[Coehd] COEHDnews - Week of Jan. 20. 2017

Subscribe<http://eepurl.com/bckAEX> | Archive <http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=136171bc13e56eae0ccfa44e1&id... | Online Version<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> education.utsa.edu<http://education.utsa.edu/> [COEHDnews] <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, January 20, 2017 Spotlight ELPS doctoral student receives TASA award<http://education.utsa.edu/spotlight/article/elps_doctoral_studen... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/Nava-Ramiro-crop1.jpg] Ramiro Nava, doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, is one of four people to receive the Texas Association of School Administrators' 2017 Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship. He, along with the other three recipients, will be honored at the TASA midwinter conference at the end of the month. [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [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... ________________________________ COEHDnews UTSA student veterans mentor next generation of America’s military<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_student_veterans_... by JESUS CHAVEZ, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS| Pub: 01/18 [Vetscadets1]The UTSA Student Veteran Association (SVA), a registered student organization founded in 2011, has launched a new mentorship program for student Army and Air Force ROTC (AROTC, AFROTC) cadets. [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [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... ILT establishes partnership with university in Israel<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/ilt_establishes_partners... by ROSALIND HOROWITZ, ILT| Pub: 01/17 [Img 0968]Dr. Rosalind Horowitz, professor in the Departments of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (ILT) and Educational Psychology, traveled to Beersheba, Israel, to meet with the faculty, students, and president of Kaye Academic College. [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [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... ________________________________ Announcements BBL student receives TESOL International award<http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/article/bbl_stude... Amanda Swearingen Mary Finocchiaro Award for excellence in unpublished pedagogical material design Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Amanda Swearingen, MA-TESL graduate student in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, is this year's recipient of the TESOL International Mary Finocchiaro Award for excellence in unpublished pedagogical material design. Amanda submitted the project she developed during summer 2016 in a UTSA graduate course (ESL 5083 Program and Syllabus Design), and will be honored at TESOL 2017 in Seattle. BBL professor to chair TESOL interest section<http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/article/bbl_pro... Kristen Lindahl Teacher Education Interest Section Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Dr. Kristen Lindahl, assistant professor in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, was recently elected to chair the Teacher Education Interest Section for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International. TESOL and its related affiliates encompass 161 countries and include about 44,000 members; Teacher Education is the largest interest section in the association. ________________________________ Events Calendar JAN 28 MLT: Military Families Coping with Post-Deployment Stress<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/mlt_military_families_c... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 - 11:00 am [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] DT Campus - Frio Street Building, Riklin Auditorium (Room 1.406) FEB 03 2017 Leadership Summit: Cultural Literacy, Language, and Diversity in the Community<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/2017_leadership_summ... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 8:30 am - 4:00 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - TBD FEB 17 18th Texas Language Education Research Conference<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/18th_texas_language... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - University Center, Retama Galleria FEB 25 13th Annual Storytelling Festival<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/13th_annual_storytell... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - Main Building, Ground Floor MAR 04 Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test Workshop<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/bilingual_target_lang... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 10:30 am - 1:30 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - JPL 3.02.38 APR 20 Duncan Tonatiuh Lecture<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/duncan_tonatiuh_lectur... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 6:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - TBD [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/rowdy_close.png] External News New president at Northeast Lakeview College<http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/new-president-at-northea... by SBG SAN ANTONIO - News 4 WOAI | Pub: 01/19 A new president will soon take the lead at Northeast Lakeview College: Dr. Veronica R. Garcia will begin duties at the Alamo Colleges campus on March 1, 2017. San Antonio-area schools in the running for H-E-B awards<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/HEB-awards-1... by SILVIA FOSTER-FRAU - San Antonio Express-News | Pub: 01/19 Two area school districts and an early childhood program are finalists in H-E-B’s annual Excellence in Education awards, the biggest awards ceremony for education in Texas. Expecting spike in special ed students, advocates push for better services<https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/19/advocates-pushing-inc... by ALIYYA SWABY - Texas Tribune | Pub: 01/19 Texas is expected to increase the number of public school