The School of Education is saddened to note the passing of an esteemed and admired colleague, Dr. Margaret J. Early, at her home in Gainesville, Florida on June 28.
Early was a professor in the School of Education for 30 years. During her tenure at Syracuse, she earned a national reputation as a specialist in the teaching of reading and English. An inductee of the Reading Hall of Fame, Early served as President of the National Council of Teachers of English and on the Boards of Directors of the International Reading Association and the National Society for the Study of Education.
Syracuse University and the Friends of the High School for Leadership and Public Service announced today that the Charles Hayden Foundation has awarded the institutions a $50,000 grant to help fund its innovative Summer College in New York City Program. The program is designed to give New York City public high school students a chance to experience college-level courses and earn college credit during the summer before their senior year.
SOE's Eatman co-authors report on public scholarshipA new report from Imagining America, co-authored by Timothy K. Eatman, assistant professor of higher education in the School of Education, is the subject of a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
SOE Counseling and Human Services professors welcome scholars to Bilateral Counseling Conference in Florence, ItalyProfessors Janine Bernard and Dick Hackney of the Counseling and Human Services Department joined other officials in welcoming participants of the Bilateral Counseling Conference to a reception given at the SU center in
Levi Molenje, a doctoral student in the mathematics education program, has been selected as a Project NExT fellow for 2008-2009. Project NExT is a professional development program of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The project is designed to prepare outstanding new or recent Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences for all aspects of an academic career, from improving the teaching and learning of mathematics to participation in professional activities. The project also provides participants an opportunity to network with peers and mentors in the field of mathematics education.
SOE's Rolling awarded funding for interdisciplinary art education research programJames H. Rolling, Jr., dual associate professor of art education and teaching and leadership in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Education and Art Education Department chair, has been selected to receive a $4,000 grant from the VPA Interdisciplinary Committee of Faculty Council to develop a course in arts-based educational research.
As SOE's inaugural Centennial Professor, Taylor to develop new undergraduate disabilities studies programSteven J. Taylor, professor of cultural foundations and co-director of Syracuse University's Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies, has been named Centennial Professor in Disability Studies in the School of Education. Taylor’s appointment as the school’s first Centennial Professor is in recognition and appreciation of his pioneering scholarship in and commitment to the field of disability studies. Among Taylor’s duties as Centennial Professor will be the creation of an undergraduate disabilities studies program. The program, although housed within the School of Education, will be interdisciplinary in its outlook and operation.
SOE's Taylor named the Society for Disability Studies' first Senior ScholarThe Senior Scholar Award Committee of Society for Disability Studies (SDS) has selected Steven Taylor, professor of cultural foundations of education in the School of Education and director of SU’s Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies, as the first recipient of the SDS Senior Scholar Award.
NYS Assemblywoman Christensen secures funding for Partnership for Better Education digital literacy projectAssemblywoman Joan Christensen (119th NYS Assembly District) has secured $23,800 for the purchase of nine digital video technology kits to be used by Syracuse City School District (SCSD) students taking part in after-school programs sponsored by the Partnership for Better Education (PFBE), a consortium of regional institutions of higher education led by Syracuse University and committed to improving teaching and learning in Syracuse public schools.
Rolling named NAEA Higher Education Regional Director-Elect for the Eastern U.S.James Haywood Rolling, Jr., dual associate professor of art education and teaching and leadership in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Education and Art Education Department chair, has been named Higher Education Regional Director-Elect for the Eastern U.S. for the National Art Education Association (NAEA).
SOE's Facilitated Communication Institute awarded $500,000 Hussman grant to pursue research, training and documentary film projectsSyracuse University School of Education Dean Douglas Biklen announced today that the Facilitated Communication Institute (FCI), part of the School of Education, has been awarded a two-year, $500,000 grant from the Maryland-based John P. Hussman Foundation to pursue research, training and documentary projects relating to facilitated communication.
The Hussman grant supports research and training on communication strategies for people with autism. The FCI will conduct training and research activities to foster improved understanding of and access to augmentative and alternative communication strategies for people with autism. The project will enlist the help of highly trained facilitators and researchers to execute the proposed projects, which will advance both the practice and knowledge of communication by individuals whose autism significantly affects their ability to communicate.
