College of Education Welcome Back Faculty and Staff Meeting

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College of EducationWelcome Back Faculty and
Staff Meeting

• September 21, 2004
• Muffins provided by CostCo

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Many Thanks to

• COE Division Chairs and Directors
• Hank, Linda, Gwenda, Sue, Jon, Cheryl
• Our phenomenal staff
• Tiffany, Karleen, Kris, Konnie, Sharon, Karen,
  Lynne, Connie, Delphine, Becky

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The Deans Summer 2004

• Facilitated Summer Mentorship Development
  Institute for 45 participants
• Taught Mentorship class for 19 teachers
• Taught MAT Leadership Course for 25 students
• Worked with DEP and TR to host Teacher Work
  Sample National Conference for 100 participants
• Helped facilitate Oregon Board of Assessors
  Training
• Sue, Hank, and Mary are now OBA reviewers

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The Deans Summer 2004

• Academic Affairs Planning
• Finalization of 2004-2005 budget
• Annual Reports to TSPC and the Provost
• Continued planning for COE database
• Planning my fall Special Education class

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WOUs Summer of New Faces
Jem Spectar, Provost Cheryl Gaston, Public
Resources Phil Pownell, Disabilities
Services Brian Miyagishima, TRC Lori Brown,
Alumni Michael Hampton, Career Services Bonnie
Moirihara, Teaching Research
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Special Welcome

• Our New Tenure Earning Faculty Appointments for
  the 2003-2004 Year
• Maria Dantas-Whitney
• Robert Hautala
• Peggy Pederson

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Introduction of New Faculty, Staff and Adjuncts

• Health and Physical Education--Linda
• Athletics--Jon
• Special Education--Hank
• Teacher Education--Gwenda

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2004-2005 Faculty Searches

• Bilingual/ESL
• MAT
• Literacy
• Teacher Education

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Upcoming Sabbaticals

• Mickey Pardew from Special Education
  Division--Fall Term
• Marita Cardinal from Health and Physical
  Education Division--Fall, Winter and Spring

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Welcome Back from Sabbatical

• Jerry Braza from Health and Physical Education
  Division
• Gwenda Rice from Teacher Education Division

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Upcoming Dissertation Defenses
Julia Smith Mary Reynolds Elisa Maroney
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New Consortium Member

• April Campbell
• Higher Education Coordinator
• Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde

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Summer of Changes

• Major COE construction project
• Two new faculty offices in NPE
• New SMART Room
• ED 244

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23 New Computers for COE!
Thank you President Conn and Computing Services!
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New Printing Resources

• 3 new wireless printers for laptop carts and
  SMART rooms
• New ICON printer in Ligoys shop

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Other Technological News

• COE Faculty Student Tech Awards
• Tom Kelly 12,600 for a Trackmaster Stress
  Treadmill and EKG Stress Monitor System
• StudioCode-
• Gay Timken and colleagues
• eCove-
• Hank Bersani and colleagues

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Other Technological News

• PC Tablets-
• Sue Thompson and
• 10 Supervisors
• Cook School Simulation
• Mark Girod and
• Adele Schepige

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More Improvements to our College of Education
Website

• COE Calendar of Events- Thank you Connie
• Changes to HPEs site
• Changes to MAT site
• Increase in Faculty Web
• Pages-Thank you Denvy
• 13/15 in Teacher Education (86)
• 11/31 in Health P. E. (35)
• 4/12 in Special Education (33)

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Scholarships for Students

• WUE
• 4 in ASL,
• 3 in Health,
• 3 in Teacher Ed,
• OTRM
• 17 in MAT program
• OQAT II
• Bilingual/ESOL classes
• Undergraduate Student Teaching term
• Crystal Apple Scholarship
• 1 Freshman

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COE Peer Mentoring

• 2nd year of Induction Mentoring
• 1st year of Portfolio Mentoring
• Thank you Peer Mentoring Committee

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Induction Mentees and Mentors

• David Wright
• Brian Castor
• Jerry Braza

• Maria Dantas-Whitney
• Robert Hautala
• Peggy Pederson

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Portfolio Mentees and Mentors

• Bob Brownbridge
• Linda Stonecipher
• Julia Smith
• Linda Stonecipher
• Sue Dauer
• Adele Schepige
• Hank Bersani

• Mary Scarlato
• Gay Timken
• Elisa Maroney
• Jessica Henderson
• Mary Bucy
• Mark Girod
• Cheryl Davis

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Other Great News!

• Teacher Preparation in Deaf Education receives
  personnel preparation grant
• Funded at 238,690 per year for 5 years
• Congratulations Bev Cannon!

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Publications updated

• COE Faculty Resource Guide
• http//www.wou.edu/education/faculty/03facultyreso
  urceguide.htm
• Adjunct Faculty Handbook
• http//www.wou.edu/education/adjunctfacultyhandboo
  k.htm

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Thoughts about T P

• Teaching
• Course development and refinement
• Innovative teaching strategies
• SIR evaluations
• Peer observations
• Scholarship
• Single or co-authored peer-reviewed presentations
  and publications
• Original intellectual work
• Peer validation
• Shared with others
• Funded grant proposals
• Service
• Division, College, University, Community,
  Professional Associations

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Service opportunities

• COE Committees and Work Groups
• COE Diversity Committee--Wangeci Gatimu
• Policies Work Group--David Wright
• Dispositions Work Group--Mary Scarlato
• Statewide opportunities
• Test validation panels--Sue Thompson

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• V Formation
• Supportive and collegial group
• Voluntary participation
• Support for scholarship and progress in academia
• We can encourage each other by celebrating
  successes and supporting each other when we
  experience challenges or set backs.

