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Agreement Signing Ceremony

On June 7th at 1:00 PM in the Watson College of Education building, the PDS office

sponsored our partnership re-signing ceremony. Every three years, we visit with

partnership superintendents, discuss the achievements and challenges of the partnership,

and re-negotiate the partnership agreements. We are pleased to announce that all of our

district partners re-signed three year agreements. Superintendents and their

representatives joined us on June 7th to celebrate the renewal of our partnerships and to

recommit to working together to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the

region. Dean Teitelbaum offered opening comments that stressed the changing times for

public education and highlighted the critical need for us to work collaboratively with

school districts. Chancellor Gary Miller highlighted the importance of partnerships and

regional engagement to the university. Superintendent Alan Faulk delivered remarks

during the ceremony. He emphasized the importance of the partnership to the students of

Columbus County and, in particular, thanked Somer Lewis and Brian Brinkley for their

work in facilitating a summer program for students from Acme Delco Middle School.

D.C. Virgo principal and Ed.D. student Eric Irizarry delivered remarks about the

importance of the partnership from a principal’s perspective. Finally, PDS Director, Dr.

Donyell Roseboro gave closing comments focused on the future of our partnerships and

the hope that we can work better together. During the ceremony, Dr. Scott Imig led the

official signing by the chancellor, dean, and superintendents.

August, 2012 Volume 13

News

Engagement Engagement

Advocacy

Support Collaboration

National Board Certification

Upcoming Events

National Board Certification

Teachers interested in

National Board Certification

for Initial, Retake, and

Renewal Candidates

Registration Link

Partnership Teacher Face-to-Face

Orientation Sessions

New Partnership Teachers:

August 28th, January 8th, and

January 10th

Returning Partnership

Teachers: September 20th,

October 30th,February 7th, &

April 20th

Registration Link

Global Learning Technology Conference

The first annual Global Learning Technology Conference was held Aug. 9-10 at the Watson College of Education, University of

North Carolina, Wilmington, NC. The conference was sponsored by the Office of E-Learning and the Master of Science in

Instructional Technology Program. Approximately 80 participants exchanged ideas on the applications of learning technologies for

education and training. This two-day conference brought together educators, instructional technologists, instructional designers, E-

learning specialists, and other learning technology professionals. The theme for the conference was “learn, innovate and connect.”

The program offered multiple hands-on workshops and paper and poster presentations that would help position learning technology

efforts now and into the future. The keynote speaker, Dr. Charles Severance, a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of

Information at the University of Michigan delivered the keynote address entitled “Initial Experiences Teaching a Massively Open

Online Course (MOOC)”. Dr. Charles Severance has been at the forefront of teaching and learning for some time. In addition to his

appointment at the University of Michigan, he also works for Blackboard as Sakai Chief Strategist and the IMS Global Learning

Consortium promoting and developing standards for teaching and learning technology. Previously, he was the Executive Director of

the Sakai Foundation and the Chief Architect of the Sakai Project. More recently, he is teaching a Massively Open Online Course

(MOOC) using the Coursera teaching platform (http://www.uncw.edu/ed/gltc/keynote.html).The conference began with guest speaker

Mr. Lucas Gillispie, a well-known local educator in the area talking about gaming in education, particularly the use of MMORPG’s

(Massively Multiplayer Online Role play Games), mobile game-based learning, virtual training and simulations.

-Press release written by the Conference Planning Committee

School Leadership Professional Development

In June and July, Dr. Bill Sterrett, Department of Educational Leadership, delivered a ten-hour professional development course for school leaders. This course focused on the principal’s role in improving teacher effectiveness in a collaborative manner. Learners engaged with current research and studied the insights of successful school leaders, authors, and innovators in the field. Participants selected focus areas, from serving as a learning leader with professional learning communities to leading effective professional development in the school setting, and applied those strategies in their own school by creating an implementation plan. This PD session consisted of an initial 3-hour work session at the Watson College followed by three online modules delivered in June and July. Participants completed the training equipped with implementation plans that are applicable in their leadership setting. -Contributed by Dr. Bill Sterrett

Columbus County Schools Summer Enrichment

Program

In July of 2012, the Watson College of Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, in partnership

with Columbus County Schools, continued a distinctive summer enrichment project for middle school students on

the campus of UNCW. Supported by a federal Race-to-the-Top grant award, Columbus County’s superintendent,

Mr. Alan Faulk, prioritized the Project for a second year to support 30 students from Chadbourn Middle School.

Georgia Spaulding, CMS Principal, evaluated student data, surveyed 22 students who had participated in the

program during Year 1 and chose 30 rising seventh, eighth and ninth-graders who would benefit from educational

remediation, enrichment and opportunity. The plan for the Summer Enrichment Project mirrored Year 1 in that it

included eight, day-long sessions at UNCW, with students traveling by bus, engaging in morning enrichment

experiences, and spending the afternoons being tutored by UNCW students. Tutoring focused on enhancing literacy

skills and inquiry-based research, while the enrichment experiences focused on career and college preparation.

Students were provided with a number of learning opportunities as WCE faculty collaborated with faculty and staff

across campus, including UNCW’s Career Center, the Center for the Education of STEM, the Cameron School of

Business, and the Upperman African American Cultural Center. These collaborations provided students with a

broad college experience and the opportunity to further explore their interests in many unique areas. Our thanks to

Somer Lewis, Watson’s Teacher-in-Residence for coordinating this project.