Syracuse University's School of Education is sponsoring the MayFest presentation of the film “Including Samuel”, a touching and insightful look at how educational and social inclusion transforms the lives of young people with disabilities, at noon and 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, in Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center, 316 Waverly Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
SOE's Causton-Theoharis to receive 2008 Teaching Recognition AwardA committee of Meredith Professors and students have named Julie Causton-Theoharis, assistant professor of teaching and leadership in the School of Education, a recipient of the 2008 Teaching Recognition Award. The award is given in recognition of Causton-Theoharis’s teaching excellence and is presented on behalf of the Laura J. and Douglas Meredith Professors for Teaching Excellence.
SOE's Vince Tinto to deliver this year's Charles V. Willie Distinguished Lecture on April 8“Access Without Support is Not Opportunity” is the theme of this year’s Charles V. Willie Distinguished Lecture, which will be held April 8 at 4 p.m. in rooms 304ABC of the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center. The lecture will be delivered by Vincent Tinto, distinguished professor in the Higher Education Program in Syracuse University’s School of Education.
SU School of Education open house April 18 to launch new 33 percent scholarship on graduate tuitionScholarship targets programs leading to New York State Teacher Certification
The Syracuse University School of Education will hold an open house to launch a new scholarship program that offers graduate students in eligible programs funding covering 33 percent of the cost of tuition. The program, called the School of Education-Syracuse University Graduate Student Tuition Scholarship Program, is open to current SU students—both undergraduate and graduate—and alumni who have graduated within the last five years. The program is designed to financially assist students who wish to enroll full-time in a School of Education master’s degree program leading to New York State certification. The open house is scheduled for Friday, April 18, from 4-6 p.m. in the Huntington Hall atrium. Refreshments will be provided. Pedro Noguera, director of NYU's Metro Center for Urban Education, to present Ganders Lecture April 3
Pedro Noguera, professor of teaching and learning and executive director of New York University's Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, will present this year’s Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders Distinguished Lecture, part of the School of Education’s Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series. The lecture takes place Thursday, April 3, at 4 p.m. in 220 Eggers Hall (the Public Events Room). The event is free and open to the public; paid parking is available in the Irving Avenue Garage.
David Morgan named director of The Partnership for Better EducationDavid Morgan has been named the new director of The Partnership for Better Education, effective April 1.
Morgan comes to Syracuse University from the College Board Education Loan Program, where he was western sales manager. He has extensive experience in the field of higher education finance and also has served as associate dean of admissions for Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., and Occidental College in Los Angeles. He holds an A.B. degree in history from Dartmouth College.
Disability Studies in Education (DSE) will present Douglas Biklen, dean of the School of Education, the DSE Senior Scholar Award. The award will be presented to Biklen at the Senior Scholar Award Dinner at the Eighth Annual DSE Conference on Saturday, March 22 in New York City.
SOE's Cortes awarded research grants from AERA and UpjohnKalena Cortes, assistant professor of higher education, recently has been awarded grants for research involving the economics of education. Cortes received grants, totaling $39,000, from the W.E. UpJohn Institute for Employment Research and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The UpJohn research will focus on the effects of college quality on student performance and labor market outcomes; the AERA project will examine the effect of changes in federal student aid packaging on the educational choices of low-income and minority students.
SOE professors take center stage at Shanghai forum on teacher educationDean Douglas Biklen and a contingent of faculty members from the
The New York State Education Department (NYSED), through its Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) division, has awarded three Syracuse University School of Education (SOE) faculty researchers a $940,000 grant for Promising Practices, a program to identify and cultivate promising inclusive practices to meet the needs of all students—and in particular students with disabilities—in mid-state region public schools.
SOE's Biklen is featured speaker at national media seminarAutism and the autism spectrum have become the subject of great discussion and perhaps misunderstanding in the popular press recently. The NPF program, underwritten by the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation, was designed to educate journalists on the complexities of what is known and not known about autism.
