Watson Chronicle (Nov. 2012)

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ISSUE 02 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON
November
2012
In this issue
Mission & Values 2
Faculty Feature: Kathy Fox 18
Provost Visit 21
Sections
DEAN’S DISCOURSE
Dr. Kenneth Teitelbaum
WCE Celebrations 4
Last December, we established a task force question (admittedly
Faculty Events & to review our mission statement. Ten faculty with no advance
Announcements 5 members spent many hours discussing, preparation): First,
meeting, revising, etc. In April, faculty and staff we are dedicated
Alumni News 5
voted their approval of our new mission and to excellence in
eight value statements – and after a bit more teaching, continually
Calendar of Events 6
revising, the fi nal document was completed. seeking to provide the best learning experiences
Thanks to task force members Amy Garrett possible for our undergraduate and graduate
Visions: Our Students
Speak 8 Dickers (EL), Heidi Higgins (EMLLE), Scott students. We have high expectations for
Imig (EL), Hengameh Kermani (ECSE), research and creative accomplishments as
Student News 9 Florence Martin (ITFSE), Debbie Powell well, but so much of what we do involves the
(EMLLE), Kathy Roney (EMLLE), Donyell enhancement of our pedagogical practices,
News & Views from Roseboro (ITFSE), Robert Smith (ITFSE), and whether delivered face to face or in a distance
Departments and Tamara Walser (EL), who served as chair. education format. Second, our faculty and staff
Programs 10
are committed to working closely with students,
At our College meeting on October 24,
university colleagues, local schools, community
Diversity Dividends 22 faculty and staff broke up into 12 groups and
agencies, etc., trying our best to help address
discussed what we are doing and what we
their needs and interests. We see such direct
Our Family Corner 22
could/should do to support our mission and
engagement as critical to the work that we
value statements. We also spent time sharing
do. And third, we evidence a unique level of
highlights from our small-group discussions.
collegiality and collaboration. While we have not
Notes were compiled and the next step will
achieved a utopian state of affairs, and never
be to tease out some of the more prominent
will, we pride ourselves in the ways that we
themes and examples. In addition, we need
work with and support each other as a genuine
to share the statements with our students
community dedicated to teaching, research and
and school partners and elicit their feedback
service.
DEAN
about how well we are implementing our
Kenneth Teitelbaum
guiding principles. See our mission and value Our own embrace of teaching, engagement, and
statements on the next pages – and feel free to collaboration helps us to teach the importance
EDITOR
let me know what you think. of these commitments to our students. That is,
Elizabeth Foster
we are not just talking about their value; we are
A related question arose at our College
GRAPHIC DESIGNER living (modeling) them as well. As we all know,
meeting: What makes the Watson College
Krystine Wetherill more than anything else we teach who we are
of Education unique? That is, why would a
– and we’re proud of what that means for those
Watson College of Education, student want to study with us instead of at
who study and work with us.
UNCW another university? (Let’s put aside issues
601 S. College Road
of location, e.g., beautiful campus, ocean I hope the fall season is going well – and that in
Wilmington NC 28403
beaches, lively downtown, great restaurants, a few weeks you’ll able to have a most enjoyable
www.uncw.edu/ed/publications
etc.) Briefl y, here’s how we answered that and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday break.
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Watson College of
Education is to develop knowledgeable
Watson
and profi cient education professionals
dedicated to improving schools and
society. We address this mission by:
of
College Education
• Providing academically rigorous programs;
• Producing and using meaningful scholarship;
University of North Carolina Wilmington
• Partnering with schools, organizations
and diverse communities;
• Advancing the profession.
Value Statements
Decades of educational research demonstrate that outstanding education professionals must know
their content, know how to effectively engage learners and assess learning, and embrace and enact
appropriate dispositions and values (Darling-Hammond, 2010; Goodlad, 1990; Shulman, 1987). Our
mission, which guides the work of our faculty and staff in preparing education professionals, is predicated
on the following set of values:
Advocacy: Advocacy to improve schools and Ethics: Education professionals must uphold
society is an obligation of education professionals. ethical standards to ensure just and respectful
educational practices.
