Don't miss this chance to tour Wildcat School
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As part of Homecoming weekend, we are offering tours of Wildcat School Friday morning, October 22. Come by the College of Education (Dean's Office in the front lobby) to sign up for a tour.
Tours are from 9 to 11 a.m. Free shuttle service will be provided.
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You still have time to plan your Homecoming activities
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Here's the thumbnail sketch of everything going on at the College of Education this weekend, starting October 22.
Friday, 9 to 11 a.m. Tours of the College of Education, Worlds of Words, and the Wildcat School. Tours begin every half hour.
Friday, 2:30 p.m.
On the Border: UA's Quest for Change
Hear Dean Ron Marx address Arizona's education challenges and learn what the UA
College of Education is doing about it. Gather in the Worlds of Words
collection (room 453 in the College of Education) for cookies, punch, and important
information about our quest for change in border education.
Friday, 5 to 7 p.m.
Join us in the College of Education South Lobby and Kiva Auditorium to hear
world-class Brazilian guitarist Eduardo Minozzi Costa while you enjoy a salsa
bar, snacks, and beverages.
Meet your classmates and friends, and enjoy Tucson's own David Fitzsimmons, cartoonist for the Arizona Daily Star!
We'll honor College of Education Alumni Council awardee and state representative Nancy Young Wright and introduce Alumna of the Year Susan
Helseth.
Participate in our silent auction, featuring prizes from Gadabout Salon, LA
Fitness, Silverman's Jewelry, Dillard's, and more.
Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
Tents on the Mall
Meet your friends here before the game! We'll have lots of activities,
including face painting, hourly piņata bashes, a bake sale, and the drawing for
our 2010 College of Education quilt. Will the lucky winner be you?
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On the Radio
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Hendricks |
After 23 years as host of Arizona Illustrated,
the nightly news magazine on KUAT-TV, Bill Buckmaster is launching a new
media venture.
Starting January 3, Buckmaster brings his media
experience and news insights to AM 1330 KJLL, Tucson's Jolt talk radio station,
with his new interview show, Buckmaster. The independent talk radio station has a following of 35- to 65-year-old male and female working professionals and parents concerned about the
community.
And where does Department Head and Associate Professor J. Robert Hendricks come in?
Buckmaster has chosen several contributing editors, including our very own Hendricks, whose focus will be education, naturally.
Other contributing editors include:
General John Wickham Jr., former Chief of
Staff, U.S. Army
David Levy, comet discoverer, former Parade Magazine
science editor, and founder of "Sharing The Sky
Foundation"
Victoria Maizes, Executive Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine
Buckmaster will broadcast Mondays through Fridays from 9 to 10 a.m. and repeat from 7 to 8 p.m.
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Upcoming Conference:
Developmentally
Appropriate Practice: Theory
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The
Southern Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children (SAzAEYC) will
hold its annual conference on Saturday, November 13, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
the Student Union. This year's conference is Developmentally
Appropriate Practice: Theory
to Practice. The College of Education is a cosponsor of the SAzAEYC
Conference.
Wheelock College Professor of Education
Diane Levin is the keynote speaker. She has been training early childhood professionals for more than 25 years and teaches courses on play, violence, prevention, and action research. She also holds a summer
institute on media literacy and helps parents and professionals
understand -- and counteract -- the harmful effects of violence, war, media, and
commercial culture on children.
For conference rates and to register, go to www.sazaeyc.org.
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Education E-News
October 2010
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 Welcome to Homecoming Weekend!
We've been preparing for this weekend since last year's Homecoming, so you don't want to miss a thing.
From funnyman Dave Fitzsimmons (don't miss him tonight, October 22!) to a beautiful handmade UA quilt (more on this later), you are bound to find something that will get you in the spirit for the big game against Washington on Saturday night.
Did we mention the music, salsa, door prizes, bake
sales, our homecoming tent, piņatas, and tours of Wildcat School? You'll find details to your left.
 Another great reason to celebrate? This is the UA's 125th anniversary. (Check out the great anniversary site here, btw. Lots of fun!) This year's Homecoming is called One for the Ages.
We have other news in addition to Homecoming, so read on.
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 About that Quilt ... or Georgia on My Mind
Georgia Brousseau, who retired from teaching in 2000, makes an elaborate UA-themed quilt for us every year to be raffled off during Homecoming weekend.
This year's quilt took more than 500,000 stitches! And she does it all in an effort to raise scholarship funds for students pursuing careers in teaching. The theme for this year's quilt is "education is the center of the community," she said.
Read more about this two-time College of Education graduate and her wonderful creations here.
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 More Research to Ponder
Last month, we told you about our new series of policy briefs. This month, we are adding two new research briefs from First Things First External Evaluation (FTFEE), which is headquartered at the UA.
