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 Director's Message |
April 2011
Greetings!
In 2010, the Education Program launched a new degree and professional licensure program for school leaders. Leadership Development for Educators (LEDE) is a two-part program that deepens the expertise of learning-focused teacher leaders and prepares candidates for the Principal's credential. The innovative LEDE Program values job-embedded learning and is unique in that it is:
- Orientated around the core activity of supporting teaching and learning
- Entirely performance-based
- Built around evidence from the best research
- Operated in partnership with a cluster of K12 school districts and organizational partners
The challenge teachers face in meeting the learning needs of every  student in their classroom calls for teamwork with learning-focused teacher leaders and school principals. The LEDE Program is committed to high quality preparation for these important instructional leaders.
The first cohort of LEDE candidates will be graduating at the end of spring quarter with their M.Ed. and Washington Principal's credential. We congratulate this inaugural cohort and wish them every success as they head out into important leadership positions in our region.
In addition, we congratulate all graduates of the Education Program this year. At a time of unprecedented challenges, we are proud of our graduates and the role they play in our schools and communities.
Best wishes,
Bradley Portin,
Director and Professor
For further information about the LEDE program visit our website.
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Education Program News
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Congratulations! Congratulations to the outstanding group of students who completed their studies and to those who earned their residency teaching certification autumn and winter quarters in the following programs: - Master of Education Degree - 26 graduates
- National Board Portfolio - 11 participants
- Secondary and Middle Level Teacher Certification Cohort '11 - 25 new teachers
We are tremendously proud of you for your academic achievements! Thank you! On behalf of the secondary teacher candidates, the education program thanks the cooperating teachers and clinical faculty who supported our secondary students in their field placements. These highly skilled mentors guided our students through the complexities of applying learning from university courses and previous experiences to student learning in area classrooms at Bothell High School, Cascade High School, Canyon Park Junior High, Kellogg Middle School, Jackson High School, and Mariner High School. The UW Bothell clinical faculty for 2010-11 and their areas of expertise were: Andrea Escame-Hedger, mathematics; Char Alkire, science and mathematics; Stu Dick, science and mathematics; Carol Podney Wartman, language arts and social studies; and Jo Rosner, social studies. UW Bothell is fortunate to work with such experienced, skilled, and dedicated educators. "Math matters" to K-8 Teacher Certification cohort X12!
In winter quarter, the members of cohort X12 were inspired to act on their core values regarding equity in education. Through Donors Choose, the cohort helped fund the purchase of math education materials (including manipulatives) for a classroom in Washington state in which many of the students are at poverty level. The cohort made the donation as the self-named group "Teachers for P.E.A.C.E. (Professionally Educating All Children Equally)". UW Bothell success story Carole Kubota, Ph.D, Associate Professor Emeritus, recently visited  | | Deborah Anderson |
Debra Anderson's classroom and had this to say, "Fifth graders at Horizon View Elementary in Everett are fortunate to have Debra Anderson as their teacher. Science is one of their favorite subjects and these students are studying pendulums. Debra followed her dream to become a teacher, first graduating from Cascadia Community College (2004) and then UW Bothell with a B. A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences with a minor in Education in 2006. After being accepted into the K-8 Teacher Certification Program, Debra graduated with her teaching certificate in 2007 and started teaching at Horizon View the following September. She will finish her M.Ed. at UW Bothell this spring and then will work towards National Board Certification. She is truly a Cascadia Community College/UW Bothell success story!"
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Announcements
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Expand your knowledge this summer!  The Education Program at UW Bothell is investing in a much wider array of courses to better serve UW students across the three campuses as well as any other educators in the region who are looking for professional learning opportunities.
Of special interest to teachers and teacher leaders are a number of new short courses. The first set is designed for skill building for teacher leaders and emerging teacher leaders in schools and is offered by a number of Extended Faculty in our new Leadership Development for Educators program (LEDE). - Skills for Instructional Coaching (1 cr)
- Leading Professional Learning Communities in Schools (1 cr)
- Protocols for Teacher Collaboration (1 cr)
The second set is a new series to support teachers in the new Washington State ProTeach portfolio requirements. - Special Topics in Education: Caring Classrooms (2 cr)
- Special Topics in Education: Student-Centered Instruction (2 cr)
For registration information and a description of the full array of summer courses, please visit our website.
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Alumni News
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Tim (Mr. Tim) Titsworth - K-8 Teacher Certification Cohort 5, "This is my 3rd year at Claremont Preparatory School in New York City, where I am a 4th grade head teacher and middle school track coach - good fun! Each morning I am greeted by 12 happy learners and together we explore reading, writing, math and social studies. When I can I infuse music; sometimes singing, sometimes with dance, and often in drum circle mode. Before working at Claremont, I was a 3rd grade teacher at Oyster Bilingual School in Washington, D.C., and a 7th grade Language Arts teacher at M.S. 104 in Manhattan. I have truly enjoyed the journey and each day I look forward to more. Each one...teach one!"
