June, 2013 Volume 15
Engagement
Engagement
Advocacy
Support
Coaching
connections
Collaboration
NEWS NOTES NETWORKING
Notes
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National Board
Certification
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Teachers interested in
National Board
Certification for Initial,
Retake, and Renewal
Candidates
Link
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ELMS Project Co-Teaching
Workshop
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Guest Speakers: Andrea
Hoingsfeld and Maria Dove
How co-teaching can
effectively support positive
learning outcomes for
ELLs. Archived link
coming soon!
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1st Annual Coastal North
Carolina Writing
Conference
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June 23-25, 2013
Conference will support
teachers and community
members interested in:
Writing Workshop, the
Writing Process, and
Teaching Strategies for
Writing in the Common
Core.
Link
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News
Professional Learning Days Spring 2013
The PDS Office hosted two professional learning days this spring on March 12th
& 14th. On March 12th we partnered with the CESTEM office to provide a day of
professional development focused on science, engineering, and mathematics.
Presentations included the NC Aquarium, Old River Farms, and Cape Fear
Museum and others on robotics, engineering, mathematics vocabulary and music.
Dr. Sue Kezios, the Director of UNCWs Youth Programs delivered the keynote
presentation. For a complete program listing, please visit this link. On March 12th,
the focus was on inquiry and participants had a host of sessions from which to
choose. Dr. Sonia Nieto was the keynote speaker. She spoke about the importance
of multicultural education and the power of teachers to reach students of diverse
backgrounds.
Partnership Teacher Celebration
On Thursday, April 25th, 2013, the Office of Teacher Education and Outreach hosted a program to honor the
work of our partnership teachers. Approximately 45 partnership teachers and faculty participated in the program.
Selected schools for our 2013-2015 Partnership in Action Schools Program were recognized. Team members
from Cedar Grove Middle School and Carolina Forest International Elementary School along with their faculty
members-in-residence and faculty facilitators met to discuss future collaborative work. We also recognized the
spring 2013 Roy E. Harkin Award winner, Lisa Turlington (see announcement below). Each semester, we will
now have a culminating program to honor the work of our partnership teachers who have hosted interns.
2013 Roy E Harkin Award Winner
Congratulations to Lisa Turlington, Site Coordinator, at Butler Avenue Elementary School in Clinton City for
being the spring 2013 recipient of the Roy E. Harkin Teacher Recognition Award. The award was established in
2008 in memory of Dr. Roy E. Harkin who served as the chair of the Education Department at UNCW from 1976
to 1979, and then as Dean of the School of Education until 1991. This award is funded by the family and friends
of Dr. Harkin in recognition of his commitment to partnerships with public schools and his appreciation for the
contributions of public school educators to the preparation of prospective teachers. Nominations for this award are
accepted on a rotational basis from our 12 PDS partnership systems and charter schools. The award is designed to
recognize a public school teacher who has contributed to the preparation of future teachers by demonstrating
excellence as a partnership teacher and/or site coordinator. Ms. Turlington is a long-time partner and site
coordinator with a very strong commitment to the preparation of our prospective teachers. Her work has enabled
us to place 18 field experience students and 8 teacher interns in quality placements at Butler Avenue Elementary
since 2010. She takes great care in welcoming and orienting our students to her school and her enthusiasm for
teacher education is always evident. Ms. Turlington is in her 29th year of teaching and has taught 21 of those years
at Butler Avenue Elementary School. She teaches second grade academic enrichment and third grade content
replacement reading and math for academically gifted students. She earned a B.S. degree in intermediate
education from East Carolina University. She earned her National Board certification in 2002 and was just
recently recertified in 2012. She is married to Robert Turlington, a math teacher at Clinton High School.
Partnership in Action School Teams
Carolina Forest International Elementary School
(Onslow County) and Cedar Grove Middle School
(Brunswick County).
Roy Harkin Teacher Recognition Award
Spring 2013 Lisa Turlington—Butler
Avenue Elementary Site Coordinator &
Principal Vanessa Brown
Ms. Harkin, Widow of Dr. Roy
Harkin. The Roy Harkin Teacher
Recognition Award was funded by
a generous donation from the
Harkin family.
