2008 College of Education Week, May 5th-9th
As part of Education Week, the Alumni Relations Committee and COESA are pleased to host a workshop series featuring MCE alumni and friends. Learn new skills, engage in thoughtful dialogue, and meet new friends all week. Light refreshments will be provided. Sign up today!
(All sessions are FREE and open to the public, but registration is requested. Click on the session "titles" to register).
Monday, May 5th, 4-6 p.m.
Title: Networking: Build Relationships - Build Your Future
Presenter: Karen Susman, '65 Education
Location: Community Room, Craig Hall
Don't plan to sit this one out. You'll be up on your feet, moving, laughing and learning practical skills you'll use for a lifetime. Networking is more than meeting, greeting and exchanging business cards. It's building long term relationships. That takes connecting, nurturing, following-up and time. Guarantee: you'll know more people when you leave the session than when you arrived. And, you'll use these skills within 24 hours to boost your personal and professional life.
Tuesday, May 6th, 4-6 p.m.
Title: Perceptions of Diversity
Presenters: MCE Diversity Committee and alumni guests
Location: Community Room, Craig Hall
Students, faculty, staff and alumni will engage in an active dialogue on the present climate of the College with regard to inclusive excellence. Last year, the College reaffirmed its commitment to understanding and valuing individual and group differences by promoting non-prejudicial attitudes and inclusive actions in a safe and affirming environment. The MCE Diversity Committee conducted various surveys to help gauge faculty, staff, and student perceptions on inclusivity, excellence, diversity and access. The committee will share the results: What are the perceptions of faculty, staff, and students on inclusive excellence? What progress have we made? How do we continue to monitor our progress over time? Be a part of this important discussion that will guide our mission of inclusive excellence.
Wednesday, May 7th, 4-6 pm.
Title: How Pedagogy Impacts School Safety and Belonging: Lessons from Three Schools
Presenters: Wendy Bickford '07 CFSP, Dr. Cynthia Hazel, and Patrick Callahan
Location: Community Room, Craig Hall
Drawing from their paper which examined how pedagogy can impact elementary school students' sense of safety and belonging, alumna Wendy Bickford, Cynthia Hazel, and CFSP student, Patrick Callahan, will discuss their qualitative study at three choice elementary schools (a Montessori school, a Core Knowledge school, and a Self-Directed, Experiential Learning school). Participants will learn what school characteristics are important to students, teachers, and administrators in the development of emotional safety and belonging; and recommendations on how all schools might increase emotional engagement through curricular practices.
Thursday, May 8th, 4-6 p.m.
Title: Education Research Using the Three Googles
Presenter: Chris Brown '99 LIS
Location: 353 Sturm Hall
Everyone knows about Google. But did you know that Google Web can be leveraged to uncover primary documents from state departments of education, federal statistical studies, and international research reports? Google scholar not only searches the full text of hundreds of scholarly journals on education, it can also link to DU library subscriptions. And Google Books can search the full text of a high percentage of published works, and then link to DU library records so that the book can be located and checked out. Find out how the three Googles can revolutionize your research!
Space is LIMITED to the first 25 participants.
Friday, May 9th, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Fiesta!
Location: HRTM Building
*Registration will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.
Come join us for an end of the week celebration with food, drink, music, student awards, a video premiere, and this year's Anthology readings!
For additional information or persons with disabilities who need special accommodations should contact coealumni@du.edu.
