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Providing Specialized Preparation For Counselors In Catholic Schools, Timothy J. Cook, Jan Powers, Jiwon Kim

Journal of Catholic Education Pre-Prints

School counselors are needed now more than ever. Providing Catholic school counselors the specialized formation they need to be effective in the Catholic school context is essential. This study addressed two research questions in this regard: (1) What competencies (e.g., understanding, incorporating) and topics do Catholic school principals and school counselors believe are important for school counselors to fully contribute to the educational and faith-based mission of Catholic schools; and (2) How might the research findings inform pre-service education and/or continuing education and formation of school counselors for the Catholic school context? Online surveys were developed using the “Defining Characteristics …

The Texas Reading Academies And The Experiences Of Teachers Who Instruct Students With Disabilities: A Phenomenological Study, Suzanne S. Jones

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

To build today's students' reading skills, teachers must know effective instructional reading practices. Therefore, the purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to understand the experiences with learning and incorporating the elements of the Texas Reading Academies with a focus on language comprehension by teachers who instruct students with disabilities in Texas. The Texas Reading Academies' goal is to provide teachers with reading instructional practices grounded in the science of reading. The theory guiding this study was Malcolm Knowles' adult learning theory, with the central research question asking what the experiences of teachers who instruct students with disabilities were with …

Using Popular Music To Engage The Multiculturally Diverse Secondary School Band, Todd Waldon Murphy

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Despite the increasing acceptance and enthusiasm for multicultural popular music in some high schools in the United States, traditional music teachers are often hesitant to embrace this trend. Even though the United States is responsible for creating many popular music styles, European music education philosophy is ahead with popular music education. Because of the United States' changing demographics, a new strategy must be developed to address this issue and implement it to the band director's advantage. Ethnic diversity and multiculturism have been creative factors in the United States, which explains why American culture has produced a wide variety of musical …

Professional Growth Action Plan, University Of Maine System Human Resources

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.

The Critical Effect: Exploring The Influence Of Critical Media Literacy Pedagogy On College Students’ Social Media Behaviors And Attitudes, Nolan Higdon

Journal of Media Literacy Education Pre-Prints

This self-exploratory pilot qualitative study examines the impact of critical social media pedagogy on students’ behavior and attitudes toward social media. This study employs a critical lens of course content and self-reported student data from eighteen participants who completed a Northern California university course titled “Social Media, Social Change” in the fall of 2019. The changes in participants’ social media behaviors and attitudes were measured via a pre and post survey designed by the researcher. Exposure to critical pedagogy was associated with changing views of social media, especially heightened privacy concerns. The study reveals areas of further research and recommendations …

Ums_Ums Academy_Professional Development Opportunity Email, University Of Maine System

University of Maine System Announcements

Email from the University of Maine Academy regarding a professional development opportunity to attend the NCCI (Network for Change and Continuous Innovation) annual conference for free.

Faculty Writing: A Year-Long Approach To Producing Publishable Manuscripts, Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els, Pamela Walter, Mfa, Julie Phillips, Phd

Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Days

For faculty, the ability to write about their research and publish their findings can advance their academic career while contributing information to their field. Yet faculty often lack confidence in their ability to write for publication and struggle to find time to write.

An interdisciplinary faculty group asked us for help prioritizing their writing and meeting their publishing goals, and in response we developed a yearlong month by- month program of achievable small tasks to guide the manuscript writing process and make publishing less overwhelming.

