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PRESIDENT'S FORUM ON FACILITIES FOR COE ON WEDNESDAY
President William Shelton is conducting an open forum on Wednesday, February 3, 3:00 p.m., 201 Welch. This forum will consist of an update on EMU's request for state funding for an Education building and library.
Also participating in the open meeting will be Provost Collins and Deans Robbins and Boone. COE faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend.
"I expect the president to announce something very positive for the College of Education," said Jerry Robbins. "I have reason to believe that a very creative package for funding has been assembled," he added.
At the discretion of the department/unit head, COE offices may close in order to permit staff to attend the event.
Several years ago, with substantial input from a COE faculty committee, COE space needs were identified as consisting of about 90,000 square feet of assignable space (about 122,500 total square feet) allocated in certain ways. (A summary is on pp. 267-270 of the NCATE Institutional Report.)
The plans would permit all of the Department of Teacher Education to be housed in the same building and would provide space "relief" for both Special Education and HPERD. In addition, funds for upgrading of both Rackham and Warner have been requested to be included in the funding package, under the planning assumption that much of Special Education would remain in Rackham and much of HPERD would remain in Warner.
President Shelton, who is teaching this semester in Boone Hall, is scheduled for a detailed tour of Boone Hall in mid-day Wednesday.
FALL COE FACULTY CONFERENCE DATE SET FOR AUGUST 26
The annual Fall COE Faculty Conference has been set for Thursday, August 26, at a location to be announced later. Activities for new faculty are scheduled for Monday, August 30 and Tuesday, August 31. It is anticipated that some, if not all, opening departmental faculty meetings will be on Friday, August 27.
All 1993-94 faculty are expected to be present at the all-day August 26 conference.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR EMU ALUMNI TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS
The EMU Alumni Association has called for nominations for the Teaching Excellence Awards. No more than one faculty from the College of Education will be recognized on October 9 at Homecoming.
Nominations may be made by alumni, graduate students, and seniors. Criteria and nomination forms are available in each department and are due to George Beaudette by March 5.
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GRADUATE SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS MADE
Ronald Goldenberg, Graduate Dean, has announced the following graduate appointments in the College of Education:
William E. Shelton, full graduate faculty; Wallace B. Piper, provisional part-time graduate faculty.
EMU RECEPTION AT AACTE MEETING
AACTE convention attenders next month should plan to attend the EMU reception for alumni, faculty, and friends of the COE. Robbie Johnson is coordinating the event, held for the second year. Interested faculty members should contact Dr. Johnson for details.
TEACHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE FOR PART-TIME FACULTY
The Department of Teacher Education is hosting a conference for part-time faculty in the department at EMU's Corporate Education Center on Friday morning, February 5. This event is modeled, in part, on a similar event held in recent times by the Department of Leadership and Counseling.
FACULTY NOTES
Marvin Pasch and Robbie Johnson, along with Suzanne Pasch of UW-Milwaukee; Steven Ilmer, JoAnne Snyder, and Ella Stapleton of Wayne State; and Awilda Hamilton and Paul Mooradian of Kent State are the authors of chapter 1 "Reflections of Urban Education: A Tale of Three Cities" in a book recently released.
The research reported in this chapter is the result of an ongoing collaborative effort of a consortium of urban teacher educators from metropolitan Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee. Portions of the research had previously been reported at an ATE meeting.
Donna Schmitt has been named to a three-year term on the editorial board of "The AASA Professor," a quarterly publication of the American Association of School Administrators. She will assume her duties during the AASA convention in Orlando, FL later this month. Schmitt has also been invited to present on "Women in Leadership" at the 1993 Michigan Adult and Continuing Education Coalition Conference on May 6.
James Riley is attending an educational technology conference in Tampa, FL.
Helen Ditzhazy presented on "Findings on Dilemma #1 of Ninth Graders at Willow Run and Lee M. Thurston High Schools" at the annual conference of the Michigan Educational Research Association in Novi on January 22.
Jerry Robbins, Robbie Johnson, and Donna Schmitt attended last Friday's meeting of the Michigan Deans Council. Provost Collins welcomed the group to EMU. Teacher testing, alternative certification, and periodic review were discussed.
BANNISTER RECEIVES AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY GRANT
Rosella Bannister has received a $30,000 grant from the American Express Company to support the preparation and dissemination of 3000 copies of the "Proceedings" of the Third International Symposium on the Consumer and Financial Services.
