Courses

Faculty Member

Highest Degree in this Specialty Area

Professional Development Experience in Last 3 Years

Familiarity with K-12 Curriculum Framework and MEAP Assessment

Special Awards and Recognition

P-12 Collaborative Work

EDPS 341

EDUC 495

 Martha N. Baiyee

Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996 

 American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE)—New York, NY 2002

Association of Teacher Educator (ATE)—Denver, CO 2002

Michigan  Association For the Education of Young Children (MiAEYC)—Grand Rapids MI 2002, 2001, 2000

Michigan Head Start Association--Lansing MI 2002

Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters

Dearborn, MI 2001

Mount Pleasant, MI 2002

Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)—Kalamazoo, MI 2001

Best Practices Conference, Ypsilanti, MI—2000 & 2001

 I teach the Assessment of Young Children (EDPS 341) course to undergraduate students who have the Early Childhood Education minor.  The students are required to align aspects of their assignment with the Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten Through Second Grade (1992) Published by the Michigan State Board of Education early Childhood Education Parenting, and Comprehensive School Health Unit.  In addition, I teach about standardized tests and the MEAP.

 Academic Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship (Instruction)—(2002)

International Cultural Competence Institute

Academic Service Learning Faculty Fellowship

(Instruction)—(2002)

Josephine Keal Award (2001)

Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Fellowship (2000)

 I collaborate with the Washtenaw County Head Start program about curriculum and assessment-related issues.

Washtenaw Community College

Washtenaw Intermediate School District

 EDPS 307

 Valerie Polakow

 Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1977

 I attended conferences and offered workshops and in-service training to human service professionals and educators dealing with children in poverty. I served as a consultant to the Danish Social Ministry for a project focused on women and children in poverty and survivors of family violence. I presented papers at the Michigan Head Start, and the American Educational Research Association on homeless children, children in poverty, and cross-national studies of vulnerable young children. I have also infused this content into my teaching; specifically the course about young children in poverty.

 I teach graduate students who are teachers (K-12) and I tailor the course content to challenge teachers to use knowledge gained about  children in  poverty to adapt and transform the curricular content to better serve disenfranchised and vulnerable children. In the course on Constructivist perspectives based on the work of Piaget and Vygotsky, I challenge students to critique the mandated curricular frameworks and the MEAP, in order to develop constructivist and student-centered forms of assessment 

Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowship Award 2000-2001

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity, March 20, 2002, Eastern Michigan University

Research on Global Child Advocacy Award American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, April 1-5, New Orleans, 2002

 I serve as a faculty resource to the Student Advocacy center of Michigan, and collaborate with them on developing advocacy initiatives and educational interventions on behalf of suspended and expelled children K-12

I have done collaborative work with the National Coalition for the Homeless-Educational Programs for Homeless Youth,  researching, publishing, and disseminating information for school districts about homeless

children

I have conducted workshops and in-service programs about children in poverty and homeless families for K-12 schools

 CURR 303

 Karen Menke Paciorek

 Ph.D. 1981 Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

 Michigan Collaborative Early Childhood Conference—Dearborn, MI 2002, 2001,2002

Michigan  Association For the Education of Young Children (MiAEYC)—Grand Rapids MI 2000, 2001, 2002

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NEAYC)—Atlanta GA 2000

New Orleans, LA 1999

 Designed and developed, along with colleague Dr. Margo Dichtelmiller, a new graduate course: Curriculum Frameworks in Early

Childhood Education

 Received a University Sabbatical Leave Award for Winter 2001

 Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children

School Board Trustee- Northville Public Schools

Consulting with various preschool and elementary schools

CURR 314

EDPS 307 

 Betty L. Barber

MS Family and Child Development.

 Barber, B.L., Book Review: Kozol, J. (2000). Ordinary resurections: Children in the years of hope. Perrennial Press, NY. Family Relations Journal, in press.

Barber, B.L.; Gould, C.; Harley, R.B.; Jones,S.; Pokay,P.; Coordinated levels of advocacy for diversity. ATE annual conference, February, 2001, New Orleans, La.

Barber,B.L.;Gould,C.; Pokay, P.; Diversity in Education, Yes!  NCSEE annual conference 2000, Denver Co.

Coordinator Ypsilanti Literacy Project, Forest Knolls Community Center, Funded by  a United Way Grant and EMU-ICARD, 2000-01.

AAUP Executive Committee member  1996-2000

AAUP Department Steward, 1996-2000.

Attended  Annual  Conferences of Professional  Organizations:

National Council on Family Relations, 2001, 2000,       1999.

 National Coalition for Sex Equity in Education, 2002, 2000, 1999.

Michigan Infant Mental Health Association, 2001.

