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ESOL endorsement classes offered in Mexico for three summers Winter 2010 - The Northwest Council of Study Abroad (NCSA) has adopted the ESOL Morelia program for the next three summers, said Dr. Karie Mize, assistant professor of Teacher Education. Morelia, a colonial city in central Mexico, will be utilized to provide WOU ESOL endorsement classes during 2010, 2011 and 2012. WOU students (both pre-service and inservice teachers) will have the opportunity to take two Education courses to help prepare for careers with English Language Learners (ELL). The courses are Culture and Community in ESOL/Bilingual Classrooms and Fostering Biliteracy in ESOL/Bilingual Classrooms. Michele Price, director of WOU Study Aboard and International Exchanges, was instrumental in promoting this proposal and garnering acceptance of the program, Mize said. "I believe those of us in the office of Study Abroad, the ESOL/bilingual program and the bilingual teacher program are equally excited about the opportunity that studying in Morelia provides for our current and future teachers." Read more.
Students gain by staying in college Nov. 15, 2009 - The Oregonian newspaper ran a feature article on how WOU invests in recruiting Lationo students. WOU retains more Latino students than any other ethnic group: read more.
Publication of TWS case studies is secured Fall 2009 – Publisher Rowman and Littlefield has announced it will publish a collection of case studies that Mark Girod, Meredith Brodsky and Hilda Rosselli have compiled from authors across the nation focused on Teacher Work Samples, a project first envisioned by the late Del Schalock over three years ago. Read more on TWS.
Both 2009 Pastega faculty awards go to College of Education For the first time since the awards began, COE educators received WOU's two most prestigious faculty honors. The awards, which include cash and the chance to present about their areas of research and teaching, are funded by long-time WOU friend and benefactor Mario Pastega: read more
Standouts join honorary association April 2009 - New members of Phi Kappa Phi, Chapter 223, initiated at an April 15 ceremony, include the following who are connected to the College of Education:
Established at WOU in 1979, the chapter's first initiation was in 1980.
Math educator gets national recognition
Oregon's 150th draws WOU teacher candidate creativity 2008 - A quilt handmade by fifth graders titled "My Oregon Story" is to be featured on posters for Oregon's 150th birthday in February 2009. The project was organized by Kimberly Ward, whose major is Early Childhood/Elementary Education and who expects to graduate in December. She used the project at Robert Frost Elementary in Silverton to inspire student awareness of the upcoming celebration. Her classroom mentor teacher was Grethal Aldin and building principal was Beth Davison. Students designed and colored blocks of cotton fabric to reflect their own Oregon story, combining art and social studies.
Also contributing to the sesquicentennial is WOU teacher candidate Keith Broyles. With plans to graduate in December, he taught a fourth grade content class at Meyer's Elementary in West Salem. He prepared an Oregon Stories mini-unit with 10 lesson plans in language arts combining historical research and writing. He presented the unit at the spring 2008 conference of the Oregon Council for the Social Studies. Read more: The Superintendent's Pipeline, May 2008.
Grant-in-aid goes to promising bilingual candidate May 2008 - Melissa Nelson, a fourth term bilingual teacher candidate, received $1800 grant-in-aid from Delta Kappa Gamma, a professional honor society of women educators. She was recommended for the award by Dr. Karie Mize, who noted that she lives out her educational philosophy in the classroom: "By learning both languages at the same time students are able to use the language learning skills from one language and transfer them to another language. Also, the students are able to stay connected to their home culture better, which enhances their relationship with their parents. Another effective teaching style is when leading the class in a discussion, be the facilitator instead of a transmitter. Instead of telling the students what to think and looking for a particular answer, you ask the students leading questions to get them to think... This way, students are discovering answers and learning in a way that helps them understand the material better." Nelson plans to teach in Woodburn School District.
Student leaders, top faculty advisors named
In November the group hosted the MEChA High School Leadership Conference. "WOU MEChA has earned the honor to host the Regional Meeting in Winter 2009," she said. "It will be my pleasure to continue as faculty adviser next year," she added. "It is inspirational to work with students who are so engaged in campus and community events."
