Monday Morning in McKee

January 29, 2007

News and Notes:

Sandy Magnuson (APCE) received the Lance Huffman Award for Dedication and Advocacy to the school counseling profession in the state of Colorado at the Colorado School Counselor’s Association Annual Conference. This recognition by her peers is richly deserved. Sandy has worked diligently, often behind the scenes, to raise the profile, credibility and accountability of the school counseling profession.

Hanna Schertz (SPED) received a four year $1 M grant. Project title: Promoting Early Social-Communicative Competency in Toddlers with Autism Through a Joint Attention Mediated Learning Model

News from the Teaching with Primary Sources-Colorado Rural Partnership grant:
Our core team for our project is complete - see names and contact information below. We are beginning our development of introductory workshops to be offered in April and May to school districts in northern Colorado and the eastern plains focused on using digitized primary sources from the Library of Congress in instruction. These workshops will include face to face and distance components, and ultimate goals for students are to deepen content knowledge, enhance critical thinking and literacy and build on relationships between librarians and instructional staff.
We also want to work with faculty in several ways: 1) we’ll provide a presentation for your class as “guest lecturers,” 2) we hope to offer a session on teaching with primary sources through CETL in March, and 3) we have opportunities for faculty to serve as subject matter experts on writing teams this summer. These teams will pair K-12 teachers or librarians with UNC faculty to develop K-12 lessons and units that integrate primary sources from the Library of Congress and focus on helping students analyze and think like experts about primary source materials. Our focus is on educators, including pre-service teacher candidates, and our availability to faculty isn’t limited to the PTEP program. Please give us a call if you’re interested in getting involved or getting more information. Look for our website coming in February!

Faculty and Staff Activities:

Conroy, Paula W. (SPED) ( 2005). English language learners with visual impairments: Strategies to enhance learning. Re:view: Rehabilitation and Education for Blindness and Visual Impairment, 37(3), p.101.

Mueller, T.G., Singer, G.H.S., & Carranza, F. (2006). A national survey of the educational planning and language instruction practices for students with moderate to sever disabilities who are English language learners. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 31(3), pp. 242-254.

Papadiotis, V. (Dr. Papadiotis, University of Ioannina, Greece, spent her sabbatical leave in the School of Applied Psychology & Counselor Education in 2002) & Softas-Nall, B. (APCE). Ikogeniaki-sistimiki therapia [Family-systemic therapy]. Ellinika Grammata: Athens, Greece.

Softas-Nall, B. (APCE) presented Integrating clinical practice in research and family therapy training at the 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece, 2006.

Softas-Nall, B. (APCE) & Sukhodolsky, D.H (Book Chapter: Child Study Center, Yale University). (2006). Family in the United States: Social context, structure, and roles. In Georgas, J. et al. (Eds.), Families Across Cultures. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.

Sussman, Grace L. (STE) (2006). The violence you don’t see. Educational Leadership: Helping All Students Succeed (online only), Volume 63.

For Your Calendar:

February 7, 21: - NCATE/SPA Work Sessions, 3:15-4:30 PM, McKee 127
February 12: - NCATE/SPA Meeting, 11:30-1:00 PM, McKee 127
March 13: - Academic Excellence Celebration Banquet, 6:00 PM, UC Panorama
March 19-23: - Spring Break
April 16: - CEBS Honors Convocation, 6:00-8:00 PM, UC Ballrooms
May 9: - CEBS End of Year Recognition, 3:00-4:30 PM, McKee 282

Future News:

Please submit notices of publication, presentations, awards, in-service presentations, and other news of faculty and staff activities to Marsha Stewart (CEBS Dean’s Office): marsha.stewart@unco.edu

It is luxury to learn; but the luxury of learning
is not to be compared with the luxury of teaching.
~R.D. Hitchcock