students receiving special education services, and disability rights advocates are aiming to improve the overall quality of those services. How a New Program Is Keeping Kids Learning During the Summer for Free<http://tpr.org/post/how-new-program-keeping-kids-learning-during-... by JOY DIAZ - TPR/Texas Standard | Pub: 01/19 Right about now, as the spring school semester is starting, parents are starting to worry about how their kids will spend their time this summer. Parents are enrolling kids in camps, sports and a multitude of other activities. But many summer camps and classes are costly, and not everyone can pay. Supporting Bilingual Children With Special Education Needs<https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/life-bilingual/201701/suppo... by FRANÇOIS GROSJEAN - Psychology Today | Pub: 01/19 One of the longest-lasting myths concerning bilingualism is that children with developmental disabilities should not become bilingual, or if they already are using a minority language in the home, should stop using it. Thanks to new research in the field, this view is slowly being replaced by one that states that these children can indeed become bilingual, or remain bilingual. How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By ‘Individual Choices’<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/16/509325266/how-the-s... by TERRY GROSS - Fresh Air - NPR | Pub: 01/18 Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says school segregation will continue to exist in America "as long as individual parents continue to make choices that only benefit their own children." What Singapore Can Teach Texas About Public Education<https://therivardreport.com/what-singapore-can-teach-texas-a... by ROBERT RIVARD - The Rivard Report | Pub: 01/17 A caravan of Texas public educators and business leaders recently traveled to this island city-state of 5.7 million people in Southeast Asia to learn more about one of the world’s most successful public school systems. San Antonio was represented by Eddie Aldrete, senior vice president of IBC Bank and a tri-chair of the 2017 Bond; David Crouch, vice president of manufacturing for Toyota; Margo DelliCarpini, the newly-appointed dean of the College of Education at The University of Texas at San Antonio; Vanessa Lacoss Hurd, former CEO of The DoSeum and a former Teach for America executive; and Kate Rogers, a vice president at H-E-B and acting executive vice president of the Holdsworth Center. ________________________________ Publications Working with English Language Learners in the Mainstream English Language Arts Classroom… DR. MARGO DELLICARPINI - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | Teaching English Language Arts to English Language Learners: Preparing Pre-service and In-service Teachers: 01/20 DelliCarpini, M. & Gulla A.N. (2016). Working with English Language Learners in the Mainstream English Language Arts Classroom Through Collaboration and Two-Way Content-Based Instruction. In L.C. de Oliveira & M. Shoffner (Eds.), Teaching English Language Arts to English Language Learners: Preparing Pre-service and In-service Teachers (pp. 79-105). London, England: Palgrave Macmillan. Research A Non-Invasive Elderly Sensor Platform<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Wise Wear Inc Awarded: $6,274 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Sakiko Oyama Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Designing Academic Conversations: Effects on Writing and Reading Argumentation in Science & History<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Awarded: $10,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Rosalind Horowitz Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: The Contributions of Language Skills to Bilingual Children’s Literacy Development in Early Elem…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Awarded: $10,000 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Becky Huang Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Nicole Wicha Other Academics Inferential Thinking in Early Childhood Classrooms<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Awarded: $10,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Misty Sailors Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Guan Saw Educational Psychology BHP Billiton-UTSA South Texas Community Health Research Initiative<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> BHP Billiton Submitted: $750,000 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Erica Sosa Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Meizi He, Donovan Fogt, Zenong Yin Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Capacity Building Initiative for Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Services for At-Risk Racial…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Center for Health Care Services Submitted: $20,000 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Phillip Schnarrs Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Graduate School Socialization of Former HBCU Black Student-Athletes<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Shape America Submitted: $5,000 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Langston Clark Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Building a Coalition of Urban Teacher-Researchers: Science-Mathematics Mentorship and Action…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> National Science Foundation passed through IUPUI Submitted: $354,805 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Crystal Kalinec-Craig Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Priya Prasad Other Academics Assessment, Prevention and Intervention: An All-Inclusive Approach to Providing On-Campus Academic..<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> NCAA Submitted: $25,000 Counselling PI: Michael Moyer Counselling CI: Victor Villareal, Felicia Castro Educational Psychology ________________________________ [https://d2q0qd5iz04n9u.cloudfront.net/_ssl/proxy.php/http/education.utsa....] <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... 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