Advocacy requires us to act on behalf of individuals and
groups and to address social concerns. To do this work, High quality education, that is, education that positively
we use professional knowledge and skills and exercise nurtures intellectual, emotional and social growth,
value judgments to determine what we should advocate. must also include a consideration of what is right and
Advocacy is dependent on our communicative methods; wrong and the infl uence of time and context on such
it is tied to relevant life experiences; and it often forces conceptions. Ethical attitudes and dispositions are
us to work “outside of our comfort zones” (Newman & shaped by moral perspectives and those perspectives
Bauer, 2005). Advocacy is active; it connects thought help to determine ethical behaviors (Como, 2011;
to action. It implies that we operate with certain beliefs Purtillo, 2005). We fi nd two ethical theories particularly
and attitudes that will infl uence social and educational relevant: an ethic of justice (which represents
change (Mundy & Murphy, 2001). egalitarian beliefs and behaviors) and an ethic of care
(which represents being responsive and trusting). Both
of these theories allow us to connect personal issues
Diversity: Recognizing and utilizing the value
with larger structural ones such that we can examine
of difference is a requisite to maximize human
the system of education with respect to individual rights,
development.
collective responsibility, and institutional governance
Our society is diverse in culture, language, race, (Noddings, 2010).
ethnicity, gender, religion, social class, sexual identity,
ability, age, and ideology. Diversity strongly infl uences
Global Perspectives: Understanding global
who we are, how we learn, and how we teach. Freire
perspectives and practices inspires connections to
(1997) argues that teachers are cultural workers, with
erase the boundaries that divide us.
a responsibility to identify their own socio-cultural
positions and to recognize those of their students. He Education must be viewed as global in nature, grounded
adds that responsibility should be conceived of as our in an understanding of teaching and learning as
“ability to respond.” We strive to respond appropriately interdependent, tied to issues of human rights and
to difference, to recognize how socio-cultural positions global citizenship, and that works toward creating
affect teaching, and to draw upon the value of difference sustainable processes that govern what we do (Peters,
to create meaningful learning experiences. 2009). Global education is not just about examining
people, cultures, and technologies. It is fundamentally
about looking inward to study ourselves, our
interactions, our systems, and our products. In this way,
it allows for deep and broad refl ection in intrapersonal
and interpersonal ways.
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Buchanan, L.B. (2012). Becoming an educational researcher:
Poster session to be presented at the annual meeting of
Exploring the earliest experiences. Educate: The Journal of
American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Doctoral Research in Education, 12,(2), 11-22.
Ousley, D. & Swafford, J. (2012, November). The brown bag
Garrett Dikkers, A., Whiteside, A., & Lewis, S. (2012,
exam: Validating the voices of students and teachers
September/October). Get present: Build community
through alternative assessment. Paper presented at National
and connectedness online. In Learning and Leading
Council for Teachers of English Conference (NCTE), Las Vegas, NV.
with Technology, 40(2), 22-25.
Ousley, D. & Lewis, S. (2012, November). Keeping them off
Martin, F., Pastore, R., Snider, J. (2012). Developing Mobile
the ledge: Supporting the development of preservice and
Based Instruction, Tech Trends, 56(3), 46-51
early-career English teachers. Paper presented at National
Martin, F., Parker, M. A., Deale, D. (2012). Examining Council for Teachers of English Conference (NCTE), Las Vegas, NV.
the Interactivity of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms.
Shankar-Brown, R. (2012, November). Fostering global
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education and affi rming diversity in middle level education.
Distance Learning, 13(3), 227-260.
