[Coehd] COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, July 15, 2016

Subscribe<http://eepurl.com/bckAEX> | Archive<http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=136171bc13e56eae0ccfa... Trouble Reading? Online Version<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> [COEHDnews]<http://education.utsa.edu/> UTSA College of Education and Human Development COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, July 15, 2016 <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... Spotlight: ELPS students participate in national institute<http://education.utsa.edu/SPOTLIGHT/article/elps_students_pa... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/13501820_10154102353361413_83845...] Vanessa Sansone and Vincent Carales, doctoral students from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, were selected to attend the National Center for Education Statistics Data Institute in Washington, D.C. The institute, which included participants from around the nation, took place June 20-22, 2016. Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url=http://e... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=http://ed... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://educ... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=http://educ... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=http://... COEHDnews [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/coehd_logo_coehdnews.jpg] <http://education.utsa.edu/> Education without borders: teachers teaching teachers<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/education_without_bord... [San Antoinio Writing Project Group Photo] by JO ANN JONES, COEHDPublished: 07/08 The clicking of keys and the scratching of pen across paper created a quiet buzz that filled the air. Tables spread out around the room were filled with teachers from all walks of life. Some of them taught in elementary schools while others in middle or high schools. Four of them, however, traveled thousands of miles from countries around the world to come to UTSA’s College of Education and Human Development and the San Antonio Writing Project (SAWP). Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url={awards_... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=%7Btitle_... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=%7Btitl... VPR Awards Seed Grants to UTSA Researchers<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/vpr_awards_seed_gra... by OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT FOR REASERCHPublished: 07/05 UTSA Research’s internal seed funding programs supports top-tier research by awarding UTSA faculty members seed funding to obtain preliminary data that can be cited in applications for extramural funding and enhance the breadth of scholarly and creative activity taking place on campus. These grants support new areas of research for UTSA faculty and advances our goal of reaching Tier I status. In the latest round of funding, the VPR awarded a total of $520,000 for 32 research projects at UTSA and with collaborators at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®). Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url={awards_... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=%7Btitle_... 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[Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=%7Btitl... Events Calendar JUL 19 Graduate Writing Workshop: Effective Sentences<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/graduate_writing_wor... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - Main Building 2.220 JUL 20 Graduate Writing Workshop: APA and the Literature Review<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/graduate_writing_worksh... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - Main Building 2.220 JUL 26 Accelerated Academy Training<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/accelerated_academy_t... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] TBD [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] TBD - TBD AUG 02 Creating a Comprehensive and Powerful Literacy Plan<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/creating_a_comprehensive_... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] TBD [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] TBD - TBD AUG 02 College Bridging Series 2016<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/college_bridging_series_2... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 12:00 - 3:30 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Downtown Campus - Buena Vista Building, 1.318 AUG 03 Integrating Social and Emotional Skills into the TEKS<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/integrating_social_and_em... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] TBD [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] TBD - TBD External News [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/EXTERNAL.jpg] <http://education.utsa.edu/> Pikachu-searchers get new incentive to show up at school<http://college.usatoday.com/2016/07/14/pikachu-searchers-get-ne... by Jamie Altman, Chapman University , USA Today College | 07/14 The explosive release of Pokémon Go has naturally hit campuses as searches often lead people to the well-known landmarks that dot schools nationwide. “Big campuses are where it’s at,” says Neil Schott, a junior at Foothill College in Palo Alto, Calif. “I spent my whole day off going to Stanford University and Foothill College playing Pokémon Go. We went to major areas we knew of that would have bigger landmarks.” Early educators are among the lowest paid in the U.S.<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/Early%20educa... by Donna Tam, | 07/14 A new report says child care workers and preschool teachers have median wages well below the rest of the workforce. Which colleges offer the best return on investment?<http://www.marketplace.org/2016/07/08/education/new-colleg... by Jed Kim, | 07/14 Princeton and Harvard top the list. Stanford has dropped nine spots. Rate of Texas Prison Spending Growth Outpaces Schools<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/07/14/texas-spending-prison-... by Khorri Atkinson, The Texas Tribune | 07/14 Over three decades, the amount of money Texas spends on jails and prisons has grown at a much faster rate than what it spends on public schools, a new federal study finds, but schools still receive significantly more money than prisons. Education and criminal justice reform advocates are both finding ammunition in the report. Which Texas Schools Have the Highest Rates of Vaccine Exemptions?