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ERC Seminar
11/10/09 The State of Texas Education Research Center (ERC) at Texas A&M, housed in the College of Education and Human Development, will host the next event in its 2009-2010 seminar series from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Harrington Tower 301. Lori L. Taylor, associate professor in the Bush School of Government and Public Service, will present "The ABCD's of Texas Education: Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Reducing the Dropout Rate." Everyone is invited to attend this ev ...
2009 Career Fair
11/6/09Texas school districts value Aggie teachers, not only because of the quality of the students themselves, but because of the learning and field experiences provided by their teacher preparation program. On Monday, Oct. 26, approximately 75 recruiters visited Texas A&M University for the Fall Education Career Fair hosted by the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture in the College of Education and Human Development. Approximately 400 education students attended. Held in Reed Are ...
Reads & Counts
11/6/09Paige Melancon enrolled at Texas A&M University intending to become a doctor. A tutoring job through the Read & Counts program made her think twice about her career path. "My mom has been a kindergarten teacher for more than 23 years, and I always said I wasn't going to be a teacher," she says. "I started as a biology major and got a job with Reads & Counts. My mom said, ‘Maybe this is God's way of telling you to be a teacher.'" Paige, now a junior education major, wor ...
Plant IT
10/30/09They are all around us—in our houses, our yards and on our dinner plates. But we often overlook these helpful green organisms known as plants. And now they also have a classroom use. Plants are an integral part of the ongoing project "Plant IT: Careers, Cases and Collaborative," headed by Carol Stuessy, principal investigator and associate professor of science education and technology in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture. Plant IT is designed to integrate the use an ...
Fall Career Fair
10/23/09 Sponsored by the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, the Fall 2009 Education Career Fair is scheduled from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday (Oct. 26) at Reed Arena. With 75 recruiting partners represented, 400 students are scheduled to attend. A breakfast for recruiters will take place prior to the event, and interviews will follow from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more information, contact the Office of Student Teaching at 979-845-8254, or visit http://tlac.tamu.edu/articles/educat ...
Lewis Book
10/16/09 Chance Lewis, associate professor of urban education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, released his third book, titled An Educator’s Guide to Working With African American Students: Strategies for Promoting Academic Success. The book is a guide for educational practitioners to assist African-American students to reach their full potential in school by providing evidence-based recommendations and teaching strategies to improve their academic performance. "This ...
October ERC Seminar
10/12/09 The State of Texas Education Research Center (ERC) at Texas A&M, housed in the College of Education and Human Development, will host the next event in its 2009-2010 seminar series on Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Harrington Tower 804. Jim Van Overschelde, director of Educational Research and Policy for Texas Education Agency’s Office of Statewide Policy and Programs, will present "The State of English-Language Learners in Texas." Everyone is invited to a ...
ERC A&M Collaborative
9/29/09 The State of Texas Education Research Center at Texas A&M (ERC) was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to establish the Texas A&M Educator Preparation Collaborative for Enhancing College and Career Readiness in Texas Schools (A&M Collaborative). Hersh Waxman, ERC director; Jackie Stillisano, ERC associate director; Larry Kelly, director of the Secondary Graduate Certification Program in the College of Education and Human Devel ...
September ERC Seminar
9/16/09 The State of Texas Education Research Center (ERC) at Texas A&M University, housed in the College of Education and Human Development, will host the first event in its 2009-2010 seminar series on Tuesday, September 29, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. in Harrington Tower 804.Roger Goddard, professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, will present The School Leadership Improvement Study: Design and Preliminary Findings of a Large-Scale Randomiz ...
Hammer Teaching Award
9/14/09 Janet Hammer’s career path toward accounting took an unexpected detour to education."My original intent was to be an accountant, but my education was interrupted when I chose to stay home with my two young children," says Hammer, a clinical associate professor of English as a Second Language (ESL) and social studies methodology. "It was through my own children's eyes that I realized what an important role a teacher plays and chose at that point to change my major to education. It ...
Li Math Presentations
9/14/09 Yeping Li, associate professor of mathematics education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture (TLAC), presented at mathematics seminars in California and China this summer.Li gave 11 invited talks at top-notch higher education institutes in China and the Chinese National Center for School Curriculum and Textbook Development in June 2009. His lectures focused on curriculum instruction and textbook research.From July 31 to August 2, Li was invited by the U.S. National Commis ...
Lohman/Heep Fellowship Winner
9/10/09 Bettie Ray Butler, a doctoral student studying urban education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, was awarded the Carolyn S. Lohman/Heep Fellowship for the 2009-2010 academic year by the College of Education and Human Development. This fellowship recognizes an outstanding full-time doctoral student in the college with demonstrated research potential. Butler has published multiple refereed journal articles and plans to be a university professor at a Research I i ...
GO Center Evaluation Grant
9/10/09 The State of Texas Education Research Center at Texas A&M University (ERC) was recently awarded a grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to conduct a statewide evaluation of GO Center programs in Texas high schools. Hersh Waxman, director of the ERC, and Jackie Stillisano, associate director of the ERC, will be the principal investigators on the project. Additional ERC researchers involved include Yuan-Hsuan Lee, Kayla Braziel Rollins, Rhonda Goolsby, ...
McTigue New Faculty Award
9/8/09 Erin McTigue knows what it's like to be that child struggling to read. "While my friends all learned to read upon our arrival in school, I spent kindergarten, first grade and second grade as a nonreader," she says. "I tried to hide my nonreading by memorizing books, but that didn't work very well, and then I started to get very anxious and avoidant about school in general. Finally, in third grade, with the guidance of an excellent teacher named Mrs. Pontillo, I somehow made that le ...
