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Fall 2022 UConn ECE Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems Workshop

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE SPSS Workshop

On Friday, October 28th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems, Julia Kuzovkina met with ECE certified SPSS Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The day included presentations by UConn Faculty Dr. Berkowitz: GMO’s: Plant Biotechnology; focused on genetic engineering of crop plants,  and Dr. Wong: BIofuels, Biomass and Plant Stem Cells. After lunch Neil Mattson (Cornell) discussed Controlled Environment Agriculture and Dr. Yi Ma led instructors through pGLO Bacterial Transformation.

UConn Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Marine Sciences Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE Maritime Studies Workshop

On Friday, October 28th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Marine Science, Claudia Koerting met with ECE certified MARN Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Teachers were treated to a presentation by Dr. Zosia Baumann, assistant research professor with Marine Sciences on an oyster rehabilitation project on the Quinnipiac River. Dr. Baumann is seeking further funding to expand the program to Southeastern Connecticut and engage secondary school students. Her presentation demonstrated outreach and engagement with students from the Sound School and their teacher Chuck Mulligan.

Karen Moré Director of Research Compliance-Animal Research & Safety, UConn spoke about regulations on using animals in UConn courses. They discussed good practices that can be introduced to the high school students when working with vertebrates and were provided with CT NERRS information and what having a National Estuarine Research Reserve System (https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/) means for local educators.

Later the teachers were introduced to our newest marine sciences professor, Assistant Professor Cara Manning, who also teaches introduction to oceanography. They were invited to collaborate with Professor Manning and her graduate student on future projects. Professor Manning also directed teachers to her website where past publications and the data are available for students to work with.

Finally, Dr. Koerting shared some information from post doctoral fellow Dr. Jessie Turner who works with Professor Heidi Dierrsen on ocean optics. Dr. Turner has developed a low cost, DIY reflectance sensor that teachers and their students can construct themselves.

In between presentations the group chatted about several topics specific to high school students, administrations, expectations, grading, and more.

UConn Marine Science Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Maritime Studies Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE Maritime Studies Workshop

On Friday, October 28th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for, Maritime Studies, Laurie Wolfley, met with ECE certified MAST Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Teachers and faculty discussed Winslow Homer’s “Fog Warning” and took to the water to experience the fog first-hand from dories on the water. Later participants discussed Stephen Crane’s Own Story” (the newspaper account of the shipwreck) and “The Open Boat” (Crane’s fictionalized version of the same event).

UConn Maritime Studies Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Economics Workshop

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE Economics Workshop

Connecticut high school teachers who are certified instructors with the UConn Early College Experience (ECE) – Economics program gathered (virtually) on October 26, 2022, for an annual professional development workshop. The Economics Department sees these instructors as colleagues and values their participation in the University mission.

For a detailed blog about the days events see:

https://econ.uconn.edu/2022/10/31/early-college-experience-economics-workshop-2022/

 

UConn Economics Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Physics Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE Physics Workshop

On Friday, October 21st , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Physics, Dave Perry met with ECE certified Physics Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group discussed final exams and syllabi for the UConn Physics courses offered through ECE and later Associate Professor in-Residence and Director of Teaching Laboratories, Diego Valente spoke about virtual platforms and gave a presentation on Quantum Computing.

 

UConn Physics Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Human Rights and Genocide Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE Human Rights Workshop

On Wednesday, October 19th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Human Rights, Sandra Sirota, Director, Human Rights Close to Home and Assistant Professor in Residence, Experiential Global Learning & Human Rights met with ECE certified Human Rights Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group discussed The Human Rights Framework in Social Movements and how to incorporate these ideas into their classrooms. Later, Guest Speaker, S. Garnett Russell, Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University shared a presentation and discussed her book, "Becoming Rwandan", and lead a conversation focused on teaching about the aftermath of genocide.

UConn Human Rights Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE American Studies and U.S. History Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE American Studies & U.S. History Workshop

On Wednesday, October 19th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinators for American Studies, Laurie Wolfley and Prof. Matt McKenzie met with ECE certified American Studies and U.S. History Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Chris Vials, Professor, English, and Director of American Studies at UConn presented to the group about "Fascism and American Studies"provided resources to help facilitate teaching the topic in the ECE AMST and U.S. History classrooms. Later, Aya Marczyk, Curriculum Development Fellow from Yale University's Fortunoff Video Archive For Holocaust Testimony engaged with Instructors on the topic of Race and Citizenship and provided a Curriculum Overview.

A recording of the workshop and additional resources can be referenced by certified AMST and HIST Instructors on the ECE HuskyCT sites for American Studies and U.S. History.

UConn American Studies and History Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE English Conference

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Fall2022 UConn ECE English Conference

On Tuesday, October 18th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for English, Associate Professor, Scott Campbell, met with ECE certified English Instructors for their annual fall professional development conference.

