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FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
Jerry Robbins is the author of a book review that appeared in the recent issue of The Educational Forum. The review was of Kerry Ann O'Meara's Scholarship Unbound: Assessing Service as Scholarship for Promotion and Tenure.
Jon Margerum-Leys contributed "What Are We After?" to the online journal EdTechNot (http://www.edtechnot.com/).
Karen Paciorek (with former graduate student Janet Gulezian, kindergarten teacher, Smithtown, NY) presented "Reaching All of the Families in Your Classroom" at the National Association for the Education of Young Children convention in New York City. While there, she chaired an editorial advisory board session on early childhood issues for McGraw-Hill.
Ian Haslam presented at an International Symposium on Technology in Sport and Physical Education in Los Angeles.
Nelson Maylone had a letter to the editor published in Education Week.
Joe Bishop's paper "Conceptualizing the Roma: An Examination of Secondary School Student View of the Roma in the Slovak Republic" has been accepted for presentation at the UNESCO Conference on Intercultural Education, to be held next June in Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Julianne Pedersen performed with the Peter Sparling Dance Company as the special guests of the Detroit Institute of the Arts "Spirit of Degas Dance Performance and Award" event on November 16.
Mary Bigler, Carolyn Carter, Marion Dokes-Brown, Martha Kinney-Sedgwick, Peggy Moore-Hart, Mary Rearick, and Linda Lewis-White attended the MDE's Reading Forum in Howell recently.
Pat Williams-Boyd has included middle school students and their parents in sessions of her middle level theory and practice class. At the most recent class session, a large group of middle school principals and assistant principals were present.
In our "extended family," Robert Perry (African-American Studies) and colleagues are assisting an Ypsilanti High School teacher instructing an online class in African American studies. A. Troy Adams (Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology) has linked students in his SOC 101 class with students at Ypsilanti High School for a tele-mentoring program.
John Ginther (Mathematics) presented techniques for enhancing middle school mathematics at a conference of the NCTM in Paducah, KY. Peggy Liggit (Biology) has developed a website for the Water Educational Training science project that allows students and teachers to download 11 elementary science lesson plans related to water quality and wetland preservation.
Liqun Cao (Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology) visited Tianjin Normal University last spring to present a seminar comparing educational systems of the U.S. and China. Wendy Wang and Thom Cullen (Foreign Languages and Bilingual Studies) have conducted a case study on how non-native English speaking prospective teachers construct their understanding of second language learning and teaching during their practicum experience.
Russell Olwell (History and Philosophy) co-directed a summer institute for secondary social studies teachers in Ann Arbor and elsewhere in the Washtenaw Intermediate School District. He is president-elect of the Michigan Council for History Education.
ALUMNI NOTES
James '71 and Jeanette Bartz '63, '68 Amell have recently moved to Hubbard Lake, MI.
Linda Johnson '75, preschool teacher consultant, and Jeffrey Bradley '90, Slauson Middle School teacher, were honored by the Ann Arbor school board at a recent meeting with the "Celebrating the Excellence" award.
Gertrude Inez Campbell Francois Warren, age 91, died recently in Detroit. With two degrees from EMU, she taught for a total of 63 years in the Ypsilanti and Detroit schools. She was also active in many civic organizations.
Frances Bach Annett '40, a longtime teacher who took over her husband's real estate business after he died, died recently in Beverly Hills, MI.
Milton R. Lawson '50, of Brighton, died recently. He taught in Toledo, Ionia, and Clinton and served as a principal in Byron and Brighton schools. He retired from the Brighton schools in 1986 as a counselor.
UNITED WAY
Three COE units were recognized recently during the United Way Campaign Celebration for having met or exceeded the goal of 50% participation. These were the dean's office (Merri McClure), the Department of Leadership and Counseling (Lou Thayer), and the Department of Special Education (Karen Garvey).
Leadership givers affiliated with the COE included Donald Bennion, Georgea Langer, Nora Martin, Jerry Robbins, Jaclynn Tracy, and Scott Westerman.
COE COUNCIL MEETING
The COE Council met on November 20 with Martha Kinney-Sedgwick, chair, presiding. The Council approved a recommendation from the Advanced Programs Committee for a revised theme for the advanced programs and for certain portions of revised conceptual frameworks material. The revised theme is "Inquiry, advocacy, and leadership for a diverse and democratic society."
Various reports were received. The Council endorsed the dean's administrative action concerning two curricular items: (a) revisions to the physics teaching program and (b) a move of ZOOL 318 to become SPMD 318 Laboratory in Human Anatomy. However, the Council adopted a motion requesting the dean to notify members of the COE Council before taking such actions in the future.
After considerable discussion, a proposal from the dean of the College of Technology for changes in the program in technology and design (TX) was not approved, but was returned to the College of Technology with a request that this be processed through normal curriculum approval procedures, with a suggestion that the proposal be revised to include greater alignment with other EMU programs for preparing secondary teachers.