North Carolina Professors of Middle Level Education
Presentations Symposium, Raleigh, NC. (Note: Dr. Shankar-Brown was
the featured speaker)
Carr, M. L. (2012, October). Self-mentoring: The invisible
teacher. Paper presented at the meeting of Consortium for Walser, T. M. (2012, October). Assessing student learning
Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher outcomes through program level review: Using direct
Evaluation (CREATE), Washington, DC. measures of student learning to inform action. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation
Crawford, E. O. (2012, October). Global education for a
Association, Minneapolis, MN.
sustainable future: Enhancing children’s awareness of
environmental issues and their roles as “solutionaries.” Production
Global Issues, Global Solutions. World View 2012
Tyndall, E.R.,Weaver, R. E., & Tyndall, R.E. (2012).
Symposium. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Reconvergence. Mobius Films, NY.
(Dr. Crawford was an invited speaker).
Tyndall, R.E., 2012, Understanding Metrics. UNCW and IDC
Foster, E. (2012, September). Effective evaluation strategies:
Animation is the technical support for Understanding Metrics.
Building success from the beginning with peer programs
Wilmington, NC; India.
and other prevention programs. A 90 minute training
webinar sponsored and invited by: National Association
Special Recognition
of Peer Program Professionals (NAPPP) and Developmental
Dr. Jeanne Swafford named new Editor, Journal of Content
Resources, held at UNCW, Wilmington, NC.
Area Reading, publication of the Content Area Reading SIG,
Garrett Dikkers, A., Whiteside, A., & Lewis, S. (2012, affi liated with the International Reading Association.
October). Being present in online learning: The virtual high
Dr. Amy Moody, with Deb Brunson and Becky Warfi eld, was
school student perspective. Paper presented at the Sloan-C
invited by the Center on Teaching Excellence on campus to
International Conference on Online Learning, Orlando, FL.
present a workshop on “Inclusive Teaching to Reach More
Keenan, L. A. (2012, October). Motivational and persistence Students” on October 11.
factors for military spouses earning a college degree. Paper
Dr. Elizabeth Crawford was named to the Board of Directors
presented at the National Academic Advising Association
of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). To learn more
(NACADA) National Conference, Nashville, TN.
about the IHE, visit http://humaneeducation.org
Keenan, L. A. (2012, July). Motivational and persistence
factors for military spouses earning a college degree. Paper
presented at the Department of Defense Worldwide
Education Symposium, Las Vegas, NV.
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Faculty Events & Announcements
Retirement Announcement Main Campus and Onslow Extension Ed
At the Watson College of Education Labs Serve WCE Students
Faculty and Staff meeting held The Betty Holden Stike Education Lab, often referred
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, Dr. Karen to as the Ed Lab, is housed on the main campus of
Wetherill announced her retirement from UNCW and serves the students in the Watson College
UNCW, effective at the end of Spring of Education and students from area schools. In
Semester, 2013. collaboration with WCE professors, the Ed Lab sets the
stage for WCE students to practice the methods they
are learning in their courses by working with a child in
Open House Announcement:
a one-on-one setting.
The Assistive Technology
Demonstration and Lending Site is The Ed Lab also houses a collection of resources
moving to Campus! They will now including over 10,000 fi ction and non-fi ction books,
be located in the Natural Sciences as well as a variety of mathematics and planning
Modular Unit located behind the resources. Each year, more than 250 WCE students
College of Nursing (McNeil Hall). work in the lab, serving just as many children from the
They are hosting an open house local community. The Ed Lab is open Monday-Thursday
November 14 from 6-7:30 PM and 9a.m.-6p.m. and Fridays 9a.m.-12p.m.. It is located in
will provide food and fun! the Education Building, Room 130.