Partnership Teacher Meetings
This semester, the PDS office facilitated four partnership teacher meetings, three on campus and one at Butler Avenue Elementary School in Clinton City. These meetings are designed to
review cognitive coaching strategies and to discuss the Watson
policies and procedures for field experience and internship
placements. New and returning partnership teachers have a
chance to share success stories and challenges, to think collaboratively with colleagues from other schools, and to provide input about our teacher preparation programs. This semester 32
teachers attended one of our face-to-face meetings. For the year
we facilitated 12 partnership teacher meetings and 157 teachers
have attended! Partnership teachers are now required to attend
at least one face-to-face meeting during each three year district
renewal cycle.
ELMS Project Co-Teaching Workshop
On June 12, the ELMS Project hosted a workshop on
Co-Teaching with renowned co-teachers and authors
Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove of Molloy College,
New York. Thirty-five teachers from New Hanover,
Bladen, Forsyth, Pender, Carteret, Clinton, Pitt, Granville, and Durham school districts were in attendance at
the Watson College of Education to learn about one of
the most innovative practices in teaching. Co-teachers,
Amelia Siebold and Michelle Manis from Bradley
Creek Elementary, New Hanover County, and James
Laramee and Jessica Croson from Heide Trask High
School, Pender County, presented their co-teaching experiences and strategies in afternoon sessions. For more
information about the ELMS Project, visit
www.uncw.edu/ed/elms/
Digital Storytelling
Our annual Digital Storytelling Day brings English
Language Learners and their teachers on to
UNCW’s campus. At this event, students present
digital stories that they have designed and produced
along with the help of their teachers. The purpose
of this event is to give ELLs the opportunity to
demonstrate their mastery of a school topic without
having to rely completely on language. In the DST
projects, they scaffold language and visuals to create a more complete picture of their learning. Each
year, judges from the various schools and UNCW
judge the entries and pick the best stories. This year
the event attracted approximately 80 ELLs and
their teachers.
New Partnership Schools
This semester we welcomed two new
partnership schools—Brunswick County
Academy (top left) and Heroes Elementary (top
right). Brunswick County Academy is an
alternative school serving students in grades 612. To learn more about the school, please visit
their website at the following link.
Brunswick County Academy principal
Stephanie Smith, Assistant Principal
Kevin CearFoss, Curriculum Specialist
Kristi Swain, and Secondary Social
Studies Teacher Kristen Hewett.
We officially welcomed Heroes Elementary at
Camp Lejeune into the Partnership on
December 5th. Heroes serves students from PreK to fifth grade. The school officially opened on
September 6, 2011. To learn more about the
school, please visit their website at the
following link.
Principal Dewanda Sholar, Assistant
Superintendent Harriet Hunter-Boykin,
and Mary Hendrickson, Instructional
Systems Specialist.
Career Fairs
This semester, PDS Director Dr. Donyell Roseboro participated in two Career Fairs; one was at Acme Delco
Middle School in Columbus County and another was at Pender High School in Pender County. At both career
fairs, Dr. Roseboro talked about being a teacher in the P-12 setting and at the university/college level. Students
came with lots of questions about the teaching profession. They wanted to know more about the salaries of teachers and the job responsibilities. Other professions represented included: culinary arts, farming, banking, military,
athletics, dentistry, veterinary, and cosmetology (among others). Some colleges and universities were represented
as well. Principal Christie Brown at Acme Delco Middle and Craig Baker at Pender High engaged and encouraged students to visit all booths throughout the day. Our thanks go out to Dyann Rowell and Ann Jones at Pender
High School and Yvonne Lewis at Acme Delco Middle School for organizing the career fairs and inviting the PDS
office to participate.
Our thanks to Graduate Assistant Cassee Stem for creating
the PDS “Be at Teacher” Display Board.
Dr. Edelmira Segovia, the Director of UNCW’s Centro Hispano, shared information at the Pender High School Career
Fair.
Integrating Technology Workshop: “Get Your FACTS
(Free Academic and Collaborative Technology Tools)”
Dr. Jeff Ertzberger and Ms. Salena
Rabidoux facilitated a technology
workshop for partnership teachers
on February 11, 2013. There were
26 teachers present from Brunswick,
Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover,
and Pender Counties as well as Cape
Fear Center for Inquiry. Teachers
learned how to integrate these tools
into their curricula, received sample
lessons that aligned with Common
Core and began designing lessons
using the tools. Teachers were able
to collaborate across districts and to
work on designing instruction that
effectively integrates technology to
enhance the teaching of the content.
