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UTSA College of Education and Human Development
COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, February 12, 2016 |
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Spotlight:
Oliva
receives 2016 TACHE award
Dr. Maricela Oliva, associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and associate vice provost for Academic and Faculty Support, was awarded the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education's 2016 Distinguished University
Faculty Award.
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University Life
Awards
Janis M. Harmon, Ph.D. | Associate Dean for Undergraduate Student Success
The University Life Awards, sponsored by the UTSA Student Government Association, is a UTSA tradition that honors the most outstanding students, student organizations, faculty, and staff members on our campus. From the colleges, the Student Government Association
will recognize an outstanding undergraduate and graduate student. Finalists and winners will be announced at the University Life Awards Banquet on Thursday, April 7th. COEHD is seeking
nominations for outstanding undergraduate and graduate students.
In order to be eligible for the award, a student must be an undergraduate or graduate student majoring in the COEHD and currently enrolled at UTSA. The award is based upon academic achievement and involvement in the UTSA community. Completed
nomination forms should be submitted to me via email or campus mail no later than close of business Friday, February 12, 2016.
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ELPS to host workshop
for educational leadership students
Bruce Barnett Nathern Okilwa | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies is hosting an Interview/Resume Workshop for interested educational leadership and principal certification students on Saturday, February 20 at 9 a.m. on the UTSA Downtown
Campus. The purpose of this workshop is to prepare students for their first administrative interview. The panel will first present general suggestions for preparing a resume and interview. Later, the panel will conduct 30-minute mock interviews followed by
15 minutes of debriefing and reflection. The panel includes school and district administrators from Harlandale ISD, Northside ISD, and San Antonio ISD. For more information or to register, contact Dr. Bruce Barnett at bruce.barnet@utsa.edu or
Dr. Nathern Okilwa at nathern.okilwa@utsa.edu.
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Teacher Data Added to Public Schools
Explorer
by Annie Daniel and Ryan Murphy, | 02/11
The Texas Tribune's "Texas Public Schools Explorer" now includes even more teacher data such as the highest degree held by teachers, as well as the ethnic breakdowns of teachers at the state, district and campus levels.
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Poet
Laureate visits Terlingua
by Jim Street, Alpine Avalanche | 02/11
Carmen Tafolla, the 2015 Texas State Poet Laureate, visited Terlingua last week after selecting the Terlingua Big Bend School as a “Planting Poet Trees School.” The school was one of 20 selected to participate in the initiative.
Tafolla “motivated and inspired Terlingua students through the reading and performance of her poetry,” Principal Reagan Reed said. “After her speech, she worked with both high school and middle school students to create their original student poems.”
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TESOL
Educators as Policy Makers
by Dr. Kristen Lindahl, TESOL International Association Blog | 02/08
It’s an election year in the United States, so U.S. teachers are constantly reminded of their role in the political process and the need to cast their votes for the elected officials that serve them. Often, educators feel like
they are caught in the cross-hairs (an English idiom meaning, “in a position to be attacked” or “with nowhere else to go”) between the realities of school teaching and the policies being enacted far outside of the school context. In a June 2015 report (PDF)
from the National Network of State Teachers of the Year, executive director Kathryn Basset noted, “The reality is many teachers don’t feel engaged or listened to when it comes to decisions that affect their classrooms” (Brown, 2015). - See more at: http://blog.tesol.org/tesol-educators-as-policy-makers/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed#sthash.5dcaHoqv.dpuf
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After
Their Teacher Went Into Space, Her Students Went Into Teaching
by Kathy McCormack, Associated Press | 02/08
Thirty years after Concord (N.H.) High School watched social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe take off aboard space shuttle Challenger, a number of them have gone into teaching. One, an elementary school teacher in Virginia,
says she sometimes asks herself "What would Christa do?" as she writes her lesson plans (McCormack, Associated Press).
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11-Year-Old
Starts Collection For #1000blackgirl Books
by Cheadria Labouvier, ELLE | 02/08
Philadelphia 11-year-old Marley Dias was "sick of reading books about white boys and dogs" in school, so she decided to collect 1,000 books where black girls are the main characters. Her story went viral last week. She plans to
bring the 1,000 books to a school in Jamaica and to create a resource guide that compiles the book titles, authors, and age groups (Labouvier, Elle).
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How
To Be A Great Teacher, From 12 Great Teachers
by NPR STAFF, US Department of Education & NPR | 02/08
NPR has been profiling great teachers at all kinds of schools around the world as part of their 50 Great Teachers project. Now, they synthesized 12 interviews with top teachers to offer 12 necessities for being a great teacher.
Among them: - Assume a secret identity, - Be a teacher, not a friend, and - Recognize it takes vulnerability to learn.
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The
Indiana Principal Who Died Saving Her Students’ Lives
by TOM COYNE And KEN KUSMER, Associated Press | 02/08
In another example of educators' selflessness, Indianapolis elementary school principal Susan Jordan dove in front of a moving school bus to save the lives of several of her students who were in the bus's path. She died in the
process. The 22-year veteran principal made it a point to get to know every student and bring out the best in each, said one teacher (Coyne, Associated Press).
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Stop
Talking About Teachers As If They’re Missionaries
by Amanda Ripley, WASHINGTONIAN & U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 02/08
Every teacher has heard it in response to the question, "What do you do for a living?" It sounds something like, "Oh wow, thank you for doing that!" But talking about teachers like we're missionaries reflects a subtle bias, according
to writer Amanda Ripley. She cites the common refrain, "Are you going to be a principal?" as evidence that people generally misunderstand the intellectual challenge of teaching: "Do people ask a pediatrician why she isn't gunning to be a hospital chief?" she
writes (Washingtonian).
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Grading
Admissions by 2-Minute Video
by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed | 02/08
Goucher says students admitted on the basis of a short film did better academically than those who applied in traditional ways. But is sample large enough to be meaningful?
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Low
Income, High Graduation Rate
by Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed | 02/08
Two new studies suggest many colleges may be too quick to write off low-income students and community college transfers. Money and extra support change the equation, at least for some.
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Appearances can
be deceiving: Risks interpreting data in online ethnographic research
Perspectives on Qualitative Research
M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
Christiansen, M. S. (2015). Appearances can be deceiving: Risks interpreting data in online ethnographic research (pp. 437-456). In M. Lengeling & I. Mora Pablo (eds.), Perspectives on Qualitative Research. Guanajuato, Mexico: Universidad de Guanajuato Press.
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Research Awards & Submittals |
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Farm to Church
Allen Foundation
Submitted: $178,448 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
PI: Meizi He Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
CI:
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Neighborhood Project
Evaluation
City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Submitted: $46,027 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
PI: Erica Sosa Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
CI:
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Teen Project Evaluation
City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Submitted: $44,611 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
PI: Erica Sosa Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
CI: Sara Oswalt Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
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