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Mini-Grant Activity This project is designing a unified teacher preparation program (UTPP) by establishing learning partnerships among faculty in the School of Education, the School of Arts and Sciences and local school districts. As part of this project, we are establishing collaborations through the integration of coursework, co-teaching classes, utilizing a variety of teaching strategies to meet diverse learning needs of students, infuse literacy strategies in General Education Requirements and the utilization of distance learning technology that will provide a link from the university to other educational institutions and focus on strategies of differentiated instruction and unifying general and special education. The mini-grant approach replicates the model for encouraging and facilitating faculty collaboration between Schools of Arts & Sciences and Education developed by Lydia Conca and Kathleen Butler at St. Joseph College, West Hartford, CT. Additional information can be accessed at the St. Joseph College Unification Grant website. As part of this program we invited SCSU Faculty to participate by proposing new projects consistent with the goals and objectives of the UTTP for consideration for funding. A Request for Proposals was issued to all SCSU faculty in December 2004 to solicit proposals. The following proposals were received in response to the RFP. Each of the proposals was scored by members of the CITE Committee at the quarterly meeting held on January 13, 2005. A link is provided below to allow access to the full text of each proposal. Project Summaries: Name: Scott M. Graves, Assistant Professor Department: Science Education and Environmental Studies Project Title: Inquiry in Environmental Science through GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment). Project Summary: Project examines local, regional & global environmental phenomena, through inquiry, field studies and group research. Topics include environmental field site descriptions, monitoring, and data collection. A Systems Analysis approach examines environmental phenomena and events affecting atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and geosphere. Name: Krystyna Gorniak-Kocikowska, Professor Department: Philosophy Project Title: Philosophy of Education and the Unification of Teacher preparatory Programs. Project Summary: This project involves the revision of the course Philosophy of Education (PHI 370). The project also includes writing a paper on selected issues in the AAC&U National Panel Report Greater Expectations. The paper’s working title: “Greater Expectations, Unification of Teacher Preparatory Programs, and ICT.” Name: Susan H. Cusato, Associate Professor Department: Science Education and Environmental Studies Project Title: A Modular Approach to Graduate Candidate Assessment. Project Summary: This project is designed to develop two performance-based assessment modules for graduate teacher candidates. The first module will assess content knowledge for graduate candidates. A second module will be developed to assess teaching skills and dispositions. Name: Nancy Boyles, Associate Professor Department: Special Education and Reading Project Title: Supporting Students’ Continued Professional Development through a Literacy Mini-Conference Supported by Current and Past Students in the Graduate Reading Program. Project Summary: The Literacy Mini-Conference is a collaboration between students primarily in the Sixth Year Graduate Reading Program, who sponsor the conference and prepare and present workshops – and all other Graduate Reading Program students who are conference attendees. The Conference is held on a Saturday morning in May. A speaker from outside our department or university presents a keynote address, which is followed by two rounds of concurrent workshops. Name: Esther Howe, Associate Professor Department: Social Work Participating Faculty:
Project Summary: Together the participants will develop and revise an extant course SWK 530 (Social Work in Educational Settings) into an IDS course. The course is to be offered both to students who are preparing to become teachers and to students who plan to enter the field of school-based support services. |
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