New publications by School of Education faculty membersFaculty members at Syracuse University’s School of Education have recently published a number of books and articles on a range of education-related topics.
Implications of globalization for education is topic of inaugural Landscape of Urban Education lecture, Oct. 4
Ongoing series to focus on challenges facing education in the post-industrial age
The School of Education is committed to addressing the crucial societal challenges that face education today, including how to bring outstanding young people into careers in teaching, how to improve technology in education, how to make schools successful and inclusive, and many others that relate to essential questions of social justice.
To better understand these issues and inspire enlightened dialogue about how to address them, the School has invited some of the most creative thinkers in the field of education to the Syracuse campus as speakers in its Landscape of Urban Education lecture series.
Benjamin Dotger, assistant professor in teaching and leadership, is the recipient of a prestigious Spencer Foundation grant of $31,100 to design and implement a “Standardized Parent” Conferencing Model (SPCM) to help teacher candidates communicate more effectively with parents from varied racial, ethnic, and economic groups.
The School of Education has been awarded a $750,000 federal grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). The grant, written by James Bellini, associate professor of Counseling And Human Services, and Steven Taylor, professor of Cultural Foundations of Education and director of the Center on Human Policy, provides $150,000 per year for five years in support of advanced rehabilitation research training for post-doctoral fellows.
SU's Pamela Walker co-authors guide to improving quality of life for adults with disabilitiesA new book by Pamela Walker of Syracuse University’s Center on Human Policy and Indiana University education professor Patricia Rogan offers an in-depth guide to promoting active, rewarding and meaningful lifestyles for adults with disabilities. Tackling such issues as employment, transition from school to adult life, postsecondary education and social relationships, “Make the Day Matter!: Promoting Typical Lifestyles for Adults with Significant Disabilities” (Brookes, 2007) compiles the most current best practices into a guidebook for supporting fulfilling lives for all adults.
SUmmer College in the City 2007Photographs from SUmmer College in the City 2007.
31st Annual Education Law Conference - August 9, 2007The Study Council at Syracuse University again welcomes longtime colleague, the New York School Boards Association, as a partner in the 31st Annual Education Law Conference. Together we offer one of the most important education law conferences to the largest number of school personnel and school board members in New York State, and we can provide maximum networking opportunities and a wealth of resources for all participating school districts.
SU Consultant to Facilitate Summit on Ending Segregation of People with DisabilitiesRobert Ciota, MS, a consultant working with the Center on Human Policy, Law and Disabilities Studies at Syracuse University will facilitate “Inclusion NOW!”, a two-day strategic planning session to take place in Orlando, Florida on June 19-20.
Rhode Island high schools use course management and portfolio tools developed by SOE software teamPublic high schools in Rhode Island are using course management and portfolio tools and a goal-tagging system developed by Sean Keesler, Jim Pease and Huan Yang of the Living School Book (LSB) program in the School of Education.
Keesler and his team adapted the Sakai course management and portfolio tools and goal-tagging system to document students' mastery of the Rhode Island learning standards. The portfolio tools are currently being used in a pilot program involving 18 school districts and 37 high schools in Rhode Island.
The portfolios replace the standardized tests used by the rest of the Rhode Island's high schools and other states to meet federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements.
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About 800 people attended President of Ireland Mary McAleese’s address Tuesday afternoon in Hendricks Chapel, the culminating event in the SU School of Education’s Centennial Year Celebration.
Many others followed her speech live on the Internet. A recorded webcast of the Hendricks Chapel event will be available Wednesday at http://soe100.syr.edu/ Click on “Video Coverage.”
Vincent Tinto, Distinguished Professor of Education in the School of Education, has been named a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Commission for the Advancement of Teaching, a Carnegie Foundation program, for the spring 2008 semester.
President of Ireland to speak at School of Education Centennial CelebrationPresident of Ireland Mary McAleese will visit Syracuse University on Tuesday, May 1, for an afternoon of events in culmination of the School of Education's Centennial Year Celebration and marking the threshold of its next 100 years.
