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Unification Grant
Saint Joseph College
GRANT AWARDS
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SPRING '03 AWARDS
The Interdisciplinary Review Team, composed of faculty
from several college divisions, evaluated and funded eleven proposals.
All proposals were granted awards in December for implementation in Spring
'03. Congratulations to all recipients!
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AWARDS • $3000-$5000
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""Reading
Disabilities"
Impact: Graduate
Collaboration: between Education faculty
and adjunct faculty
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To
create a manual for future adjunct instructors based on the
revisions and refinements developed for the course, SPEC 542
Reading Disabilities, in Spring '03. |
Contact person: Lydia
Conca
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"Pedagogical Techniques in the English Literature Classroom"
Impact:
Undergraduate
Collaboration: between College and Education faculty
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To develop active learning techniques and performace-based
evaluation to meet the learning needs of undergraduate students
in literature courses. |
Contact person: Catherine Hoyser
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"Latino Community Research"
Impact: Undergraduate
Collaboration: between College and Education faculty
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To implement a new course in Latino Community Research through
which future teachers will gain exposure to research on Latino
issues in the community and in schools. |
Contact person: Julie Alexandrin |
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AWARDS • $2000-$3000
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"Multimedia Presentation of IEP Meetings"
Impact: Undergraduate & Graduate
Collaboration: within Education faculty
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To refine a multimedia presentation that helps general education
teachers examine, and develop skills to participate effectively
in IEP (Individual Education Plan) development meetings. |
Contact person: Susan Hillman |
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"Field Experience for Science/Social Studies Education
with a Focus on Special Education"
Impact: Undergraduate
Collaboration: between College and Education faculty
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To infuse field experiences for all students,
including special education students, into the design and development
of science/social studies courses using curriculum standards
and effective teaching practices. |
Contact person: Peter Markow |
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"Fine Arts"
Impact: Undergraduate & Graduate
Collaboration: between College and Education faculty
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To create a 1-credit Fine Arts course to teach
prospective elementary teachers how to infuse the arts into
the curriculum. |
Contact person: Jill Mack |
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"Nutrition and Health"
Impact: Undergraduate
Collaboration: between College and Education faculty
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To enhance NUFS 135 to infuse health promotion
strategies and to develop cooperative learning approaches. |
Contact person: Dalia Giedrimiene |
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"Interdisciplinary Teaching Techniques at the Secondary
Level "
Impact: Undergraduate & Graduate
Collaboration: within Education faculty
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To address the needs of at-risk and diverse students
through collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches at the secondary
level. |
Contact person: Kathleen Butler |
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AWARDS • $1000-$2000
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"Mathematical Thinking"
Impact: Undergraduate
Collaboration:between College and Education faculty
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To help teacher certification candidates to articulate their
understanding of motivational issues in mathematics classrooms
and to use new technology for mathematical analyses. |
Contact person: Nori Inoue |
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FALL '02 AWARDS
The Interdisciplinary Review Team, composed of faculty
from several college divisions, evaluated and funded eleven proposals.
All proposals were granted awards in June for implementation in Fall '02.
Congratulations to all recipients!
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AWARDS • $3500-$5000
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"First Year Seminar"
Impact: Undergraduate
Collaboration: between College &
Education faculty
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To
develop an awareness of learning style preferences, infuse higher-level
thinking skills, and promote critical literacy for first year
college students enrolled in First Year Seminar. |
Contact
person: Karen Palmunen |
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"Integration of Special Education into Early Childhood
Methods Courses"
Impact:
Undergraduate
Graduate
Collaboration: within Education faculty
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To integrate early childhood special education into both the
undergraduate and graduate early childhood certification coursework. |
Contact person: Carlota Schechter
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"Enhancement of General Education Requirements in Mathematics"
Impact: Undergraduate
Collaboration: between College and Education faculty
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To initiate a formal collaboration between education and mathematics
faculty to develop an interdisciplinary project focusing on
mathematics teaching. |
Contact person: Nori Inoue |
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AWARDS • $2000-$3500
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"Multi-media Presentation of IEP Meetings"
Impact: Undergraduate & Graduate
Collaboration: within Education faculty
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To develop a multimedia presentation that helps general education
teachers examine, and develop skills to participate effectively
in IEP (Individual Education Plan) development meetings. |
Contact person: Susan Hillman |
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"Integration of Second Language Acquisition"
Impact: Undergraduate & Graduate
Collaboration: between College and Education faculty
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To integrate second language acquisition content
into the graduate and the undergraduate courses, "Teaching
in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classrooms." |
Contact person: Julie Alexandrin |
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"Enhancement of Student Teaching Seminar"
Impact: Undergraduate & Graduate
Collaboration: within Education faculty
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To redesign the student teaching seminars into
interactive workshops to be delivered at the beginning and at
the end of the student teaching semester. |
Contact person: Herb Crocker |
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AWARDS • $1000-$2000
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"Integration of Special Education in Early Childhood
Growth and Development"
Impact: Undergraduate & Graduate
Collaboration: within Education faculty
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To integrate early childhood special education into the graduate
early childhood growth and development course. |
Contact person: Vivian Carlson |
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AWARDS • Under
$1000
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"Cognitive Reading Strategies for Secondary Special
Education"
Impact: Graduate
Collaboration: between College and Education faculty
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To introduce new secondary certification students to select
reading strategies, to teach students how to tutor students
with reading needs effectively, and to provide first hand experience
with young adults with reading difficulties through an ARC tutoring
experience. |
Contact person: Joanne Ronalter |
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"Global Issues for Secondary Social Studies Certification
Students "
Impact: Undergraduate
Collaboration: between College and Education faculty
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To increase awareness of the global perspective in teaching
social studies. |
Contact person: Shyamala Raman |
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"Meeting the Needs of Students with Mild Disabilities
at the Secondary Level."
Impact: Undergraduate
Collaboration: within Education faculty
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To provide techniques for individualizing a content area lesson
for a special education student with mild disability through
a case study approach. |
Contact person: Kathleen Butler |
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