Also at the leadership recognition event: - Marita Cardinal of the Division of Health and Physical Education received the Faculty Academic Adviser of the Year award: read more.
- Students with majors in the College of Education were recognized as follows:
Dean's essay opens national report on assessing student learning
Standout future teachers named to education honorary April 2008 - New members of Phi Kappa Phi, Chapter 223, were initated and include the following education majors: April Dawn Bailey, Danielle Allyson Buffington, Wendy LeAnn Burr, Trinity Laurel Cassel, Tori Sachie Kagawa, Shannon Marie Lettow, Mary L. Matocha, Megan A. McCann, Emily J. Nuding, Autumn Marie Stephens, Tara Rochelle Troup, and Katie Leigh Tvrdy. Established in 1979, the chapter's first initiation was in 1980.
Area youths benefit from WOU service project March 2008 - A school playground is being refurbished as dozens of university students spent months partnering with communities throughout the Willamette Valley on a number of social service projects as a part of a class taught by Health professor Jerry Braza: read more from the Polk County Itemizer-Observer, 3/26/2008.
Fulbright to fund language teaching research in Mexico
Middle school students raise money for Vietnamese children Winter 2008 - College of Education faculty are collaborating with local teens to raise money for teaching and learning supplies for impoverished schools and children in Vietnam. Jerry Braza, Mark Girod and Hilda Rosselli are are integrally involved in the project: read more.
WOU student's theater group makes headlines December 2007 - Laura Braibish, an MAT student, led a North Salem High School theater project to commemorate the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Featured in the Dec. 7, 2007, Salem Statesman Journal newspaper, the oral interpretation, called Sincerely Yours, combined theater with dramatic readings. read more
Teacher education highlighted in Salem editorial WOU's important role in the region is recognized. Read more.
Carnegie's Learning Network opens doors at WOU During fall 2007 Special Education Division Chair Linda Keller, Undergraduate Teacher Education Coordinator Mary Reynolds, and Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Stephen Scheck represented WOU at the annual meeting of the Learning Network in Denver. The network provided a forum for 30 universities dedicated to reforming teacher education: read more
Health major produces video Go to Video promoting Division of Health and Physical Education by Health major Brian Rodenspiel.
Healthy kids/asthma initiative gets WOU push September 2007 - The Division of Health and Physical Education continues to fortify its commitment to promoting healthy communities through an Asthma Friendly School grant funded by the Oregon Department of Education. This effort builds upon the community forum that WOU co-sponsored last year with Salem Hospital and the Salem Statesman Journal, and the Health Summit that WOU hosted this summer: read more.
NEH grant goes to alum who teaches about race issues 2007 - Jessica Johnson ('06 BA Education), a teacher at Cascade High School in Turner, was among 65 to participate in the summer workshop, Mark Twain and the "Impolite Nation:" Using Twain's Work to Teach About Race in America., held at Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Conn.: read more.
2007 - Link to all the posters of College of Education adjunct faculty that were displayed during the WOU spring celebration. Here are the honorees:
WOU alumna honored by President Bush PORTLAND, Ore. (AP, 5/17/2007) — President Bush is honoring two Oregon teachers for being among the nation's top elementary school math and science educators. They are David Grieshammer, from Ardenwald Elementary School in Milwaukie, and mathematics teacher Tamara Rasmussen ('93 WOU, BS Elementary Education), from Fullerton IV Elementary School in Roseburg. They are among 93 in the nation to receive the 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Their citations commend them "for embodying excellence in teaching, for devotion to the learning needs of the students, and for upholding the high standards that exemplify American education at its finest."
Each award includes $10,000 from the National Science Foundation, which administers the program on behalf of the White House. The teachers were in Washington for a week for social events, professional development activities and to meet with President Bush. The program was established by Congress in 1983. This year's recipients, recommended by a panel of leading mathematicians, scientists and educators, teach kindergarten through the sixth grade.