A Word From The Writing Team (March 2019), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els, Pam Walter, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Key to Great Writing: Rewriting
• 3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)
• Upcoming Workshops

Developing A Faculty Learning Community To Support Writing Across Different Stem Disciplines, Vukica M. Jovanovic, Denise Tombolato-Terzic, Daniel P. Richards, Pilar Pazos, Megan Mckittrick, Julia Romberger, Otilia Popescu

Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

Writing to learn is one of the very important pedagogical strategies in a variety of disciplines. This concept is not specifically addressed in the majority of engineering courses. Hence, university initiatives such as the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), emerging out of accreditation and institutional assessments, are focusing on infusing scholarship from other disciplines (in this case English) for the purpose of student learning improvement. Engineering and Science programs do include various courses in English Composition as the part of the curriculum; however, writing is not embedded in all discipline-specific courses at the upper-division level. The program outlined here focuses on …

Boston Writing Project, Glenn Mitchell, Peter Golden

Office of Community Partnerships Posters

The Boston Writing Project focuses on the core mission of improving the teaching of writing and improving the use of writing across the disciplines by offering high-quality professional development programs for educators, at all grade levels, K–16 and across the curriculum.

Contentious Conversations, Leah A. Zuidema

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

The idea of joining a conversation through reading and writing is not new; in his 1941 book "The Philosophy of Literary Form: Studies in Symbolic Action," Kenneth Burke suggests that the acts of reading and writing are like entering a parlor where others are already conversing. The author explores the place of professional debate within NCTE and in the pages of "English Journal". Regardless, by reading these pages, one is entering into a conversation that is already underway.

Benefits Of Continuing Professional Development In The Visual Communications Sector In Ireland, Con Kennedy

Other resources

This research is concerned with identifying the benefits of Continuous Professional Development for the Visual Communications sector in Ireland, with the aim of establishing what benefits exist for both the employee and employer. Research is undertaken to identify CPD programmes that currently exist in other industries in Ireland for the purpose of establishing commonalities and how this may apply to the Visual Communications sector. This is achieved through a combination of literature review, desk research, surveys of employees and employers in the Visual Communications sector and a number of semi-formal interviews with representatives from various industry sectors with established CPD …

Teachers As Leaders Is Conference Theme, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Teacher leaders who instruct and inspire their colleagues as well as their students often hold the key to positive change in school environment, instructional quality and student achievement. Strategies, models and challenges of teacher leadership will be explored at the Maine School Leadership Conference taking place Thursday, Sept. 26 at the University of Maine.

Teachers Complete Maine Writing Project Training, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Twenty-five exemplary educators completed the 2002 Maine Writing Project at the University of Maine. Sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development, the competitive program is providing a force of highly trained writing instructors for Maine students and for other teachers.

Umaine, Maine Maritime Team Up To Train Future Teachers, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

A resourceful agreement between The University of Maine and Maine Maritime Academy is intended to expedite the initial certification process for a select group of aspiring educators and help address the severe shortage of mathematics and physical science teachers. The three-year pilot program, beginning this fall, opens access for MMA students to secondary science/mathematics education courses at UMaine.

Academy Seeks Aspiring Teachers, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Maine high school students considering a career in teaching have the opportunity to get some solid experience at the University of Maine this summer. With a $7,000 grant from the MBNA Community Foundation, the UMaine College of Education and Human Development will offer a first-time Future Teachers Academy June 24-26 at no cost to participants.

Young Authors Camps Set At Umaine, Benton And New Sharon, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Some of the state's top writing teachers will lend expertise and technique to help students develop composition skills during the annual Young Authors' Camp being held this summer at three locations around the state.

Explore And Learn At Umaine's Camp Laptop, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Laptop computers are arriving in middle schools around the state, and the University of Maine is offering a summer experience to get teachers, students and parents off and running with the Maine Technology Initiative this fall. Camp Laptop is seeking adventurers eager to explore the possibilities and challenges of teaching and learning with technology.

Educational Partnership Addresses Regional Problems Creatively, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

An enterprising project to address Maine's teacher shortage and provide an alternative certification process is off and running in mid-coast schools through a partnership with the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. The innovative work of the regional collaboration is also catching the attention of other districts struggling to find, certify and keep qualified teachers.

Partnership Schools To Share Expertise At Collective In-Service Day, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Approximately 500 K-8 teachers will participate in a series of workshops taking place from Veazie to Bucksport during a collaborative Regional In-service Day on Friday, March 15. The third annual event, pooling the resources and expertise of eight school districts and the University of Maine, is sponsored by the Penobscot River Educational Partnership: A Professional Development Network (PREP: PDN).

