A faculty study group at The University of Texas — Pan American conducts a literature review of research in Latino rhetoric, discourse, and composition to ascertain if there are recognizable attributes identified as Latino rhetorical practices and to formulate ... more »

To gather information on existing models, develop evaluation tools, and modify the counseling curriculum, Dr. Hall, Ms. DeRemer, and their colleagues study effective ninth grade academy models focusing on the learning and personal development of ninth grade ... more »

Mr. Hurlburt attends the Texas Instruments (TI) Teacher Leader Cadre session to learn to use the TI-Navigator System. Using this system to monitor student use of graphing calculators, he hopes to improve student skills in integrating technology into the mathematics ... more »

Dr. Hill and Dr. Shelley are studying what should be included in a professional seminar series for graduate students preparing to become school leaders and higher education faculty. They use their research to develop and assess the effectiveness of three ... more »

Working with local high school teachers, Dr. Freeburg and Ms. Arnett-Campbell engage in research to identify resources and develop units of instruction that integrate core academics within the Family and Consumer Science (FCS) curriculum and strengthen the FCS ... more »

Dr. Henry and Dr. Bacchilega are transforming a tutoring effort into a mentoring program to help students with low English placement test scores to improve their writing. Upper class and graduate mentors will help their protégés understand how writing for ... more »

Dr. Thompson and Ms. Baeder will conduct a one year pilot professional development project to build capacity for secondary science education in the Puget Sound region. The grantees will facilitate a network of teachers interested in increasing student science ... more »

Dr. Smith, the faculty advisor of the student-run newspaper, The Forum, will attend the Associated Collegiate Press Association's National Collegiate Newspaper Convention. Upon returning to campus, Dr. Smith will share the newly acquired information, skills, and ... more »

The University of Mississippi Writing Project proposes offering a preservice teacher mentoring program with a focus on writing instruction. The workshops will provide an opportunity for preservice teachers to learn current best writing practices in a series of ... more »

Ms. Rode and Ms. Meyer will implement a collaborative collegial workshop for faculty. The workshop will focus on best practices for adolescent writers and the techniques that actively engage reluctant learners.

Dr. Parrish and her partner will implement a Faculty Mentorship Program for full time faculty with less than seven years teaching experience. The program will ensure faculty has access to accumulated instructional knowledge and expertise of colleagues to improve ... more »

Ms. Heaton will participate in a peace delegation to Israel and Palestine, focusing on seeing, listening to, and recording the experiences and perspectives of a wide range of Palestinian and Israeli voices. Information gathered will be shared with a 15 member ... more »

Ms. Carmichael will attend the Institute on the Teaching of Writing at Columbia University, where she will participate in discussion groups with peers and attend seminars with recognized literacy leaders. Upon completion of the institute, she will mentor her ... more »

At the Project Zero Classroom 2008 at Harvard University, Ms. Melillo will examine how children’s multiple intelligence strengths play into how they learn in the classroom and how these qualities can be used to help children think more creatively. Knowledge will ... more »

Ms. Kerr and Ms. Leach will oversee a Teacher Learning Community for new full-time faculty. Participants will learn effective teaching techniques and apply those concepts to their own classroom instruction.

The grant will support a team of five teacher researcher participants, all teaching full-time in Northern California urban public high schools. Under the guidance of Ms. Bookmyer and Dr. Hamilton, participants will choose a literacy or language related teaching and ... more »

Dr. O’Brien-Gayes seeks to expand a pilot program for building and deploying remotely operated vehicles in the First Year Experience program. The desired outcomes of the project are to accelerate the exploration of the interdisciplinary nature of science, ... more »

In support of building community relations and creating curriculum materials reflective of cultural identity, the Department of Modern Languages and Literature will offer a series of faculty workshops that facilitate the acquisition and integration of content based ... more »

The partners will implement a professional development workshop that focuses on preparing teachers to work with English language learners on cross-cultural communication and ESOL methodology.

The partners will implement the “Literacy Circle Program” for teachers and parents in support of improving learning acquisition for skills associated with reading comprehension. The project includes opportunities for parents and their children to discuss ... more »

The partners will develop and implement the integration of a “Reading Laboratory” for teaching assistants to collaboratively plan, develop, and deliver instruction.

To enhance the learning of science teacher candidates in an accelerated graduate program, Dr. Lesniak and Ms. Albano will conduct a study group of secondary teachers who mentor pre-service teachers during student teaching.Beginning with mentor teachers' experiences, ... more »

Students with cognitive disabilities will be taught how to use public transportation so they may be autonomous in their travel.  This project will develop travel training designed in a mobile device that provides different levels of support to deliver ... more »

Realizing the importance of alternative energy as it pertains to her students’ preparedness for post-collegiate work, Ms. Noto will attend the Society of Automotive Engineers Fundamentals of Hybrid Electric Vehicles Seminar. After completing the seminar, Ms. ... more »

Ms. Kotterman will combine two efforts: the “Innovative Spaces Project,” which re-engineers recycled shipping containers as learning spaces for students and teachers, and the “Arizona Teacher Leaders Network,” which provides opportunities for ... more »

Ms. Sieglock will increase her knowledge of best practices and state-of-the-art adaptive technology through workshops and vendor presentations at the 2009 Technology & Disabilities Conference.  She will use the workshop and vendor information to provide ... more »

A study group will conduct a review of literature, survey of students, and analysis of best practices within other doctoral programs in order to develop and implement a pilot orientation course to meet the needs of doctoral students as they prepare to become higher ... more »

Dr. Lisberger will form a study group that will allow 12 women’s studies faculty to develop the skills, learn the best practices, discuss the pedagogical ramifications, and share with other faculty the knowledge and experiential wisdom they gain from teaching ... more »

Dr. Selva will travel to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to study the declining population of calicioid lichens and fungi.The data gathered will be incorporated into a manuscript that he will submit to the journal of the American Bryological and Lichenological ... more »

To help at-risk students better prepare for college, a learning community of high school math teachers will gain expertise in online learning and teaching technologies.  Under the guidance of Professor Sullivan, the group will learn how to develop and implement ... more »

Dr. Laughlin will attend a Gordon Institute for Music Learning workshop.  Lessons at the workshop will focus on training teachers to recognize the importance of early childhood music and learn how young children might best be taught music through ... more »