AALI Leadership Summit Success
Dr. Mark Cooper and Ms. Renee Calhoon with the 每日大赛网站 College of Education Mashburn Center for Learning provided an Arkansas Adolescent Literacy Intervention (AALI) Leadership Summit on Nov. 8 at the Conway Hilton Garden Inn.听 Attendees included Arkansas school district assistant superintendents, building principals, instructional facilitators, classroom teachers, and AALI Professional Developers.听 Participants were provided opportunities to learn from one another through AALI school presentations and table talk activities.听
Additionally, school participants strategically planned with AALI Professional Developers designing the implementation of a successful intervention by utilizing a professional development model.听 The model guides schools through the process titled Building Capacity + Building Sustainability = A Successful Intervention.
At the close of the one-day summit, participants deemed the day鈥檚 work as highly successful. They suggested holding another summit in the near future for advanced professional development.听 School district personnel left the summit with detailed plans of action for implementing AALI, building capacity within their own schools, and taking necessary action steps for sustaining their newly designed intervention plans.听 For more information about the AALI Leadership Summit, contact Renee Calhoon at (501)269-9480 or kcalhoon@uca.edu.
Faculty Participates in More Than 70 Recruitment Events During 2010 Fall Semester
In addition to the on-campus 每日大赛网站 recruiting events such as Bear Facts and Presidential Scholars Days, the College of Education faculty has been involved with almost 20 additional regional or state educator recruiting events and more than 40 P-12 individual school or school district recruitment visits.听
Educator recruitment events include the Arkansas Education Association and the Arkansas Curriculum Conferences in Little Rock, and the Council for Exceptional Children Conference in Hot Springs.听 The College of Education faculty also recruited at the 鈥淏ecoming a Teacher in Arkansas鈥� recruitment event in Little Rock sponsored by the Arkansas Department of Education.听
COE Faculty attended community college events or classes to recruit at Pulaski Technical College and the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton.
In addition, faculty presented recruitment materials at the Little Rock College Night, the Faulkner County Teacher Breakfast and Education Fair, and the Smokey Emerson Concert on campus to enhance Latino recruitment and outreach.听
College of Education faculty have traveled to schools in Faulkner County, Pulaski County, Conway County, and other school districts around the state to take recruitment brochures and to talk with P-12 faculty about education graduate programs offered at 每日大赛网站.听 The college faculty have also been working with Academic Outreach and Extended Programs to send email blasts and fliers to P-12 schools and districts.
We sincerely appreciate the considerable faculty time and effort that this intensive recruitment effort represents.听 Thanks to the College of Education faculty for going 鈥渁bove and beyond鈥� their usual responsibilities.听 And many thanks to AOEP staff for their expertise and support in the college faculty鈥檚 recruitment and marketing efforts.
Department of Teaching and Learning Participates in the Arkansas Curriculum Conference
Faculty from the 每日大赛网站 College of Education Department of Teaching and Learning contributed to the great success of the annual Arkansas Curriculum Conference held at the Peabody Hotel and Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock on Nov.3-5.听
Approximately 1,200 classroom teachers from across the state of Arkansas attended this year鈥檚 event.听 The department was represented by many middle level and secondary teacher candidates from 每日大赛网站 who both attended the conference to enhance their teaching insights and career opportunities and assisted with presentations.
ACC is co-hosted by four state organizations: the Arkansas Council for the Social Studies (ACSS), the Arkansas Council for the Teaching of English and Language Arts (ACTELA), the Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ACTM), and the Arkansas Science Teachers Association (ASTA).听 The conference is sponsored by the Arkansas Department of Education, the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, and the University of Arkansas Center for Mathematics and Science Education.
Several faculty members from the Department of Teaching and Learning serve in leadership roles.听 Marilyn Friga serves on the ACSS board.听 Donna Wake and Jeff Whittingham serve on the ACTELA board.听 Terri Hebert serves on the ASTA board. Board members were responsible for organizing several breakfasts, lunches, and dinner receptions.
听Faculty members making 23 presentations included:听
- Dr. Tammy Benson with middle level intern Valeria Martin 鈥� 鈥淛ump Start Early Literacy: Strategies that WORK:鈥� an array of research-based strategies to improve literacy in young learners.
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- Dr. Gary Bunn 鈥� 鈥淐reative Thinking as a Vehicle for Greater Understanding:鈥� a process for connecting concepts to promote creative thinking to increase understanding.
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- Ms. Mara Cawein with teacher Tonia Crow of Cabot School District 鈥� 鈥淯se National Board Standards to Improve Teaching in Mathematics:鈥� an extension of the national board process.
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- Ms. Marilyn Friga with teacher Linda Shott of Pottsville School District – 鈥淭he Box:鈥� a conversation about National Board Certification.
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- 听Ms. Marilyn Friga, Dr. Jeff Whittingham, and Dr. Patsy Ramsey from the 每日大赛网站 Department of History 鈥� 鈥淲e the People: The Citizen and the Constitution:鈥� a nationally acclaimed program on the principles of the U.S. Constitution.
