College of Education

Eastern Michigan University

Issue No: 91
June 21, 1993

FACULTY NOTES

Jaime Grinberg was a discussant/respondent in a symposium on "The Role of Narrative Inquiry in Jewish Educational Research" at the annual meeting of the Network of Jewish Educational Research in Chicago.

Martha Tack will present an inservice workshop on June 22 for school administrators in Clarkston on "stress management."

Gail A. Rachor has been named as a Provisional Part-Time Graduate Faculty member in Teacher Education for 1993-94 by Graduate Dean Ronald Goldenberg.

"BROWN BAG" LUNCH SET FOR JUNE 29

Mary Dean Barringer of the National Board for Professional

Teaching Standards will present at a "brown bag" lunch on June 29.

The session is scheduled for noon to 1:00 p.m. in Boone 107.  Beverages will be provided.  All professional education faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend and to bring a "brown bag" lunch.

STUDENT TEACHERS AT HIGH LEVEL

The 575 expected student teachers for Fall '93 will be the largest fall semester number since 1976.

MAY TEACHER TEST RESULTS IN

Results have been received for the May 1993 administration of the state teacher tests for those students attributed to EMU.  On the basic skills tests, EMU students had pass rates on the reading, mathematics, and writing tests of 99%, 95%, and 87%, respectively.  The pass rate in mathematics was the highest for EMU students in the six administrations of the test to date.

In the 36 subject-field tests taken by EMU students in May, pass rates were at or above the state pass rate for the same test in 21 areas.  Home Economics, Speech, Art Education, Computer Science, Learning Disabled, French, Geography, Early Childhood, Political Science, Emotionally Impaired, POHI, Speech/Language Impaired, Psychology, Business Education, and Chemistry had 100% pass rates on the May administration of the subject area tests. 

Cumulatively (5 administrations), seven subject fields have 100% pass rates--Speech, Art Education, Computer Science, Guidance Counselor, Home Economics, Sociology, and Astronomy.

Cumulatively, 23 of 40 subject fields have pass rates at or above the state pass rate for the same field.  These fields are:

Spanish, Sociology, Fine Arts, Home Economics, Speech, Art Education, Health, Computer Science, Learning Disabled, French, Geography, History, Biology, Early Childhood, Political Science, Visually Impaired, Astronomy, Guidance Counselor, Emotionally Impaired, POHI, English, Mentally Impaired, and Music Education.  The "point spread" is 23 for Spanish and 9 for each of Sociology and Fine Arts.

In 28 of 40 fields, the EMU pass rate is higher than the state overall pass rate (85%) for the fields in which EMU students have been tested.

OPPORTUNITIES

The Michigan Association of School Administrators has asked for presentation proposals by June 30 for the 1994 Midwinter Conference.  Of particular interest are sessions pertaining to OBE, assessment, organized abandonment, and collaborative models in delivering services and programs.

June 23--Judith Lanier speaks to "by-invitation-only" session on teacher education reform, Pew Charitable Trust grant.

28-30--CA Department of Education conference on CA Model of Middle Grade Reform, East Lansing.

29--Mary Dean Barringer, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, noon, Boone Hall.  Professional education faculty encouraged to attend.

30--Coffee with the Dean sessions: 8:30-9:15, Warner; noon-12:45, Boone; 3:30-4:15, Rackham.  Open to faculty, staff, and students.

July

1--proposals due for Qualitative Research in Education conference; proposals due for small grants in human growth.

6--Law-Related Education proposals due.

9--proposals due for evaluating the impact of Individuals with Disabilities Act.

12--proposals due for minority teacher training; comments due on priorities for child abuse and neglect prevention research.

14-17--national Reading Styles Conference, Chicago.

15--Distinguished Clinician in Teacher Education award nominations due; proposals due for Ruth Mott Fund grants in the arts (including dance) and health promotion.

16--Governor's Management Intern Program applications due; Braille training program applications due; vocational rehabilitation distance learning proposals due.

19--Eisenhower leadership development project proposals due.

20--FCIE workshop for case writers, 1-5 p.m., 501 Pray-Harrold; U.S. Europe Education exchange program deadline date.

August

1--Deadline for manuscripts to JTE on "The Changing Role of Teacher Educators."  Distinguished Research in Teacher Education award nominations due.  Deadline for applications for Fulbright Scholar Program.  Manuscripts due to Teaching Education on "Questioning the Primacy of Classroom Management and Discipline."

1-3--"Men and Relationships" conference, WISD.  Featured speaker:  Michael Messner, author of Men's Lives.