March 24, 2011

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MSIT faculty awarded Teacher Quality grants

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Ten faculty members from
the College of Education's Department of Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology will be working to improve math and science education in the coming year, thanks to about $235,000 in grant funding from the Georgia Teacher Quality Higher Education Program.

 

Four MSIT faculty are serving as principal investigators and six MSIT faculty are serving as co-principal investigators on five projects that received Teacher Quality grants this year.

 

Georgia's Teacher Quality Higher Education Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, awards Teacher Quality grants to projects dedicated to advancing math, science, language arts and social studies teaching in elementary, middle and high school settings.

 

MSIT faculty will be working on a wide range of projects within this framework, from using web tools in science education to encouraging collaboration among science and math teachers.

 

"I am very proud of our MSIT faculty whose Teacher Quality proposals were funded this year to support improvements in teacher quality and student achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education," said Dana Fox, MSIT department chair. "Each proposal's focus is unique, but all of the proposals this year are focused in part on improving teacher quality in mathematics and science education."

 

To continue reading about these grants, click here.  

 

Upcoming Events in the College of Education  

 

Education Career Fair    Job fair

March 30, 2011

4-7 p.m. 

 

Georgia State University

Dahlberg Hall  

30 Courtland Street

Atlanta, GA 30303

 

Education students looking to get a jump start on their post-graduation job searches and Georgia State University graduates seeking education-related jobs will be able to meet with potential employers at an Education Career Fair on March 30.  

 

The career fair, hosted by the College of Education and Georgia State University Career Services, invites current GSU students and alumni to meet with representatives from various school systems throughout the state. School systems currently registered to attend include Atlanta Public Schools, Bibb, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and Henry counties.

 

Professional dress is encouraged, and attendees should bring copies of their vitae. Alumni will sign in and current students will swipe their student ID cards to gain access to the event, which will take place from 4-7 p.m. in Dahlberg Hall (30 Courtland St., Atlanta).

 

For more information about this event, click here.   

 

 

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Research Wednesdays Speaker Series

March 30, 2011

12 p.m.

 Leslie Gonzalez-Rothi

College of Education, room 1030

30 Pryor Street

Atlanta, GA 30303

 

Presenter: Leslie Gonzalez-Rothi

 

Topic: "Research on clinical practice in speech-language" 

 

Leslie Gonzalez-Rothi is the program director of the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center and serves as the president of the International Neuropsychological Society. She has centered her research in two main arenas: (1) the study of the cognitive neuropsychology of human communication as well as skilled, purposive limb movement planning and performance, and (2) the study of cortical plasticity in the mature central nervous system (CNS) associated with new learning, functional recovery after CNS damage or injury and response to rehabilitation.  

 

Research Wednesdays is held every Wednesday of the month. A light lunch will be provided to those who confirm their attendance to Erin Whitney in the COE's Educational Research Bureau at (404) 413-8090 or ewhitney@gsu.edu.

For more information on Frick and the college's Research Wednesdays Speaker Series, click here.  
Issue: 50      
Why I give to the COE...

  James Patrick

Dr. James Patrick   

Alumnus and Donor 

(M.Ed. '71, Ph.D. '93)  

"While completing my doctoral studies at GSU, I got a call from my major professor, Dr. Alfred McWilliams, who informed me that I was approved to receive a Regents Opportunity grant -- this yearly stipend helped me to purchase a computer, pay for my classes and ultimately complete my degree. So, when the call came many years later to donate to the college, I grabbed my checkbook without hesitation. I have done this every year since. I plan to elevate my giving in the future and encourage other alumni to do the same."



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