The aim of the site is to provide an In January of 2011, the Onslow Extension Education
avenue for educating persons on Lab opened for students on the campus of Coastal
the availability and use of assistive Carolina Community College. For the past two years,
technologies that can provide the UNCW’s Onslow Extension Program and Watson
freedom and independence desperately sought by College of Education have partnered with Coastal
many persons who are faced with temporary or lifelong Carolina Community College to provide an Extension
challenges due to their disabilities. Ed Lab in Jacksonville. Instructional materials and
educational supplies are housed in Coastal Carolina’s
Directions: Take Randall Drive and make a right onto
Learning Resource Center, and tutoring occurs in a
Reynolds Road. You will pass the Education Building
teaching lab operated in the Math & Science Building.
on the right. Make a left at the light onto Cahill Drive
and a right onto Walton Drive. The Natural Sciences More than one hundred children have been served by
Modular Until will be in the right. Parking is available the tutoring programs offered at the Extension Ed Lab.
and the building is accessible. Our Extension Ed Lab supervisor, Debbie Phillips, says,
“It is just awesome! These new teachers have a place
Faculty Senate of their own—a place to work together and to prepare
to become teachers.”
Representing the WCE Departments on the Faculty
Senate this year include: Dr. Kennedy Ongaga in the The Onslow Extension Ed Lab is located on the second fl oor
Dept. of Educational Leadership, Dr. Amy Moody in the of the LRC on the campus of Coastal Carolina Community
Dept. of Early Childhood and Special Education, Drs. College. It is open Monday-Thursday 9a.m.-5 p.m.
Kathy Fox & Heidi Higgins in the Dept. of Elementary,
Middle Level and Literacy Education, and Drs. Denise
Alumni News
Ousley and Candace Thompson in the Dept. of
Instructional Technology, Foundations and Secondary
Education. Congratulations to Dr. Lionel Kato for
being named Principal of the Year in Pitt
County Schools, Greenville, NC.
New WCE Committee
The WCE Policy Committee met for the fi rst time Dr. Kato is a 2011 graduate of
in October and will continue to meet monthly on the Educational Leadership and
Wednesdays. Chairing the committee is Dr. Elizabeth Administration Doctoral Program in the
Foster. Members serving on the committee include Dept. of Educational Leadership, Watson College of
Dr. Buddy Coleman, Dr. Angela Housand, Dr. Kosta Education. Co-chairs of his dissertation committee
Kyriacopoulos, Dr. Lou LaNunziata, Dr. Robert Smith, were Dr. Scott Imig and Dr. Jason Richardson.
Vol.1 Issue 2, Page 5
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Date & Time Event Sponsor Location
Friday, November 2 New Tenure Track Faculty Dean’s Offi ce Ed Lab
Lunch
Friday, November 2 Writing the Grant Proposal- Dean’s Offi ce EB 306
1:30-3pm Part 3 Dr. Mahnaz Moallem
Monday, November 5 NC Teacher of the Year: UNCW Teaching Fellows EB 162
4:30-6pm Ms. Darcy Grimes
Tuesday, November 6 iWork, iLearn, iShare, iPad Educational Technology EB 162
12-1pm Users Group Meeting Unit
Wednesday, November 7 Lead Mentor Training: PDS/Somer Lewis & EB 158
9am-12pm NHCS Elizabeth Foster
Wednesday, November 7 Decision, Decision - Fully Offi ce of e-Learning HO 133A
10-11am On-line
Wednesday, November 7 Author Showcase Education Laboratory Ed Lab
3:30-5pm
Wednesday, November 7 Poverty Simulation WCE Faculty EB 162
5:30-8:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 9 Decision, Decision – Fully Offi ce of e-learning HO 133A
11:00-12:00 On-line
Thursday November 9 WebEx Training UNCW Educational EB 214
11:00-12:00 Technology Unit
Monday, November 12 Student North Carolina Dr. Elizabeth Crawford & EB 162
Association of Educators Dr. Kathy Fox
(SNCAE)
Tuesday, November 13 No Agenda Pizza Lunch Dr. Ken Teitelbaum FULL
12:00-1:00 with the Dean
Wednesday November 14 Open House: Assistive Dept. of EYC and Special Natural Sciences Modular
6:00-7:30 p.m. Technology Demonstration Education Unit (behind College of
& Lending Site Nursing)
Thursday November 15 Coffee & Conversation Dean’s Offi ce: Dean 3rd Floor Lounge
