Introducing our new format for To the Point — a quarterly publication for College of Education community members.
Dean's Corner
Discover what’s next. It’s the Washington Way.
Welcome and welcome back! Fall quarter is such an exciting time—new students bring fresh faces along with names, dreams, goals, and ambitions to get to know. I hope that others come back to school rested and renewed after a bit of summertime relaxation. I am excited about the newly designed To the Point, the quarterly College of Education newsletter; it is just the latest step we have taken in our ongoing efforts to improve communication to and about our community. Read more >>
Welcome to the Neighborhood
New Faces at the College of Education
Meet new members of our community! This edition introduces you to Julie Carpenter, Mary Clevenger-Bright, Cristina Gaeta, Karen Matheson, Andrew Shouse, and Ken Zeichner. Read more >>
Awards & Honors
Learn about recent awards and honors for College of Education faculty and staff.
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Community Updates
Help the College Provide Professional Opportunities for Students and Alums
Would you be willing to help a current student or alum with career advice or a job connection? We’re guessing you would. Read more >>
Danforth Updates and News
Danforth program announces new alum positions, presents student accomplishments, and communicates about recent events. Read more >>>
Office of Institutional Research
The Office of Institutional Research can provide you with useful information. Find numbers, figures, hidden treasures, and more. Read more >>
Office of Minority Recruitment & Retention (OMRR)
The Office of Minority Recruitment & Retention (OMRR) welcomes you to the new school year! If you are new to the College of Education (COE), I am the Director, Cynthia del Rosario, and we have two graduate staff assistants (GSAs) who work in the OMRR, ready to assist you! Read more >>
Office of Student Services
This is an exciting time of the year for the Office of Student Services as we welcome incoming students to the College and welcome back faculty and continuing students! Our typical beginning-of-year activities are in full gear. Read more >>
Features
Common Book: The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
The UW College of Education Common Book for 2009 – 2010 will be The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal. Written by author Jonathan Mooney, this book focuses on Mooney’s autobiographical struggles with his own learning disabilities. A “short bus” rider as a youth, Mooney confronts his past as an adult by buying his own “short bus” and venturing out to meet others who were different, others who identified as “short bus” riders. Read more >>
Sophisticated Research Training for Future Policy Scholars
The U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES) recently awarded the University of Washington 4.5 million to implement a new pre-doctoral research training program for students to investigate critical issues in K-20 education policy and practice. CREST, otherwise known as the Collaborative Researchers for Education Sciences Training Program at the University of Washington, is a joint collaboration between the UW College of Education and the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs. Read more >>
Garfield Bridge Program Helps Teachers-in-Training and High School Students
From a home-schooled youth to a student from an all girls school, Garfield High Schools’ incoming freshmen come from all types of educational institutions. Yet, they have one thing in common. Many simply aren’t prepared for the academic and personal challenges of high school. That’s begun to change. Read more >>
Meet New Director of Teacher Education, Ken Zeichner
We met up with Kenneth “Ken” Zeichner, the new director of the Teacher Education Program, to find out more about his background and his future plans. Read More>>
Where Discoveries Begin: Noyce Teaching Scholars Learn and Grow at DC Conference
At a national Noyce conference in Washington DC, two current students experienced “aha moments” and grew as scholars. What self-discoveries did these future math and science teachers make? Read more >>
Current Student: Treneicia Gardner
Meet Treneicia, a current Early Childhood and Family Studies student. Learn about her reasons for pursuing a major at the College of Education and what keeps her motivated. Read more >>
Elementary Teacher Education: Literacy Program at Bailey Gatzert
As a part of the Teacher Education Program, College of Education teachers-in-training learn lessons on-site and apply them immediately. Last spring, thirty of the elementary teacher education program students worked at Bailey-Gatzert elementary school, providing one-on-one instruction to high-needs elementary students and receiving hands-on training for their teacher education curriculum. Everyone won – the teachers in training, the elementary students, the teachers, and the school system itself. Read more >>
Current Student: Cristina Gaeta
Cristina Gaeta is an EDLPS student and the new Graduate Staff Assistant in the Office of Multicultural Recruitment and Retention. Previously she was the Director of the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), a federally funded program at Washington State University. Gaeta has also worked for the Latino Education Achievement Project (LEAP) a non for profit agency focusing on educational policy aimed at reducing the Latina/o student achievement gap in our state and a formerly staff at College Success Foundation. Read more >>
Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Program
For the past two years, the College of Education’s peer-to-peer mentoring program has matched experienced student mentors and incoming student mentees for mentoring relationships. Whenever possible, students are matched based on area of interest and other factors. Mentors and mentees develop many different kinds of relationships. Some remain collegial in nature, while others - like Ashley and Cassady's - become enduring friendships. Read more >>
National Network for Educational Renewal Conference 2009
The National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) Annual Conference will be held October 15-17, 2009 at the Hyatt Hotel in Bellevue Washington. Read more >>
CEL Updates
It’s been a busy few months at CEL. Find out the latest on CEL’s efforts around Central Office Transformation; the Five Dimensions of Teaching and Learning (5D); a new online course; a coaching workshop, and more. Read more>>
CIRGE – A Growing Reputation of Expertise
Wide dissemination of CIRGE’s findings from the national Social Science PhDs 5- Years Out study of anthropology, history, geography, sociology and political science PhDs career paths survey as well as the hosting of three international workshops on PhD education has resulted in high visibility worldwide as a leading research center on doctoral education, resulting in invitations and requests for our expertise from around the globe. Read more >>
Macklin and Masizakhe
Scott Macklin participated in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Diversity Conference ‘Breaking Boundaries, Embracing Differences’. Read more >>
Where Urban Communities and Academia Come Together- The SoundCitizen Science Apprenticeship
The UW Institute for Science and Math Education has been awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation program “Opportunities for Expanding Diversity in the Geosciences.” The SoundCitizen Science Apprenticeship (SCSA) program will support high school-aged youth from groups that are underrepresented in the sciences to explore ocean sciences, to engage with the UW science mentors, and to develop skills and relationships that can help them into higher education.Read more >>
Cross-Cultural Exchange: Emeritus Faculty Larry Brammer and Jerald Forster Provide Professional Development for Japanese Guests
A group of Sanno University students from Japan visited Seattle this August. As part of the professional development section of the trip, Larry Brammer and Gerald Forster, delivered lectures on their work. Read more >>
