ANNOUNCEMENTS
Changes to Room Reservation Procedure
Please visit this link to learn of new changes to the room reservation procedure through the EUC and the Registrar’s Office.
CDLC Research Fellowship Application
Due Friday, November 6
Greensboro Chinese School
Greensboro Chinese School will start on Sept. 13 this year. Registration starts at 1pm on Sept. 13 in the School of Education lobby at UNCG (1300 Spring Garden Street). For more information, please visit: http://www.gcanc.org/gca_school.html.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Newbery Award Winner to Speak in EUC
Monday, September 14 at 7 p.m.
Yopp Distinguished Speaker Series in Mathematics Education
Monday, September 14
The TEHE Mathematics Education Faculty are delighted to welcome Dr. Judit Moschkovich to UNCG on Monday, September 14, 2015. She will give two talks as part of the Yopp Distinguished Speaker Series in Mathematics Education — a research talk (11 am – 12:30 pm) and a connecting-research-and-practice talk (5 – 6:30 pm). The afternoon talk is intended for the broader community so please invite interested educators from the community. Details about the talks are included in the flyer.
We hope that you will be able to join us for these events!
Vicki Jacobs, Kerri Richardson, and Holt Wilson
Literacy Design Collaborative Visit
Thursday, September 17 at 1 p.m.
The UNCG School of Education is organizing a conversation with Suzanne Simons from the Literacy Design Collaborative (www.ldc.org). Suzanne will share resources from the Literacy Design Collaborative that support elementary, middle and secondary content area teachers. She is interested in how they might be used with K-12 teacher candidates across grades and content areas.
The Literacy Design Collaborative is a teacher-created instructional design system that transforms educator practice through the use of online tools and resources that facilitate collaboration, content development, and professional learning to effectively implement College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) in K–12 classrooms.
Please help us welcome Suzanne and join us on Thursday, September 17th at 1pm. Light refreshments will be served. If you have any questions about this event, please contact Jennifer Mangrum (jrmangru@uncg.edu).
Symposium on Music Teacher Education Keynote Address
Thursday, September 17 at 7 p.m.
On Thursday, September 17, Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, the Kellner Family Endowed Professor in Urban Education and Faculty Affiliate in the Departments of Educational Policy Studies and Afro American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present a keynote address, titled “The Social Justice Foundations of Hip-Hop” at the 2015 Symposium on Music Teacher Education.
The event will take place at 7:00 PM in the Recital Hall of the Music Building and will be followed by a reception in the Recital Hall Atrium. All School of Education faculty members and students are welcome to attend as guests of the Symposium.
Dr. Ayesha Boyce to Present Free Webinar on the Values-Engaged, Educative (VEE) Evaluation Approach
September 24 at 3 p.m.
Dr. Ayesha Boyce will be presenting a free webinar (9/24/2015, 3 – 4:30pm) introducing the Values-Engaged, Educative (VEE) evaluation approach. The webinar will be hosted by the RMC Research Corporation. They are funded by the National Science Foundation to support the needs of the evaluation community in the NSF Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program. The webinar is free and open to the public.
Anyone can join the webinar by registering at
http://teams.mspnet.org/index.cfm/webinars/webinar_info?id=448
The Values-Engaged, Educative (VEE) evaluation approach, developed with National Science Foundation (NSF)-EHR support, defines high quality STEM educational programming as that which effectively incorporates cutting-edge scientific content, strong pedagogy, and sensitivity to diversity and equity issues. Extensive field tests in STEM education program contexts, commitments aligned with the NSF, the desire to use appropriate methodologies, and attention to the social-relational dimensions of evaluation, make VEE a good fit for evaluations of Math and Science Partnership programs. In this webinar, we will introduce the VEE approach and point viewers to further resources and materials about this approach. Drawing from practical examples of evaluations of MSP projects and other NSF programs, we will discuss strategies for evaluating STEM program implementation, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability with this approach.
Rebecca Carver Institute on Experiential Education Workshop
Saturday, October 3
http://goo.gl/forms/y1t8epWFD6
Asian Autumn Festival
Saturday, October 3 at 11 a.m.
TECHNOLOGY
Discontinuation of Support for Bootcamp on Apple Devices
See the new blog post here: http://itsnews.uncg.edu/2015/08/26/discontinuation-of-support-for-bootcamp-on-apple-devices/
Canvas and IT Workshops Open for Sign Up
SOE IT Fall 2015 Canvas and Instructional Technology workshops are now available for sign ups – including in person and self directed training. For more information, and link to the sign ups, check out this blog post: http://uncgsoeit.blogspot.com/2015/08/soe-it-workshops-fall-2015.html
Instructional Technology Tools Course Available
SOE Instructional Technology has created an Instructional Technology Tools Course in Canvas. This resource is designed for instructors who are interested in implementing more technology in their classroom and pedagogy. This course is asynchronous, available to anyone with a UNCG email address, provides no certification or degree credit, and is voluntary.
Here is the enrollment link: https://uncg.instructure.com/enroll/3DYPH7
DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Carrie Davis Ponder ’58 Endowed Scholarship in Education
This fund was established by an SOI in 2012 by Mrs. Carrie Davis Ponder and Dr. Reginald W. Ponder as a Merit Scholarship in the Endowment of The UNCG Excellence Foundation. At this time, we thank the Ponders for changing the name and location of the endowment so that it may be awarded during their lifetime.
This gift completes the Ponders’ commitment to a total gift of $100,000 achieved through a combination of outright gifts and charitable gift annuities.
The Carrie Davis Ponder ’58 Endowed Scholarship in Education will be awarded to students in the School of Education who plan to become teachers. The scholarship will be based on academic merit as well as financial need, with a preference given to first year students.
THA Foundation Scholarship Fund in Elementary Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
To help alleviate the national shortage of classroom teachers by providing financial assistance to adult early elementary education students who are committed to the teaching profession. The Tom Haggai and Associates Foundation moved to a new funding model this year, committing to an outright gift of $35,000 each year and challenging their education partners (including the School of Education) to match $20,000 in funding for adult student scholarships. As the School of Education as succeeded with this challenge, this now results in a total of $75,000 being awarded for adult student scholarships, with the amount contributed by THA equaling $55,000 for the fiscal year.
The Mildred Boyles White Corbett Scholarship Fund
The Mildred Boyles White Corbett Scholarship Fund was established by Kenneth Corbett in memory of his late wife for the purpose of providing scholarship support to an undergraduate student majoring in Elementary Education. Mr. Corbett previously funded this scholarship with annual gifts; his estate gift of $25,000 will now fully fund the endowment.