The group discussed Studio Pedagogy: Creative Experimentation and Making Contact with the World: Field Research/Documentary in First Year Writing Courses.  

 

UConn English Courses offered through Early College Experience.

 

 

 

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Philosophy Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE Philosophy Workshop

On Friday, October 14th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Philosophy, Mitch Green, met with ECE certified PHIL Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Professor Green shared opportunities for ECE/Philosophy Instructors and students including details about the Ethics Bowl, online courses, APA membership, Squire Foundation, and journals. Later, the group shared their experiences leading philosophical discussions in their classrooms and participated in an exercise on paper grading. After lunch Prof. Green lead a discussion on Applied Philosophy of Language: slurs, dog whistles, gaslighting, and fig leaves and spoke on new directions in Epistemology: Knowledge, understanding and wisdom, with special reference to the epistemic value of fiction.

UConn Philosophy Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE CE 2110 Engineering Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Civil Engineering Workshop

On Tuesday, May 24th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Engineering, Ross Bagtzoglou, met with ECE certified CE Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Professor Sarira Motaref, Assistant Director of Faculty Development shared HuskyCT updates and an overview with Instructors. Later, Professor Shinae Jang, Director of Undergraduate Studies, hosted a Neurodiverse Initiative Follow up Discussion: Allowing and Encouraging Creativity in the Statics course.  After a short break, the group met with Prof. Bagtzoglou to discuss their experiences teaching CE2110 in the high schools.

UConn Civil Engineering Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE HDFSWorkshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE HDFS Workshop

On Tuesday, May 10th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Human Development and Family Sciences, Shannon Weaver, met with ECE certified HDFS Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Special guest speakers from UConn's HDFS Department, Brian Chapman and Laura Donorfio spoke to the instructors on Aging. Later, the group shared about the courses they are teaching this year.

UConn HDFS Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE Statistics Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Statistics Workshop

On Monday, May 9th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Statistics, Prof. Nalini Ravishanker, met with ECE certified Statistics Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Special guest speaker, Michael Saccucci, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Statistics, UConn Stamford (formerly at Consumer Reports) spoke to the group about his work at Consumer Reports and statistics and data science in practice.  After a short break, instructors shared with each other about the courses they are teaching this year.

UConn Statistics Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE Art Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Art Workshop

On Wednesday, April 27th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Art, Prof. Cora Lynn Deibler, met with ECE certified Art Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The day began with introductions and a roundtable discussion about the critiquing process and innovative solutions for both remote and in person critiquing. Later instructors took turns sharing one piece of student work from their courses and collaborated on a group critique. After a short break the instructors discussed “Imagination and Play—How Sketchbooks Fit into Art 1030” and shared the sketchbook assignment that generated the best student responses.

UConn Art Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE French Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE French Workshop

On Wednesday, April 27th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for French, Prof. Florence Marsal, met with ECE certified French Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Presentations included:

  • “Le mentir-vrai et l’authenticité de la traduction littéraire”

(The true lie and the authenticity of literary translation)

-Dawn Cornelio, Professeure et Coordinatrice de la Maîtrise en Études Françaises, University of Guelph | Guelph, ON Canada

 

  • Une autre modernité: le contre-flâneur dans le Paris du XIXe siècle”

(Another modernity: the counter flâneur in 19th century Paris)

- Pauline Levy Valensi, Editorial Assistant for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: SITES

 

  • “La face "caché" de l'occident: le français postcolonial”

(The "hidden" face of the West: postcolonial French)

- Hassanaly Ladha, Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature

Graduate Director, French and Francophone Studies, UConn

 

After a short break the group reconvened to hear from Aaliyah Castleberry, Career Consultant, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Center for Career Development, UConn who spoke about: “Articulating the Value of a French Degree to Various Audiences”

 

UConn French courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE Allied Health Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Allied Health Workshop

On Tuesday, April 26th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Allied Health, Dr. Bruce Blanchard met with certified UConn ECE Allied Health Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group discussed and shared best practices for teaching AHS courses including sharing course content, HuskyCT sites, and assessments. They also spent time talking through the challenges they are facing and their concerns and strategies for improvement.

UConn Allied Health courses offered through UConn ECE.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE German Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE German Workshop

On Tuesday April 12th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for German, Prof. Anke Finger  met with certified UConn German Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group discussed Art in the German Language Classroom and German Instruction during and after COVID-19.

UConn German courses offered through ECE.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE Biology Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Biology Workshop

On Thursday, April 7th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Biological Sciences, Dr. Tom Abbott, and Lab Coordinator Dr. Chris Malinoski, met with certified BIOL 1107: Principles of Biology I and BIOL 1108 Principles of Biology II Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group shared how they are teaching the courses in their high schools this year and covered general ECE business discussing texts, labs exercises, exams, and grading. Later special guest, Dr. Morty Ortega, from UConn’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment shared his research on “Socioecology and evolution of the South American camelids" in an interactive presentation with teachers.