President McAleese champions many of the core themes that characterize our School of Education: advocacy for educational opportunity and equity, vigorous support for disability rights and inclusion, education through literature and the arts, and above all peace and reconciliation, says Dean Douglas Biklen. It is a remarkable honor to have her help us celebrate our first 100 years and to launch us into another century of scholarship in action.
New book by Education professor makes strong case for inclusive classroomsWidening the Circle (Beacon Press), a new book by Mara Sapon-Shevin, professor of inclusive elementary and special education in the School of Education, argues strongly for a broader implementation of inclusive education in all communities.
SOE's Taylor directs name change of leading special education journalUnder the leadership of editor Steven J. Taylor, “Mental Retardation,” the leading journal in special education, has been renamed “Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities.” Taylor is professor of cultural foundations of education in the School of Education and co-director of SU’s Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies.
Art education professor selected for distinguished service awardThe School of Education and IDD&E is pleased to sponsor this series on "Global Outreach." sharing our connections with the world and inviting all members of the University community to learn with us.
Get the Academic & Student Services Spring 2007 Newsletter. Teacher Recruitment Days, March 26-27, 2007.Teacher Recruitment Days 2007 will be held at SUNY Cortland on Monday, March 26th and Tuesday, March 27th. School districts from across the country will send recruiters to Cortland to conduct interviews for known and anticipated vacancies. Candidates from 15 Central New York colleges and universities are invited to attend this entry-level employment event.
Lecture to examine effect of social inequality in high school on the formation of students' identitiesLyn Yates, Foundation Professor of Curriculum and Associate Dean of Research and Research Training in the Faculty of Education of the University of Melbourne, will present “Making Modern Lives: Schools, Values, Inequalities and Social Change” on Thursday, January 25 at 4:00 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Education Professor Steven Taylor to present MLK Commemorative Lecture at Vanderbilt U.Steven J. Taylor, professor of cultural foundations of education in the School of Education and co-director of SU’s Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies, will present the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Development and Developmental Disabilities titled “Acts of Conscience: World War II Conscientious Objectors and Institutional Exposes.” The lecture, sponsored by Vanderbilt University’s Kennedy Center Lectures on Development and Developmental Disabilities, will take place Monday, January 15 at 4:10 p.m. in the Kennedy Center/MRL Building on the Vanderbilt campus in Nashville, TN.
Syracuse University seeks outstanding and diverse applicants for the Ph.D. in Special Education to focus on urban school reform and inclusive educationSyracuse University alumnus Robert Davila (G’72) has been named interim president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Davila, 74, a nationally-known deaf leader, returned from retirement to take the helm at Gallaudet, which has experienced a period unrest over its last presidential appointment.
School of Education offers scholarships for students in "high needs" teaching programs in science, math, special education, and literacyThe Syracuse University School of Education has launched an innovative scholarship program designed to attract teachers to “high needs” fields in elementary and secondary education. The Professional Preparation for High Need Fields Graduate Student Scholarship identifies high-needs areas as science, mathematics, special education and literacy and offers graduate students in these areas scholarships covering 33% of the cost of tuition. The scholarships are available to all qualified full-time master’s students and part-time master’s students who are Syracuse City School District employees.
School of Education granted NCATE accreditationAt this year’s fall meeting, the Unit Accreditation Board of the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) voted to grant full accreditation to Syracuse University’s School of Education. NCATE is a non-profit, non-governmental alliance of 33 national professional education and public organizations whose common goal is ensuring that teachers and other educators who work in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade schools are well qualified. The U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation recognize NCATE as an accrediting body for schools, colleges, and departments of that educate school professionals.
School of Ed delegation participates in International Forum on Teacher Education in ShanghaiA delegation of School of Education faculty members, lead by Dean Douglas Biklen, took part in the Second Annual International Forum on Teacher Education, held last week (Oct. 25-27) at East-China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai, China.
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Dean Douglas Biklen presented Dr. Yu Li-zhong, president of East-China Normal University, with a commemorative School of Education Centennial baseball cap last month in Shanghai, China.
