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HELP FOR THE CHILDREN OF NYC
An EMU delegation is scheduled to deliver a van load of school supplies this morning in New York City for the benefit of students and teachers in the eight schools closed as a result of the September 11 tragedy. The supplies were donated by the EMU community, especially by COE students. Don Staub, along with Stacey Doctor, a senior in the emotionally impaired program, and Tiana Fedderman, a sophomore in the criminal justice program, made the drive to New York over the weekend. Jerry Robbins is slated to join them in New York to assist with the unloading.
UNITED WAY DRIVE UNDERWAY
So far, a total of 23 COE faculty and staff members have pledged or donated to the United Way campaign in a total amount of $3,774.89. This week, the donors include six persons from each of Teacher Education and Special Education, two persons from Leadership and Counseling, and one each from OAS and the dean's office. The campaign ends November 2.
FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
Nancy Halmhuber and Kathleen Beauvais are the authors of Case Studies About Children and Adolescents with Special Needs, recently published by Allyn and Bacon.
Dibya Choudhuri was in Boston this past weekend presenting "Pedagogical Strategies in Multicultural Counseling" at the Diversity Challenge conference.
Jerry Robbins is in Baltimore representing the COE at the fall conference of the Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities (TECSCU). He is also a member of the executive committee of the organization. Ellen Hoffman and Jean Rauch are involved in presenting a workshop on CATALISE at the TECSCU conference. Robbins, Hoffman, and Rauch will be attending a CATALISE project board meeting.
Later this week, Lynne Rocklage will be attending the "Closing the Gap" conference in Minneapolis.
Nelson Maylone's paper "Identifying Desirable Preservice Teacher Dispositions: An Intractable Problem?" has been accepted for the AACTE convention in New York in February. Ellen Hoffman will be presenting at the same convention on "Assessing and Improving Technology Integration in Teacher Preparation: Using the STAR Chart 2.0 for Institutional Change." "Using K-12 Student Work Samples to Evaluate Teacher Candidates" by Wendy Burke, Toni Stokes Jones, and Martha Baiyee has also been accepted.
Leah Adams (emeritus) spoke on the new NAEYC/NCATE standards for preparation of early childhood professionals at the recent Michigan AECTE Fall Forum, held at MSU. Karen Paciorek and Sue Grossman also attended.
Ellen Hoffman presented "Michigan Information Network Workshop E-Rate 101: Your Bridge to the Internet and Beyond" in Lansing last week.
Lynne Rocklage presented "Assistive Technology and Students with Autism" on October 6 as part of a series sponsored by the intermediate school districts of Monroe, Lenawee, Washtenaw, and St. Clair counties. The series serves as a model of distance learning with all sessions held via interactive television.
Jerry Robbins participated in last Friday's meeting of the EMU Foundation Board of Trustees, of which he is a member.
At the most recent EMU Board of Regents meeting, Regina George was approved as the director of the Urban Teacher Program. George is a COE alum.
Lisa Delpit, holder of the John W. Porter Chair in Urban Education, will hold office hours on Tuesday, 2:30-4:30 p.m. For an appointment, call Merri McClure at 7.1414.
Eddie Bedford's study of and teaching about the Negro (baseball) Leagues was featured on the front page of the October 9 "Focus EMU." Stephen McGregor is scheduled to be featured in the October 16 issue.
On October 7, representatives of the Metropolitan Ladies Group planted hundreds of spring bulbs and rhizomes in the Marylyn Lake Memorial Garden near the west entrance to the Porter Building. The garden houses a wide array of perennial plants donated by EMU students and alumni, EMU faculty and staff, and public school personnel from across the state.
Vic Chiasson, Jackie Tracy, Don Staub, and Jerry Robbins were among those who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for EMU-Detroit last Wednesday.
Karen Paciorek was recently appointed to the EMU Strategic Planning Committee.
ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT
Olga Nelson will be in Ottawa this week to present two papers. They are "Research Findings of the Course Applicability System (CAS), a Web-Based Interface System to Enhance and Facilitate Transfer" and "National Survey Results of Transfer Advising Services, Practices, and Demographics at NACADA Member Institutions."
International Education Week. EMU's observance of International Education Week, October 17-24, will include three noontime brown bag lunch presentations by COE faculty members. These include:
October 17, Gallery II, McKenny Union, Dibya Choudhuri, "Adjustment Issues for International Students Who Study in the U.S."
October 23, Gallery I, McKenny Union, Leah Adams (emeritus), "Global Educational Issues as Reflected in Three International Conferences in 2002."
October 24, Gallery II, McKenny Union, graduate student Charles Muwonge, "U.S. Higher Education from an Outsider's Perspective: Separating Fact and Fiction."
For additional information on the COE Project for International and Global Education, contact Don Staub in the COE Office of Collaborative Education at 734.487.1060.
International Conference on Teacher Education. The COE dean's office will support the travel of any one faculty member who will present a paper at the Fourth International Conference on Teacher Education ("Teacher Education as a Social Mission: A Key to the Future"), to be held June 23-27 at the Achva College of Education in Israel. The complete call for proposals may be found at www.conf4.achva.ac.il
A number of papers by COE personnel have been accepted for the Comparative and International Education Society's annual Midwest meeting. COE personnel have other leadership roles in the conference. These roles and topics include:
Don Staub (chair), David Anderson, and Valerie Polakow, panel discussion on "The Ethics of International Education: Does Education Transcend National Politics? Or, How Does a College of Education Decide Which Countries to Work With?"
Sarayuth Poolsup, "The Transition from Centralized Bureaucracy to Decentralized Autonomy: Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education in Contemporary Thailand."
Q.S. Samonte (emeritus), "Form vs. Substance in Comparative Education and International Education: A Continuing Challenge to Teacher Education."
David Anderson and Donald Staub, "The Origin and Development of the Comparative Education Program in the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University." "Bilingual vs. ESL Education in K-12 Schools: Why Are We Being Divided and Conquered?"
Leah Adams (emeritus), "Global Trends and Issues in Early Childhood Education: Finding Our Own Place."
Panel discussion on "The International and Global Education Project in the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University: Making It Happen." Donald Staub (chair), David Anderson, Martha Baiyee, and Mary Rearick.
SPOTLIGHT: CHRISTINE KARSHIN
Christine Karshin joined the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance in the area of heath education in the fall of 2001. Prior to joining the faculty, she received her Ph.D. in biobehavioral health from Pennsylvania State University in August 2001.
While a graduate assistant at Penn State, her research included an examination of the relationship between alcohol consumption and risky sexual behavior among college students, and the development and evaluation of substance abuse prevention programs at both the university and middle school level. She has presented findings from this research at scientific and professional meetings across the United States.
Prior to her doctoral work, Karshin was a health instructor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the same university where she received a Master of Science degree in health science (1996), and a Bachelor of Science degree in sports science (1994), with a concentration in exercise physiology.
Karshin also received a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (1990) where she majored in health and physical education. Following the completion of this degree, she taught for 5 years at the elementary and middle school level in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, her home town.
ALUMNI NOTES
Frances Hague, '27, age 92, died recently. She began her teaching career in Holt, then taught in the Ann Arbor schools for 29 years. Most of her career was as a second grade teacher at Burns Park Elementary.
Flossie Law Agar Collins, age 93, who received her teaching credential from The Normal around 1930, died recently. She taught in Ann Arbor area schools and was particularly proud of having taught former Ann Arbor mayor Ingrid Sheldon.
Marguerite Eaglin '53, '56, '68, who is retired from a career in the Ypsilanti schools and at Washtenaw Community College, was featured in a recent article in the Ann Arbor News. She has been substantially involved in community and civic activities.
President George Bush has announced his intention to appoint Thomas Fleming '68, '93 (1992 National Teacher of the Year) to the forthcoming President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education.
