College of Education
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NCATE REVIEW UNDER WAY
Members of the NCATE Board of Examiners (BOE) team arrived in town over the weekend and spent Saturday and Sunday in intensive review of our prepared printed materials. The visitors will be on campus and visiting with our constituencies today and tomorrow.
Members of the BOE team are: Tes Mehring, chair, Dean, The Teachers College, Emporia State University, Kansas; Karen B. McLean Donaldson, Graduate School of Education, Alliant International University, California; William L. Havice, Associate Dean, Clemson University; Jack K. Hasegawa, Bureau of Certification and Professional Development, Connecticut Department of Education; Marienne H. Lipomi, third-grade teacher, Painesville City Local Schools, Ohio; John J. Schultz, Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers; Kenneth F. Jerich, College of Education, Illinois State University; and Sue Wittick, Higher Education Coordinator, Michigan Department of Education, Lansing.
On Monday, team members will be visiting local-area schools where alumni work and where student teachers are placed. They will be conducting individual and group interviews with various EMU personnel. In addition, they will be visiting classes, both during the day and in the early evening, in some instances asking to have five minutes or so with the students.
Similar activities will occur on Tuesday, but including late-afternoon interviews with recent program completers, local-area school administrators, cooperating teachers, current student teachers, and the like. A visit will be made to EMU-Livonia, there will be a telephone interview with Urban Teacher Program students in Detroit, and there will be a virtual chat with students taking courses on line. Classroom visits will continue as on Monday.
On Tuesday, from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m., there will be an open meeting with EMU faculty members. The open meeting will take place in Porter 202 and all faculty are invited and encouraged to be present.
The team's activities on site will conclude with an exit interview on Wednesday morning.
FACULTY AND STAFF NOTES
Joe Bishop presented this past Friday at the National Council for the Social Studies convention in Chicago on "Building Global Citizenship: The Power of International Exchange."
Judy Willison and Sue Grossman presented "Scattered Families: English Children Evaculated During World War II" on November 6 at the annual convention of the National Association for the Education of Young Children in Chicago.
Beth Johnson (with Mary Kathleen Walsh) presented "We've Gotta Reach 'Em to Teach 'Em: Moving Students from Boredom to Stardom!" and "It Takes a Whole Village to Prepare a Teacher" at the biennial Kappa Delta Pi Convocation in St. Louis. Thomas Gwaltney presented "Violence and America's Schools: An Enigma." Jerry Robbins, a former president of the organization, was present for a portion of the Convocation. A large delegation of EMU students was also present.
At the recent meeting of the Michigan Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Ian Haslam presented "Gigabytes of Sport Education" and "Engage Your Students-Teach for Transfer."
Nelson Maylone was quoted extensively in Sunday's front page story in the Ann Arbor News on MEAP scores. Maylone's letter to the editor on MEAP testing was printed in the November 15 issue of the Detroit News.
Joe Bishop and Ukranian educator Mara Nesterova are pictured on the EMU home page. Nesterova is one of seven Ukranian educators spending a period of time on the EMU campus and in near by schools.
Jerry Robbins and Jim Berry are quoted in an article in a Washtenaw Community College publication that is widely distributed in the county.
Jack Minzey (emeritus) has been named as a 2003 Charter Member of the Community Education Hall of Fame, sponsored by the National Community Education Association. Ceremonies will be held in New Orleans next month.
Leah Adams (emeritus) participated in the recent meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. She participated in the board meetings of NAECTE and OMEP-USNC and gave a presentation with Anna Kirova of the University of Alberta.
Our extended family. . . . Rebecca Sipe (English), co-director of the EMU Writing Project and teacher of English methods courses, has been named 2003 Michigan Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Sipe was honored in November 13 ceremonies in Washington, D.C.
STUDENT NOTES
Rashard Jones, a senior at Ypsilanti High School, was recently named in the Ann Arbor News as "Student of the Week." Jones plans to attend EMU to become a physical education teacher.
Undergraduate students with an interest in educational technology may apply to become a MACUL intern for the 2004 conference. The application deadline is December 15. For information, khauze@macul.org.
The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Awards make it possible for graduate students planning a career in higher education to attend the 2004 AAHE conference. Application deadline is January 6. For information, sengelkemeyer@aahe.org.
Educational Testing Service offers $5,000 (for eight weeks) to doctoral students to participate in research on educational topics. For additional information, http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships/fel00sum.html.
