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On Wednesday, December 18th UConn Early College Experience and the Math Department invited all certified Math Instructors to campus for their professional development workshop.
UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Math, Anthony Rizzie coordinated the day which included, a general program overview and updates, class discussions (specific to each UConn Math class offered through ECE 1030Q, 1131Q and 1132Q) and both an individual and group math competition. Congratulations to the group competition winners on Team Enjoying Calculus Everyday (ECE): John Tedesco (East Granby), James Tierinni (Manchester), Cathy Mazzotta (Manchester), Mike Escedy (Joel Barlow), Mari O'Rourke (Masuk), Ryan Corcoran (Windham), and Irina Lavruk (STMHS New London)!
On Thursday, November 2st UConn Early College Experience and the Music Department invited all certified Music Instructors to campus for their professional development workshop.
The group started their day with a class visit to Prof. Eric Rice's Music History class after which he spoke to the Instructors about Early Music in the High School Curriculum and gave an engaging lecture on musical modes and how to teach the concept to students. Later, ECE Faculty Coordinator, Glenn Stanley, chaired a Seminar on J.S. Bach's Cantata BWV 140 “Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme.” During lunch, UConn Music Professors Cara Bernhard (music education), Daniel Goldberg (music theory), and Alain Frogley (music history) joined the conversation.
Many thanks to UConn ECE Music Faculty Coordinator Glenn Stanley, and the Faculty from the Music department for spending their day and sharing their knowledge with UConn Early College Experience Instructors.
On Wednesday, November 20th, UConn Early College Experience and the Sociology Department invited all certified SOCI 1001 instructors to campus for their professional development workshop. The theme was:
Teaching, Researching, and Publishing Sociology in a Global World
There was a panel discussion on publishing international (global, comparative) research by Andrew Deener, Editor Qualitative Sociology and David Weakliem, Editor Comparative Sociology. Later Professors Phoebe Godfrey and Darrell Irwin spoke to the group about incorporating international perspectives into teaching sociology courses. After lunch there was a second panel discussion with Professors, Manisha Desai, Bandana Purkayastha, and Fumilayo Showers.
Many thanks to UConn ECE Sociology Faculty Coordinator Mary Bernstein for coordinating for planning the day.
UConn Sociology classes offered through UConn ECE.
American Studies and Maritime Studies Professional Development Workshop
On Thursday, November 14th, UConn Early College Experience and the American Studies and Maritime Studies departments invited all certified UConn ECE AMST and MAST instructors to campus for their professional development workshop. The theme was:
Integrating Visual Arts in the Interdisciplinary Classroom
Special Guest Speakers:
Jeanne Ciravolo, Adjunct Faculty, UConn discussing Contemporary Art
Betsy Athens, Assistant Professor Art and Art History, UConn spoke about Winslow Homer’s Art
Amanda Douberley, Art Museum Registrar, Benton Museum of Art, provided a tour of the museum and work with the instructors at three stations.
Winslow Homer wood engravings
Martin Johnson Heade painting in the permanent collection gallery as the basis for a close looking exercise (The painting can be used to teach several American Studies topics – Civil War, the sublime in American landscape painting, and environment/land use.)
Drawing after Thoreau
Many thanks to Faculty Coordinators Matthew McKenzie and Laurie Wolfley for coordinating the speakers and museum visit for the day.
On Wednesday, October 30th, UConn Early College Experience and the Economics department invited all certified UConn ECE Economics instructors to campus for their professional development workshop. The instructors listened to presentations by:
Professor Mikhael Shor, University of Connecticut, Economics: Economics: “Patent Holdup - a classroom demonstration of monopoly power?
Professor Natalia Smirnova, University of Connecticut, Economics: “Using Data in the Classroom: FRED Database”
Professor, William Alpert, University of Connecticut, Economics: “Prediction -- Really?”