9:30-10:30 Teitelbaum
Thursday, November 15 Dinner Hosted for Dean’s Offi ce: Dean TBA
(evening) International Students Teitelbaum
Friday, November 16 Program Coordinator’s Dean’s Offi ce: Associate EB 306
9:00-10:30 Meeting (monthly) Dean McNulty
Friday November 16 Writing the Grant Proposal- Dean’s Offi ce EB 306
1:30-3:00 Part 4 Dr. Mahnaz Moallem
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Date & Time Event Sponsor Location
Friday, November 16 WebEx Users Group Educational Technology EB 337
11:00-12:00 Meeting Unit: Jeff Ertzberger
Friday November 16 Teachers’ NIGHT OUT! UNCW Teaching Fellows WCE
5:30-8pm (RSVP by 11/9/12)
Wednesday November 28 Brown Bag Series: Lessons Dean’s Offi ce EB 162
12-1pm Learned About Providing Dr. Eleni Pappamihiel
Online Professional
Development
Wednesday November 28 Endnote Offi ce of e-learning HO 133A
10:00-10:50
Thursday, November 29 Endnote Offi ce of e-learning HO 133A
11am-12pm
Friday, November 30 Writing the Grant Proposal- Dean’s Offi ce EB306
1:30-3pm Part 5 Dr. Mahnaz Moallem
Mon/Tues December 3-4 Mentor Training: PDS/Somer Lewis & Warwick Center Ballroom 1
8am-3pm Begininning and Advanced- Elizabeth Foster
On Refl ection
Wednesday, December 5 Dropout Prevention Drop Out Prevention EB 162
1:00-4:30pm Symposium Coalition
Thursday December 6 WCE Holiday Lunch Dean’s Offi ce EB 162
12:30-2pm
Upcoming in the December, 2012 Issue of the Watson Chronicle:
• Latest on WCE NCATE Review
• Focus on UG Student: Siobhan Nelson, Department of EMLLE
• Grant Preparation: Talking to Dr. Mahnaz Moallem
• Who Knew? A Look Inside the Outside Art of Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown
• Looking Ahead to 2013
• Responses from the Library: Banning Books
Vol.1 Issue 2, Page 7
VISIONS: Our Students Speak!
I have been practicing my Spanish pronunciations with
friends, family and coworkers. Of course the majority of
This column is dedicated to our undergraduate my friends know I am taking this class and understand
and graduate students. We plan to highlight why I try to talk with them in Spanish, but they can see
students from different departments and that I have made progress. With my coworkers it is a
report on their academic and other activities. lot different. They don’t know I am taking this class,
We welcome student contributions.
and I try and carry on conversations with them. I am
probably one of the only people at work that is slowly
starting to communicate with them. I ask them how
Going the Extra Mile!
they are doing and if they have any brothers or sisters.
One of the assignments in EDN
I enjoyed trying to communicate with my peers in
287 Spanish for Educators is to
Spanish, it is really going to help me in the future.
teach Spanish to other people.
Students teach their children, - Megan James
friends, roommates, and family
I took this week and began to speak some of the
members. These are some of
Spanish words and phrases that we have been studying
the experiences that they have
this semester around my family. I have had to repeat
reported.
and explain the words to them several times from day
Submitted by: Jorge E Trujillo,
to day. However, my daughter, who is 20 months old,
EDN 287 Spanish for Educators I Instructor
seems to grasp the words and their meanings very
quickly. She has even jokingly, used them herself. She
is like a little sponge right now, absorbing all kinds of
I am a full time nanny for a two-year-old. I fi gured
new information each day so it doesn’t surprise me that
I could use the words on her (I also started doing
she enjoyed this assignment with me. I plan to keep
numbers with her!)! She has taken a liking to the
trying to teach her the basic Spanish language because
numbers and enjoys counting from one to ten in
it would be much easier for her to learn it now than to
Spanish. The other vocabulary words she doesn’t
wait until she is older. Thanks for inviting me to do this
fully understand, but she loves repeating them after
assignment and opening my eyes to the importance of
I say them! I am going to continue to teach her
teaching my daughter at a young age!
these words in hopes that one day they click!!!
