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Beverly Cross, Beverly Cross, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

One of the first hires for the new National Food Service Management Institute/Institute of Child Nutrition, Beverly Cross spent more than a quarter of a century working for the Institute. Here she shares her reflections as she prepares for her retirement in December 2017.

All Hands In Interactive Resource Guide, Veronica Benavides

All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

This guide is a culmination of a year long All Hands In community-based project where the working team of staff from Bronxworks, Highbridge Advisory Council, and Bank Street College of Education co-identified, co-developed, and co-designed the project and content around family engagement practices and community strengths and needs.

Usd Teacher Residency Program Impact: Instructional Technology, Ben Schaap, Amy Schweinle, Karen J. Kindle

School of Education Research Center

USD’s yearlong Teacher Residency Program involves teacher candidates in a full year of teaching experience incorporated into their four-year program. This report examines the impact of the added semester of teaching experience on teacher candidates’ confidence to intentionally integrate technology with content and pedagogy. USD’s teach candidates indicated much greater confidence after a year-long residency than after a traditional single-semester student teaching experience.

Usd Teacher Residency Program Impact: Classroom Management, Ben Schaap, Amy Schweinle, Karen J. Kindle

School of Education Research Center

USD’s yearlong Teacher Residency Program involves teacher candidates in a full year of teaching experience incorporated into their four-year program. This report examines the effect of two semesters of student teaching over a traditional one-semester model. Students’ confidence in classroom management greatly increased with the added semester.

S.T.O.R.I.E. Time, Fall Semester 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Human Relations: Awareness And Applications (Fall 2017)

S.T.O.R.I.E. Time

Seniors Teach Others Real Intergenerational Experiences (S.T.O.R.I.E.)

Teacher Education Majors at the University of Northern Iowa are matched with senior adults residing at Western Home Communities. During their ten one-hour meetings, the students and residents are guided in their discussions by the book Gratitude: Affirming One Another through Stories (2013) written by UNI Emeritus Faculty, Dr. Len Froyen. Through conversations and stories, the seniors of both generations are enhancing their understanding, compassion and acceptance of each other. S.T.O.R.I.E. Time gives the seniors a chance to choose a story together that will be written for the book.

Infographic: Early Career Teacher Induction, Jo Earp

Teacher infographics

A new report from the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership includes data on the experiences and attitudes of early career teachers about their induction in schools.

Improving Effective Interdisciplinary Team Work Using Team-Based Learning Within The Nh-Me Lend Curriculum: Comparing Years 1 – 3, Alan Kurtz, Rae Sonnenmeier, Betsy P. Humphreys, Susan Russell

Poster Presentations

This poster provided an update on an ongoing effort by faculty in the New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) Program to implement Team-Based Learning (TBL). Three years of evaluation data was presented. Changes made to improve the process were identified as well as some of the unique obstacles to implementing TBL in a seminar that was conducted in two classrooms connected through video conferencing and had a high faculty-to-student ratio.

Engaging Lend Trainees In A Leadership And Policy Experience, Susan Russell, Betsy P. Humphreys, Alan Kurtz, Rae Sonnenmeier

Poster Presentations

This poster illustrated how faculty from the New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) Program re-envisioned and implemented a comprehensive set of leadership, policy and advocacy experiences to further build upon the leadership potential of 23 LEND trainees by intentionally threading leadership skill development throughout the LEND curriculum.

Picture Vocabulary Growth In Students With And Without Disabilities In An Early Childhood Program That Targets Poor Families, Alan B. Cobo-Lewis

Poster Presentations

We compared growth in the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test between children with disabilities and children without disabilities in Educare Central Maine, a highly resourced data-driven Birth-5 early care and education program that targets children at risk of school failure because of socioeconomic factors. Children with disabilities made up 13% of enrollment. Children with disabilities tended to catch up with the typically developing children as they spent more time in Educare.

Ceteal News, November/December 2017, Ceteal, Coastal Carolina University

CeTEAL Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Infografis: Kata-Kata Bijak Tentang Relasi Antar Sesama, Rebecca Vukovic

Teacher Southeast Asia

Dalam survei tahunan Teacher, kami bertanya pada para pembaca: “Melihat kebelakang tentang seluruh pengalaman Anda sebagai pengajar, jika diberikesempatan, saran apa yang ingin Anda berikan ke sesama pengajar?” Berikut adalahbeberapa respon yang masuk dalam topik tentang hubungan antar sesama.

Ceteal News, September/October 2017, Ceteal, Coastal Carolina University

CeTEAL Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Clearing The Path: Redesigning Teacher Preparation For The Public Good, Karen Demoss, Prepared To Teach, Bank Street College

All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

Clearing the Path: Redesigning Teacher Preparation for the Public Good, offers lessons from innovative partnerships, sharing sustainable funding models that can provide stipends to teacher candidates in full-time residency placements.

Ceteal News, July/August 2017, Ceteal, Coastal Carolina University

CeTEAL Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Barbara Cole, Barbara Cole, Institute Of Child Nutrition

Oral History Project (all interviews)

An Arkansas native, Barbara Cole has worked in child nutrition for the Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired for forty-one years. She was also a longtime member of the National Advisory Committee of the National Food Service Management Institute/Institute of Child Nutrition.