5th Annual AIG Conference
The UNCW AIG program hosted its annual conference
on April 23, 2013. Elin Reuben, New Hanover County
Schools, Karma Maples, New Hanover County Schools,
and Shelley Hollingsworth, Wake County Schools, delivered
a presentation entitled “Mapping Rigor.” They discussed
how to identify rigor in specific learning contexts. Shelley
discussed Common Core and differentiation in the regular
Classroom; including issues related to assessment and testing.
Together, they considered how to support elementary and
middle grades AIG learners in the regular classroom in the
era of Common Core Standards. Approximately 45 participants
attended to discuss the design and use of rigorous activities
and assessments for students identified as academically gifted.
For a copy of the conference presentation, please visit the
presentation link. To view the conference in its entirety,
please visit the following webinar link.
3rd Conference on African Americans and Education: The Rosenwald
School Legacy
On Friday, March 22, 2013 the History Department, Watson College of Education, and Upperman African
American Cultural Center sponsored a conference to examine the historical legacy of Rosenwald Schools , segregated schools for African Americans funded, in part, by the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Approximately 100 community members, faculty, and students attended the conference. Dr. John Haley, UNCW professor emeritus in History and Stephanie Deutsche, author of You Need a Schoolhouse, Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald and the
Building of Schools for the Segregated South, were the featured speakers. For more information about the panelists and speakers and to view archives of past conference presentations, please visit http://uncw.edu/ed/
rosenwald/
Spotlight on our Partners
Columbus County Schools
Columbus County Press Release….
Two Columbus County teachers have been named 2013-14 Kenan Fellows.
The teachers — LaTanya Pattillo and Jennifer Spivey — are two of 49 Kenan
Fellows statewide who were selected from a competitive pool of more than
230 North Carolina public school teachers. The newest cohort of Kenan Fellows
will tackle summer research projects in a variety of fields including curriculum
design, renewable energy, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture. From their
research, the Fellows will develop innovative classroom resources and lesson plans
designed to enrich the educational experience for kindergarteners through high school
seniors. These resources are shared with other educators at the regional, state and
national level via workshops, conferences and online platforms. The Fellows and
their projects are:
LaTanya Pattillo
LaTanya Pattillo, a business education teacher at East Columbus High School and Master Teacher with the Watson College of
Education will partner with PlyGem, a manufacturer of eco-friendly home exterior products. As part of her Fellowship, Pattillo
will shadow PlyGem workers to learn what skills students will need to enter the workforce.
Pender County Schools
Announcement from Kris Justice with TNTP….
TNTP (http://tntp.org/) annually honors some of the best teachers in the country
with the Fishman Prize. The prize recognizes exceptionally effective teachers
working in high-poverty public schools. Winners receive $25,000 and participate
in a special summer residency. The selection process is incredibly competitive,
with an intense focus on identifying high-impact teachers that get game changing
results for their students.
This year, nearly 600 teachers from 44 states applied. Nakita Thomas, a Master
Teacher with the Watson College of Education and teacher at Cape Fear Middle School,
was one of just 10 finalists for the prize. While she unfortunately was not selected as
one of the four Fishman Prize winners, she is truly a phenomenal teacher and even
making it to the finalist stage is an accomplishment worthy of celebration.
Nakita Thomas
Jones County Schools:
Over 30 volunteer parents and community members came together at North Jones Elementary to become science teachers for a day! Volunteers were trained and led through 30 Science workstations by NJE 4th, 5th,
and 6th grade science teachers and Dr. John Hunt, professor at Mississippi College and owner of P.E.A.R.L. Science Fun Day
events. They were also given cue cards with questions and science concept information about the experiments to help guide the
students’ thinking. Students rotated in groups of 4 every 4 minutes to work through all 30 workstations. The culminating science station was a 2-liter bottle rocket launched outside. Students in the 4th – 6th grades demonstrated their learning by taking
a pre and post-test.
New Hanover County Schools:
New Hanover County Schools received grants to fund free family support classes for parents and children. New Hanover
County Schools, in partnership with the Child Advocacy and Parenting Place (CAPP Center), has been granted two multi-year
grants from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) to provide family-centered services to
children and families aimed at achieving optimal health and well-being. The grants are valued at $190,000 and will provide
funding for the development, operation and expansion of community-based, family support programs in New Hanover County
Schools next year.
Sampson County Schools:
Sampson County Schools are featured in an article in the Middle School Journal. Citation information for the article is: L'Esperance, Mark E.; Lenker, Ethan; Bullock, Ann; Lockamy, Becky; Mason, Cathy. Creating a middle grades environment that
significantly improves student achievement. 44(5), p. 32-39.