School of Education Sigma Bulletin
This School of Education electronic publication contains current announcements of meetings, presentations, dissertation committees, grants received, employment opportunities of interest to graduate students, and similar items. Sigma is available via email weekly in Fall and Winter terms and biweekly in Spring and Summer.
Sigma Bulletin, December 8 - December 14, 2008
A. DEAN'S UPDATES
B. CALENDAR
C. LOOKING AHEAD
A. DEAN'S UPDATES
Read today's Dean's Updates (Topics include: Teacher Education Initiative events; Winter Commencement; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw County Adopt-A-Family program; United Way campaign) by clicking on this link:
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B. CALENDAR
- December 8: Dissertation Defense by Geisce Ly on "Administrators' Perceptions of Successful Political Behaviors During Planned Organizational Change," 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Tribute (Room 1322).
- December 9: 2008-09 Teacher Education Seminar Series Part I: Conceptualizing Ethical Imperatives of Teachers' Work. Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin. Topic: Equity, Equality, and Social Justice (What is the difference between equity and equality? What is the relationship of each of these ideas to social justice? What are the implications for teachers?), 4:00 pm, Tribute Room (Room 1322).
- December 9: OMSA Presents: University of Michigan - Algebra Project - Washtenaw Intermediate School District collaboration, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Whitney Auditorium (Room 1309). Guest Speakers: Laura Roop, Director of Outreach at the School of Education; Henry Meares, Assistant Dean for External Relations at the School of Education; Mark Thames, Research Associate at the School of Education; Bryan Joyce, Masters in Social Work and Student Member of the Young People's Project; and Nicole Garcia, Mathematics Coordinator, Washtenaw Intermediate School District. Food will be provided. Please RSVP to Viticia Thames (vitt@umich.edu) if you plan to attend.
- December 9: Dissertation Defense by Charles Vanover on "The Expertise in Urban Teaching Project," 8:00 am, Tribute (Room 1322).
- December 9: Poster Session for SoE faculty and graduate students, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm, classroom next to the Greenhouse suite on the 4th floor. Hosted by Magdalene Lampert and the students in ED776. The session will exhibit the findings of grad student research projects completed this term in the above referenced course. These projects investigate how teacher educators in our own school use representations of teaching practice to enable novices to study teaching. The sessions investigated range across pre-school, elementary, and secondary teacher education, and across literacy, mathematics, science and social studies. Refreshments will be provided.
- December 10: Teacher Education Initiative open meeting, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm, Whitney Auditorium (Room 1309). Members of the TEI Curriculum group will present and solicit feedback from others o n the draft set of "high-leverage" teaching practices that they have been developing during the past year. These high-leverage practices will eventually become the foundation of our redesigned teacher education program. During the meeting members of the TEI Steering Group will also launch the 2009 Request for Proposals and introduce a new way for faculty members and graduate students doing innovative work in teacher education to obtain resources and contribute to the work of the Initiative. Copies of the draft set of high-leverage practices will be available for review on the TEI's website and in hard copy outside Room 4119 until Friday, December 5th.
- December 11: Ed Studies Colloquium: Tamara Wilder on "Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right," 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Tribute (Room 1322).
- December 11: Ed Studies Executive Committee Meeting, 8:30 am - 10:00 am, Room 4218 Greenhouse.
C. LOOKING AHEAD
- December 15: Dissertation Defense by Gloriana Gonzalez on "Mathematical Tasks and the Collective Memory: How do Teachers Manage Students' Prior Knowledge When Teaching Geometry With Problems?" 1:00 pm, Brownlee (Room 2327).
- January 8: Ed Studies Executive Committee Meeting (Joint Meeting w/Unit Coordinators), 8:30 am - 10:00 am, Room 4218 Greenhouse.
- January 8: Ed Studies Unit Coordinator Meeting (Joint Meeting w/Executive Committee), 8:30 am - 10:00 am, Room 4218 Greenhouse.
- January 9: Dissertation Defense by Tamara Shreiner on "Framing a Model of Democratic Thinking to Inform Teaching and Learning in Civic Education," 3:00 pm, Brownlee (Room 2327).
-January 15: Ed Studies Faculty Meeting, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon, Tribute (Room 1322).
- January 26: Faculty Research Collaboration meeting, 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm, Brownlee (Room 2327). A light lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Kathy Metcalf (kmetcalf@umich.edu) if you plan to attend.