- Cara Smeigh
- Shelby Nicholson
I thought this was a great experience for myself as well
One I have used a lot is Sientate (sit down). I tell
as my daughter. We practiced phrases all over the
my husband to sit while I cook. I tell my son to sit
place and she eventually knew what I was saying. It
and hold the baby. I tell my son to sit and read a
was fun to make her stand up and sit down. She has
book. I have been using parate (stand up) along
been working on this class with me and has learned a
with sientate to practice sit and stand. Since I don’t
lot for a seven year old. I feel that I have really taken
work at the day care any more it’s hard to use these
a lot from this experience. I tried to do these phrases
phrases with other people than my son’s friends and
at work with some of the girls and they had no idea
husband. My friends hear me say hola or when I
what I was doing. It was funny to see their confused
answer my phone now I say buenos dias, tardes,
expressions.
or noches (good morning, afternoon, or evening) to
keep practicing. If we have friends over and they - April Forrester
need to use the bathroom I ask ¿quieres ir al baño?
I am here from Charlotte so none of my family is here.
- Allison Nieto However, I work in a daycare and an 8 year old girl
speaks English and Spanish, she is also used as a
I am a substitute teacher and I was able to use what
translator for the teachers and her mother since her
I have learned in the classroom. An ESL student who
mother does not speak English. I have been reading the
spoke little to no English was able to communicate
words to her in Spanish and she has been saying what
with me! The other students were shocked as I
I said to her in Spanish back to me in English. It makes
told the ESL student my name “Me llamo Senorita
me feel good that she can understand what I say to her
McGee.” and I asked her her name, “¿Y tú?”
and has helped me build a closer relationship with her.
- Brandon McGee
- Jordan Blakeney
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Watson College of
Student News
Education Student
Leader Group Formed
SNCAE October Meeting By Associate Dean, Dr. Carol
Offi cers for Student North Carolina Association of Educators (SNCAE) include McNulty
President: Emily Smith, Vice President: Kelli Stephenson, Secretary: Brandi Reynolds,
The Watson Student Leaders
Treasurer: Caro Pelhan, and Public Relations: Beth Edmonds. The two WCE faculty
held their fi rst meeting at
sponsors for SNCAE are Dr. Elizabeth Crawford and Dr. Kathy Fox. There will be two
Dockside Café, on Sunday,
fundraisers for SNCAE: Watson College Bookbag or tote and T-shirts.
Oct. 14, 2012. The group
participants, who were selected
Like the SNCAE Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/sncaeuncw) and check
by faculty members of the
out our UNCW Webpage (http://uncw.edu/ed/sncae/index.html).
Watson College, serve in three
capacities:
The next meeting is November 12, 2012. We will be having a Praxis II Workshop
led by Dr. Fox, Dr. Schlichting, and students who have taken the Praxis II Tests.
• as advisory council
members to the Dean and
• Book Drive for DC Virgo: November 26-30, 2013
the Associate Deans
• Student Government Association (SGA) needs a Watson College
• as assistants in various
representative NEXT semester. This would include a 4 hour/week
commitment. Watson College functions
involving faculty, staff,
• SGA meeting Tuesdays 7-9 pm
students and community
• Contact Carol Pelhan for more information - [email protected] members
• as ambassadors of
The guest speaker for the evening was Mr.
WCE to the larger
Brian Lewis, whose job is as Chief Lobbyist for
university and school and
NCAE. He represents teachers at the General community partners.
Assembly. Different politicians were discussed
and the type of legislation in which they were
The fi rst advisory issue
interested. Information that was shared with
students discussed entailed
attendees for the evening: Mr. Lewis works
ideas for a culminating event
with people who are funding legislation.
for interns to celebrate their
transition from student to
Of note:
professional. Group members
presented some wonderful
• 1/8 of funding for education has been cut
ideas and comments to take
• In NHC $7.1 million has been cut from the yearly funding
back to faculty members
• 8 out of 10 cuts come from the classroom
organizing this event.
