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ROLAND BARTH SPEAKS AT 10TH ANNUAL ADMINISTRATORS CONFERENCE
Noted author Roland Barth of Harvard University was the keynote speaker at the 10th annual Administrators Conference of the Collaborative School Improvement Program (C-SIP). Barth led the group in participatory activities related to vision and other aspects of bringing about change at the K-12 level.
"The Leadership Role in Systemic Change" was the conference theme. In addition to local-area administrators who assisted with the break-out sessions, Jim Berry, Helen Ditzhazy, Alison Harmon, Bill Hetrick, Bill Price, and Jackie Tracy assisted.
Jim Berry and Alison Harmon, along with Kathy Ashton-Miller, provided leadership roles for the conference.
JOHNSON AND ASHTON-MILLER PRESENT AT AACTE; SCHMITT ELECTED
Robbie Johnson and Kathy Ashton-Miller presented "Enhancing the High School Teaching Experience: The Huron High School Student Teaching Project" at the recent meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) in San Diego. Donna Schmitt was elected chair of the AACTE's national "Gender in Education" Special Study Group.
FACULTY NOTES
Martha Tack travels this week to Washington, D.C. to chair a meeting of the Research and Information committee of the National Business Women's Foundation. From there she goes to Fort Myers, FL for a Foundation Board meeting.
Q. S. Samonte was the guest of the Minister-Counsellor of the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York for several days last month. Samonte was asked to review and react to position papers of the Mission on basic education, human rights, and national development.
Irene Ametrano has been appointed to a three-year term (1993-96) on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Counselor Education and Supervision.
Jennifer Beller has been appointed newsletter editor for the Philosophic Society for the Study of Sport (PSSS). She has also been named to the PSSS governing board. Beller is also a delegate for the National Association of Sport and Physical Education for the AAHPERD Assembly later this month in Washington.
Judy Williston is using data from her Faculty Research Fellowship project to share with participants at five conferences this spring. This month Williston will be leading two full-day workshops at the West Virginia Child Development conference (Huntington) and the Ontario Association for the Education of Young Children (London). She will present at the MI Association for the Education of Young Children (Grand Rapids). Next month she will present at the Midwest AEYC conference in Indianapolis and in May she will present at the Ohio AEYC in Toledo. Williston is producing a supervisory manual and a second videotape on early childhood supervision.
Rosella Bannister presented two workshops on money management for couples and singles in Plymouth, sponsored by the Ann Arbor district of the United Methodist Church. She and other members of the NICE staff will be conducting an "Insurance Education Seminar," sponsored by the MI Association of Insurance Companies.
Jerry Robbins is an invited speaker this week in Macon, GA at a conference jointly sponsored by the GA Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the GA Professional Standards Commission. He recently represented professional education programs at a meeting of the Teacher Examination Advisory Committee in Lansing.
Among those with papers accepted for AERA are Georgea Sparks-Langer ("Collaborations Between Educators and Scientists to Improve Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers: The Generalist's View") and Pat Pokay ("Theories of Math Motivation: Educational Psychology or Math Education" and, with Carla Tayeh [Mathematics], "Preservice Teachers' Self-Assessment: Portfolios in the Mathematics Class").
UCTE MEETS, CONTINUES COMMITTEE WORK
The University Council on Teacher Education (UCTE) met on March 4. Recent UCTE sessions have been devoted largely to subcommittee work and reports were received at this session.
KRAMER'S ED SCHOOL FOLLIES REVIEWED IN JOURNAL OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Robert J. Nash wrote a lengthy and negative review of Rita Kramer's Ed School Follies: The Miseducation of America's Teachers in the most recent issue of the Journal of Teacher Education.
In the review, EMU is given as a frequent example of Kramer's "inappropriate" reporting and interpretation. Nash writes, "At Eastern Michigan University, Kramer engages in a particularly spiteful after-class exchange. . . ." "Kramer asks the following unprofessional question of a group of Eastern Michigan program heads and teachers. . . ."
"Her interviews with some students at Eastern Michigan University, for example, are calculated to put them in the worst light." "Her analysis of. . .relatively harmless professor-student exchanges at Eastern Michigan University. . . border on political paranoia."
ADMISSIONS TO INITIAL TEACHER PROGRAMS UP DRAMATICALLY
Year-to-date, through January, the number of persons admitted to an initial teacher preparation program is 779. This compares with 516 for the same time last year, an increase of 263, (50%). Compared with two years ago (before the impact of state-mandated testing), the increase is 106 (16%).
HONORS STUDENTS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL GRADUATION
The following prospective teachers are scheduled to graduate with Honors from the Honors Program at the April ceremonies:
With Honors in Basic Studies: Kimberly Alaine Culling, Kathleen Dergis, Carrie L. Jacques, Janalen Diann Riccinto, Ami Laura Sroka, Jennifer Lynn Valko, and Julia Ann Ashcroft.