UConn Biological Sciences courses offered through ECE.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE Classics Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Classics Workshop

On Thursday, April 7th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Classics, Prof. Sara Johnson, met with certified ECE Classics Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group shared how they are teaching the courses during during pandemic times. All participants received a copy of "Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths" Kindle Edition by Helen Morales which was discussed for the reminder of the meeting.

UConn Classics courses offered through ECE.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE Geosciences Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Geosciences Workshop

On Tuesday, April 5th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Geosciences, Robert (Thor) Thorson, met with certified “GSCI 1051: Earth's Dynamic Environment” Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group shared how they are teaching the course in their high school settings this year. Later Thor discussed the upcoming change from GSCI to ERTH, sits visits, text books, the Climate Underground Podcast and NSF ECE Recruitment. Also discussed is UConn’s Geopath’s initiative and how Early College Experience offering UConn’s GSCI 1051 fits into the greater plans for fostering interest in high school students to continue their post-secondary education in the geoscience field.

UConn Geosciences courses offered through ECE.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE Human Rights Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Human Rights Workshop

On Monday, April 4th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Human Rights, Assistant Professor in Residence, Sandra Sirota, met with certified ECE Human Rights Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The Keynote presentation was given by Nancy Flowers – “HRE: Building on the Past, Looking to the Future”. Nancy Flowers is a writer and consultant for human rights education. She has worked to develop Amnesty International’s education program and is a founding member of Human Rights Educators USA, a national human rights education network. As a consultant to governments, nongovernmental organizations, and UN agencies, she has helped establish national and international networks of educators, develop materials, and train activists and professionals in many countries. She is the author and editor of many articles and books on human rights education.

ECE Faculty Coordinator, Sandra Sirota also shared a presentation and led a discussion on Human Rights advocacy from the classroom and instructors had time to share resources and discuss the courses they are teaching (or plan to teach) as well.

UConn Human Rights courses offered through ECE.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE EDCI Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE EDCI Workshop

On Monday, April 4th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for EDCI, Associate Professor, Michele Back, met with certified “EDCI 1100: If you Love It, Teach It” Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Dr. Michael Dominguez, Assistant Professor, San Diego State University led a conversation incorporating critical and decolonizing approaches to the course. He shared ideas on how to make the course more culturally sustaining, relevant, and engaging for students, as well as how instructors can instill these ideas in their students’ perceptions of themselves as future teachers.

UConn Education courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE LLAS Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Latino & Latin American Studies Workshop

On Friday, April 1st,  UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Latin and Latino American Studies, Dr. Anne Gebelein met with certified LLAS Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Presentations included:

  • El Instituto Presentation by Rodolfo Fernandez, Assistant Professor in Residence, UConn
  • La Plaza Virtual and Elise Weisenbach (Branford High School) & students’ presentation on building curriculum online
  • ECE UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for LLAS, Anne Gebelein presents on Child Border Art exhibit and activities

UConn LLAS courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE Italian Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Italian Workshop

On Friday, April 1st,  UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Italian, Dr. Tina Chiappetta-Miller met with certified Italian Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The day included:

  • Remarks by Gina Gallo (Bristol Central High School) speaking about her experience in the Ph.D. program at UConn.
  • Special Guest Speaker: Anna Marra, Ph.D., Lecturer in Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies at the University of New Hampshire: "Or ti riman, lettor, sovra 'l tuo banco: In dialogue with Dante"
  • Instructor resource and activity sharing

UConn Italian courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE English Conference

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE English Conference

On Thursday, March 31st  UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinators from English, Profs. Scott Campbell and Jason Courtmanche, and GA Kari Daly met with certified English Instructors for their professional development conference.

The group discussed what’s new—particularly UConn’s ENGL 1007: Seminar and Studio in Academic Writing and Multimodal Composition course. Topics included, the studio experience, designing studio activities, and designing course inquiry. Instructors worked in small groups throughout the day connecting and learning from each other as we prepare for the shift to ENGL 1007 for 2022-2023.

UConn English courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE Animal Science Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Library Media Specialists Training

On Thursday, March 24th UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinators for Animal Science, Dr. Jen Nadeau and Dr. Amy Safran met with certified Animal Science Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Drs. Safran and Nadeau went over guidelines for all ECE instructors including sample syllabi with course descriptions and philosophy, required books, and grading policies. The group also discussed how their courses are going this year before a short break and then visited an ANSC 1602 Behavior and Training of Domestic Animals course where they heard from a representative from Guiding Eyes for the Blind.

 

UConn Animal Science courses offered through Early College Experience.