ANNOUNCEMENTS

Curriculum Corner

The SOE Curriculum Committee would like to update you on our deadlines for the 2017-2018 year.
Deadline to Submit Forms to SOE Curriculum Committee
October 31
November 28
January 16 (Fall 2018 Bulletin Deadline)
February 20
March 20
April 17
Please note: Submissions for curricular changes to the SOE Committee for Spring/Summer 2018 must be received by September 5th, and must be approved by our September 12th meeting. Please submit all forms to Scott Howerton: wshowert@uncg.edu. If you have any questions about curricular items, please feel free to contact your SOE Curriculum Committee representative.

Many thanks from the Committee,
Anne Akers (LIS)
Jill Chouinard (ERM)
Brian Clarida (ELC)
Scott Howerton (TEHE, Co-Chair, UCC Rep.)
Teresa Little (SES, Co-Chair)
Keith Mobley (CED)
Jewell Cooper (ex-officio, GSC Rep.)

Helpful Links:

UNCG Curriculum Guide (use this link to access CURRENT forms and to learn about curriculum procedures)

Curriculum Help Workshops

Not sure how to complete your form(s)? There’s help…Please Sign-Up!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Greensboro Autism Run/Walk

Greensboro Autism Run/Walk this Saturday, come join our team!

Need some exercise? Want to connect more with our local community? Come join our School of Education team at the annual Greensboro Run/Walk For Autism on Saturday, September 30. The competitive 5k starts at 9am and the fun run/walk starts at 10am at Jaycee Park in Greensboro.

You will even get a free School of Education t-shirt (while they last) so come early!<

The cost is a $15 donation to the Autism Society of North Carolina. Here’s a link to a form you can download and turn in at the registration desk, or simply tell them you are with UNCG School of Education and fill out the form on site.

Look for the UNCG School of Education Team in our t-shirts.

See you there! Susan Hedges will be there at 8:30 to help get our team signed up. Let’s support our community and have some fall fun! It is supposed to be a beautiful day!

For more information, visit http://support.autismsociety-nc.org/site/TR?fr_id=1230&pg=entry

Find your Why Workshop

FACULTY/ALUMNI/STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), recently selected Jenna Leigh Stack (CED student), of Greensboro, North Carolina, for the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program-Addictions Counselors (MFP-AC). As an NBCC MFP-AC fellow, Stack will receive funding and training to support her education and facilitate her addictions counseling service to underserved minority transition-age youth (ages 16–25).

The NBCC MFP will distribute up to $11,000 to Stack and the 17 other master’s-level addictions counseling students selected to receive the fellowship award. Stack is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and is currently a master’s student in the clinical mental health counseling program at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Upon graduation, Stack will seek employment working with adolescents and adults coping with addiction and mental health concerns. She plans to focus on services for transition-age adolescents and young adults, as she believes this critical stage allows clients to be reached through prevention and early intervention. Stack intends to work in areas and populations of highest need due to her passion for improving treatment access to underserved populations. Earning this fellowship will allow Stack to meet this goal by providing access to educational resources and a supportive network of other mental health professionals.

Dr. Nathaniel Ivers, CED alum and faculty member at Wake Forest University, was interviewed for a Newsweek story about the impact of rescinding DACA on dreamers’ emotional and mental health, as well as the availability of relevant services.

From the article:
Nathaniel Ivers… has worked with more than 100 clients who are undocumented immigrants, and he’s witnessed how the status compromises health and limits medical care. “For undocumented clients with whom I have provided counseling, a decision was often made about whether attending a counseling session was worth the risk of driving without a driver’s license, being pulled over, and later being identified by immigration,” he says. “Many counseling sessions were missed when word got around that immigration officials were stepping up their enforcement.”

Check out these articles authored/coauthored by CED faculty, alumni, and students!
- School Counselors’ Knowledge and Involvement Concerning Gifted and Talented Students
  Nancy N. Carlson, Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy & Ted R. Miller
- See the Triumph Survivor Advocacy Training Program: Equipping Survivors of Abuse to Engage in Social Justice Advocacy
  Joy Kelly, Christine E. Murray & Allison Crowe
- Development of the Dynamic Leadership in Counseling Scale–Self-Report
  W. Bradley McKibben, L. DiAnne Borders & Terry A. Ackerman

Congratulations to Dr. John Willse (ERM) on his award from Castle Worldwide, Inc. for his project “Experiential Measurement Training with Castle Worldwide, Inc.”

Kiser Middle School Partner teacher Gina DiFrancesco (an alum of the SOE) has won the NcSTA Teacher of the year award for District 5 for her work on the NSF funded project, I-Engineering, with Drs. Edna Tan & Aerin Benavides (TEHE).

Congratulations to Eliana Berger (TEHE ’17), who was named Student Teacher of the Year at the NC ACTE conference!