INSIDE COEHS Vol 9, No 2 College of Education and Human Services e-News October 2016

DEPARTMENT OF EXCEPTIONAL, DEAF, AND INTERPRETER EDUCATION

On September 24, the Deaf Education program hosted their first biannual Meet & Greet. The goal of the event was to unveil the new BAE degree to prospective and future students and other individuals in the community, as well as, provide an opportunity for current students to connect with alumni. More than 50 persons were in attendance. Dr. Janice Seabrooks-Blackmore welcomed everyone and spoke of the rich history of Deaf Education at UNF. Alumni shared about their experiences both in the program and in the field since graduation. Finally, Drs. Caroline Guardino and Jennifer Renée Kilpatrick spoke about the new BAE degree program prerequisites, requirements, and opportunities. This first Meet & Greet was a very successful event, and the program looks forward to many more in the future as enrollment continues to grow. Don’t forget — we need your help to continue to inform the community about the opportunity to study Deaf Education at UNF! Refer them to https://www.unf.edu/coehs/edie/deaf/Deaf_Education.aspx for more information.

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DEPARTMENT OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, LITERACY, AND TESOL Dr. Paul Parkison, Chair of the Department of Childhood Education, Literacy, and TESOL received the 2016 Francis P. Hunkins Award for his article on Catharsis in Education: Rationalizing and Reconciling. Dr. Kim Cheek's article entitled, "Do Indonesian Children's Experiences with Large Currency Units Facilitate Magnitude Estimation of Long Temporal Periods?" was recently published early view in Research in Science Education. In September, Dr. Cheek presented "Using Content Analysis to Investigate the Treatment of Spatial and Temporal Scale in K-8 Science Standards and Textbooks" at the Geological Society of America Annual meeting in Denver, Colorado. The presentation was co-authored by Lauryn A. Stark, a former graduate student in the COEHS. Dr. Cheek also presented a national webinar for the CLEAN Network (Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network) on October 18 entitled, "Teaching Climate Science to Elementary School Students Using the NGSS: What Students and Their Teachers Need."

Dr. Nile Stanley is a visiting scholar to China and Vietnam. He conducted a week-long seminar in July on Vygotsky and Social Learning Theory for the Psychology Department of Shaanxi Normal University in X'ian, China. Dr. Stanley also presented a week-long series of lectures on Teaching Literacy, Resilience and Values through Storytelling at the National Institute of Education Management in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Dr. Christian Winterbottom and Shauna S. Winterbottom recently had this article published, “Social justice: A case-study examining the influence of primary headteachers in two Manchester schools” in Early Childhood Education Journal. Additionally, Drs. Christian Winterbottom and Matthew Ohlson recently presented “Virtual Mentoring: Harnessing the Power of Technology to Develop a K-20 Leadership Collaborative” at the National Rural Education Association at The Ohio State University.

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Early Childhood education students Christel Grant and Jenifer Hernandez work with kindergarteners at Seaside Community Charter School as part of their EEC4207 Early Literacy Assessment course. They administer assessments and design and implement lessons based on the data analysis.

DEPARTMENT OF LEADERSHIP, SCHOOL COUNSELING AND SPORT MANAGEMENT

The UNF/COEHS Educational Leadership Doctoral Program hosts a monthly mentoring session where students at various stages in the dissertation process learn with/from one another! Kudos to Dr. Sophie Maxis, Dr. Amanda Pascale, Dr. Anne Swanson and Brenda Skeete for helping to make our "Cross-Cohort Collaboration" session a success. We had our largest number of participants ever for this monthly event!

C.A.M.P. Osprey was recently featured in a cover story in Palatka Daily News. The COEHS and Taylor Leadership Institute is partnering with Mellon Elementary School to offer C.A.M.P. Osprey's virtual mentoring to their students. The program pairs college students with public schools students to develop college and leadership skills. Mentors hold weekly leadership mentoring sessions based on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. In December the students and mentors get to meet on the UNF campus. Principal Joe Theobold would like to expand C.A.M.P. Osprey next semester since it has had such a positive impact on their students.

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Rudy Jamison (LSCSM Instructor) and Justin Lerman (CIRT staff, EdD student) lead our highly successful virtual mentoring initiative, which is funded through the support of the Community Foundation of Northeast Florida. The mentoring program, directed by Dr. Matt Ohlson, utilizes both virtual and face-to-face mentoring and has expanded to 8 schools in the region. Here is a snapshot of the news featured in their local newspaper. Well done!

Dr. Terence Cavanaugh had an annotated edition of a book published, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden: Annotated with Reading Strategies. This book contains all of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 classic "The Secret Garden" enhanced with over 125 reading strategy experiences from over 45 areas to help guide readers and allow students to practice their strategies. Each chapter has multiple strategies embedded in the chapter to assist readers to read with purpose and become an active reader. Additional resources; such as, links to free audio versions and online tools are also provided. The book is designed so that students and teachers can use this text to assist students needing extra guidance with their purposeful reading strategies or just as an instructional or practice resource.

Dr. Andrea Buenaño and Dr. Matthew Ohlson presented at the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Conference in New Orleans. The presentation focused on the program design and development of the UNF CAMP Osprey leadership mentoring initiative.

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To celebrate the retirement of Dr. Ellie Scheirer and honor her 43 years of service to UNF, two of Ellie’s doctoral students who are now professors at UNF, organized parties for her. The 70s themed party on August 18, which was hosted by COEHS and attended by over 80 faculty, staff, retirees, and friends, was organized by Dr. LaDonna Morris (Cohort 10) and the potluck party for Ellie’s doctoral grads (20+ and she is still working with 9!) and was held at the home of her most recent graduate, Dr. Ellen Glasser (Cohort 18) on September 17. Thanks to everyone who

contributed their time,

resources, wine, song, and gifts to make these very

memorable events! The gift

of an Osprey Paver from the Leadership, School Counseling, and Sport Management Department is now in place right in front of the UNF Bookstore. Our conversation with a purpose continues!

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OFFICE OF ACADEMIC ADVISING Another successful Open House! Thanks to everyone that participated!