Transforming Students & Ourselves, Schools & Societies"; proposals due to Joyce Foundation on restructuring, parent involvement, and school finance.  Proposals due to FHP foundation on health care, including studies of national health issues.

November 18--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I.

November 20--EMU/MSU chapters of PDK sponsored conference on "Integrating the Curriculum," Kellogg Center, East Lansing.

November 24--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I.

November 30--Coffee with the Dean sessions; 8:30-9:15, 210 Warner; 12:00-12:45, 110 Boone; 3:30-4:15, 214 Rackham.  Open to all faculty, staff, and students; no agenda.  Graduate School Annual Award Ceremony, 4-6 p.m., McKenny.

December 1--AARP Andrus Foundation proposals due on alcohol/medication misuse/chemical dependency, retirement planning, education and aging, aging and mental health.  Manuscripts due to JTE on "Teacher Education Faculty in the 21st Century."

December 2--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I.

December 8--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I.

December 15--Coffee with the Dean sessions; 8:30-9:15, 110 Boone; 12:00-12:45, 214 Rackham; 3:30-4:15, 210 Warner.  Open to all faculty, staff, and students; no agenda.

December 16--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I.

December 17--proposals due for training personnel for the education of individuals with disabilities.

December 22--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I.

January 6--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I.

January 12--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I.

January 14--MACTE meeting, East Lansing.mid-January--proposals due for research, children with severe disabilities; secondary education/transitional services for disabled youth; services for deaf-blind; media research/production for persons with disabilities.

-----------------------------EMU teacher educators produce:

Knowledgeable professionals who are caring, reflective decision-makers in a culturally diverse society.

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