April news briefs
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April news briefs |
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Walk Successful
The annual College
of Education WALK AGAINST CHILD ABUSE held Saturday, April 5, was a grand
success! Over 200 students and volunteers participated in the fundraising
activity which benefits the Lexington Center for Women, Children and Families.
With the help of numerous student organizations, UK athletic teams, and
sororities, the college raised over $700 this year for the center. (See photos.) KAELI is a project of the
Collaborative Center for Literacy Development housed at the College of
Education. April 14, 53 participants participated in a statewide networking
seminar where they discussed key changes that have occurred in the way
they teach adult literacy learners. They were presented with certificates
which recognized the completion of their yearlong professional development
program and were congratulated by Dr Cheryl King, Associate VP for Adult
Education; Dr Ed Ford, Advisor to the Governor and Secretary Allen Rose,
FACULTY William P. Bintz, in collaboration with the Center for Middle School Academic Achievement (CMSAA), has also been awarded a grant by the Kentucky Department of Education in the amount of $56,964.00 to develop and conduct a Reading Academy for teachers during Summer 2003. Belva C. Collins, Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling, made a presentation on "Using Video Strategies to Teach Functional Skills to Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities" at the American Council on Rural Special Education Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, UT. She also made a presentation with John Schuster, Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling, on "Research on Instructional Methods in Low Incidence Rural Classrooms" at the American Council on Rural Special Education Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, UT. Deneese L. Jones, UK's American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for 2002-2003 and an Associate Professor in Curriculum & Instruction, was a panelist for the Kansas Office of Women in Higher Education (KOWHE) Annual Conference, April 13-14, 2003 at the Kansas University Alumni Center. She spoke on the topic: "Development/Leadership Opportunities: The ACE Fellowship Program". Professor Jones, Chair of the University of Kentucky President's Commission on Diversity, is presently a Fellow at the University of Kansas with Dr. Robert Hemenway, former Chancellor of the University of Kentucky, on issues of: 1) improving teaching and learning in higher education; and 2) ensuring access, diversity, and success for all students in post-secondary educational environments. The fellowship will be completed August 1, 2003. Alan J. DeYoung, Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation gave an invited talk at the national conference on "Promoting the Economic and Social Vitality of Rural America: The Role of Education." The conference was held in New Orleans on April 14 and 15, and was co-sponsored by the U.S. Economic Research Service, the Southern Rural Development Center, and the Rural School and Community Trust. Thomas R. Guskey, Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, will present the results of his recent research on the characteristics of effective professional development at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago. A summary of this research will also be published in the June issue of PHI DELTA KAPPAN. In addition, Professor Guskey delivered the keynote address at the Spring Meeting of the Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University. Lars Bjork (Principal Investigator), Tom Gusky, Skip Kifer, and Eric Anderman, all researchers with the UK College of Education, received a $200,000 grant from the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), for a research project focusing on the analysis of the impact of five differentiated compensation models on teacher retention. In addition, Bjork received another $40,000 grant from the KDE to examine state policy implications of alternative field-based leadership preparation approaches. Lars Bjork is co-author of two articles upcoming in the May 2003 Journal of School Leadership: "Who will Lead? Examining the Superintendent Shortage" and "The superintendent shortage: Findings from Research on School board presidents." Deborah Mapp-Embry,
a doctoral student with the Department of Administration and Supervision,
is attending the David Clark UCEA Graduate Student Seminar at American
Educational Research Association conference in April. STUDENTS Joy Zabala ,Doctoral Student in Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling, made a presentation with Belva C. Collins entitled "No Surprises! Conducting Professional Development Via Distance Education Technology" at the American Council on Rural Special Education Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, UT. Jacqueline Norman,
Tara Graves, and Kim Webster, graduates of the Dept. of Special Education
and Rehabilitation Counseling, made a presentation based on their research
with Belva C. Collins entitled "Using Video Strategies to Teach Functional
Skills to Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities" at the Kentucky
Council for Exceptional Children in Louisville, KY.
Anne Miller Young, a 1966 College of Education graduate, was named Indiana's Elementary Principal of the Year at the Indiana Association of School Principals annual conference. Anne will represent Indiana at a reception at the White House in the Fall of 2003.
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