- January 26: 2008-09 Teacher Education Seminar Series Part II: Toward Developing a Professional Ethics Curriculum, 4:00 pm, Tribute (Room 1322). Elizabeth A. Voshel, University of Michigan School of Social Work. Topic: Ethics Education for Social Workers (How does social work education help students internalize and act on ethical codes of practice.)
- January 27: Forum on the Job Search in Higher Education for SoE Graduate Students, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Tribute (Room 1322). Part of the session will include a mock interview by Dean Ball with a graduate student. Please RSVP to Becki Spangler (spangler@umich.edu) if you plan to attend.
- February 3: Ed Studies Executive Committee Meeting (Joint Meeting w/Unit Coordinators with Lunch), 8:30 am - 12:30 pm; Ed Studies Executive Committee only 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, Room 4218 Greenhouse.
- February 3: Ed Studies Unit Coordinator Meeting (Joint Meeting w/Executive Committee with lunch), 8:30 am - 12:30 pm, Room 4218 Greenhouse.
- February 5: Ed Studies Faculty Meeting, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon, Tribute (Room 1322).
- February 12: 2008-09 Teacher Education Seminar Series Part II: Toward Developing a Professional Ethics Curriculum, 2:00 pm, Tribute (Room 1322). Nancy A. Madden, Success for All Foundation on "Equity, Equality & Social Justice in the Practice of Teaching: The Case of Success for All."
- February 12: Ed Studies Executive Committee Meeting (Non-Trad & Masters), 11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Room 4218 Greenhouse.
- February 24: 2008-09 Teacher Education Seminar Series Part II: Toward Developing a Professional Ethics Curriculum. Penny Pierce, University of Michigan School of Nursing. Topic: Ethics Education for Nurses (How does nursing education help students internalize and act on ethical codes of practice?), 3:00 pm, Tribute Room (Room 1322).
- March 1-3: 2009 SREE Conference, Crystal City Hyatt Regency. Consistent with SREE's mission, the 2009 conference theme is focused on the importance of research designs that produce trustworthy evidence on the effects of interventions and policies that are meant to address critical educational problems. Complete information on this event, including details on how to submit proposals for inclusion in the conference program, may be found on the SREE website (http://www.educationaleffectiveness.org) or by directly accessing the conference announcement (http://educationaleffectiveness.org/announcements/conference2009).
- March 5: Ed Studies Unit Coordinator Meeting, 8:30 am - 10:00 am, Room 4218 Greenhouse. - March 12: Ed Studies Faculty Meeting, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon, Tribute (Room 1322).
- March 23: 2008-09 Teacher Education Seminar Series Part II: Toward Developing a Professional Ethics Curriculum. Carol Lee, Northwestern University. Topic: Equity, Equality, and Social Justice in the Practice of Teaching: The Case of English Education (tentative title) (How do issues of equity and equality intersect the work of teaching high school English? How can teachers realize a commitment to social justice in the context of instruction? How might teacher education help to prepare students to teach equitably?), 3:00 pm, Tribute Room (Room 1322).
- April 2009 (Date, Time, Location TBD): 2008-09 Teacher Education Seminar Series Part II: Toward Developing a Professional Ethics Curriculum. Ethics Project Working Group Members, Commentary by Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Topic: Seminar Closing: Toward an Ethics Curriculum for Student Teachers (What progress has the TEI Ethics Project made this year? What contributions does this work stand to make to the fields of ethics and teacher education?
- April 9: Ed Studies Executive Committee Meeting, 8:30 am - 10:00 am, Room 4218 Greenhouse.
- April 23: Ed Studies Unit Coordinator Meeting, 8:30 am - 10:00 am, Room 4218 Greenhouse.
- May 2: School of Education Spring Commencement, 4:00 pm, Hill Auditorium.
- May 7: Ed Studies Executive Committee Meeting (Joint Meeting w/Unit Coordinators), 8:30 am - 10:00 am, Room 4218 Greenhouse.
- May 7: Ed Studies Unit Coordinator Meeting (Joint Meeting w/Executive Committee), 8:30 am - 10:00 am, Room 4218 Greenhouse.
- May 7: Ed Studies Faculty Meeting, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon, Tribute (Room 1322).