Expert Lessons For Future Math/Science Teachers, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Future and potential teachers will have the chance to work with and be inspired by some top educators during a series of workshops and other events at the University of Maine on Saturday, March 2. The second annual Mathematics and Science Future Teachers Club Spring Conference is expected to attract more than 60 aspiring teachers and excite them about teaching in the critical shortage areas of math and science, especially the physical sciences.

Middle School Educators Honored, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

The Maine Association for Middle Level Education (MAMLE) honored exemplary educators at its 2001 annual fall conference. Nearly 400 middle level educators from across Maine as well as visitors from New Hampshire, Virginia and Ohio attended the event held at Sugarloaf USA.

MAMLE is the professional association of teachers, administrators and parents who have joined together to support the development of quality programs to serve the needs of young adolescents. It exists to promote a better understanding of middle grades education and serves as a source of ideas, information and support.

Leadership Network Continues Expansion, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

The Maine School Leadership Network is recruiting teachers and school-level administrators throughout the state for the third cycle of its school-based leadership development program, which begins in May. Based on the successful Maine Academy of School Leaders model of the early 1990s, the two-year program is helping develop strong educational leadership at the administrative and classroom levels to move schools toward successful implementation of the Maine Learning Results.

Education Partnership Names Director, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

A regional partnership forged three years ago to improve K-12 teaching and learning has built a strong foundation and recently named a director to provide leadership for its ambitious agenda.

Nancy Yoder of Hampden, associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, will devote half her workload to facilitating and coordinating activities of the Penobscot River Educational Partnership: A Professional Development Network.

Young Authors Camps Set At Umaine, Benton And Wilton, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Some of the state's top writing teachers will lend expertise and encouragement to help students develop composition skills and polish their prose during the annual Young Authors' Camp scheduled July 16-20 at three different locations around the state.

In addition to the day camp at the University of Maine, the program runs for a second season at Benton Elementary School and expands this summer to include a site at the Cushing School in Wilton.

Educators Strategize, Democratize Reading Instruction In New Book, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

What is learned must be taught, and the need for active, sustained instruction in reading doesn't end when students grasp the basics in elementary school. That's the bottom line of a new book that illustrates how to do more than simply throw required reading books at adolescents in the nation's middle and high schools.

Reframe Leadership To Reflect Realities, Culture Of Schools, Umaine Professor Suggests In New Book, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Practicing the effective leadership necessary for high-performing schools can be an elusive goal for administrators besieged with daily staff demands, increasing public expectations, complex bureaucratic regulations and constant building crises. The successful leader finds equally committed teachers, counselors and principals to share the load and rewards, says the author of a new book that emphasizes how to reframe leadership to fit the realities of schoolhouse life.

Partnership Schools To Share Expertise At Collective In-Service Day, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Nearly 700 teachers will participate in a series of workshops taking place from Bangor to Bradley during a collaborative Regional In-service Day on Friday, March 9. The second annual event, pooling the resources and expertise of seven school districts and the University of Maine, is sponsored by the Penobscot River Educational Partnership: A Professional Development Network (PREP: PDN).

Poetry Institute Offered For Teachers, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

A new summer offering from the Maine Writing Project at the University of Maine will focus on the teaching of poetry in K-12 classrooms. The advanced institute will be led by Maine's Poet Laureate, Baron Wormser of Hallowell.

Writing Project Offering Summer Institute In Southern Maine, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

The Maine Writing Project will hold its summer professional development program in southern Maine to reach and accommodate educators in different areas of the state. This summer's institute in Cumberland represents the first time the intensive program for exemplary Maine teachers has been conducted away from the University of Maine campus. "As Maine's official National Writing Project site, we have a mission to serve the entire state" said Maine Writing Project founder and director Jeffrey Wilhelm, associate professor of literacy at UMaine. "We want to offer programs to as many people as possible."