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Panel to discuss how to balance religious/LGBT concerns in higher educationAs part of its Centennial Celebration, SU’s School of Education is co-sponsoring a panel discussion titled “Religious Concerns/LGBT Concerns in Higher Education: Difficult Dialogues.” The panel will explore the issues that sometimes arise among people with religious convictions and people committed to the affirmation of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual) community in higher education, including classroom situations. The discussion is scheduled for Monday, October 30, at 4 p.m. in room 304 of the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.
School of Education awarded $800K grant for Special Education Doctoral ProgramThe School of Education has been awarded a U.S. Department of Education grant for $799,925 in support of a program to recruit and train seven doctoral-level students as teacher educators in Special Education. The grant will fund a five-year program to prepare teacher educators to provide inclusive teacher preparation using research-based knowledge, consistent with the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Music therapy expert Suzanne Oliver to be first guest of FCI's Friday/Saturday Project
Nationally recognized music therapy expert Suzanne Oliver will be the inaugural speaker of the Facilitated Communication Institute’s new Friday/Saturday Project, on Friday, Nov. 3, from 12-2:30 p.m. in room 304 of the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center. This new series of intensive Friday/Saturday skill-building workshops is designed to address the needs of people with disabilities who require some form of technical support for effective daily communication. The project is supported in part by a recent New York State grant sponsored by State Senator John DeFrancisco and Assemblyman Jeff Brown.
The School of Education is proud to present Ken Zeichner, Hoefs-Bascom professor of teacher education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, as this year’s Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders Distinguished Lecturer. Zeichner’s appearance is cosponsored by the School of Education Centennial Lecture Series. Zeichner’s presentation, “Preserving the Role of Public Education in Democratic Societies," is scheduled for Thursday, October 26 at 4 p.m. in room 304 A-C in the Schine Student Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Christine Hoskins-Tardibone (Ph.D., Counselor Education, 2002) was recently named the New York State School Counselors Association School Counselor of the Year.
SOE Doctoral Candidate Forges Path for Students with Disabilities
Cheryl Spear, a doctoral candidate in the interdisciplinary Cultural Foundations of Education Program, has passed through some little-traveled corridors of human experience. Since coming to Syracuse, Spear has helped the University become a more welcoming and functional place for students with disabilities of every type, serving as a project coordinator for the Technical Assistance and Resource Center.
Students in Julie Causton-Theoharis’s class “Collaboration and Cooperation for Inclusive Schooling” (SPE 634) enjoy a beautiful early-fall day in Onondaga Lake Park while learning essential lessons in communications. Among the day’s unique exercises was an opportunity to tour the park on a seven-person “conference” bike (pictured above).
CNY state legislators secure grant for communication devices for children with special needs at SU's "Saturday Clinic"State Sen. John DeFrancisco (R-50th SD) and Assemblyman Jeff Brown (R-121st AD) have secured a special, one-time $8,000 grant to offset the cost of purchasing specialized communications devices for students and families participating in the School of Education’s monthly Saturday Clinic. The clinic provides ongoing support to families in Central New York in the areas of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and facilitated communication.
Warren Fellowship to support teaching lessons of the HolocaustThe School of Education, in conjunction with the Warren Fellowship for Future Educators and the Holocaust Museum Houston, has launched a fellowship program called The Holocaust: Lessons for the Classroom.
The fellowship is designed to help future teachers to bring the lessons of the Holocaust into the classroom. The program has openings for 20 students, who must be enrolled in a School of Education school placement during the 2007 spring semester.
The students will take part in an intensive six-day institute (January 6-12, 2007) at the Holocaust Museum Houston in Houston, Texas. Through a series of lectures and discussions, nationally recognized Holocaust scholars, university faculty and Holocaust survivors will provide the historical and pedagogical context for understanding the Holocaust and its implications for contemporary society.
The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers was made possible by a gift from Holocaust survivor Naomi Warren and her family. For more information or to apply for the fellowship, click here.
The School of Education’s Reading and Language Arts (RLA) program is celebrating the School’s centennial with a Homecoming Weekend conference. “Celebrating Our History to Build Our Future: A Reading and Language Arts Center Celebration of the School of Education Centennial” will bring together RLA alumni, faculty and students and includes a number of featured speakers. The event, scheduled for October 6-7, 2006, will take place in the Schine Student Center and the Syracuse University Sheraton Hotel on the SU campus. Registration is required.
