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ROSALIND HOROWITZ, PROFESSOR, INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING AND TEACHING; AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY| Pub: 09/08 [Shutterstock 90858836]On September 8, 2016, UNESCO will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of International Literacy Day with the theme “Reading the Past, Writing the Future”. This means across the world, a half a century has been devoted to recognizing literacy in a celebratory manner. The goal on September 8 is to advocate for the virtues and continued growth of literacy. On September 8 and 9 UNESCO will hold a conference in Paris to honor these efforts and disseminate prizes for achievements in Literacy. [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... [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://... ATE brings service learning opportunities to COE<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/ate_brings_service_learning... by JO ANN JONES, COEHD| Pub: 09/08 [Dsc 9465]The College of Education and Human Development’s Academy for Teacher Excellence (ATE) and the Center for Civic Engagement have partnered up with the College of Engineering (COE) to bring service learning opportunities to students in a whole new way. [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... [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://... UTSA president announces plans to retire<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_president_announces... by UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS| Pub: 09/07 [Ricardoromo7303]Dr. Ricardo Romo today announced his intention to retire as president of The University of Texas at San Antonio next August, following the conclusion of the Spring 2017 academic semester. Romo is the fifth and longest serving president in the university’s 47-year history and its first Hispanic president. A native of San Antonio, he joined UTSA in 1999 after holding administrative and academic positions at The University of Texas at Austin. [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... [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://... UTSA dean Margo DelliCarpini shares her thoughts one month into her new role<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_dean_margo_dellicarpi... by JESUS CHAVEZ, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS| Pub: 09/06 [Delli2]UTSA officially welcomed its newest College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) dean, Margo DelliCarpini, on Aug. 1. [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... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=http://educ... 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For more information, guidelines, submission dates and other assistance, see the Submission Guidelines<http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/RFP_COEHD_Research...;. ________________________________ Events Calendar SEP 17 USAID Book-A-Thon<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/usaid_book_a_thon> [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 am - 12:00 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] DT Campus - Buena Vista Building, 1.338 SEP 19 Student Success Transition Series: Financial Literacy for College Students<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/student_success_trans... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 3:30 - 5:00 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - Main Building 0.222 SEP 19 Master of Arts in Education Information Session<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/master_of_arts_in_educ... 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[http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 12:30 - 2:00 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - Main Building 0.222 SEP 24 Military Life Talks at UTSA<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/military_life_talks> [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 - 11:00 am [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus, - Buena Vista Bldg., Aula Canaria 1.328 [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/rowdy_close.png] External News Screening Mental Health In Kindergarten Is Way Too Late, Experts Say<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/09/09/478834927/screening-ment... by KAVITHA CARDOZA - NPR | Pub: 09/15 When it comes to children's brains, Rahil Briggs describes them as ... sticky. "Whatever we throw, [it] sticks. That's why they can learn Spanish in six months when it takes us six years," says the New York City based child psychologist, "but also why if they're exposed to community violence, or domestic violence, it really sticks." Frustration. Burnout. Attrition. It’s Time To Address The National Teacher Shortage<http://tpr.org/post/frustration-burnout-attrition-its-time-ad... by ERIC WESTERVELT - TPR | Pub: 09/15 The good news: There's an uptick in the hiring of new teachers since the pink-slip frenzy in the wake of the Great Recession. The bad news: The new hiring hasn't made up for the teacher shortfall. Attrition is high, and enrollment in teacher preparation programs has fallen some 35 percent over the past five years — a decrease of nearly 240,000 teachers in all. SBOE board vice chairman says textbooks that depict Mexican-Americans as lazy is “dead on arri<http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/SBOE-board-vice-cha... by ANDREA ZELINSKI - San Antonio Express-News | Pub: 09/14 Hundreds of people gathered outside the Texas Education Agency building in downtown Austin to rally against the textbook they said should be rejected on academic and moral grounds. “If we permit materials like the ones in this textbook that express a clear and pointed bias, a disrespect for culture and community and plan for culture to be pushed out of the educational pipeline, out of growth, out of self esteem, out of competence, out of society’s advantages and opportunities we are allowing a design to push Mexicans to the bottom of society and keep us there,” said Dr. Carmen Tafolla, 2015 Texas poet laureate and a professor of bicultural and bilingual studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Texas teachers face record number of inappropriate behavior claims<http://amarillo.com/news/latest-news/2016-09-10/accusations-ina... by ROBERT STEIN - Amarillo Globe-News | Pub: 09/13 Inappropriate teacher conduct is in Texas Panhandle headlines again with news of recent allegations levied against a Perryton Junior High School teacher and coach. Perryton Independent School District Superintendent Robert Hall recently confirmed that he had placed a junior high teacher on administrative leave after a student and her parent brought forth accusations of inappropriate communications. UTSA students spread kindness<http://news4sanantonio.com/news/make-it-stop/utsa-students-sp... by ERIN NICHOLS - News 4 WOAI | Pub: 09/13 A class of students at UTSA is encouraging acts of kindness on their campus by saying thank you to those making a difference. Students on the Spectrum<https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/09/13/making-colleg... by ELIZABETH FINNEGAN AND MARGARET FINNEGAN - Inside Higher Ed | Pub: 09/13 Only 30 percent of high school graduates with autism ever attend a two- or four-year college, but the institutions, not the students, are the problem, Elizabeth and Margaret Finnegan argue. UTSA partners with American Corporate Partners to offer mentorships for student veterans<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2016/09/acp.html> by KIMBERLY M. PRICE - UTSA Today | Pub: 09/12 UTSA has partnered with American Corporate Partners (ACP), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping veterans make the transition from the armed services to the civilian workforce, to offer professional mentorship opportunities for post-9/11 student veterans. Twenty-five slots in the ACP Mentoring program are reserved for students referred by UTSA who are interested in enhancing their career development. The registration deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 27. ________________________________ Publications Have You been recently published?<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> ALL FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS - Other Academics | PUBLISH? DON'T PERISH!: 09/01 Do You Have a APA Cite for a recent publication??? Send the TITLE, FACULTY NAME, DEPARTMENT, JOURNAL NAME and the APA CITE to: coehdcomm@utsa.edu<mailto:coehdcomm@utsa.edu> (Deadline: Thursdays) Research Autism Grant Program-Teacher/Paraprofessional Training<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Awarded: $432,705 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Lee Mason Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Leslie Neely Educational Psychology Autism Grant Program-Parent Directed Treatment<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Awarded: $459,976 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Lee Mason Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Leslie Neely Educational Psychology Multilingual Mexico: The Linguistic, Cultural, and Educational Spaces of Oaxaca<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Department of Education Submitted: $92,300 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Lucila Ek Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Peter Sayer Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Testing the Feasibility of the Support for Improvement in Practices through Intensive Coaching…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Institute of Education Sciences Submitted: $1,313,929 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Misty Sailors Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Lost in Translation: Supervisor’s Lived Experiences in Clinical Supervision w/ Bilingual Counseling<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Association of Counselor Education Supervision (ACES) Submitted: $1,800 Counselling PI: Julieta Rubio Counselling CI: PREP Using Systems Thinking Educating Minorities in STEM (PREP-STEM2)<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> National Science Foundation (NSF) Submitted: $1,168,661 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Carmen Fies Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Raul Reyna; Joules Webb Other Academics An Interventional Study to Reduce Folate levels in Men on Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UT Health Science Center-San Antonio Submitted: $6,286 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Sarah Ullevig Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: ________________________________ [https://d2q0qd5iz04n9u.cloudfront.net/_ssl/proxy.php/http/education.utsa....] <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... 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