Professor Steven Lanza, University of Connecticut, Economics: "Economic Indicators: Rediscovering Lost Arts"
Professor Nishith Prakash, University of Connecticut, Economics: “Street Police Patrols and Violence Against Women in Public Spaces: Experimental Evidence from India: Update!”
Many thanks to Faculty Coordinator Bill Alpert for coordinating the speakers for the day.
UConn Economics classes offered through UConn ECE.
On Friday, October 25th UConn Early College Experience and the English department invite all certified UConn ECE English instructors to campus for their professional development conference. This year's theme was Connecting Literature and Composition Pedagogies--Writing Through Literature: Not Just for 1011.
On Wednesday, October 23rd, UConn Early College Experience and UConn's Marine Sciences Department hosted their annual professional development training. This year the group met at the Credabel Coral Lab in New London for the day. In the morning they heard from Michael Gerdes and ECE Faculty Coordinator for Marine Sciences, Claudia Koerting about coral lab research and high school student projects. Later, there was a discussion about MARN 1001 and 1002 syllabi and content including the new "E" (Environmental Literacy) course designation.
In the afternoon, the teachers discussed the UConn Avery Point Cardboard Boat Race and how they use this event (ex. building cardboard boats to race) as a teaching tool. Lastly, Prof. Koerting discussed the Marine Science Symposium held each spring and encouraged more participation for 2020.
On Monday, October 21st, UConn Early College Experience and UConn's Educational Leadership and Human Rights Departments hosted their annual professional development training. This year the theme was "Centering Youth Voices in Human Rights Education and Advocacy." Certified ECE Human Rights and Educational Leadership instructors were joined by other educators and community-based practitioners for a day of discussions and activities. A group of UConn student activists held a panel discussion led by ECE Faculty Coordinator for Educational Leadership, Danielle DeRosa, and the group discussed how to integrate these topics and conversations into their classrooms.
Many thanks to ECE Faculty Coordinators, Glenn Mitoma (Human Rights) and Danielle DeRosa (Educational Leadership) for putting together such an informative day.
On Wednesday, October 16th, UConn Early College Experience and UConn's History Department invited Assistant Professor, Sarah Silverstein (UConn, Department of History) to speak with UConn ECE History 1400 instructors. The title of her talk was "Rediscovering the History of Interwar Internationalism". She also led a discussion with instructors, analyzing primary documents.
Later in the day, ECE Faculty Coordinator, Kenneth Gouwens discussed two new initiatives with the instructors. The HIST 1400 new course reader and a spring graduate History courses which will be offered on the Hartford Campus.
On Tuesday, October 15th, UConn Early College Experience and UConn's Political Science Department invited Prof. Sanford Levinson (Law Professor from University of Texas) and his wife, children's book author Cynthia Levinson to Storrs to speak with UConn ECE Political Science instructors and UConn Political Science students. Prof. Levinson is a notable legal scholar, most known for books and publications about constitutional law.
Prof. Levinson spoke at length during the morning session about "Why the Impeachment Clause Is a Failure” and was most was recently quoted in a article posted to Vox: "Are we in a constitutional crisis yet? ". The Levinson's blog "Fault Lines in the Constitution" is a valuable teaching resource for political science instructors.
After lunch the group of instructors met to discuss their UConn courses and exchanged ideas and best practices. Many thanks to the Political Science Department (Department Head, Prof. David Yalof and Prof. Matt Singer), ECE Faculty Coordinator, Fred Turner and ECE instructor Aaron Hull -Greenwich High School) for their hard work in planning this exceptional professional development day.
On October 3rd, UConn Early College Experience Library Liaison, Shelia Lafferty welcomed a group of 25 UConn ECE affiliated Library Media Specialists at their professional development workshop. With more than 200 partner schools across the state, our library media specialists are an integral part of the ECE community. They assist over 1,400 ECE instructors utilizing University library resources in their courses.
