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ISSUE 02 IN THIS ISSUE Hahn Extends Invitation to Museum Workshop > Manchester Grads Form 8th Grade Team at Wabash Middle School > Heiden Benefits from Global Opportunities > Workshop Mixes Education Majors with Recent Grads > Manchester Utilizes Technology > Graduate Program Back at Manchester? >
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Welcome to the second issue of The Intersection, the Manchester College Education Department’s way to stay connected with our graduates. We that hope the holidays were a time for you to relax and spend time with family and friends, and that you are ready to take on 2007 with renewed energy! Thank you to all who responded so positively to the first issue of The Intersection sent out in November. Many of you filled out the survey regarding your graduation years and your current careers. Others sent e-mails regarding upcoming events that might be of interest to other MC graduates. In this newsletter, check out information from Joanna Dykhoff '02 Hahn about the Indiana State Museum's spring conference; an update from Mark Heiden '01; and news from a team of MC graduates teaching together at Wabash Middle School. And read what's happening back at MC — our students are making the most of the opportunities that Manchester provides!
Hahn Extends Invitation to Museum Workshop Joanna Dykhoff '02 Hahn invites you to attend an upcoming event at the Indiana State Museum in Indianpolis. "Not Just a Housewife – Women's History in Indiana" is a workshop for educators featuring a variety of speakers and focusing on the hurdles faced and accomplishments made by Hoosier women. The focus is to help teachers find ways to teach Hoosier women’s history in the classroom. Lesson plans and information for use in the classroom will be distributed, and graduate credit and/or recertification credit is available through IUPUI, as well. Hann is a 2002 Manchester alumus, having majored in history and secondary education. She attained a part-time position at the State Museum upon graduation, teaching school workshops, before assuming a full-time position as the museum's cultural history education specialist.
"Not Just a Housewife – Women’s History in Indiana" Workshop cost: $20 for educators; $27 for non-educators http://www.in.gov/ism/ForEducators/EducatorEnrichment/tchrwrkshp.aspx For more information contact Joanna E. Hahn, cultural history education specialist, Manchester Grads Form 8th Grade Team at Wabash Middle School
Currently in their second year at Wabash Middle School, Melissa Brown ’05, Laura Koczan ’04 and Dede Quinn ’05 work together on the 8th grade team, with Koczan serving as the team leader. Koczan and Quinn are cosponsors of the middle school student council, and this year, Koczan and Brown have been asked to serve as student success process leaders for grades 6-9, which requires them to attend training sessions with the creator of the model, then train their colleagues. Brown is currently the cosponsor for the academic teams which includes Spell Bowl, Geography Bee, and the Academic Super Bowl. She also takes time to serve as the assistant varsity softball coach. During first period every day, the 8th grade team of teachers meets to discuss student issues, policies and the student success process. Brown said, “I really enjoy working with other MC grads because they have similar ideas and understanding of the educational values that MC instills. It is easier to work as a team coming from the same background. Although we all have our individual talents, we have similar classroom management approaches as well as modifications for special needs students. This makes it easier to be consistent as an 8th grade team for our students.” Heiden Benefits from Global Opportunities
Mark Heiden ’01 already has received three prestigious scholarships for educational programs in recognition of his teaching energy. Last summer, he joined other teachers for the Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar in Australia and studied the post-Civil War reconstruction period at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History at Columbia University in New York. You can read about his trip on his blog: http://markheiden.blogspot.com/ Heiden also studied in Japan with the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund for teachers. When he's not traveling the world, Heiden teaches gifted and talented third-graders at Brooks School Elementary in Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Fishers, Ind., and is the head boys' tennis coach at Southeastern High School. Previously, Mark taught for three years in North Manchester schools.
Workshop Mixes Education Majors with Recent Grads On Nov. 15, 2006, Manchester's pre-service education majors were treated to a morning of professional development with the "MC Prepared Me to Survive Teaching" workshop, hosted by the MC Education Dept . Students were split into groups based on their concentrations (social studies, art, elementary education, etc.) and had the opportunity to interact with recent graduates in those areas. These current classroom teachers offered advice and recounted their first year’s experiences, providing MC’s future educators with a realistic view of what lies ahead. Presenters included Abe Almager '05, Jill Baker '04, Amy Eager '05 Cox, Ben Cox '05, Genia Fox '05 Kottkamp, Jamie Tolliver '03 Forney, Garland Hudson II '05, Kris Hueber '05, Chris Beyer '01 Iwaniec, Michelle Keim '05, Kacey Kottkamp '03 Wright and Chad Moore '04. In general sessions, June Robinson introduced the DIBELS readings assessment program to elementary majors, and Phil Roth from the Department of Education spoke to secondary majors on the importance of being able to interpret ISTEP data for school improvement plans.
Graduate Program Back at Manchester? The Education Department is in the preliminary phase of considering the development of a graduate program. A new restructured graduate program would be very much different than the graduate program that was phased out in 1994. A feasibility study will be conducted to determine the viability of such a program and will seek input from faculty and staff internally, as well as teachers, administrators and alumni externally. The study will be completed in January 2008. We value your input as we consider this important addition to our curriculum, so stay tuned -- we may ask for your advice! Manchester Utilizes Technology In an effort to better prepare education majors to teach in the 21st century, the Manchester College Department of Education is integrating a variety of educational technologies into its course work. For example, first-year students enrolled in Professor Eastman’s "Introduction to Teaching" were asked to post keystone assignments online via Taskstream. Taskstream is a web-based technology utilized by teacher education programs for competency assessment and reporting, electronic portfolios and standards-based instruction. After students post keystone assignments in Taskstream, they are graded via an electronic rubric. These e-rubrics are linked to the INTASC principles, which guide the program, and ultimately, data can quickly be collected regarding student performance on the standards. Beginning with the 2006 cohort of Manchester education majors, Taskstream will pave the way for replacing the hard-copy version of Manchester’s teacher education portfolios with a more streamlined 21st century e-portfolio. In Instructor Heather Schilling’s Adolescent Exceptional Learners and Corrective Reading courses, seniors were asked to create online portfolios or classroom websites. Most of the students chose to create an online portfolio in which they showcased their best work at Manchester. A few selected to create a classroom website for either their student teaching placement or their future classroom. Check out a few of the outstanding examples: Professional portfolios: Classroom website: Also, in her spring Literacy Block, Instructor Schilling requires her students to create an online reading activity for a children’s book of their choice. For example, Sara Kauffman ’07 and Dana Zehring ’07 created activities for the beloved book Stellaluna. http://users.manchester.edu/Student/SRKauffman/StellalunaSite/index.htm
Instructor Stacy Stetzel also requires her students to integrate technology into science instruction. This fall, she asked her senior methods students to create online WebQuests that they could use in an elementary classroom. For example, Allison Kesteloot ’07 created a 2nd grade WebQuest through which students will discover the wonderful world of spiders. You can check out her WebQuest by clicking on course work and then scrolling down to the Science section. The Spider WebQuest is the last entry. http://users.manchester.edu/Student/AMKesteloot/Educ301/index.htm
"CELEBRATE TEACHING" WORKSHOP What's New With You? We want to stay connected with you! If you have news to share about upcoming events for you and your organization, or you would like to share successes you have had in teaching, please send us the information. To contact us, e-mail Heather Schilling at haschilling@manchester.edu. You can phone us at 260-982-5056 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Or visit us on the web. Click here to unsubscribe to The Intersection. |
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