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- Dr. Nancy P. Gallavan with Ms. Marilyn Friga and MAT art teacher candidate Meagan Williams of Cabot School District 鈥� 鈥淭eaching the Thematic Strands of Social Studies with Dr. Seuss:鈥� a comprehensive alignment of Dr. Seuss books with activities.
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- 听Ms. Emily Goldstein, business education intern, with Dr. Robert Lamm, from Arkansas State University 鈥� 鈥淓valuating Writing:鈥� an analytical evaluation of rubrics with electronic techniques.
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- Ms. Nancy Gregorich, middle level intern, with Ms. Catherine Hayes, ACTELA 鈥� 鈥淭he Journal Gets a Facelift:鈥� an overview of journaling to fulfill many different expectations.
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- Dr. Terri Hebert – 鈥淪hake, Rattle, and Roll:鈥� a selection of activities that help students visualize potential damage from earthquakes.
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- 听Ms. Jessica Herring and Ms. Terri Smedegard, middle level interns 鈥� 鈥淭eaching Tweets: Using Social Networking to Teach Language Arts;鈥� an exploration of social networking as forms of personal narratives for use with middle level learners.
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- 听Ms. Jamie Metcalf, middle level intern, with Jan Loyd, teacher from Cabot School District 鈥� 鈥淐lassroom Management, Organization, and Strucure:鈥� an opportunity to increase learning through classroom management and readiness.
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- 听Ms. Minnietta Ready, middle level intern, with Dr. John Hehr, professor at the University of Arkansas 鈥� 鈥淪TARLAB: Weather:鈥� a view of global weather events.
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- Ms. Minnietta Ready, middle level intern, with Ms. Deborah Teems, teacher from Mountain Home School District 鈥� 鈥淓lementary My Dear Watson!鈥� a series of forensic and inquiry based science labs.
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- 听Ms. Minnietta Ready, middle level intern, with Ms. Judi Colloredo, Invent Now Kids 鈥� 鈥淐reative Coasters:鈥� an adventure in building roller coasters.
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- 听Dr. Wendy Rickman and Dr. Stephanie Huffman from the 每日大赛网站 Department of Leadership Studies 鈥� 鈥淟ifetime, School, & Reluctant Reader Populations:鈥� a summary of traits of readers and nonreaders within student populations.
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- Ms.Haley Tharp, middle level intern, with Ms. Novella Humphreys, Northcentral ESC 鈥� 鈥淚gniting the Fires for Reading History:鈥� a collection of strategies to motivate students to ask burning questions related to history.
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- 听Dr. Donna Wake with professor Dr. Sean Connors from the University of Arkansas 鈥� 鈥淩ethinking Reading: Graphic Narrative in the Classroom;鈥� a presentation supporting graphic novels as an expansive definition of reading.
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- 听Dr. Donna Wake with professor Dr. Peter Smagorinsky from the University of Georgia 鈥� 鈥淎 Structured Process-Approach to Teaching Writing:鈥� a hands-on experience with extension activities.
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- 听Dr. Donna Wake with middle level intern Mindi French – 鈥淒igital Storytelling: Writing for the Net Generation:鈥� a review of digital storytelling products created by students ranging from kindergarteners through graduate programs.
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- 听Dr. Jeff Whittingham with Dr. Rob Christensen along with Dr. Stephanie Huffman and Dr. Wendy听Rickman from the 每日大赛网站 Department of Leadership Studies 鈥� 鈥淯sing Audio Books in the Middle School Library:鈥� a report of findings relating the impact of using audio books on attitudes toward reading and fluency.
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- 听Dr. Jeff Whittingham with author Dr. Patricia McCormick 鈥� 鈥淭he Writer鈥檚 Life: Helping Students Find the Writer Within:鈥� a featured luncheon presentation with a National Book Award winning finalist guiding teachers to inspire their students鈥� writing.
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- 听Dr. Jeff Whittingham with middle level interns Valerie Martin, Jamie Metcalf, Terri Smedegard, Michelle Stell, Haley Tharp, and Angela Wittke 鈥� 鈥淭wenty Ten: The Best Twenty Books of 2010:鈥� an examination of juvenile fiction and young adult books published in 2010.
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- 听Angela Wittke, middle level intern, with Ms. Erica Sockwell, teacher from Jonesboro School District 鈥� 鈥淲hat Classroom Am I In?听 Writing Across the Curriculum:鈥� a view of writing in all subject areas听
In addition to their presentations, faculty from the Department of Teaching and Learning recruited for the College of Education in the Exhibit Hall promoting their graduate programs.听 An assortment of fliers were distributed, especially information about the Advanced Studies in Teacher Leadership Program, the Special Education master鈥檚 degree program, and the School Counseling Program.听 Other faculty who contributed their time to the COE Recruiting Exhibit included Dr. Kathleen Atkins, Chair of the Department of Early Childhood/Special Education, and Mr. Ken Vaughn, Director of the Office of Candidate Services.