Morning sessions included, Borrowing and Library Cards, Computer Services and an overview of the UConn Library Website and Research Guides. After lunch more small group sessions included Identifying Real News Resources, Science, English, and a tutorial of Google tools including Google Scholar and RefWorks. Many thanks to Babbidge Library staff members: Kim Wilk, Erika McNeil, Donovan Reinwald, Steve Batt, and Carolyn Mills for spending their day sharing valuable information with the group.
On September 30th, UConn Early College Experience Faculty Coordinator for Physics, David Perry welcomed his group of 40 UConn ECE certified Physics instructors to attend their annual professional development training. This year, Dr. Cara Battersby from UConn's Physics Department shared an interactive presentation with the group, titled“The Milky Way Laboratory”. During the afternoon a conversation was had between instructors and staff from UConn ECE regarding instructor responsibilities and the updated grading policy.
UConn Physics courses offered through Early College Experience
On September 13th, UConn Early College Experience Faculty Coordinator for United States History, Prof. Matthew McKenzie welcomed his group of 40 UConn ECE certified HIST 1501 and 1502 instructors to attend their annual professional development training. This year Prof. McKenzie spent the morning leading the group in a discussion about The Myth of Objectivity, The Omnipresence (and Therefore Irrelevance) of “Bias,” and "Teaching History as Discursive Process. Later they discussed Teaching History in a Politically Polarized Age: Where are the Bonds of Civility."
UConn U.S. History courses offered through Early College Experience
On September 12th, UConn Early College Experience Faculty Coordinator for SPSS, Prof. Julia Kuzovkina welcomed her group of UConn ECE certified SPSS instructors to attend their annual professional development training. This year the instructors were able to meet with Professor Pamela Ronald from the University of California-Davis and later heard her lecture titled Serving up Science: Plant Genetics and the Future of Food. Dr. Ronald explained how genomic approaches are being used to produce the next generation of crops.
On September 6th, UConn Early College Experience Faculty Coordinator for Philosophy, Prof. Mitch Green welcomed a group of about ten UConn ECE certified PHIL 1001 instructors to attend their annual professional development training. This year, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Rebecca Stangl from the University of Virginia joined the event to speak to instructors about recent trends in Ethics and her forthcoming book.
Along with ECE Faculty Coordinator, Cora Lynn Deibler, certified UConn ECE ART 1030: Drawing I instructors were able to visit the Thomas J. Dodd Center on the Storrs campus at to take a firsthand look at the Maurice Sendak archives. Recently, the Maurice Sendak Foundation chose to share Sendak’s archives with the University of Connecticut who are now housing and stewarding the Collection. Project Archivist, Clara Nguyen shared her knowledge with the group who were able to learn more about Sendak’s life, and view his original artwork, sketches, books and other materials.
Our certified Animal Science instructors along with Faculty Coordinators Dr. Jenifer Nadeu and Dr. Amy Safran met with Dr. Julia Wilkinson from Tufts Veterinary Field Service to learn about equine aging and dentistry in a hands on science lab. The group of 12 certified animal science instructors were able to tour the horse barns and observe Dr. Wilkinson floating a horse’s teeth. This routine procedure involves filing a horse’s teeth to make the chewing surfaces relatively flat or smooth as a part of overall equine health.
Dr. Thomas Abbott, faculty coordinator for UConn ECE Biology and a group of fifty certified instructors discussed all things insects. Special guest speaker, from UConn’s EEB department, Professor David L. Wagner shared his research on caterpillars with the group in an interactive presentation during the morning. In the afternoon, instructors were able to tour UConn’s Research greenhouses under guidance by Living Plant Collections Manager, Clinton Morse. Instructors walked through each zone getting to take a close look at the thousands of plants thriving in the greenhouses. Later groups of instructors were able to visit the Biodiversity Research Collections with Dr. Sarah Taylor and Dr. Jane O’Donnell who shared a variety of samples from the Collections with the instructors.
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