December 05, 2008 Dr. Z's Creative Cookbook for Collaborative Communication:
On Wednesday, December 3, Dr. Leigh Zeitz (Curriculum and Instruction) will present a nationwide webinar about Web 2.0
tools that can help students and faculty collaborate in writing, teaching and overall communication. This webinar is
sponsored by the International Society for Technology Education (ISTE). The 1-hour program will be viewed in Schindler
Education Center 403 at 3:00 pm. Please come and join us. For more information: http://tinyurl.com/5bf8gs
There will also be an additional broadcast to Australia and Asia on Tuesday, Dec 2, at 6 pm.
November 24, 2008
UNI CELEBRATES AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK: UNI has a 132-year history in teacher education and will celebrate American Education Week, Nov. 16-22.
UNI will recognize its 17,000 plus alumni educators in the U.S. and is planning special programs with area
schools. For more information, contact Lindsey Rhodes, 3-6728.
November 11, 2008
CHARACTER COUNTS WORKSHOP:
A Character Counts workshop for pre-service teachers will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Friday, Nov. 7, at the Center for Multicultural Education in Maucker Union. Call 3-3658 or
e-mail paulsonr@uni.edu to register. Participants will be required to purchase a $10 CC
workbook. Students must attend the entire session to receive a certificate of participation.
Sponsored by College of Education, the Institute for Character Development, and the GBPAC.
FALL TEACHER EDUCATION CONVOCATION:
The 36th Teacher Education Induction Convocation will be held at 4 p.m.,
Thursday, Oct. 30, in GBPAC. Invitations have been sent to 320 UNI
teacher education students eligible for induction. John Storm, modern
languages, is the convocation speaker. Faculty and staff are invited to
attend to honor the students being inducted.
College of Education Faculty Changes:
Mary Herring, interim department head and associate professor in Curriculum & Instruction, has been named interim associate dean of the
College of Education. She will replace Biff Williams who has accepted a position as Dean of the College of Nursing, Health, and Human
Services at Indiana State University. Jill Uhlenberg, assistant professor in Curriculum & Instruction, will serve as interim department
head of Curriculum & Instruction.
UNI Early Childhood Education Summit: Focus on Quality-Quality Math and
Science Curriculum for Preschool Teachers
Will be held on September 12-13, 2008 in the Schindler Education
Center. Karen Worth, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for
Science Education, Education Development Center, Inc., will give a
keynote presentation titled, "Science and Young Children: A Natural
Fit." Karen Worth is also noted for her co-authorship of the Young
Scientist Series, a well-known science curriculum for children ages
three to five developed with funding from the National Science Foundation.
For registration and more detailed information on the UNI Early
Childhood Summit please click Here
COE Graduate student Derek Sallis was recently featured in Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier
Derek and his brother Ryan mentor current East High Athletes
(Read More)
Derek serves as Vice President of SHOUT! Ministries
(Read More)
Human Performance Center to be dedicated
UNI's new Human Performance Center will be dedicated in a ceremony at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 4. A reception and tours of the center-- located west of Hudson Road, between UNI's Wellness & Recreation Center and the UNI-Dome-- will follow the ceremony.
Reception to Honor COE Faculty Award Winners
Please join us as we honor four COE faculty members who are the 2007-08 award winners. A reception will be held on Tuesday, April 29th, from 12:00-1:00 P.M. in the Georgian Lounge. (Read more)
Prior Knowledge: Learning from What We Already Know
Parents play a key role in their children's learning. Understanding in
real ways how parents can help is something we can teach and modeling is
a great way to accomplish this. A small team of literacy education and
Price lab educators worked with Joe Marchesani and his video production
team to create a model video for parents on using children's prior
knkowledge to learn new information. Watch the Video (Real Player required)
40th Annual Beginning Reading Conference
Keynote speaker is author Rosemary Wells. The conference meets both the Iowa Teaching standards and literacy standards in all presentations given. Will be held at the Schindler Education Center from 8 am - 3 pm. Contact: Sheri Hoffman; Phone: 319-273-2262
For more information visit the conference website.
UNI Office of Teacher Education to Host Professional Development Event:
UNI's Office of Teacher Education is hosting a professional development day for all UNI professional education faculty in the teacher education program. The event, "Backmapping to the Future: Listening to the Evidence," will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Feb. 29, in the UNI Commons Ballroom. The keynote speaker is Karen Smith, chief operating officer for the National Commissions on Teaching and America's Future. Participants will collaborate with colleagues and identify future initiatives for UNI's Teacher Education program. For more information, contact merrie.schroeder@uni.edu.
UNI to host school administrators for diversity workshop:
Approximately 45 Iowa school administrators will visit the University of Northern Iowa for a diversity workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 29 in the Alumni Suite at the McLeod Center. The workshop, "The Changing Face of Iowa Students," coordinated by UNI's Educational Leadership program will discuss challenges and success in schools serving Iowa's increasingly diverse pre-K through12 students. (Read more)
COE Graduate Student receives “20 under 40” Award:
Jenny Connolly, graduate student in post secondary education and student
affairs, was recently selected as one of the Waterloo Courier’s 20 Under
40 for 2007. This prestigious award was presented to 20 individuals
under the age of 40 that are making a difference in the Cedar Valley. Read more
Jan Bartlett, Assoc Professor appearing on IPTV
Jan Bartlett, Assoc Professor, ELCPE will be appearing on IPTV's The Iowa Journal for a 30-minute program on multi-tasking and the broader societal issues - Program will air this Thursday, Jan. 31 st at 8:30 pm.
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