Ron Williamson's chapter, "Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: The Impact of Internships on the Preparation of School Leaders," was published in Shaping the Future: Policy, Partnerships, and Emerging Perspectives, the 2003 yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA).

Ron Williamson presented three papers at the recent conference of the NCPEA in Arizona.  They were: (with Martha Hudson, UNCG) "Pressure to Conform: The Induction of New School Leaders"; (with Jackie Tracy and doctoral fellows Minta Downing and Kevin Brandon) "The Legacy of the First Decade: Impact of One Doctoral Program on the Lives of its Students"; and (with Elizabeth Broughton and Suzanne Hobson) "Shaping the Future: Collaborative Opportunities for School Administrators and School Counselors."

Ron Williamson will conduct the external evaluation of "The Principals Partnership," a professional development project for high school principals sponsored by the Union Pacific Foundation.

Nora Martin attended and participated in a conference of special education administrators held earlier this month at Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville, MI.

Sherry Jerome was a featured dancer with the People Dancing Company in an interdisciplinary performance at the University of Michigan Art Museum.  The performance, "Fabula Rasa," featured a commissioned one-act play interspersed with choreographed dances and live music based on Kamrowski's surrealistic art.

Jerry Robbins conducted three performances of the Ypsilanti Community Band this past week.  One was at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) in connection with the dedication of a new building.  The second was in the EMU Convocation Center as part of WCC's ceremonies to honor completers of the international plumbers and pipefitters instructor training program.  The third was at the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival.

The COE Fall Conference at Eagle Crest on Tuesday, September 2 will begin at 8:00 a.m. with coffee and registration.  The general session will begin at 8:30 a.m.  Between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m., the EMU Office of Public Information will have a photographer present to make "head shots" of COE faculty members.  A new video tape will be shown and Provost Schollaert will speak.

Isaac Crary Elementary School in Detroit seeks volunteers to read with children one to two hours per week.  Contact Paula Johnson at 313.852.0625.

William "Bill" Morris, '64, '68 is the incoming vice chair of the EMU Foundation Board of Directors.  The incoming chair of the Board is Larry Warren, who, with his wife Janice, has endowed a scholarship for an African-American graduate student in educational leadership.

Margaret Robinett, age 91, died recently in Chelsea.  She taught in the Dexter schools.

Alumni and friends of the College of Education donated $529,855 to the COE during fiscal '03.  This is one of the largest annual figures ever and an 11.2% increase over the amount raised in FY02.  Many thanks to all the COE faculty and staff members who have assisted with this.

Well, it's only for one month (July 2003), but compared with the previous July, the number of sponsored project awards for the COE has doubled (from one to two), and the amount of sponsored projects dollars received is up 7.5% (from $25,000 to $26,882).  The value of proposals submitted has almost doubled (to $890,000), so let's hope we can keep up that pace for the rest of the year!

After finishing last fiscal year with an all-time high number of credit hours generated, the COE continues on the same roll.  As of August 12, COE credit hours for Fall 2003 were already ahead of final figures for any other Fall in recent history (perhaps ever), with the exception of last Fall.  We were within 5% of last Fall's final figures.  Credit hours for student teachers placed but not yet registered--even if no other COE registrations--will bring the total to above last Fall's record-breaking number of credit hours.  The Department of Teacher Education is already 4.0% above last Fall's record-breaking number of credit hours generated.

Including the results of the July 2003 administration of the Michigan Tests for Teacher Certification, the "rolling 16-quarter" cumulative pass rates for EMU show 40 of 47 teaching field instances where the EMU pass rate is at or above the calculated state wide pass rate in the same field.   On the Basic Skills tests, the pass rates for EMU students are equal to the state wide pass rate in both mathematics and writing and one percentage point below the state wide pass rate in reading.  All Basic Skills pass rates are at very high levels.

Fields in which EMU students have appreciably (10 or more percentage points) higher pass rates than for the state as a whole (in that field) include (in descending order) computer science, Spanish, economics, French, secondary mathematics, marketing education, and learning disabilities.  Overall, the EMU pass rate is about three percentage points above our calculations of the state wide pass rate (which include small amounts of missing data).

Teaching fields with "rolling 16-quarter" high (95% or above) pass rates include reading specialist, technology and design, early childhood education, speech language impaired, health education, Spanish, and economics.  

Teaching fields in which the cumulative EMU pass rate is both at/below 75% but at/above the state wide cumulative pass rate for the same field include: political science, earth science, chemistry, biology, history, sociology, physics, and geography.

Teaching fields in which the cumulative EMU pass rate is both below 75% and below the state wide cumulative pass rate for the same field include psychology, German, and visually impaired.

NCATE requires an 80% overall cumulative pass rate for consideration for re-accreditation.  We are currently at 84.6%.

It should be noted that five of the seven teaching fields with pass rates at/above 95% have relatively small "n's" (7 to 56), while six of the 11 teaching fields with pass rates at/below 75% have relatively large "n's" (118 to 498).  This statistical phenomenon contributes to  "pulling down" the overall EMU cumulative pass rate.