FTFEE is a tri-university consortium with faculty from the UA, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University. (First Things First is a statewide early childhood and health system-building initiative created by the passage of Proposition 203 in 2006.) Here are the latest research briefs. We'll bring you more briefs as they are released. What is "ready" for school in Arizona? This brief presents some of the first findings from the Kindergarten Readiness Study. The study evaluated the baseline year of the early childhood initiative to determine the knowledge and skills of beginning kindergarteners in the state prior to the implementation of the initiative's full range of early childhood health, education, and family support programs. Raising Arizona's children This report uses qualitative research methods (interviewing individuals and small focus group discussions) to complement the Longitudinal Child Study of Arizona that assesses young children and surveys their parents. |
EdSteps is ready to get your input on writing samples
 | A Lot More than Baby Steps
Dean Ron Marx is on the national advisory board of EdSteps, a grassroots effort to create a resource for teaching and assessment.
Rather than assessing work based on a preset rubric, EdSteps (part of the Council of Chief State School Officers) uses student work as the starting point. After collecting thousands of work samples in five skill areas, EdSteps will use a unique process to assess the student work samples, rank them, and place them on a continuum. The process is grounded in research and driven by those who work closely with students.
EdSteps provides tools to support teaching and learning that prepare every child with the skills and competencies needed for lifelong learning, meaningful work, and citizenship.
Now, they're ready for your input. Go to www.edsteps.org and help build the EdSteps Writing Continuum by reading and providing feedback on student writing. EdSteps will collect reviews of student work samples from thousands of participants, including teachers, parents, school administrators, and you! The continuum will help give students, parents, and teachers a clear idea of how a student's performance compares to others across the country, regardless of grade level.
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Erin | Announcing The Erasmus Circle Fellows
Congratulations to Disability and Psychoeducational Studies Professor Jane Erin and Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies Assistant Professor Erin Turner, who were named the
2010 Erasmus Circle Fellows. This is one of the highest honors given to College of Education faculty.
Turner | More on Professor Erin.More on Assistant Professor Turner. |
Dean's Office
Milem | Associate Dean Jeffrey F. Milem, who also is the Ernest W. McFarland Distinguished Professor in Leadership for Education Policy
and Reform, has been in great demand as of late. His research on racial dynamics in higher education, the educational
outcomes of diversity, and the impact of college on students are all hot topics, especially now.
"Racially diverse learning environments provide more opportunities for teaching
and learning than do racially homogeneous learning environments," Milem says. "So
it becomes important for us, as educational practitioners, as teachers, as
policy makers, to be able to take account of race in some way in the types of
decisions that we make." Milem says this is essential in the quest to create the
best learning environments for students.
Here are a few of the places Milem has been featured recently:
Racial Myths Fuel Deceptive Proposition. Milem wrote this opinion piece for The Arizona Republic, which ran Saturday, October 16. Here's the online version.
The Invisible Color Line. In September, he was quoted in this story from Newsweek Education.
Proposition 107 Seeks to Ban Preferential Treatment. Milem was featured in this news story on Arizona Public Media.
Health Professions Accreditation and Diversity: Consensus Recommendations
from Leaders in the Field. Milem presented this Web forum on October 20 for Dialogue4Health.
Disability & Psychoeducational Studies
Bauman | Associate Professor Sheri Bauman, recognized as one of the
foremost leaders in cyberbullying, was featured in the Arizona Daily Star. The article covered the
NSF-sponsored international conference that Bauman held at the end of September. The conference included experts in cyberbullying from all over the
world, including experts from Australia, England, Japan, Austria, Spain,
and
Luxembourg. Here's the article from the Star. MacFarland | Congratulations to Stephanie MacFarland, director of Teacher Preparation in Severe and
Multiple Disabilities, who recently
received a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop a transition program for students with cognitive
disabilities. MacFarland wrote the grant in collaboration with the Tucson Unified School District and
will partner with TUSD in establishing the new transition services. Perfect | Assistant Professor Michelle Perfect was accepted as an Early Career Scholar for the National Association of
School Psychologists. This honor allows her to form
collaborations with other school psychology faculty and to be mentored by
senior school researchers. Volk | The country's largest employer of sign-language interpreters and the College of Education have joined forces to offer college credit via a world-class training facility dedicated to lifelong interpreter training. Associate Professor of Practice Cindy Volk was the driving force behind this innovative partnership. Read more.
Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies
Evans | The College of Education Advisory Board selected Associate Professor Carol Evans as the recipient of the 2010 Urquides Laureate Award. The
award honors Maria Urquides' memory and her lifelong devotion to children.
Urquides was a pioneer of bilingual education and a tireless advocate for the
social and educational rights of children. The Urquides Laureate Award
recognizes outstanding work on behalf of children, giving special consideration
to those working in bilingual education, promoting cultural
awareness, or whose teaching, research, or community service specifically
benefits children. Read about Evans here.
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Scholarship Breakfast Brings Students Together with Their Patrons
One of our favorite events of the year, the Annual College of Education Scholarship Appreciation Breakfast, was held this month at the Student Union. More than 100 guests, including Provost Meredith Hay, came to celebrate our hardworking students and the donors who make their education possible.
Santellano-
Milem
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The Woodlings (Nancy, far left, and Reese, far right) had a chance to talk to the five students who received the Woodlings' generous NEW Scholarship.
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Enjoy your Homecoming weekend!
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