Fall Semester 2012

Partners Meeting with High Schools

Tuesday, August 14

Rm EB 266

9:00-11:00am

Burgaw Middle School PD

Tuesday, August 21

Burgaw Middle School

10:00-11:00am

New Partnership Teacher Orientations

Tuesday, August 21

Rm EB 387

5:00-7:00pm

Tuesday, August 28

Rm. EB 162

5:00-7:00pm

Burgaw Middle School PD

Wednesday, September 12

Burgaw Middle School

12:30-3:30pm

Fall Site Coordinator Meeting

Thursday, September 13

Rm. EB 162

5:00-7:00pm

Partnership Teacher Refresher Course

Thursday, September 20

Rm. EB 162

5:00-7:00pm

Technology Workshop

“Hunting for the CORE”

(K-8 Reading & Math)

Monday, October 8

Rm. EB 162

4:00-7:00pm

Fall Professional Learning Days

Wednesday, October 10

Thursday, October 11

Rm. EB 162

8:00am-3:00pm

Master Teacher Meeting

Thursday, October 18

Rm. EB 162

5:00-7:00pm

Partnership Teacher Refresher Course

Tuesday, October 30

Rm. EB 158

5:00-7:00pm

Online Professional Development Webinar

Monday, November 12

Literacy

Rm. EB 266

5:00-6:00pm

Burgaw Middle School PD

Wednesday, November 14

Burgaw Middle School

3:15-4:15pm

Spring Semester 2013

New Partnership Teacher Orientations

Tuesday, January 8

Rm. EB 162

5:00-7:00pm

Thursday, January 10

Rm. EB 162

5:00-7:00pm

Spring Site Coordinator Meeting

Thursday, January 31

Rm. EB 162

5:00-7:00pm

Partnership Teacher Refresher Course

Thursday, February 7

Rm. EB 158

5:00-7:00pm

Technology Workshop

“iAccommodate, iEnrich, iDifferentiate”

(K-12 All Content Areas)

Monday, February 11

Rm. EB 162

4:00-7:00pm

Burgaw Middle School PD

Wednesday, February 27

Burgaw Middle School

3:15-4:15pm

Master Teacher Meeting

Thursday, February 28

Rm. EB 162

5:00-7:00pm

Spring Professional Learning Day(s)

Tuesday, March 12

(Elementary)

Rm. EB 162

8:00am-3:00pm

Thursday, March 14

(Middle & High)

Rm. EB 162

8:00am-3:00pm

Online Professional Development Webinar

Tuesday, April 9

STEM

Rm. EB 266

5:00-6:00pm

Partnership Teacher Refresher Course

Saturday, April 20

Room TBA

10:00am-12:00pm

Burgaw Middle School PD

Wednesday, May 8

Burgaw Middle School

12:30-2:30pm

School Leader PD

Tuesday, June 18

Rm. EB 266

(Follow up modules online)

9:00am-12:00pm

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Spotlight on our Faculty

This summer, the PDS office collaborated with the Junior Seahawk program and Men & Women United of Colum-

bus County to sponsor a week long enrichment camp that integrated math, science, literacy, and social studies. Sev-

eral Watson faculty and staff worked diligently to make this possible—Somer Lewis and Brian Brinkley facilitat-

ed the literacy workshops, Shelby Morge & Ginger Rhodes facilitated the math workshops, Chris Gordon,

Deloris Rhodes, & Chandra Roughton facilitated the science & technology workshops, and Elizabeth Crawford

facilitated the social studies workshops. The program served 11 students from Columbus County. The students

programmed robots, worked the GPS technology, discussed the impact of plastic on the global environment,

designed and flew paper airplanes, launched rockets, and completed an inquiry project.

Spotlight on our Partners Brunswick County Schools

Brunswick County Schools and the UNCW Center for Education in STEM (CSTEM) recently were awarded a

$280,000 grant entitled Math Achievement Common Core. Congratulations to our Brunswick County partners!

New Hanover County Schools:

Jodi Sollosi, (Laney High School) was named New Hanover County high school teacher of the year. She is also a

partnership teacher and mentored her first social studies intern this spring. Congratulations Jodi!

Maria Greene, Principal at College Park Elementary, was named Principal of the Year!

Winter Park Elementary is celebrating its 100th year anniversary this year. Congratulations to Principal Monica

Goza and the Winter Park staff, students, and families.

Pender County Schools:

Craig Lawson, a graduate of UNCW, was named the Pender County Teacher of the Year! Lawson is an eighth

grade Language Arts teacher at Cape Fear Middle School.

Onslow County Schools

Onslow County Schools and the UNCW Center for Education in STEM (CSTEM) re-

cently were awarded a $873,924 grant for their Project Based Mathematics program.

The grant will serve teachers of math and science in grades 3-8. Congratulations to our

Onslow County partners!

Sampson County

Congratulations to Angelique Young, a teacher at Union Intermediate School

who received our spring 2012 Roy Harkin Award! This award is given to a

partnership teacher who has demonstrated excellence in teacher preparation. Angelique Young