Music Education Department invites national expert for two lectures, Sept. 27 and 28
The Music Education Department of the School of Education and VPA’s Setnor School of Music has invited Dr. Alice-Ann Darrow, the Irvin Cooper Professor of Music Therapy and Music Education at Florida State University, to present two lectures on the impact of music therapy and the arts in inclusive educational environments. The lectures will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. on September 27 and 28 in Room 304 A-C in SU’s Schine Student Center. The lectures are free and open to the public.
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Lori Ploutz-Snyder, chair of the School of Education’s Department of Exercise Science, and Summer Cook, a Ph.D. degree candidate in Exercise Science and Science Education, have been awarded a fellowship in NASA’s 2006 Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP). Ploutz-Snyder will serve as principal investigator for a research training fellowship that will provide Cook an annual stipend of $18,000 plus $6000 a year for direct research expenses. Depending on the progress of the research, the fellowship can be extended for up to three years.
IDD&E Event Celebrates "60 Years of Excellence" in Learning Theory, Instructional Design and Distance EducationAs part of the School of Education’s year-long centennial year celebration, the Department of Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation (IDD&E) is hosting an informative and fun-filled event designed to bring together alumni and friends from across campus and around the world. The “60 Years of Excellence” weekend celebration will be an opportunity for IDD&E faculty, alumni and friends to share ideas on IDD&E’s curriculum. “60 Years of Excellence” will take place on Friday and Saturday, September 15-16, at the School of Education, Huntington Hall. Registration is required.
Walking Contest to kick off "Journey to Fitness" for SU faculty and staffThe School of Education’s Department of Exercise Science is sponsoring a “Journey to Fitness” for all Syracuse University faculty and staff. The Journey commences on Monday, September 11 with a month-long Walking Contest and continues through October 6 with a series of seminars and workshops covering a range of health and fitness-related subjects. The Contest and the “Journey to Fitness” are part of the School of Education’s centennial celebration.
SOE's Vincent Tinto appointed to Lumina Foundation's Research Advisory CommitteeSyracuse University School of Education professor Vincent Tinto has been named to the Lumina Foundation’s newly formed Research Advisory Committee (RAC). The new committee is charged with assisting the Foundation in using research to improve policy and practice in higher education. The Lumina Foundation for Education, based in Indianapolis, is a private, independent foundation focused on helping people achieve their potential by expanding access and success in education beyond high school.
Dean Biklen and CNY health and education leaders join Sen. Schumer to announce Senate passage of the Combating Autism ActSyracuse University School of Education Dean Douglas Biklen, a number of Central New York health and neurodevelopmental experts and Jamie Burke, a first-year Syracuse University student who has autism, joined with U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer yesterday (8/8/06) to announce the Senate’s approval of the “Combating Autism Act.” The proposed act, which now faces a vote in the House of Representatives, would authorize $860 million over five years to increase and coordinate federal research and education about autism.
School of Education Dean Douglas Biklen greets first-year SU student Jamie Burke at Jowonio School. Biklen, Burke and a number of CNY health and education leaders joined U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer at Jowonio to announce the Senate's passage of the Combating Autism Act. (Photo: Iver Johnson, Jowonio School
School of Education's Centennial Lecture Series to focus on literacy and inclusionAs part its year-long centennial celebration, the Syracuse University School of Education has invited four leading intellectuals in the field of education to headline the first of what will become an annual Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series. These thought leaders have not only anticipated the challenges facing education today, but are working to identify solutions with a special emphasis on improving literacy and inclusion in public schools.
SU's School of Education welcomes eight new faculty membersThe School of Education has recruited a diverse group of eight new faculty members, all rising stars in their respective fields.
The School’s faculty members are known for their dedication to academic exploration and innovation and their commitment to student growth and professional development. This new class of professional educators underwrites the School’s commitment to excellence in education in the years to come.
