Subscribe | Archive Trouble Reading? Online Version UTSA College of Education and Human Development COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, July 15, 2016   Spotlight:  ELPS students participate in national institute 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:       COEHDnews   Education without borders: teachers teaching teachers  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:       VPR Awards Seed Grants to UTSA Researchers  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:       Awards & Announcements   UTSA Benefits Annual Enrollment Fair  UTSA EMPLOYEE BENEFITS  |  ALL COEHD UTSA Benefits Annual Enrollment Fair July 13, 2016 Main Campus Business School University Room - 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Downtown Campus DB Southwest Rm & ITC Connally Room - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Share:       Events Calendar   JUL 19 Graduate Writing Workshop: Effective Sentences  9:30 - 11:30 a.m.    Main Campus - Main Building 2.220 JUL 20 Graduate Writing Workshop: APA and the Literature Review  9:30 - 11:30 a.m.    Main Campus - Main Building 2.220 JUL 26 Accelerated Academy Training  TBD    TBD - TBD AUG 02 Creating a Comprehensive and Powerful Literacy Plan  TBD    TBD - TBD AUG 02 College Bridging Series 2016  12:00 - 3:30 p.m.    Downtown Campus - Buena Vista Building, 1.318 AUG 03 Integrating Social and Emotional Skills into the TEKS  TBD    TBD - TBD External News   Pikachu-searchers get new incentive to show up at school  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.  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?  by Jed Kim,   |  07/14  Princeton and Harvard top the list. Stanford has dropped nine spots. Rate of Texas Prison Spending Growth Outpaces Schools  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?  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  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  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…  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…  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/...  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  National Writing Project Awarded:  $15,000   Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI:  Roxanne Henkin  Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI:      Texas Writes Year 3  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  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  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  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  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  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…  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  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  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  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  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 Jo Ann Jones COEHDnews Editor/Writer T:   210.458.4486  Byron Spencer COEHDnews Editor T:   210.458.7396  Jesus Chavez University Communications Media Relations T:   210.458.4937