College of Education
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You are urged to exercise your citizenship rights by voting in the August 6 primary election and in the general education on November 5. The persons selected in these elections are extremely important to the lives of children and youth in our state and nation.
FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
Jim Berry and Ron Williamson are in Burlington, VT, participating in the annual convention of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. While there, Berry will present "The Devolution of American Education: Leveraging Change Through Charter Schools." Williamson will present "Bridging Preparation and Practice: The Impact of Internships on School Leadership."
Ellen Hoffman (with T. McManus, M. Charles, R. Rubio, and J. Lenze) has published "COATT: A State-Wide Initiative to Evaluate and Improve Teacher Technology Education" in Computers in the Schools.
Nancy Copeland and Ellen Hoffman presented "Making Your Curriculum Click!" at the U. S. Department of Education 2002 PT3 Grantees meeting in Washington. Hoffman (with D. Nelson and T. Freesmeyer) presented "CATALISE Project: Technology Planning System" at the same meeting.
Lizbeth Stevens has received an 8th Award for Continuing Education from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
The Michigan Association of Teacher Educators received the outstanding state unit award for 2002, based on its activities in the programs/services area. Barbara Gorenflo is the president.
SPONSORED PROJECTS
Two sponsored projects, awarded earlier in the year, have just come to Monday Report's attention.
Dale Rice is codirector of a project that Kathleen Stacey is directing. This project has been awarded $25,000 from the Michigan Department of Education for "MI CLIMB Project CD-ROM Dissemination. The Office of Academic Service-Learning will train, coordinate, and oversee faculty consultants from colleges of education at EMU, Central Michigan University, Northern Michigan University, and Western Michigan University as they become trainers and technical assistants for all teacher preparation programs in Michigan.
Don Staub is codirector of a project that Raouf Hanna is directing. This project has been awarded $44,415 from the American Councils for International Education for "Eastern Michigan University Proposal to be Named as Host Institution to Undergraduate Students from the New Independent States." This program will host 3-5 students from the New Independent States (formerly Russia) to attend EMU for one year as upperclass undergraduate students. The program involves two academic semesters of study and a spring-summer internship working in the community in some area of their field of study.
MENTORS NAMED
Alane Starko will serve as the mentor for Ian Haslam, incoming Head of the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Jim Berry will serve as the mentor for Shawn Quilter, interim Assistant Dean.
Bill Cupples will serve as the mentor for Lidia Lee; Kathleen Quinn for Sarah Ginsberg; Gary Navarre for Karen Carney; and Nancy Halmhuber for Jackie McGinnis
Other mentors for the coming year are to be announced.
ALUMNI NOTES
Florence Hartway, age 110, who may have been the oldest living alum of "The Normal," died recently in St. Clair Shores. She graduated from St. Mary High School in Mt. Clemens and, after completion of her program at The Normal, returned to St. Mary to teach. Later, she taught at Atwood and Card schools in rural Macomb County. As a teacher in the one-room schools, she often ice skated to school on the Clinton River, arriving to build a fire in the stove before the children arrived.
William C. Putney '70 is the new superintendent of the South Lake schools.
Raymond Kudzia '71, longtime band director in the Romeo schools, died recently of cancer in Gross Pointe Woods.
John Artis '81 is the new superintendent of the Dearborn schools.
Stan Heath '88, head basketball coach at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, is the subject of a four-page interview published in Arkansas, a UA alumni publication. Heath, prepared as a social studies teacher while at EMU, began his teaching and coaching career at Lincoln High School.
Brian McCloskey '02 is the new band director for the Almont schools.
STUDENT NOTES
Cara Jasiolek, prospective elementary teacher, placed in the top 10 in the Miss Michigan contest.
Students in HPERD 220 Varsity Rifle Team have an opportunity to compete for $1,000 scholarships. Seven such students have received the award in the past. For information, contact jeffrey.knop@emich.edu.
SHORT NOTES
Because of program changes, RDNG 314 will be taught for the last time ever on August 6. A "funeral" is planned for 1:30 p.m. on that day.
The deadline for proposals for the SINO-American Education conference is August 10. Infor-mation: http://www.kennesaw.edu/sino-american/
To join a faculty seminar on "Teaching at EMU . . . ," contact margaret.crouch@emich.edu by August 13.
September 12 is the deadline for application for various AACTE awards. See "Calls for Papers/Proposals" below for additional information.