With Honors in Special Education, Linda Bigelow; with Honors in Communication and Theatre Arts, Sarah Lynne Birk; with Honors in Mathematics, Deborah Ann Butske; with Honors in Geography, Mary M. Wantin.
Steven James Koponen is graduating with Honors in Basic Studies, Mathematics, English, and Education.
RICHARD CLARK IS STUDENT REP TO MCPA BOARD
Richard Clark, a master's student in the college student personnel program, is the graduate student representative on this year's MI College Personnel Association Executive Board. He was featured in the Winter 1993 issue of the MCPA publication.
EMU MATHEMATICS EDUCATION CONFERENCE SCHEDULED
The annual EMU Mathematics Education Conference will be held on Saturday, March 27 at the Corporate Education Center. For information contact Geraldine Green (Mathematics) or Carla Tayeh (Mathematics). Registration is limited to 350 persons, with a registration fee of $20 ($14 for undergraduates). Thirty-one sessions are scheduled.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND RECOGNITIONS
The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (3007 Tilden St., N.W., Suite 5M, Box GPOS, Washington DC 20008-3009) has announced an August 1 deadline for the Fulbright Scholar Program.
For information on applying for Canadian studies grants or Quebec studies grants in 1993, contact J. Sanford Dugan at 7-0130.
Sister Eileen Rice of Siena Heights College is the principal speaker for the workshop on "Motivating Students to Learn and Practical Teaching Tips" sponsored by the MI Colleges' Consortium for Faculty Development. The session is at UM-Dearborn on March 27. Cost is $25. Contact Nancy Rampson at 313-593-5319.
Papers are solicited for "Our Educational Heritage: An International Symposium on the History of Education" at Northern Illinois University July 17-24, 1994. For information, contact Glenn Smith at NIU, DeKalb, IL 60115 (815-753-9360). Topic areas include African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Asian-American, Native American, and gender issues, as well as American and European history, museums and collections, history of technology, and biography.
June 1 is the deadline for submitting proposals for the 1994 AACTE convention in Chicago. Strands are "Creating a Commitment to High-Quality Continuing Professional Development," "Developing Standards for Teaching and Learning," "Changing Education Programs to Meet New Standards," "Using Assessment for Individual Learning," and "Relying on Assessment for Accountability." Extraordinary steps will be taken to support expenses for those accepted.
PAUL DOUGLAS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CONTINUES; APPLICATIONS SOUGHT
Students who have graduated or will graduate in the top 10% of their high school class may apply for the Paul Douglas scholarship. The scholarship provides up to $5000 per year and recipients are required to teach for two years. Additional information is available from Robbie Johnson or from Jean Maday in the MI Department of Education.
MORE OPPORTUNITIES
Central Michigan University is sponsoring a June 11-12 conference on "Innovations in Education 1993: Building Communities of Learners Through Whole Language Strategies: A Conference on Language, Literacy, Learners and Teachers." Phi Delta Kappa members may register for $85. For information, contact Paula Russell at CMU, 517-774-7141.
Deadline for applying for grants under the "Drug Use and Abuse in Minority and Underserved Populations" is June 1. June 7 is the deadline for applying for grants relating to textbooks, software, and teaching materials in math, science, and engineering--items that attract students to and prepare them for careers in teaching.
IN THE PRESS
The February 19 issue of the American Association of School Administrator's "Leadership News" was full of references to EMU, with two articles about alum Tom Fleming, 1992 National Teacher of the Year, and an item about doctoral student Joan L. Tucker, the recipient of AASA's Forrest E. Connor Scholarship. Tucker was recognized at the recent AASA convention held in Orlando, FL.
PLANNING AHEAD
March 8--EMU budget hearings (Business and Finance program improvements), 1-3 p.m.
March 9--Ameritech Superschool exhibit, Cobo Center Ballroom, 2-4.
March 10--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
March 11--EMU budget hearings (Marketing and Student Affairs program improvements), 1-3 p.m.
March 15--briefing and discussion on COE finances and internal allocations, noon, 219 Boone. EMU budget hearings (Executive Division program improvements), 1-3 p.m. Deadline for proposals for ATE summer conference.
March 18--EMU budget hearings (Academic Affairs program improvements), 1-3 p.m.; UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
March 22--Nominations due for editor, Action in Teacher Education.
March 24--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.
March 26--EMU reception (Leah Adams' room), Grand Plaza Hotel, MI Association for the Education of Young Children, Grand Rapids, 5-6 p.m.
March 26-27--"Equity in the Classroom III: Graduating Minority Students" conference, Lansing, Holiday Inn-West.
March 27--EMU Mathematics Education Conference, CEC. UM-D conference on "Motivating Students to Learn."
March 30--EMU budget hearings (Enrollments and Budget Overview), 1-3 p.m.