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Featuring P. Buckley Moss Scholarship recipients and more
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a vehicle to exalt the human spirit, enhance life and foster critical thinking skills. Because of the
capability of music, dance and theater to transcend and yet to interrelate all aspects of the human
experience, the performing arts possess qualities needed to educate the whole child. By participating in
the performing arts, students cultivate skills that are quintessential to success in the 21st century.
Chesterfield County has a growing and diverse student population with Hispanic (10%), black (27%),
other 5% and Asian (3%) students. Chesterfield County Public Schools were recognized last year by our
Virginia Tech School of Education with an Excellence in Education Award for 21st century teaching and
learning. Partnering with Chesterfield County Public Schools in this endeavor keeps higher education
institutions such as Virginia Tech connected with the real needs of K-12 schools across Virginia.
School of Education graduate is featured in Roanoke Times article:
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Future math teachers put in prime position
Teacher Jordan Pinkard spent little time lecturing in the Roanoke classroom as students calculated the
size of angles in different shapes. Instead, he asked questions as he displayed new problems on an
electronic white board and then moved from desk to desk. He offered help, encouragement and quick
checks of students' work. "Perfect, perfect. Check yourself. Good, good," he said, moving around the
room this week. Little more than two years ago, it was Pinkard who was the student. At Virginia Tech he
was part of an elite crop of future educators who earned scholarships by committing to serve as math
teachers in high-needs schools after graduation through a program called Virginia Teach, which the
university will build on thanks to an $800,000 grant.
Full Story
Link:
http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/blacksburg/article_5118d3e0-8ed2-11e3-afe7-0017a43b2370.html
ZAMBIA STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM RECEIVES SUPPORT OF LOCAL COMMUNITY IN
BLACKSBURG
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Zambian students with boxes of the donated books
A local church in Blacksburg has rendered support to Virginia Tech's School of Education Zambia Study
Abroad Program by helping the program to collect and ship boxes of donated books to a village school in
Zambia that hosted the study abroad program last summer.
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The organizers, however, faced some challenges concerning where to find the books and how to ship
the books to Africa. And that is where, through informal networks, the community of St. Mary's Catholic
Parish in Blacksburg came into the picture. A member of St. Mary's Catholic Parish knew of somebody
who had some books to give away. Following that lead, several boxes of books were collected. Several
parishioners raised the funds, which, along with a donation from Ballinger Foundation, were used to ship
the boxes to Africa.
The next trip is planned for the summer of 2014 and there are still some places available for any faculty
and students who would like to travel to Zambia.
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Dr. Carol Cash and Dr. Carol Mullen at Virginia Tech's Hampton Roads location
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Dr. Carol Cash and Dr. Steve Janosik at Virginia Tech's Richmond Center (photographer, Carol Mullen)
Professional and Instructional Development Events
This semester the Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research (CIDER) is
sponsoring a number of Professional and Instructional Development Events designed to foster the
development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to teaching and learning, assessment and
evaluation, diversity and inclusion, and engagement and development.
This month two CLAHS faculty will be presenting workshops:
Susanna Rinehart, School of Performing Arts: Music, Theatre, Cinema - Tuesday, February 11 Marlene
Preston, Communication - Wednesday, February 26 View the entire schedule:
http://www.cideronline.org/events/events2.cfm
Introducing the new Newsworthy News online submission process!!!
Thanks to Diana Wu and the Office of Instructional Technology for making this possible. Now any faculty
or student can submit directly to the editor any news story or event they would like. You can select what
forms of media (Newsworthy News, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube) you would like your story or event to be
published in; our link is conveniently located one click away from the SOE homepage on the Newsworthy
News archive site!
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School of Education Newsworthy News link to see the archives:
http://www.soe.vt.edu/news_events/newsworthy_news.html
Submission Form for uploading your news:
http://www.soe.vt.edu/db/news/
Please contact Editor Dave Brod at davebrod@vt.edu with any questions or concerns
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