The Education and Environmental Science Departments are launching a new program for students to become certified as environmental educators.
Click here for the full text of the article in this week’s Catalyst.
The Education Department hosted a panel on Friday, October 12 as part of Homecoming Weekend. The discussion topic was “Issues Facing Teachers Under High Stakes Testing.” Click on each photo for full display.
Featured Panelists:
Education Department Chair Mike Taber was the host and moderator.
Elementary Supervisor Saverio Greto recently became President-Elect (2012-2013) of the Colorado Association of Science Teachers. For more information on CAST, visit http://www.coloradocast.org/. Congratulations, Saverio!
Anna Nelson, MAT candidate in K-12 Art taught her 8th graders at Eagleview Middle School how artists express emotion through color, expressive line
and form. They then went to the burn site a few minutes from the school
by bus to create expressive landscapes “en plein air.” Anna is working this whole year with Vanessa Scott, Art Teacher extraordinaire at Eagleview MS.
To view the television feature on the field trip, visit http://www.kktv.com/video and search the keyword “art” to locate the clip “Art Class Visits Mtn. Shadows Neighborhood.”
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ED Minor graduate and new MAT student Deanna Thirkell has secured a place on the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Click here for the full text of this article. Congratulations, Deanna!
On Friday, March 30, 2012, Colorado College and University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) hosted its first Education Symposium, made possible by generous funding from Colorado Campus Compact’s Training Ground Grant. The symposium was the result of feedback from recent graduates of our Master of Arts in Teaching program and the federal requirement to provide training on specialized topics to in-service teachers.
The symposium was open to current and recent alums of both Colorado College and UCCS, with targeted marketing to AmeriCorps members. In an effort to collaborate with the community, we also opened the symposium up to current teachers in the surrounding school districts. School District 11 approved the symposium as a qualifying event for teachers to receive D11 incremental credit and CDE credit towards licensure renewal. With this approval, D11 advertised the event to all teachers in the district, which produced strong attendance by current D11 teachers.
Workshops offered, including links to PowerPoint presentations and handouts where available.
Autism Spectrum Disorder 101 by Cara Woundy, school psychologist in Harrison D2 and autism expert
Breaking Down the Language Barrier by Jennifer Duarte and Aimee Dyrek, Academy District 20 teachers
Breaking Down the Language Barrier Presentation
Children with Clinical Conduct Disorders: Strategies for Success! by Dr. Jessica Copeland, associate director of CC’s Partnership for Civic Engagement
Conduct_Disorders_Presentation
Differentiating Instruction for both High and Low Performing Students by Megan Sheppard and Virginia Owen
Differentiating Instruction Resources
Teaching and Learning in the Urban Classroom by Dr. Manya Whitaker, Riley Scholar in Residence, Education Department at CC
Common Teaching Practices in Urban Schools
Using the RtI Framework to Implement IEP’s/ILP’s by Vince Puzick, D11 Literacy Facilitator
Colorado Department of Education’s Response to Intervention (RTI) site: http://www.cde.state.co.us/RtI/
Colorado Basic Literacy Act: http://www.cde.state.co.us/coloradoliteracy/cbla/index.htm
Andrea Stemper (MAT 2012) was named Student Teacher of the Year by the Colorado Council of the Social Studies at their annual conference in Denver on April 13, 2012.
Cynthia Lowen (CC 2001), the producer and writer of the film “Bully,” will do a Q&A on the film Sunday May 6 at 2PM in Armstrong Hall. The 98-minute documentary follows five families and the often endangered lives of those who are bullied. The film opens at Tinseltown in Colorado Springs on April 20, 2012.
For complete event description, click here.
Whiz Bang Science Summer Program is now accepting applications. Enrollment is limited and occurs on first-come, first-serve basis so enroll your child today!
You can find the application on our website at: http://www2.coloradocollege.edu/dept/ED/childrenSummer/whizbang.html
