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Mary H. Anderson Adjunct Teaching Award |
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Kristina Rouech, Doctoral Candidate in Reading and Language Arts, won the Mary H. Anderson Adjunct Teaching Award for excellence in teaching at Saginaw Valley State University. The award will be presented at the All University Awards Banquet on April 19, 2013 and comes with a plaque of recognition as well as a cash prize.
Congratulations, Kristina!
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Dr. Tanya Christ Receives Two Grants in February |
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Tanya Christ, Assistant Professor in Reading and Language Arts, received two grants last month. The first was an International Reading Association Elva Knight Research Grant of $8,000 to research "Emergent Readings of Digital Texts," with studies being conducted in schools in Michigan and New York.
Tanya also received a mini-grant from the MEEMIC Foundation, which will be used to purchase iPads and eBooks for use with students at the Baldwin Center in Pontiac, Michigan.
Congratulations to Tanya as her hard work and dedication have paid off!
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The Promising Practices Network |
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The Promising
Practices Network (PPN) has completed a new review of Reading Recovery
Early Intervention research. Based on a study conducted by Professor Robert Schwartz, of the Reading and Language Arts Department,
this organization has changed their rating from a promising program to a proven
program. The PPN review found that on a measure of text reading level (similar to measures that many school districts use to judge student progress in
early grades) the Reading Recovery group increased their initial performance by
19 times, compared to 6 times by the control group (http://www.promisingpractices.net/program.asp?programid=69).
Read the full story here |
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| Avondale District Kindergarten Parent Night |
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Dr. Tanya Christ's preservice teachers, currently enrolled in the RDG 414 literacy methods course, created video presentations to show parents what they could do to help prepare their children for kindergarten. They then presented and discussed these videos with parents across Kindergarten Parent Nights for three schools in the Avondale District: Auburn Elementary, Deerfield Elementary, and Graham Elementary. These videos will also be posted on the Auburn Elementary website as a parent resource.
Thanks to these preservice teachers for representing SEHS and OU so well!
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Yeaton Clifton Receives URC Student Research Grant
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Yeaton Clifton, a Doctoral Candidate in Reading and Language Arts, has received a URC Student Research Grant to help fund his dissertation study entitled, "Literacy Instruction for Autism Spectrum Disorder Students in Midwestern School Districts: A Qualitative Case Study."
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Chaunda Scott named Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusion - SEHS Office of the Dean
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Professor Chaunda Scott has been named the Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusion in the Dean's Office for next year. Chaunda will bring
to bear both her research and professional experiences to assist us in moving forward with new diversity and inclusion projects and activities.
We are so excited, Chaunda!
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OU and Teach For America Detroit Partnership |
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SEHS received the below note from Annis Stubbs, Executive Director of Teach For America - Detroit, thanking us for our recent contributions to Teach for America.
"I would like to express my sincere thanks for the unparalleled partnership of several offices and departments across Oakland University. The entire Teach for America Detroit staff, as well as our nearly 300 teachers working in schools across the city, are incredibly grateful for your support. Your ongoing flexibility and collaboration have made it possible for our corps members to be working relentlessly to improve educational outcomes for nearly 80 schools across Detroit."
Read Teach for America's full thank you letter here.
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S. Rebecca Leigh, Ph.D. Recent Publication |
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Portal Writing (Leigh, 2010; 2012; 2013) is an aesthetic writing strategy for re-seeing, re-imagining, and re-creating story ideas from unfinished, often abandoned, drafts. In this latest chapter Portal Writing: Helping Writers Re-Think Their Writing, Leigh guides teachers through a creative revision process to help students improve their writing through the use of portals (i.e. circled words) and redacted text. Also included in this chapter are three adaptations of portal writing for struggling writers, English Language Learners, and advanced writers.
Leigh, S.R. (2013).
Portal writing: Helping writers re-think their writing. In J. Richards & C. Lassonde (Eds.), Strategic Writing
Mini-Lessons for All Students, Grades 4-8 (pp. 155-162). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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Other Faculty News
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Professors McEneaney, Carver, and Bowe presented stimulating
and informative research projects last week. We are very pleased with the two
symposiums that were sponsored by the Research Support Committee and look forward to next year's presentations!
Professor Mark Doman has been named the Excellent Teacher of
the Year in the category of non-tenured faculty. He will be given a cash award
at the Annual Awards Ceremony. Congratulations, Mark!
Lowry teachers Meagan Lynch and Colleen George will be attending the National Inclusion Program Conference in Raleigh, NC on April 4-5. There, they will learn about the "Let's ALL Play" curriculum that Lowry uses to support inclusion of children with special needs in the center.
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