New York State to Offer Online Teacher CertificationThe New York State Education Department is implementing an online application process for candidates seeking teacher certification. The Teacher Certification System (TEACH) was designed to help streamline the certification application process and evaluation procedures.
Facilitated Communication Institute "Summer Institute 2006" to focus on communication as key to independenceSyracuse University’s Facilitated Communication Institute will host Summer Institute 2006, July 17-21. The theme of this year’s Institute, to be held on the Syracuse University campus, is Creating Paths to Independence. The Summer Institute will feature five keynote presentations and a number of concurrent sessions and workshops. The common thread running through all of these events is helping individuals overcome communication barriers in order to live independently.
Article by School of Education dean examines literacy in light of disability and cultural denial of competenceDouglas Biklen, dean of the School of Education, has co-authored a peer-reviewed article on literacy and disability that appears in the summer 2006 issue of the American Educational Research Journal. In the article, “Who May Be Literate? Disability and Resistance to the Cultural Denial of Competence” (AERJ, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 163-192), Biklen and co-authors Christopher Kliewer (University of Northern Iowa) and Christi Kasa-Hendrickson (Chapman University) use ethnography and archives to examine themes associated with the denial of literate citizenship for people with perceived intellectual disabilities.
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Beth A. Ferri, associate professor in teaching and leadership, cultural foundations of education, and disability studies in the School of Education, has just published Reading Resistance: Discourses of Exclusion in Desegregation and Inclusion Debates (Peter Lang Publishing). The book, by Ferri and co-author David J. Connor, traces the interconnected histories of race and disability in the public imagination through a nuanced analysis of editorial pages and other public discourses, including political cartoons and eugenics posters.
The Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee (BCCC) is seeking nominations for this year’s Beyond Compliance Award. The Award will be given to SU departments, staff and faculty members, students and student groups that exemplify a commitment to inclusion through contributions to the community consistent with the BCCC’s mission to foster inclusion of students with disabilities. The award is designed to promote efforts in support of inclusion by members of the SU community who are not directly involved in disability studies or disability services.
New book by School of Education professor offers guidance for assessing infant and toddler developmentGail Ensher, Professor of Early Childhood Special Education in Teaching and Leadership programs in the School of Education, has just published Partners in Play: Assessing Infants and Toddlers in Natural Contexts (Thomson Delmar Learning, 2007). Partners in Play represents Ensher's more than 30 years of research in early childhood education. The book was written for students taking courses in assessment and early childhood special education and for professionals in the field who work with families and young children (birth to age three).
School of Education Professors Bernard and Hackney Named American Counseling Association FellowsSchool of Education professors Janine M. Bernard and Harold L. Hackney have been extended Fellow status by the American Counseling Association (ACA). The honor, which this year was given to only nine other ACA members, recognizes significant and unique contributions in professional practice, scientific achievement and governance, or teaching and training. The fellowships were presented last month at the ACA annual convention in Montreal. The ACA is the world’s largest private, not-for-profit organization for professional counselors.
David E. Gee, president of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), will address the Executive Council of the Study Council at Syracuse University. Gee’s luncheon address, “Stand Up for Public Education,” will focus on the challenges facing administrators in public education. He also will lead a roundtable discussion at an Executive Council meeting prior to the luncheon, drawing on his experience meeting with administrators across the country. Gee’s luncheon address will take place in SU’s Goldstein Faculty Center on Friday, June 9 at 1:00 p.m. The luncheon starts at 12:15 p.m. and is open to Study Council members (registration required); members of the media are invited to attend.
Inclusion Imperative Launches SOE's Centennial CelebrationJournalist and author John Hockenberry and School of Education dean Douglas Biklen at the Inclusion Imperative Conference reception. Hockenberry was keynote speaker at the April 21-22 conference, which drew more than 500 attendees.
John Tillotson, Dual Associate Professor in Science Education in the School of Education and College of Arts & Sciences, has been named Outstanding Science Teacher Educator of the Year by the Association of Science Teacher Education (ASTE). Tillotson accepted the award, which included a plaque from ASTE and a $1000 check from an ASTE corporate sponsor, at the Annual ASTE Awards and Business Luncheon earlier this year in Portland, Oregon.