Charles D. McFadden, '71, age 56, died recently. He spent his career as a teacher in the New York City schools.
ADMISSIONS, INITIAL PROGRAM
Based on the first quarter, admissions to the initial teacher preparation program are now estimated to be 1,376 for the year, an increase of more than 9 percent over last year. The number and proportion of post-baccalaureate students, so far, is unusually high (41%). The proportion of men and minority students is climbing, as is the case with some, but not all, "high demand" teaching fields.
CREDIT HOURS
As of October 3, COE credit hours for Fall Semester were 7.05% ahead of final figures for Fall Semester 2000. This includes a 14.49% increase for Teacher Education, a 11.07% increase for Student Teaching, a 2.76% increase for HPERD, a 0.78% increase for Leadership and Counseling, and a 1.97% decrease for Special Education. For the fiscal year to date, the COE is running 5.65% ahead of the same time last year.
STUDENT NOTES
Three of this year's 10 EMU Presidential Scholars-Karin Armor, Evan Chall, and Joshua Neuenschwander-have expressed an interest in becoming teachers.
Kari Kivi is the top defensive specialist for the EMU volleyball team. A prospective elementary teacher, she is coaching the junior varsity volleyball team at Saline High School.
Last week's candidates for Homecoming royalty included these prospective teachers: Ryan Holman (elementary), Sarah Caine (mathematics), Shawn Cupp (music), Gayle LaVictoire (speech), John Tafelski (business education), Brooke Maggetti (elementary), Brooke Schmitz (elementary), Michael Thomas (biology), Mandy Stieh (mathematics), Dave Kurth (art), Eric Jackson (elementary), and Abbey Sheeks (special education).
The Michigan Department of Career Development is sponsoring student research on the quality of the workforce in Michigan. For additional information, see www.MDCD.org.
Application forms for the Michigan Association of Teacher Educators' 16th Annual Michigan Student/Intern Teacher of the Year award completion are available in the COE Office of Academic Services. The application deadline is March 22. For information, contact t.kromer@cmich.edu.
EMU's Continuing Education has announced the Carolyn and Dennis Dahl Continuing Education Scholarship. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply. The application deadline is November 1. For information, call 734.487.0407.
Course prerequisites will be strictly enforced through the registration system, effective with registration for Winter 2002. For information, see your advisor.
COE COUNCIL MEETING
The College of Education Council met on October 10, with Martha Kinney-Sedgwick presiding. Based on a recommendation of the Basic Programs Committee, the Council endorsed a new major and minor in reading and six new courses (RDNG 210, 230, 240, 330, 340, and 400) to support the major/minor.
Based on a recommendation from the Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee, the COE Council endorsed changes in ELEC 200, BEDU 344, and MFG 421; deletion of the Production Operations Management program; proposed new courses QUAL 557 and PLSC 550; and changes related to mathematics in the Applied Technology, Construction Management, Manufacturing Technology, and Computer-Aided Design programs.
Various reports were received. The Council then voted to refer to the tenure-track faculty for a vote a series of amendments to the COE Input/Governance document. The voting will be conducted within departments over the next several weeks.
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
As of the end of September, $21,474 had been raised for the College of Education through Development. This includes $3,169 for six expendable development accounts in the COE, $3,216 for the COE endowment, $5,130 in donations to five scholarship accounts, and $8,959 in the "event/expensed" category.
Generally not included in the figures above are the pledges made by COE alums during the recent telephone solicitation. These amount to $26,018, made by 532 COE alums. Another group of COE alums will be called in March/April.
STUDENT TEACHER WORKSHOP
A workshop for all EMU student teachers was held last Friday at Eagle Crest Conference Center.