Alumnus and professor to be published Winter 2007 - Dustin Melton ('05 M.S. Ed.) and Jessica Henderson, associate professor of Health and Physical Education, had an article accepted for publication in a major health journal. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal titled Preventing Chronic Disease will publish from Melton's thesis, "Do Public Schools Provide Optimal Support for Children with Diabetes?" Melton is first author and Henderson is second. Said Linda Stonecipher, chair of the Division of Health and Physical Education, "This is particularly impressive" because this faculty member "guided a graduate student through a research study that meets the criteria for publication in a major journal. I'm proud of Dustin's efforts to take his thesis work to the next level," she added. Hilda Rosselli, dean of the College of Education, said "This is the type of faculty/student interaction that epitomizes excellent teaching and benefits of a campus like WOU."
Faculty recognized for disability awareness efforts October 2006 - Two College of Education faculty received awards sponsored by the Office of Disability Services (ODS)and the Disability Awareness Month Committee. Brian Caster, associate professor of health and physical education, and Joseph Sendelbaugh, professor of special education, were nominated by the students of ODS for their outstanding relationships with students with disabilities.
Duren tapped for top WOU teaching honor
New York's Carnegie Corporation supports WOU innovative redesign in teacher preparation May 2006 - A grant of $10,000 was awarded to the College of Education and The Teaching Research Institute as part of the WOU designation earlier this year as a member of the Teachers for a New Era (TNE) Learning Network. The funds will be used to help support two major initiatives:
1. Oversight, editing and coordination of two volumes of empirical evidence and case studies on Teacher Work Sample Methodology. The two volumes will provide a needed resource on the nature of TWSM methodology, its demands on faculty and students, and the strength of the evidence it provides around the readiness of teacher candidates to function effectively in today’s standards-based schools and to help P-12 students progress toward a state’s designated standards for learning.
2. Development and piloting of subject specific Teacher Work Sample requirements that document preservice teachers’ ability to address what research and best practices tells us is essential for effective instruction within a content area. The proposed research will also study ways in which the effectiveness of instruction within the TWSM can help PK-12 students specifically meet identified state standards within a specific content area. The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Annenberg Foundation have joined together to support the TNE Learning Network, a forum of 30 higher education institutions dedicated to reforming teacher education. Its creation expands a previous network of 11 TNE institutions funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Annenberg Foundation, and the Ford Foundation to redesign schools that prepare teachers. As the 11 TNE institutions approach the midpoint of their multi-year redesign of teacher education, they can share valuable lessons learned as well as benefit from the experience of other reform-minded institutions within the network.
Tutor Academy links WOU and local school district
Standouts help garner award
Graduate student receives prestigious award
Teacher Work Sample national conference - July 19-21, 2006, Portland, Oregon, hosted by Western Oregon University
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Winter 2010 - An essay by Robert E. Mahoney, a recent WOU graduate and adjunct instructor, took top honors in an essay contest sponsored by 
Feb. 24, 2009 - Dr. Rachel Harrington, assistant professor of education, was named 2009 National Technology Leadership Integration Fellow by the Association of Mathematics Teacher Education (AMTE). The award is based on her presentation, Using the Ideas of Pre-service Teachers to Understand Technology Specific Pedagogy, at the February AMTE conference in Orlando, Fla. "The fellowship is awarded to four subject areas across teacher education and I got the one for mathematics education," she said. "The award comes with two bonuses. First, I am invited to submit a paper to Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. Second, I am invited to present my talk at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference in Charleston, SC, next week." A grant from Texas Instruments covered travel and registration costs. 
May 2008 - Karie Mize, assistant professor of Teacher Education (bilingual and bilingual/ESOL endorsements), was named Outstanding Adviser to ASWOU Student Organizations at the annual campus leadership recognition ceremony. She advises MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán), a pro-Latino group that works for societal equity. It is made up of seven executive members and about 40 students from all majors, especially sociology, business, health and education. This is her first year as adviser. 
April 2008 - A new compilation of assessments of how teacher candidates impact P-12 student learning opens with an essay by Hilda Rosselli, dean of the WOU College of Education. The report offers an inside look at how schools of education provide evidence that their candidates positively affect learning among youths. The book was edited by Arthur E. Wise, president of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. WOU's College of Education has been accredited by NCATE since 1954: 
Marita Cardinal, professor of Health and Physical Education, has been singled out for local and national awards in areas of research, student advising and scholarship. Here is the list. 