The symposium was sponsored by EMU's National Institute for Consumer Education.
YPSILANTI SCHOOLS FINANCIAL WOES BRING CHANGES TO COUNSELING PROGRAM
In December, a formal agreement was signed with the Ypsilanti schools such that the counseling program would provide services to the students of the Kingston Opportunity Center. However, recent financial developments in the school system have necessitated the closing of the Kingston Opportunity Center.
The counseling program has now offered its services to students, faculty, and staff of the Ypsilanti schools who may be affected by mid-year changes that are happening in the schools. Interested parties may call 487-0255 for an evening or Saturday appointment with a counseling intern.
COE STATISTICS
This semester, 542 students are in student teaching. The total for calendar 1993 is expected to be about the same as for calendar years 1978, 1979, and 1987 through 1991, with a larger number in 1992 and smaller numbers in 1980-1986. As of January 1, 652 persons had been admitted to the teacher education program thus far this year, up from 369 last year same time.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION COUNCIL MEETING
The College of Education Council met on January 27. A proposed new G&C 575 "Substance Abuse Counseling I" (3) was referred to the Instruction Committee for work-up and report.
The bulk of the meeting was devoted to an invited presentation by J. Michael Erwin, Director of the EMU Career Services Center.
Brief reports were made concerning the Community Advisory Committee, the Graduate School, UCTE, the COE Student Advisory Committee, the 1992-93 COE financial status, the FY94 budget process, and Education facilities matters.
Phyllis Noda has been invited to present at the February 10 meeting.
JUNE EVALUATION INSTITUTE SCHEDULED IN KALAMAZOO
The Second Annual Evaluation Institute, sponsored by the Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE) and Phi Delta Kappa, will be held June 19-24 in Kalamazoo.
This year's institute will provide participants with four days of skill development in teacher evaluation, plus an additional two days focusing on administrative evaluation issues. With the assistance of nationally known evaluators and educators, participants will actively analyze teacher evaluation models, practice adapting models to their own situations, and develop realistic implementation plans. Recent research findings from CREATE will be presented.
For information and registration, contact Kathy Hueser at 616-387-5895.
UP FORUM ON RETENTION IN APRIL
The 1993 Upper Peninsula Faculty Forum will be held at Michigan Tech in Houghton on April 15-16. The topic is "Increasing Student Retention--Focus on Teaching and Learning." Invited speakers include Debra Carter (ACE), Guadalupe Quintanilla (U of Houston), and Joseph (Tim) Gilmour (GA Tech).
For information, contact Michigan Tech's Educational Opportunity Department or call 906-487-2920.
EQUITY CONFERENCE IN LANSING IN MARCH
The MI Department of Education is sponsoring a conference on "Equity Within the Classroom III: Graduating Minority Students" to be held at the Holiday Inn-West in Lansing on March 26-27.
For information, contact Earl Nelson in the Office of Minority Equity, telephone 517-373-9700.
1993 ASCUS STUDY SHOWS TEACHER DEMAND IN SOME FIELDS
The recently-released 1993 ASCUS teacher supply and demand study shows that, for the region that includes Michigan and surrounding states, professionals are in demand in agriculture, bilingual education, computer science, counselor, English, English as a second language, French, German, Spanish, other foreign languages, library science, mathematics, school psychologist, biology, chemistry, earth science, general science, physics, other sciences, school social worker, hearing impaired, behavior disorders, gifted, learning disabilities, mentally impaired, multiple handicaps, reading, speech-language impaired, and technology education.
PLANNING AHEAD
February 1--"Coffee with the Dean" sessions: 8:30-9:15, Boone lounge; 12-12:45, Rackham lounge; 3:30-4:15, Warner lounge.
February 3--President's Forum on new Education facilities, 3:00 p.m., 201 Welch.
February 4--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
February 10--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
February 17-20--Eastern Educational Research Association conference, Clearwater, FL. Info: Jeffrey S. Kaiser, GSU, University Park, IL 60466.
February 18--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
February 24--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
March 1--"Coffee with the Dean" sessions: 8:30-9:15, Rackham lounge; 12-12:45, Warner lounge; 3:30-4:15 Boone lounge.
March 4--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
March 10--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
March 18--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
March 24--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
April 1--Deadline for manuscripts to JTE on "Supply and Demand of New Teachers and Proposed National Standards and New Sources for Teachers." UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
April 14--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.