Sessions were held on "classroom environment" (Dan Adams, Milan schools), "school law" (Connie Mitchell, Detroit schools), "multi-lingual classroom" (Hala Boles, Ann Arbor schools), "students at risk" (Anna Gersh, C.O.P.E.), "classroom management" (Julie Helber, Milan schools), "working with parents" (Barrie Frankel), "beginning teachers" (Kathy Ashton-Miller), "portfolios" (Donna Wissbrun, Anne Nerenz of Foreign Languages and Bilingual Studies), "classroom leadership" (Jack Staron, Birmingham schools), "middle school teaching" (John Millington), "keys to teaching success" (Barbara Saxton, Saline schools), and "ECE classroom assessment" (Carolyn Tyson, Pound House Children's Center).
At a session for university supervisors, a presentation on trends in the EMU teacher preparation program was made by Jerry Robbins, Alane Starko, Georgea Langer, and Pat Pokay. In the afternoon, Career Services presented a session that included J. Michael Erwin and Theo Hamilton of that office, assisted by the chief human resources officer of five area school districts (Louise Williamson, Van Buren; Sandra Harris, Lincoln; John Fulton, Ypsilanti; Donald Thomas, Brighton; and George Przygodski, Plymouth-Canton).
SHORT NOTES
Recognitions of Comer Schools. Nine principals across the country recently received the 2001 Patrick Francis Daly Memorial Award for Excellence in Educational Leadership. One of these was Joyce Herron-Taylor, principal of Anthony Wayne Elementary School in Detroit, one of our Comer Schools. In a separate recognition, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige has named Samuel Gompers Elementary School in Detroit as one of the National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence for 2000-2001. Marilee Bylsma is the principal and this is also one of our Comer Schools.
Multicultural Education. The Department of Teacher Education has organized a study group on "multicultural education: content and pedagogy integration." The group will meet next for a brown bag lunch on October 26. For additional information, contact Lisa Frankes.
Distinguished Faculty Awards. Nomination materials have been widely distributed on campus for the 2001 EMU Distinguished Faculty Awards. Nomination forms and supporting materials are due to the appropriate department head by January 18.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunities.html)
October 14-16-Sixth Annual National African American Parent Involvement Day Institute, Crowne Plaza, Romulus. For information, contact Jan Collins-Eaglin.
October 15-Faculty Annual Activity Report due to department heads. Notification of intent to apply for promotion due to department heads. Reappointment/tenure applications and support materials due to department heads.
October 15-Continuing Education Information Session, 4:00-7:00 p.m., Flint, with focus on M.A. program in Common Learnings.
October 16-ORD's "Identifying Funding Sources," 11:00-11:45 a.m. To enroll, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
October 16-EMU American Humanics program open house, noon to 2:00 p.m., 229 Rackham Building. For information, contact chris.foreman@emich.edu
October 16-Advanced Programs Committee, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Porter 301 B/C.
October 16-Continuing Education Information Session, 4:00-7:00 p.m., Jackson, with focus on M.A. program in Common Learnings.
Lisa Delpit (Porter Chair in Urban Education) lecture, "Transforming Education for 'Other People's Children' by Transforming Ourselves"; Porter 202; lecture, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; book signing, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
October 17-ORD's "The Review Process," 10:00-10:45 a.m. To enroll, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
October 17-21-Annual Fall Conference of the Great City Schools, Norfolk, VA, including meetings of the Colleges of Education of the Great City Schools. For information, see www.cgcs.org.
October 17-24. EMU celebration of "International Education Week." For information, contact Don Staub.
October 18-Teacher Education Advisory Board, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Porter 301B.
October 18-ORD's "Professional Writing Tips," 9:30-10:15 a.m. To enroll, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
October 19-ORD's "Introduction to the World of Grants," 11:00-11:45 a.m. To enroll, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
October 15--Articles due on theme of "creating and sustaining small learning communities" for Principal Leadership. For information, plmag@principals.org.
October 15-Articles due on theme of "the case for teacher education" for Action in Teacher Education.
October 15- proposals for University Spring/Summer Research awards due at department level. New Faculty Research Award proposals due to department heads.
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