<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/07/14/see-studnet-vaccin... by Morgan Smith and Annie Daniel, The Texas Tribune | 07/14 The number of Texas students with non-medical exemptions to school immunization laws has soared statewide in the last decade. How does your school district fare? Check out our handy search tool to find out. Publications Targeting conversational skills with digital storytelling in EFL<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> CIEX Journ@l M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Koelzer, M. & Christiansen, M. S. (2016). Targeting conversational skills with digital storytelling in EFL. CIEX Journ@l, 2(2), 5-11. Digital Storytelling: Using Different Technologies for EFL<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> MEXTESOL Journal M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Christiansen, M.S. & Koezler, M. (2016). Digital Storytelling: Using Different Technologies for EFL. MEXTESOL Journal, 40(1). Papers are never finished, just abandoned: The role of written teacher comments in the revision…<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Journal of Response to Writing M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Christiansen, M. S. & Bloch, J. (2016). Papers are never finished, just abandoned: The role of written teacher comments in the revision process. Journal of Response to Writing, 2(1), 6-42. http://journalrw.org/index.php/jrw/article/view/32 ‘¡Hable bien m’ijo o gringo o mx!’: Language ideologies in the digital…<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Christiansen, M. S. (2016) ‘¡Hable bien m’ijo o gringo o mx!’: Language ideologies in the digital communication practices of transnational Mexican bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. doi: 10.1080/13670050.2016.1181603 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/tFNCiPeeXqNSBAPdXYUx/full Research Awards & Submittals Capacity Building Initiative for Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Services for At-Risk Racial/...<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Center for Health Care Services Awarded: $20,000 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Phillip Schnarrs Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: NWP 2016-17 SEED Invitational Leadership Institute - San Antonio Writing Project<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> National Writing Project Awarded: $15,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Roxanne Henkin Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Texas Writes Year 3<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Texas Education Agency through UT-Austin-Meadows Center Awarded: $100,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Roxanne Henkin Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Somerset Curriculum Development<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Somerset Independent School District Awarded: $4,600 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Alicia Villarreal Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Misty Sailors, Zaid Haddad Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Transfer success of Engineering and Chemistry Students (TECH) Consortium<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> National Science Foundation (NSF) Submitted: $4,424,638 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Carmen Fies Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Mark Appleford, Michael Doyle, Joseph Kulhanek, Amaury Nora Other Academics The Roadrunner Reader Summer Reading Camp<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Dollar General Foundation Submitted: $4,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Alicia Villarreal Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Registered Behavior Technician Training for Teachers/Parent-Directed Treatment<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Submitted: $893,281 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Lee Mason Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Leslie Neely, Candace Gann Other Academics Examining Autism as a Disorder of Stimulus Control<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> National Institute of Health (NIH) Submitted: $850,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Lee Mason Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Exploring the effects of isoflavones in reducing abdominal obesity and associated cancer risks…<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Submitted: $889,403 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Meizi He Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: John Zhang Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Texas Bully Reduction through Site-based Interventions<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice Submitted: $699,975 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI: Page Smith Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: W. Sean Kearney Other Academics University of Texas at San Antonio IMPACT Center<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> IMPACT San Antonio Submitted: $100,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Emily Bonner Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Collaborative Proposal: FIELD: Fieldwork Inspiring Expanded Leadership & Diversity<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> National Science Foundation (NSF) Submitted: $50,000 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI: Anne Marie Nuñez Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: Sarabia Family Counseling Center Clinical Supervisor Funding<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Broadway Bank: Cecelia Young Willard Helping Fund Submitted: $47,412 Counselling PI: Catherine Somody Counselling CI: CONTACT US College of Education and Human Development One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 education.utsa.edu<http://education.utsa.edu/> <http://education.utsa.edu/> Jo Ann Jones<mailto:Joann.Jones@utsa.edu> COEHDnews Editor/Writer T: 210.458.4486 Byron Spencer<mailto:byron.spencer@utsa.edu> COEHDnews Editor T: 210.458.7396 Jesus Chavez<mailto:Jesus.chavez@utsa.edu> University Communications Media Relations T: 210.458.4937