The following students were honored this spring at the COE Celebration of Excellence (continued from earlier issues):

Jeanne L. O'Lear, Tracey Odgers, Scott Donald Oikarinen, Christopher Olsen, Shawna Onorato, Marc Ostrander, Sonya Pake, Crystal Renee Palko, Heidi Pankow, Amber Parsons, Carol Paul, Melanie Ann Pavlovich, Kimberly Sue Pearch, Julie Ann Peckham, Brett Pedersen, Heather Ann Pedersen, Melynda Penny, Jeremy Perdue, Tina Perrin, Rebecca A. Pietrowski, Melissa Plave, Jody Plitz, April Polaski, Brenna Polzin, Katie Price, Emily Provo, Andrew Prus, Lindsay Przeslawski, Sheryl Pugh, Deborah Pyrkosz, Maria C. Racz, Melissa Radloff, Theresa RaduIan Ratz, Rachel Lynn Reaume, Christina Redlin, Melanie Redmond, Rachel Reed, Amy Reynolds, Pennesha Richard, Sara N. Rini, Kristen Risi, Bramwell Roberts, Cheryl Anne Robinson, Jodi Renee Rodgers, Nicole R. Roehrig, Jennifer Rogers, Melanie Rohnke, Maria Angela Roma, Kristen Roselle, Sara Roth, Laurel Ruehle, Christi L. Ruper, Lori Rynkiewicz, Julie A. Sayers, Robert E. Schicker, Joy Elizabeth Schisler, Anna Elizabeth Schlecte, Janine F. Schmedding, Jennifer Schmidt, Carissa Schneider, Tammara L. Schober, Dona J. Schwalm, Carolyn Schwedt, Samantha Scott, Mandy L. Scrimger, Susan Seabright, Laura Seitz, Elizabeth Selimi, Ronda Selter, Erika Sessink, Jessica A. Sexton, Ashley Shaw, David Shay, Reva Shukla, Shannon Siegwald, Sara N. Sikes, Serena L. Simmons, Brenda R. Sindelar, Carissa C. Slone, Carrie A. Smead, Amanda Smith, Gena Smith, Jennifer A. Smithers, Amie Snapke, Andrea Sorensen, Jennifer Spadafore, Debra S. Sparks-Sakowski, Kimberly Splan, Richlieu Spooner, Cortney P. St. Pierre, Billie Stears, Vanya Steel, Aleksandra Stefanovic, Judy Kay Steinberger, Nicole D. Stewart, Sarah Stiles, Tracy E. Stine, Lindsay Stockwell, Linda Stoffers, Wendy Marie Stoliker, Elizabeth M. Storey, Lydia Stuart, Katherine Suda, Jessica Suddendorf, Michelle F. Suhayda, Jennifer K. Sullivan, Mary Surfus, Shannon Swinney, Kelly C. Taylor, Derek Tefft, Hillary Tefft, Kimberly Thick, Sara Thiesmeyer, Karrie Thomas, Gary Thompson, Tami Thompson, Lisa K. Thursam, Amanda A. Tikkanen, April Torck, Hilary Toro, Kristen Totten, Alana Townsend, Jeanne Anderson Traylor, Sarah A. Trumbo, Jamie Tunick, Angela Ucci, Anthony Vader, Christine M. Verbit, Rebekka Vetter, Janine J. Vitale, Nicole Anne Vitale, Michelle I. Voss, Christy M. Wallace, Mary Kathleen Walsh, Michelle Walsh, Tracy Darcell Wansley, Elizabeth A. Waryas, Melissa Marie Wash, Sara J. Wasilenko, David Watkins, Carmen Melissa Weir, Danielle Wensing, Heidi Lynn Wertenberger, Christina Wesche, Timothy Whaley, Tanya M. Whelan, Emily White, Scott Williams, Kimberly Windeler, Karen Winkelmann, Shari Winn, Meghan Nicole Wirick, Jennifer M. Wojcik, Ronald Wonsack Jr., Melissa Wood, Melody Wood, April Woods, Renee Workman, Todd A. Wriska, Heidi J. Yonkman, Kristen M. Zabalavicius, Kathleen Zaguroli, Laura Zuccarini.

September 2--COE Fall Conference, Eagle Crest, all day.

September 10--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Porter 301B.

September 11--Basic Programs Committee meeting.

September 24-26--The Renaissance Group Fall Conference, Washington, D.C.

September 24--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Porter 301B.

September 25--Basic Programs Committee meeting.

September 26-27--Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.

September 26-28--Rosh Hashana

September 30--COE grants/development interest group; all interested persons invited.  Mott-Manley Conference Room, 310 Porter.  Noon.  Pizza will be provided.

August 25--proposals due for SINO-American Education Consortium 2003 International Education Symposium at Kennesaw State University, Georgia.  For information, bzheng@kennesaw.edu

September 15--deadline for Kappa Delta Pi Record articles on educational leadership: practical aspects.

September 15--proposals due for Midwest Comparative and International Education Society.  For information, contact Don Staub.

October 1--deadline for Principal Leadership articles on serving the underserved. 

October 1--deadline for nominations for ATE's distinguished program in teacher education award.  For information, jreinhartz@uta.edu.

Caring professional educators for a diverse and democratic society. (CPED²S) (Initial program)

Inquiry, advocacy, and leadership in education for  diverse and democratic society. (Advanced programs)