 Infant Development Conference, Grand Rapids MI. 2000

 During 1996-99 I worked with Addams Elementary School, South Redford district assisting with their school improvement project. One of the selected project goals was to improve student success on the MEAP.  Teachers examined the test scores in math and reading to determine  needed changes in the K-5 curriculum. Professional

development activities were planned to help achieve their goals.

 Distinguished Alunmi Award, Department of Human, Environmental and Consumer Resources, Eastern Michigan University,  1990.

College of Health and Human Services, Outstanding Faculty Award, 1989.

National Council on Family Relations, Award for Exceptional Service,  1986.

Eastern Michigan University Women’s Association Award for Advancement of Women, 1985.

 I was involved with the  EMU C-SIP collaborative school improvement project, 1993-99. During this time I served as a project facilitator working with the teachers of two elementary school in 2 school districts.  A Six Step Model was used to assist the school improvement team to design a plan based on the teacher preceived needs of the students. Each school was provided with a small grant to carry out their project.

CURR 302

EDPS 318

 Sue Grossman

. Ph.D. in Family and Child Ecology

Michigan State University, 1992

 Attended state, national and International Conferences: NAEYC, Atlanta, GA 2000

New Orleans, LA, 2001

MiAEYC,

Grand Rapids, MI

2000, 2001, 2002

ACEI, Baltimore, MD. 2000

                Toronto,ONT, 2001

 San Diego, CA, 2002             ATE, Denver, CO 2001

 AACTE, Chicago, IL 2000

 Am aware of the use of this test in schools and the destructive effects on children and the curriculum.  A single test score should not be the primary criterion on which children's progress and the success of the school is judged. 

 Received an EMU Spring/Summer Research Award in 2000 to work on a book with Dr. Judy Williston

Received the Josephine Nevins Keal Award, 2000

  My students in CURR 303 spend 3 hours per week in a practicum placement in the Children's Institute, the EMU child care center.  That experience is the basis for much of the discussion in class.

EDPS 341

CURR 314

EDUC 495

Margo Dichtelmiller

Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1994

I regularly attend conferences as a way to stay informed (and inspired) about what is happening in my field.  In 2000 and 2001 I attended the National Association of the Education of Young Children conferences and the Head Start and Child Care Birth to Three Institutes. This past June, I attended the National Institute for Professional Development Institute in Albuquerque, NM. At that conference, I focused on the new research on math and programs related to parent involvement in preparation for teaching CURR 610 Parent-Teacher Partnerships and a new course CURR 591 Curriculum Frameworks in Early Childhood this year.

Along with Early Childhood courses, I teach Introduction to Assessment and Evaluation, a required course for all education majors. One of the major assignments is to create a classroom assessment plan that aligns with a curriculum unit students develop in their concurrent curriculum course. Their assessment and curriculum units both need to be aligned with the MI Curriculum Frameworks. As part of this course, I teach about standardized tests and the MEAP.

Diversifying the Curriculum Fellowship – I submitted a proposal to modify CURR 610 Parent-Teacher Partnerships (now called Home, School, and Community Partnerships) to include a focus on diverse families. My proposal was accepted, and I received two terms of release time.

I collaborate with many Early Head Start and Head Start programs about curriculum and assessment-related issues. Programs include:

Community Action Agency of Jackson and Hillsdale Counties Head Start and Early Head Start programs, Jackson, MI

Five CAP Community Action Agency Head Start, Scottville, MI

Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency Head Start, Bay City, MI

EightCAP Head Start and Early Head Start, Greenville MI

Livingston Educational Service Area Head Start, Howell MI

Ounce of Prevention Fund Head Start, Chicago, IL

MN Department of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul, MN

CURR 214

CURR 215

Judy

Williston

Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction, Univ. of Michigan 1983.

All previous degrees are in child development and early childhood education.

Writing book, “ECE Leadership Across the Developmental Life Span”,   Have made presentations at 12 state and national conferences in 3 years (on leadership and supervision. Attended several other workshops and conferences, Have written several articles with colleague.  

Stay abreast of K-12 curriculum and assessment through principals (former students and lab school master teachers), discussions with practitioners in graduate classes, Have attended workshops on MEAP developments.

Sabbatical Leaves (1983, 1991, 2002), Research Spring and Summer Awards (1984, 1993, 2000), Faculty Fellowship (1990).

Distinguished COE Alumni Award (1999), TED selected Faculty Speaker for 2003.

For 12 years (1989-2001) I was a faculty liasion  with local schools through the EMU Collaborative School Improvement Project.

Students in CURR 215 complete a 36 hour practicum at the Children’s Institute. I guide the academic assignments.