This edition of Monday
Report represents a new beginning. For 609 weeks, from September 1991 until
June 2004, Jerry Robbins prepared a weekly bulletin of news and accomplishments
in Eastern Michigan
University's College
of Education. It is a report that is on one hand uniquely
Jerry's and on the other, part of all of us in the College.
On July 1,
2004 I began my service as interim dean of the College
of Education. One of my first decisions
was "What do I do with the Monday Report?" As you can see, the Report lives on, although I anticipate its format and schedule will
evolve over the next few months. After today's edition (which, with luck, will
emerge somewhere in the vicinity of Monday July 12), there will not be another
edition until mid-August, when I anticipate beginning an alternate-week
schedule and perhaps slightly altered format. I look forward to your comments
and suggestions on ways to serve and inform the College and community at large.
Beginning this new role as interim dean is both an
exciting adventure and a daunting challenge. I am immensely grateful to many of
you reading this publication for your contributions to the College past and
present. Your wisdom, contributions, and support make
my new role possible. I have always been
grateful to be engaged in a profession in which the "bottom line" of our
efforts is better lives and learning for young people. That is particularly true as I
begin this new responsibility-and this report.
Alane Starko
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes
from one generation to another.-G. K. Chesterton
John Palladino is a member of the newly-formed Citizen's Finance Committee for the Lincoln
Consolidated Schools.
As a result of a grant from the
Skillman Foundation written by Deborah Harmon, Pat Williams-Boyd,
and Ethan Lowenstein, the Yes for Prep Community has begun six weeks of
summer activities. The Yes for Prep Community is undertaken in partnership with
the YES Foundation and offers high ability middle-school students from greater Detroit
intense course work that will help them qualify for scholarships at preparatory
high schools. Graduate assistant Cheryl Price is serving as principal to
a summer school of 34 active students.
Suzanne Hobson was
recently appointed to a 4-year term on the Michigan Board of Counseling.
There are no available alumni notes. We hope all
alums are happily enjoying a relaxing summer!
SHORT NOTES
The COE Fall
Conference will be held on August 31, beginning at 8:00 a.m. in the usual format with a large-group session
in the morning, lunch, and department meetings in the afternoon. All sessions will be held in the Porter
Building.
On September
14, there will be a career retirement reception honoring Jerry Robbins, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Eagle Crest Clubhouse. All COE faculty and staff members are
invited.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
Ana Maria
Villegas, 2005 AERA Program Chair has issued a special invitation for members
to serve as reviewers, chairs, and discussants for the 2005 Annual Meeting. The
meeting's theme is Demography and Democracy in the Era of Accountability. The
organization is particularly anxious to ensure "thoughtful and rigorous
conversations" that are only possible through the contributions of chairs and
discussants. AERA members can volunteer for any of these roles by going to the
Annual Meeting Proposal Submission Login screen on the AERA website at www.aera.net/AALogin.aspx.
(For a complete
list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunities.html)
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
Another AERA opportunity is the
chance to offer a professional development course at the Annual meeting. Professional development courses may provide training in
specific research skills, cover the basics of related disciplines (e.g.,
anthropology, economics), be problem oriented (e.g., research on children at
risk), be professional-development oriented (e.g., mentoring, publication
skills/strategies), focus on knowledge for the improvement of practice, or
address recent methodological and substantive developments in education
research. They may last from 4 hour mini-courses to 2-day workshops. For additional information see:
http://www.aera.net/meeting/news/PDproposals.htm
(For a complete
list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
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)