ALUMNI NOTES
Jim Vick '75, EMU's vice president for student affairs, was honored by the DTE Energy Foundation and Michigan Nonprofit Association with the 2003 Community Luminary Award. The award was presented in Detroit on November 12 and includes a gift of $1,000 to Meals on Wheels, Vick's charity of choice.
Florence Lucille Stevens '42, age 85, died recently in Ann Arbor. She taught in area elementary schools for some years before joining the staff of the EMU Library, where she served from 1948 to 1977.
DEVELOPMENT
The endowment of the former National Institute for Consumer Education has been turned over to the College of Education. The funds are being used to create the Frank J. Kelley Endowed Scholarship in Personal Finance Education. Kelley, longtime Michigan Attorney General, was the chair of the external advisory committee for NICE at the time the endowment was established. It is expected that the endowment will support two awards per year. The scholarships will support minority male post-baccalaureate students seeking initial teacher certification who have an undergraduate major in a field related to personal finance.
In the first segment of telephone solicitation of funds for the COE, pledges were received in the amount of $27,618.
SHORT NOTES
This is American Education Week, November 16-22.
The November 10 issue of Education Week carried a story on a study of professional education content in "four key courses" in "fourteen of the nation's most prestigious education schools." The 14 were drawn from U.S. News & World Report's ranking of the nation's top 30 teacher-training institutions. Two others-Eastern Michigan University and Sonoma State University-"were included as comparisons."
In the November 11 issue of Focus EMU, the November 15-19 visit of the NCATE Board of Examiners was the front page, above-the-fold story.
November 24 is the deadline for applications for Director, Community Leadership Fellows Program and for participants in the Community Leadership Fellows Program. For information, contact Elvia Krajewski-Jaime.
December 1-5 is National Inclusive Schools Week.
The EMU Symphony Orchestra and the Dance Program will present Delibes' "Coppelia" and Copeland's "Billy the Kid" on Friday, December 5 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets at the door are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors/students. For tickets, call 487.1221 or 487.2282. For information, Sherry Jerome at 487.0090.
HALL OF FAME
Nominations are sought for the EMU Education Alumni Hall of Fame. Nominees may be either: (a) any COE alumnus, living or dead, who has especially distinguished her/himself in any walk of life; or (b) any EMU alumnus, living or dead, who has especially distinguished her/himself in any aspect of education. To nominate, send a brief statement by December 5 to Jerry Robbins as to how this person meets one of the criteria above. Persons previously nominated need not be re-nominated.
COE COUNCIL
The College of Education Council met on November 12 with Ellen Hoffman presiding.
Bonnie Wylo (Physics and Astronomy) presented on the proposed program in Integrated Science-secondary (DI) which had been tabled at the previous meeting. There was extensive discussion. The Council voted to recommend the proposed program as presented. (Note: later, the Dean sent this forward to central administration without his approval.)
Jim Berry presented a summary of assessment findings to date. Based on the data presented, no motions for action were presented.
Various reports were received and announcements made. The recommendation of the Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee for approval of new course MATH 205 was approved, as was the recommendation for amendments to the minor in Aviation Flight Technology.
The Council completed its review of the NCATE Institutional Report and Exhibits.
The proposed amendments to the program in Japanese Language and Culture were taken from the table and approved. Due to the hour, the meeting was adjourned without considering an item of new business.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunities.html)
November 15-19, 2003-NCATE/State Continuing Accreditation Site Visit.
November 17-ORD's "The Essential Elements," 10:00 to 10:45 a.m., Call 7.3090.
November 18-"Open Meeting," NCATE BOE team members and any interested faculty member. 1:30-2:15 p.m., Porter 202. For information, contact jerry.robbins@emich.edu.
November 18-Advanced Programs Committee meeting, 3:30 p.m., Porter 301B.
November 18-ORD's "Funding Sources," 9:30-10:15 a.m., Call 7.3090.
November 18-ORD's "The Essential Elements," 10:00 to 10:45 a.m.; "Developing the Budget," 2:00-2:45 p.m. Call 7.3090.
November 19-ORD's "Writing Tips," 9:00-9:45 a.m. Call 7.3090.
November 20-Kappa Delta Pi meeting, Town Hall School, 7:30 p.m.
November 21-ORD's "Evaluation Component," 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. Call 7.3090.
November 22-Friends of the Town Hall School meeting, Schoolhouse, 10:00 a.m.
December 1-4--Joyce Epstein, holder of Porter Chair, in residence.
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
November 20-deadline for National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships. For information, http://www.nae.nyu.edu
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THEME STATEMENTS
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)
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