A "Program Review Workshop" will be held on September 27 for the Department of Teacher Education. Members of the faculty are encouraged to attend. The session will be in Halle 300, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
COE CREDIT HOURS
COE credit hours for 2001-2002 currently stand at 88,600, a 6.18% increase over 2000-2001. This total of 88,600 is the second highest number ever for the COE, topped only by the 91,986 in 1990-91.
For the 2002 Summer term, COE credit hour production is almost 12% higher than for Summer 2001, including a 26% increase for HPERD and a 15% increase for Teacher Education.
Fall 2002 credit hours for the COE are already within about 16% of last Fall's final figures, although three departments are already within 5-8% of last Fall's final figures. It is highly likely that credit hours in the COE for 2002-2003 will set an all-time high record.
BENCHMARKING STUDY RESULTS
For the past three years, the COE has participated in a national study under the auspices of Education Benchmarking, Inc. EMU student teachers are requested to complete an 82-item survey form.
Comparisons are available longitudinally for EMU, with a six-institution "peer" group, with all participating institutions in our Carnegie classification, and with the total group of institutions participating in the study.
The responses to the 82 items are grouped into 13 clusters. Among those clusters, we do best (in descending order) in student teaching experience, fellow students in program, satisfaction with faculty and courses, and assessment of student learning. We do least well on (in descending order) overall satisfaction with program, research methods/professional development/societal implications, career services, and management of educational constituencies.
Compared with last year's responses, we are most improved on (in descending order) management of education constituencies, assessment of student learning, classroom equity/diversity, and overall satisfaction with program. We lost ground, compared with last year's responses, on (in descending order) administration and support services, fellow students in program, satisfaction with faculty and courses, and career services.
The highest responses by item were (in descending order) quality of university supervision during student teaching, quality of student teaching cooperating teacher, quality of learning experience of student teaching, support from teachers in student teaching school, and ability to develop a lesson plan.
The lowest responses by item were (in descending order) availability of courses, academic advising by non-faculty, ability to deal with school politics, knowledge of school law, and number of interviews with prospective employers.
We are most competitive with our "peers"(in descending order) in ability to develop curricula, academically challenging education courses in comparison with non-education courses, quality of university supervision during student teaching, and ability to develop a lesson plan.
We are least competitive with our "peers" (in descending order) in number of interviews with prospective employers, classroom management, academic advising by non-faculty, and availability of courses.
Detailed results are available in each COE academic office.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunties.html)
August 28-29-EMU New Faculty Orientation.
September 3-College of Education Fall Conference, all day; Eagle Crest Conference Center.
September 6-Department of Teacher Education retreat, all day, Emerich Center.
September 18-Governor's Education Summit, Lansing.
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
August 9-deadline for submission of proposals for the Joint Midwest and Northeast Comparative and International Education Society fall meeting. For information, http://www.pitt.edu/~iise/cies.html
August 10-deadline for SINO-American Education Consortium 14th annual international conference. For additional information, http://www.kennesaw.edu/sino-american/
August 13-deadline for enrolling in the "Teaching at EMU in the Twenty-First Century: A Faculty Seminar," moderated by Margaret Crouch. To register, margaret.crouch@emich.edu.
August 15-deadline for proposals for the Midwest Association of Teachers of Educational Psychology. For information, lhuffman@bsu.edu.
September 2-deadline for articles for Principal Leadership on "finding and allocating resources." For information, www.principals.org, click on News and Views, Publications, Principal Leadership, Submission Guidelines.
September 6-deadline for nominations for the "Queen Smith Award for Commitment to Urban Education" of the Council of the Great City Schools. For information, www.cgcs.org.
September 10-deadline for proposals for AERA professional development and training sessions. For information, www.aera.net and click on "Training."
September 12-deadline for application for 17 AACTE awards.
September 15-deadline for Kappa Delta Pi Record articles on motivation in teachers and students.
October 1-deadline for intent to enter competition for Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award of the Association of Teacher Educators. For information, jreinhartz@uta.edu.
THEME STATEMENTS
Caring professional educators for a diverse and democratic society. (CPED2S) (Initial programs)
Eastern Michigan University advanced professional education programs develop leaders who demonstrate reflective thought and scholarship within the context of a culturally diverse society. In addition, the ___ program _________. (advanced programs)
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