• Over a billion dollars in cuts in NC
The group discussed additional
• Class size ratios have been cut. In the past, 1 teacher per 26 students; now
ideas for the academic year
it is “unlimited” students per classroom
which will be discussed in
more depth and shared as
Teaching is a VERY political job
they are better formulated.
We look forward to continued
• Advice to us: take a political science class
opportunities to provide a
• Tenure – The right to hear what you are being accused of and the right for student voice to various events
you to have a hearing to decide if you should be fi red. Right to due process. around the College.
You want tenure.
• First 5 years of teaching – probationary status. You can be fi red for ANY The Student Leaders engaged
reason! in their fi rst ambassador role
as they served as judges for
• After 5 years – you may be granted tenure. You can still be fi red, but there
must be cause. the Stevenson Honda coloring
contest. Each Student Leader
• Teaching in the Future…Merit pay
received a tee shirt at the
- Pay based on performance, principals choice, test scores, etc.
conclusion of our meeting, so
- It can scare teachers away from poor-performing schools and students
be sure to look for the teal
• General Assembly returns at the end of January
around campus!!
- Meetings are held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of each week
• Invite SNCAE to come lobby one day at the General Assembly in Raleigh
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News and Views from Departments & Programs
Department of Educational Leadership
“Inspiring Great Minds, Inspiring Great Leaders”
Chair, Dr. Susan Catapano
News from LED 411 Leadership Studies boxes around
campus, this
Students in Dr. Joanne Nottingham’s Leadership
semester
Studies (LED) 411 class, continued the LED Legacy
the students
Challenge and ended the active part of their capstone
partnered
leadership project
again with the
with Cell Phones for
UNCW Athletic
Soldiers on Friday,
Department
October 26th. This
for a collection at the UNCW vs. Georgia State Men’s
semester the collection
Soccer Game. They also widened their scope and
focus was two-fold: cell
established community partnerships with the Battleship
phones and monetary
North Carolina and New
donations. Thirty cell
Hanover County Schools
phones were collected
Athletic Department.
as of Thursday and
Students collected at the
some are still being
New Hanover vs. Laney
sent from off-campus. Monetary collections were a
High School Football
huge fi rst-time success with $640. collected and an
Game at Legion Stadium
unknown sum still
and at the Battleship
to be sent from The
North Carolina’s annual
Fuzzy Peach on Racine
Ghost Ship Event. Both
Drive where 10% of
non-UNCW events
all purchases made
were extremely well received by the generous public.
one evening are being
Although some phones and donations are yet to be
donated.
added, the LED 411 students have already secured
Besides collecting 320 hours of FREE talk time for our overseas troops.
the phones left in
Department of Early Childhood & Special Education
Chair, Dr. James Applefi eld
WCE Tutoring for Young Children are at-risk for academic failure
is critical. Research documents
The Education of Young Children (EYC) program began
both short and long-term
tutoring young children, ages 4-6 years old, at-risk for
academic benefi ts for children
or diagnosed with disabilities in 2012. EYC students
who attend preschool programs
offer academic and behavioral programming for young
(e.g., Barnett, 1993; Gormley,
children who engage in hands-on learning opportunities
Gayer, Phillips, & Dawson, 2005;
at the Watson College of Education. Whether they
Reynolds, 2000; Schweinhart, et
are outside shooting off rockets or inside reading or
al., 2005). Furthermore, economists
completing math activities, they
suggest that early intervention can
receive emotional and instructional
decrease educational costs over time
support from WCE students. Children
(Heckman, 2011). Thus, programs
are provided with positive behavioral
like the one at UNCW offers
supports, explicit instruction, and
children increased opportunities for
guided instruction in a safe and
educational success.
friendly environment.
For more information, please contact
Promotion of early childhood
the Education Lab at UNCW.
education for preschoolers who
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