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Marine Sciences Professional Development Workshop

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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.

Marine Science classes offered through UConn ECE.

Educational Leadership and Human Rights Professional Development Workshop

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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.

Human Rights and Educational Leadership classes offered through UConn ECE.

European History Professional Development Day

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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.

UConn History classes offered through UConn ECE.

Political Science Professional Development Day

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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.

 

UConn Political Science classes offered through UConn ECE.

 

Library Media Specialists Training

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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.

UConn ECE LibGuide

Physics Professional Development Workshop

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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

United States History Professional Development Workshop

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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

Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems (SPSS) Professional Development Workshop

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9-12-19 SPSS Professional Development

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.

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Philosophy Professional Development Workshop

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9-6-19 UConn ECE Philosophy Workshop

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.

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Art Professional Development Workshop

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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.

UConn Art Courses through UConn ECE

Animal Science Professional Development Workshop

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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.

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Biology Professional Development Workshop

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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.

UConn Biology Courses through UConn ECE