Ceteal News, May/June 2017, Ceteal, Coastal Carolina University

CeTEAL Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Infographic: More Wise Words On Teacher Wellbeing, Rebecca Vukovic

Teacher infographics

Our annual survey asks: 'If you could share a piece of advice with a fellow educator, what would it be?' Today's infographic features more wise words from Teacher readers on the topic of wellbeing.

S.T.O.R.I.E. Time, Spring Semester 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Human Relations: Awareness And Applications (Spring 2017)

S.T.O.R.I.E. Time

Seniors Teach Others Real Intergenerational Experiences (S.T.O.R.I.E.)

Teacher Education Majors at the University of Northern Iowa are matched with senior adults residing at Western Home Communities. During their ten one-hour meetings, the students and residents are guided in their discussions by the book Gratitude: Affirming One Another through Stories (2013) written by UNI Emeritus Faculty, Dr. Len Froyen. Through conversations and stories, the seniors of both generations are enhancing their understanding, compassion and acceptance of each other. S.T.O.R.I.E. Time gives the seniors a chance to choose a story together that will be written for the book.

No.5, April 2017: The Latin@ Teacher Shortage: Learning From The Past To Inform The Future, Magaly Lavadenz Ph.D., Anaida Colón-Muñiz Ed.D.

Education and Policy Briefs

This policy brief explores trends in U.S. K-12 Hispanic student enrollment vs. the Hispanic teacher workforce as a way to call attention to the bilingual teacher shortage. Successful examples of past efforts to increase the number of Latino and bilingual teachers are reviewed and the following policy recommendations are made: 1) expand investment in grow your own initiatives that recruit students in middle and high school students and emerging educational paraprofessionals into the bilingual teacher pipeline; 2) establish regional teacher preparation and professional learning centers and consortia; 3) offer financial supports; and 4) enhance university-based credentialing routes, internship and residency …

Infographic: Workload And Quality Of Teaching, Jo Earp

Teacher infographics

A recent school staff workload survey in Victoria, Australia asked teachers to consider 17 demands of quality teaching. Here are some of the results.

Aging, Cognition, And Motor Behavior: A Lab-To-Life Approach To Improving Quality Of Life In Later Adulthood, Kevin Trewartha

TechTalks

An important challenge facing our health care system is to maintain and improve functional independence, and thus overall quality of life, in older adults. It is estimated that by 2030 nearly 20% of the US population will be over the age of 65, and that proportion will continue to rise over the coming decades. Advancing age comes with significant declines in cognitive and physical function that contribute to diminished functional independence. In the Aging, Cognition, and Action Lab we use computerized cognitive assessments, and a state-of-the-art robotic device for studying upper limb movement to identify age-related changes in the cognitive …

Ceteal News, March/April 2017, Ceteal, Coastal Carolina University

CeTEAL Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Multimodal Interaction In Conneted Automated Vehicles, Myounghoon Jeon

TechTalks

Electric vehicles and automated vehicles are getting more pervasive in our everyday life. Ideally, fully automated vehicles that drivers can completely trust would be the best solution. However, due to technical limitations and human factors issues, fully automated vehicles are still under test, and no concrete evidence has yet shown their functionalities are superior to human cognition and operation. In the Mind Music Machine Lab, we are actively conducting research on connected and automated vehicles, mainly using driving simulators. This talk specifically focuses on multimodal interactions between a driver and a vehicle as well as the driver and nearby drivers. …

Games, Learning, And Classroom Community, Joe Ervin

UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo

The use of games in my COLA 100E classroom makes up a small minority of my instructional approach. The games are used to compliment my regular pedagogy. The two games that I utilize consistently are Kahoot! and UNLV Trivia.

Office Of Online Education: Tips For Effective Online Teaching, Leeann Fields, Dan Antoniuk, Dedrick Catus, Doris Ostrander

UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo

To be successful in online classes, students must participate consistently and frequently. This requires a high level of both student-student and student-instructor interaction.

Service Learning Collaboration With Student Affairs, Nathan Hanke, Leanne Soter, Kelsi Sullivan

UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo

Service Learning is Applicable to courses across academic disciplines

Instant Class Polling Using Mobile Devices: An Interactive And Effective Pedagogical Tool, Lori D. Johnson, Emma Babler

UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo

Available methods of instant class feedback had been limited to technology associated with clickers purchased by students, or tied to responses from laptops, which professors have begun banning from the classroom due to distraction. However, obtaining real-time feedback on students’ comprehension of complex concepts remains a critical pedagogical goal, particularly in rule-based courses such as Professional Responsibility.

Student Class Presentations, Roberta Sabbath

UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo

NEED: Practice expressing ideas orally and functioning in a collaborative setting NEED: Practice preparing and delivering oral presentations

Approaching Intersections In The Classroom, Shelly Volsche

UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo

Most university professionals are accustomed to understanding diversity by demographics.

Learning Through Intradepartmental Scholarship In The History 251 Milestone, Mary D. Wammack

UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo

The History Department established HIST 251 in 1996 to supply students with the opportunity to acquire and develop the methodological skills and habits of critical thinking and analysis considered essential for student success.