PIE: Partners In Education
The Newsletter of the College of Education, Texas Tech University
May 2012, Volume 1, Issue 5
In this issue. . . . . .
Education Faculty and Vice Provost Becomes Prestigious Fellow
College of Education faculty and Vice Provost for Planning and Assessment at the University, Valerie Paton, has been chosen to participate in the 2012-2013 American Council on Education Fellows Program. (Please continue.)
Valerie Paton
College Faculty Honored at President’s Excellence Awards Ceremony
Congratulations to two faculty members who were honored with two of the President's Excellence Awards. (Please continue.)
Comfort Pratt and Rona Pogrund
Professors from Counseling Elected to Leadership Roles
Dr. Loretta Bradley and Dr. Bret Hendricks have been elected to International and state positions in their professional organizations. (Please continue.)
Loretta Bradley
Bret Hendricks
Instructor Continues to be Chosen to Read Advanced Placement (AP) Exams
Instructor Linda Kennedy travels widely in her work with grading AP Exams and training other teachers to be graders. (Please continue.)
Linda Kennedy
Faculty and Staff Receive Length of Service Awards
Seven College of Education faculty and staff received Length of Service Awards on May 2, 2012. They have worked for Tech 140 years combined. Two not pictured. (Please continue.)
Pictured left to right: Robin Lock, Margaret Graham, Linda Kennedy, Janis Ward, Kay Gleghorn
Language and Literacy Professors Publish Unique Text
Mellinee Leslie, Sally McMillan and Shirley Webb from the Language and Literacy program have published a text featuring Lubbock ISD Teachers and Students' Work. The cover is the work on one of the students. (Please continue.)
Cover of New Text by Language and Literacy
Faculty
New Development Officer on the Job
On April 1, Stacy Poteet assumed the duties of the Development Officer for the College of Education. Former Development Officer, Karen Jacobsen retired in March, 2011. (Please continue.)
Stacy Poteet
Instructor Begins a New Era in Her Life
After 19 years of teaching reading in Language and Literacy, as well as various other classes, Dana Craig is retiring to reading to her new grandson and
continuing to work as a realtor in Lubbock. (Please continue.)
Dana Craig (Right)
University Certification Officer Retires
After a long and successful career as teacher, diagnostician, assistant principal, secondary administrator and various other administrative positions at the College of Education, Dr. Pam Tipton retires. She will have a successor, but no one can take her place. (Please continue.)
Pam Tipton
Assistant Dean Retires after Being in Schools and Universities 49 Years (Minus Twins and Dissertation at the Same Time)
After a long career of teaching all types of secondary and college writing, American Literature and humanities, as well as serving as Director of Student Affairs in Kentucky and Assistant Dean in the College of Education, she is retiring to her Kindle Fire, ESL instruction, and continued writing of educational materials for Innovative Academic Solutions--maybe even a part time job. (Please continue.)
Judy Simpson Pictured with Lovely
Tulips, Duty of Grounds Oversight
College Faculty Encourages Undergraduates to Present and Publish
Two College of Education undergraduates are encouraged by their professor to start building their resumes by making presentations and by publishing. They have done just that. (Please continue.)
Trish Patrick
Elementary Social Studies Methods Pre-service Teachers Embrace Alternative Learning Activities
The most successful field trips meet two criteria: they are fun and they are also educational. This semester the social studies methods students got first-hand experience organizing and hosting field trips for grades Pre-K through fourth at Bozeman Elementary. These field trips extended the social study curriculum learning that was begun in the classroom. (Please continue.)
Social Studies Pre-service Teachers
Working with Students
Books. Reading. Beyond: Jumpstart for a Day!
Saturday, April 28th was not a typical day; Barnes and Noble was the setting for “Jumpstart For A Day” (JFAD), which took the book store beyond the usual quiet reading place it usually is. (Please continue.)
Jumpstart Read-Aloud
Staff, as Well as Professors, Have Personal Lives Too!
One of our newest staff members, Louise Nelson, Unit Assistant Director, Grant Coordinator, has a very interesting way of spending her personal time. She has a master's degree in management information systems, so she works in a family business called Parallel Solutions Inc., which she and her son, Ben Nelson, developed about 24 months ago. (Please continue.)
Louise Nelson
Correction:
One of our Education graduate students was left off the list of presenters at the Women's Studies Conference; therefore, she was left out in our last month's coverage of that event: Dilber Celebi's paper was "Exploring Women[s] Oppressors: A Global Perspective."