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• Technology Applications Group
• Cook School Simulation
• StudioCode
• eCove
• Desktop video observations and conferencing
• Other innovations
• People who share a common direction and sense of
  community can get where they are going quicker
  and easier because they are traveling on the
  thrust of one another.

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• Teaching and Learning Collaborative Group
• Focus on our teaching and student learning
• Open to WOU community
• Support for scholarship of teaching
• Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
  John Cotton Dana

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Upcoming Professional Events

• Statewide Cultural Competency Summit
• Tuesday, November 30, 2004
• Portland State University
• New funds available
• 750 available to each division for a tenure
  earning faculty member or adjunct planning to
  attend a national conference this year who has
  never received a Faculty Development stipend.
  Preference given to those also presenting.
  Contact Tiffany by October 31, 2004.

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Crystal Apple Awards Banquet

• Honors exceptional staff in Salem Keizer
• Award nominations due October 9
• Banquet in Salem November 18th
• WOU 1,200 Scholarship
• Maria Vasquez-1st year recipient
• Scholarship application due 10/15
• COE will host 2 tables--See Karleen

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Continuing Professional Development

• College of Education CPD Faculty
• Barbie Bamford
• Hank Bersani
• Mary Bucy
• Wangeci Gatimu
• Caroline Gilbert
• Kurtis Kidd
• Mickey Pardew
• Mary Reynolds
• Dan Sweet

Thank you DEP!
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Social Events Upcoming

• COE Faculty and Staff FAMILY Picnic and COE Night
  at the Wolves Volleyball Game
• Thursday, October 7th
• Potluck picnic-530 PM
• Children welcome
• Volleyball game at 7PM

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Social Events Upcoming

• COE Faculty and Staff Holiday Social
• Friday, December 10th
• 6- 8 PM
• New address

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A review of 2003-2004 Goals

• What did we achieve?
• Whats still ongoing?
• What has yet to get off the ground?

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COE Student Credit Hours
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COE Faculty FTE (Adj. T.E.)
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COE Supplies Services Expenditures
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2003-2004 Report on Goals

• Improve COE website and increase access to useful
  and accurate information.
• Strengthen advising for potential undergraduate
  COE students at the University Academic Advising
  and Learning Center, Recruitment Office, and
  ClubEd.
• Improve advising services for MS of Ed students.

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2003-2004 COE Goals

• Establish an improved budget formula to reflect
  needs in the College of Education
• Increase the Colleges focus on cultural
  competence.
• Improve classroom and planning room facilities
  for the College.
• Support the use of technology by faculty and
  students in COE classes.

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2003-2004 COE Goals

• Refine existing assessments including the Work
  Sample, Portfolio and Field Experience Booklet.
• Develop alignment of documents across divisional
  programs.
• Develop clearer expectations of how dispositions
  relate to our student progression.

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Dispositions Update-Mary

• Special Education --
• re-designed Field Experience and Student Teaching
  forms,
• aligned existing Professional Behaviors with
  dispositions using the existing special ed rating
  scale.
• Undergraduate Teacher Preparation--
• ready to pilot this year for field/student
  teaching experiences
• applicants now sign contract prior to admission
• awareness of dispositions to be evaluated
  throughout the program and
• continuation in program contingent on
  satisfactory professional behavior

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Dispositions Update

• Deaf Education--
• incorporated in the handbooks being revised,
• will discuss in seminars and individually with
  students when reviewing progress in the program.
• The intent of piloting the forms this year is to
  determine
• (a) clarity of indicators as measures of
  professionalism
• (b) functionality of the evaluation descriptors
  and process
• Work Group Members included
• Mary Scarlato and Brent Hawkes (Co-Chairs), Mary
  Bucy, Wangeci Gatimu, Sue Thompson, David Wright,
  Elisa Maroney, Gay Timken, Sue Dauer, Hilda
  Rosselli

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2003-2004 COE Goals

• Improve access to data for accreditation and
  reports.
• Determine how data is used in each program for
  decision making purposes.
• Create a new database system that documents
  students attainment of proficiencies in teacher
  preparation programs.
• Develop policies and procedures for database
  system.

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Update on Database System
D R A F T P L A N
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2003-2004 COE Goals

• Use data to tell our story to local, state, and
  national stakeholders.
• Continuing strengthening LAS and DEP
  collaboration.
• Strengthen our partnerships with local schools
• Develop bridge with Teaching Research to support
  collaborative faculty projects.
• Define COEs contribution to WOUs strategic
  plan.

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WOUs Strategic Plan

• In what ways can each unit in the College of
  Education align with the Strategic Plan?
• What initiatives do we want to undertake?
• What will we prioritize?

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This afternoon

• ALL faculty and staff meeting from
• 1 to 3 PM in EDU 217
• Facilitated by Dr. Frances Portillo, COE
  Diversity Coach for 2004-2005
• Sponsored by the COE
• Diversity Committee

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Here's to a great 2004-2005!