Kathleen Hinchman ’76, G’80, G’85, professor and chair of the School of Education’s Department of Reading and Language Arts, has been named vice president-elect of the National Reading Conference (NRC), putting her on track to become the organization’s president in three years. Her term as vice president-elect begins this December.
The Syracuse University chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, the international honor society for students, professional counselors and counselor educators, will present a panel workshop called “Embracing Gemeinschaftsgefuhl: Finding Community through Leadership and Advocacy.” The panel will run from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 in Room 207 in SU’s Hall of Languages. Jane E. Meyers, Ph.D., is the featured speaker.
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SUNY Upstate Medical University President Gregory L. Eastwood, M.D., and Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Deborah Freund, Ph.D., sign an agreement that enables exercise science program students in SU’s School of Education to participate in an accelerated Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at SUNY Upstate. Looking on, from left, representing SUNY Upstate are Hugh Bonner, Ph.D, dean of the College of Health Professions; and Donna L. Vavonese, associate director of admissions; and representing Syracuse University Douglas Biklen, Ph.D., dean of the School of Education.
Two Exercise Science Students Awarded National-level ACSM Grants; Cook Elected Student Representative to ASCM BoardTwo students in the School of Education’s graduate Exercise Science program have been awarded national-level research grants from the American College of Sports Medicine (ASCM). The ASCM is the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world with more than 20,000 international, national, and regional chapter members.
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by Carol Kim
March 31 - Today, more than 90 secondary science teachers from 25 school districts around Central New York will converge at Syracuse University to participate in "Teach Locally, Think Globally III: Using Environmental Issues in Science Classrooms to Meet New York State Learning Standards," a unique workshop that provides teachers of biology, chemistry, earth sciences, physics and technology with advanced insights and resources to expand their content knowledge. The workshop is taking place from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Skybarn on SU's South Campus.
SOE's Trento named Assistant Dean for Continuous Education and Global OutreachSandy Trento has been named Assistant Dean for Continuous Education and Global Outreach (CEGO) at the School of Education. While Trento has been CEGO director for a number of years, the promotion recognizes her effective management of the program as well as the increasingly important role CEGO plays in supporting critical School of Education community-focused initiatives.
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School of Education's Doughty Recognized for Teaching Excellence in Continuing Education
Philip Doughty, associate professor and chair of Instruction Design, Development and Evaluation in Syracuse University’s School of Education, has been named the winner of the 2006 Excellence in Teaching Award from the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA).
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Sisters Empowering Sisters: Cultivating the Future Souls of Syracuse
Sisters Empowering Sisters: Cultivating the Future Souls of Syracuse,” A two-day conference for young women of color sponsored by the Image Initiative.
School of Education Awarded Grant to Launch Holocaust Education ProgramThe School of Education, in conjunction with the Warren Fellowship for Future Educators and the Holocaust Museum Houston, is about to launch a fellowship program called The Holocaust: Lessons for the Classroom.
New York Higher Education Support Center for SystemsChange at SU's School of Education Launches Online Learning CommunitiesNew York Higher Education Support Center for SystemsChange (HESC) in the School of Education at Syracuse University has established 13 online forums to support the work of statewide Learning Communities.
Four New Murals Celebrate Success of Delaware Academy Extended School Day ProgramThe Delaware Academy, a k-5 elementary school in the Syracuse City School District, will celebrate another successful year of its Extended School Day (ESD) program with the unveiling of four new murals near the Academy's library.
Kodak renews its support of the School of Education camera-sharing programRecognizing the School of Education as a leader in finding effective applications of technology to improve education, the Rochester-based Eastman Kodak Company donated 10 new EasyShare digital cameras to the School at a presentation event held in Dean Douglas Biklen's office last Friday, December 2.
Kohl Named School of Education's Assistant Dean for AdvancementVictoria Kohl of Syracuse, N.Y. has been appointed assistant dean for advancement for Syracuse University's School of Education. She will report jointly to Douglas Biklen, dean of the School of Education, and Lil Breul O 'Rourke, vice president and chief development officer in SU's Division of Institutional Advancement.