COE BY THE NUMBERS
As of November 17, COE credit hours from Summer 02 were up 11.6% over the previous summer, credit hours for Fall 02 were up 6.8%, and 20,962 credit hours had been registered for the Winter term. The Department of Teacher Education is already within 11% of the credit hours generated last Winter.
The average "hits" per day, for a recent month, for selected COE web site pages, were:
Main page 165, up 19% from previous month.
Teacher Education 92, up 33%
COE Off of Acad Serv 47, up 24%
Special Education 30, up 11%
Lead & Counseling 27, up 8%
UG Catalog 19, up 12%
COE phone directory 15, up 150%
Grad Catalog 14, up 27%
CATE lab 12, up 33%
HPERD 6, up 17%
CERTIFICATION TEST RESULTS
For the October 2002 administration of the Michigan Tests for Teacher Certification, there was a 100% pass rate in 10 of the 29 fields in which there were test takers. In 15 of those 29 fields, the EMU pass rate was at or above the statewide pass rate for the same field.
For the past 16 quarters, technology and design has a 100% pass rate (n = 6). There is a 98% pass rate in early childhood education (n = 388), health education (n = 123), and speech language impaired (n = 44). Secondary mathematics has a 97% pass rate (n = 32), learning disabled has a 96% pass rate (n = 103), and English has a 95% pass rate (n = 560).
For the past 16 quarters, 36 (of 45) teaching fields have a pass rate that is equal to or greater than the statewide pass rate in the same field. EMU's overall pass rate for the subject-field tests for the 16 quarters is approximately 84.5%.
EMU students pass the basic skills test (reading, mathematics, writing) at the state levels, all of which are high.
SHORT NOTES
The deadline for applications for the Artistic Recognition Award and the Scholarship Recognition Award is February 15. These awards include $1,000 cash and a commemorative plaque. Announcements will be made in March. For additional information, contact Graduate Studies and Research.
Marina McCormack has been notified of approval of the AACTE- Microsoft Innovative Teachers Grant program, valued at $200,000. The award includes a number of software licenses as well as instructional training software for pre- and in-service teachers. This grant is a partnership between the EMU College of Education and the Lincoln Consolidated School District. EMU partners include Michael Bretting, Marina McCormack, Anne Bednar, and Linda Lewis-White. Lincoln partners include Al Widner, superintendent, and John McGehee, technology director.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunities.html)
November 25-Faculty Commons workshop on "Circumventing Cheating and Plagiarism," 10:30-12:00 noon, Halle 300. For information, www.emich.edu/halle/facommons.html. To register, call 487-0020, extension 2111.
December 2-ORD's "Introduction to the World of Grants," 9:00-9:45 a.m. To enroll, or for information, contact donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
December 3-PDK meeting, Nelson Maylone on "Does Socio-Economic Status Predict MEAP Scores?" KDP General Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall Schoolhouse. Faculty Commons workshop on "Introduction to SPSS," 3:30-5:30 p.m., Halle G11. For information, www.emich.edu/halle/facommons.html. To register, call 487.0020, extension 2111.
December 4-"Coffee With the Dean," 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Porter 3rd floor, Staff/Faculty Lounge. ORD's "Developing the Budget," 10:00-10:45 a.m. To enroll, or for information, contact donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
December 5-7--Michigan Education Association Instruction and Professional Development Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dearborn.
December 5-Basic Programs Committee, 3:00 p.m., Porter 301B.
December 5-ORD's "The Essential Elements," 9:30-10:15 a.m. To enroll, or for information, contact donna.noffsinger@emich.edu. ORD's "Protection and Licensing of Intellectual Property in the University Setting," 2:00-4:00 p.m., Alumni Room, McKenny Union. Speaker: Norman Pollack. For information and to register, contact donna.noffsinger@emich.edu
December 6-Dance program and EMU Symphony Orchestra present Rossini's La Boutique Fantastique, Pease Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. For advance tickets, call 487.2282. Faculty Commons workshop on "ERes Electronic Course Reserve," 10:30-12:00 a.m., Halle 111. For information, www.emich.edu/halle/facommons.html. To register, call 487,0020, extension 2111. ORD's "Identifying Funding Sources," 1:00-1:45 p.m. To enroll, or for information, contact donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
December 2-deadline for articles for Principal Leadership on "equity in assessment, technology, and accessibility." For information, www.principals.org, click on News and Views, Publications, Principal Leadership, Submission Guidelines. (Doctoral students) deadline for applications/nominations for the Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship program. For information, Linda J. DeLauro, ETS Fellowship Program, ETS, Research MS-09R, Princeton, NJ 08541-0001.
December 3-registration deadline for January 6-10 "Beyond the Millennium: Teaching with Technology" program for teacher educators sponsored by NASA at the Center for Space Education, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. For information, www.amfcse.org/beyond.asp.
December 6-deadline for nominations for Education Alumni Hall of Fame. For information, jerry.robbins@emich.edu.
THEME STATEMENTS
Caring professional educators for a diverse and democratic society. (CPED2S) (Initial program)
Inquiry, advocacy, and leadership for a diverse and democratic society. (Advanced programs)
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