Caroline Huxtable - K-8 Teacher Certification Cohort lucky 13. "I was extremely lucky to land a teaching position on a remote island in the San Juans. We have no ferry service, are completely off the grid and have a winter population of 70-ish. My K-8 certification is being used to teach all the grades, every day. I am in a one-room school house providing an education to 13 kids with every grade represented. All our kids are gifted, and all our kids struggle. Somehow, I have landed myself in a place where you can authentically try to answer the question "what is best for the student?". With this in mind, I get to choose the curriculum, and create my own classes. As a second year teacher this has been fun. Last year, as a first year teacher it was, well.... slightly stressful."
Rachel McConville - K-8 Teacher Certification Cohort 13, spent 1 year subbing and is now 2nd grade teacher in the Snohomish School District.
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| Faculty News |
Education Program faculty research presented at AERA annual meeting The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. AERA is the most prominent international professional organization with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application. Dr. Wayne Au, Presenter on paper: Qualitative Metasynthesis in Curriculum Research: Unifying Quantitative and Qualitative Methodologies in Curriculum Studies. Dr. Cherry Banks, Presenter on paper: The Historical Foundations of Multicultural Education; chaired the session on "Studying Diversity a New AERA Publication" and the AERA Books Editorial Board Open Meeting. Dr. Karen Gourd, Presenter on paper: Culture, Language, and Power Colliding in a Liberal Arts Curriculum. Dr. Carrie Tzou, Presenter on paper: My Place in Puget Sound: Connecting Place, Identity, and Environmental Science Through Culturally Relevant Instruction; Presenter on paper: Performance of Identity and Construction of Place in Environmental Justice Education. Dr. Jane VanGalen, Presenter on paper: Reframing Retention: Mentoring and Leadership Development in the University of Washington, Bothell (UWB) Dream Project. AERA's more than 25,000 members are educators; administrators; directors of research; persons working with testing or evaluation in federal, state and local agencies; counselors; evaluators; graduate students; and behavioral scientists. 
Dr. Allison Hintz and colleagues Angela Chan Turrou from University of California, Los Angeles and Megan Kelley-Petersen from University of Washington, Seattle presented at the 2011 annual Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators conference in January in Irvine, California. Their conference session was titled: "Exploration of an Instructional Activity: The Learning of Pre-service Teachers, In-service Teachers, and Elementary Students." Their work draws from a multiple university research project (University of Michigan, University of Washington, and UCLA) that studies the preparation of pre-service teachers through a focus on principled and ambitious instructional activities in the mathematics classroom. The Environmental Education Association of Washington and the Washington Science Teacher Association held a first-ever joint conference on March 18 - 20 in Poulsbo, Washington. The conference highlighted the latest in educational research and practice as well as capacity-building in the science and environmental and sustainability education fields. Dr. Carole Kubota attended the conference whose strands included: - Connecting to our Students: Implications for Instruction and Assessment.
- Connecting to Diverse Populations: Science and Sustainability for All Learners
- Connecting Professionally: Collaborators, Innovators, and Lifelong Learners.
- Connecting to the Natural World: Science, Technology, Policy, and the Environment.
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Current Student Information
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Professional Development Day
Thursday, May 12, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
North Creek Event Center
Current teacher certification students and their cooperating teachers are invited to a reception and talk by Dr. Randy Stocker, Director of Exemplary Programs and School Support in the Bellevue School District, and former classroom aide, teacher and principal in Bellevue and Enumclaw School Districts.
In recognition of UW Bothell's orientation towards preparing teacher candidates to be mindful of the moral purposes of schooling in a democratic society, Randy will speak to the importance of courage and care in maintaining the values that honor the strengths and beliefs of all children. The event will be a celebration of teachers and teaching, and an acknowledgement of the importance of this work to children and society. Light refreshments will be served.
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Career and Professional Development
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2011 Conferences/Workshops
|  International Society for Technology in Education
June 26-29, 2011
Philadelphia, PA
Information and Registration
Themes and Strands:
- School Improvement
- Technology Infrastructure
- Professional Learning
- Digital Age Teaching & Learning
- Virtual Schooling/E-learning
2011 TI-Nspire Summer Workshops Future math teachers learn how to use the latest handheld technology to guide your students in understanding algebra and geometry concepts.
June 27-29, 2011
Mercer Island, WA
Information and Registration
Approaches to Inquiry Summer Workshop
@ the Port Townsend Marine Science Center
Dates: August 14-18, 2011
For Teachers, grades 5-10
Information and Registration
Northwest Mathematics Conference 2011
Celebrating fifty years of expanding visions of math education.
October 13-15, 2011
Portland, Oregon
Information and Registration
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 6th Annual UW Bothell 5k Run-Walk
Benefiting the UW Bothell Alumni Scholarship Fund, providing scholarships for UW Bothell students. Sponsored by UWBAC & UWAA.
Saturday, May 14, 9:00 a.m. Information and registration
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Sincerely,
UW Bothell Education Program
uwb.edu/education
425-352-5411
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