Volume 12, Issue 2 Spring Newsletter, 2005
ELPS – Spring 2005
The Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Division (ELPS) has a desire to stay connected with all program graduates. Faculty continue to be interested in the professional success of their students. Each year UNC Career Services conducts a survey of the previous year’s graduates. The information assists the Division with planning and evaluation activities. The
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most recent surveys of ELPS graduates (Summer 2002, Fall 2003 and Spring 2003) provide a positive report regarding employment goal success. Out of the 41 respondents (N=57), 80.4% reported that they were employed in their preferred field. This report, along with the positive anecdotal feedback our faculty hear from graduates on a regular basis, is heartening for all concerned. The ELPS faculty is committed to the professional success of all graduates.
- Educational Leadership (EL) - Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership (HESAL)
DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES
www.unco.edu/coe/elps
Charting UNC’s Future
And the future begins this July! A quick update on the new organizational structure to be implemented July 2005, our two program in the Division, will be merged in to a new School of Educational Research, Leadership & Technology. This new school will be made up of the Applied Statistics & Research Methods, Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, and the Educational Technology department. For updates on how this new organizational structure keep checking the Charting the Future website: http://www.unco.edu/pres/charting/. Please note that students should work with their advisors or program committees to continue to progress toward academic and career goals.
Inside this issue: New MA and Ph.D. Requirements Travelog from Taipei Jack Shaw Obituary Students & Alumni Graduate Calendar for Summer Classes Offered Summer Semester 2 2 3 4 5 6
Special Points of Interest: • Alumni Honored • Graduates • New Cohort Programs • Upcoming Conference Information
New Continuous Registration Policy (FYI)
It is critical that graduate students are aware of this policy! The ELPS Newsletter has published this policy since Fall ‘02 and will continue publishing the link to the Graduate School, so you can access information on the Continuous Registration Policy. If you are unaware of how this policy impacts your academic career, or if you would like clarification, please click on this link: http://www.unco.edu/grad/general/home.htm.
New Requirements for MA and PhD
This information is so important we want to mention this again. There are two curriculum changes effective in Summer 2004. The MA in Educational Leadership changes from 36 to 30 hours, and the PhD in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership changes from 75 to 64 semester hours. Students who are currently enrolled should work with their advisors to modify their Plans of Study at any time prior to the comprehensive examinations. Note that the changes were effective since the 2004 Summer Sessions.
Travelog from Taipei, part II
Kung Hsi Fa Tsai! Happy Chinese New Year! In February we celebrated the Chinese New Year, which included fireworks throughout the day and night and visits to temples where thousands congregate to pray as they burn incense. For fun, during the winter break we had time to travel to Australia to continue data collection on school-level governance and financial management. We spent a week in Melbourne, staying with Gary O'Mahony who taught with Bruce Barnett in our Grand Junction cohort three summers ago. He was a principal and worked with the Australian Principals' Centre. He and Bruce continue to consult on leadership and mentoring, and Kathy and Rosemary also worked with the APC. We enjoyed the kangaroos, koalas, and penguins along with dramatic coastal scenery. Then we flew to New Zealand for a week of relaxation and learning to drive on the "other" side of the road. We stayed in Christchurch, enjoying the British influence on the city and university architecture. The highlight was the southern "Alps" of NZ. The high peaks with snow reflect in the very blue glacier lakes, and the fiords are unbelievable. We then returned to Australia for a few days seeing the sites of Sydney. It was good to combine professional conversations with site seeing in this spectacular area of the globe. Arriving "home" to winter in Taipei brought all the summer fun to an end! Stay tuned for another update in the summer newsletter!
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Jack Shaw Obituary
Jack Shaw, Professor Emeritus of College Student Personnel Administration and long-time administrator at UNC, passed away on January 3 at the age of 96. Jack was one of the founders of the CSPA program, and was an active contributor to the program from its founding in the early 1960s to his retirement from UNC in 1972. Many alumni of the CSPA program were directly influenced through his mentorship, and students in CSPA and the HESAL program have benefited through financial support from the Dr. Jack Shaw Scholarship Endowment. We currently have four students receiving Shaw Scholarships. Many of you have also been influenced by the Shaw legacy through your studies with Jack's son, Dale, who has chaired the Department of Applied Statistics and Research Methods for a number of years and who teaches a number of the SRM courses taken by our graduate students. Memorial services were held in January and a floral arrangement was sent to the services on behalf of students, alumni, faculty and staff, in memory of Dr. Shaw. For those who wish to individually submit memorial gifts, the obituary suggests gifts to one of two funds -- the Dr. Jack Shaw Scholarship Endowment at the UNC Foundation and The Trinity Episcopal Church Shaw Memorial. We encourage cards of sympathy and appreciation for Jack's contributions to be sent to Dr. Dale Shaw, Campus Box 124, UNC. Dale and his brother and sister would appreciate hearing from many folks who they do not personally know, but who would like to acknowledge the impact that Dr. Jack Shaw had on their lives, their program, and their profession. The above photo was taken by Dr. Florence Guido-DiBrito at a department celebration a few years ago.
Current Student Activities
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Students & Alumni—What are they doing?
Don Abbott, M.A. in Educational Leadership and current Ed.S. student, has been appointed Associate Dean of the Loveland Campus of Aims Community College. Kay Collins wanted to share great news that her school was just named a 2004 NCLB-Blue Ribbon School. It was one of five in the State of Colorado and 200 nationally to receive this award. She went to Washington, DC to receive the award. This is her fifth year at this school and when she started at the school it was one of the lowest in the district. Now it is considered an exemplary school and one of national excellence. Kay graduated from the Educational Leadership program Jay Tapia, MA in Educational Leadership is now Assistant Principal at in the spring of 2000 and was hired just John Evans Jr. High in Greeley. days after graduating! Pamela Moreno, Ph.D. student in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership, has accepted a tenure-track faculty position with the School of Nursing at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. Mary Shay, ELPS student, was selected as the Principal of Cottonwood Creek Elementary School in the Cherry Creek District.
We offer our Congratulations to Kathy Whittaker whose husband, Monte Moses, was named the 2005 Colorado Superintendent of the year! He also won the AASA National Superintendent of the Year award!!
Highlighted Conferences
February 25-28 National Association of Secondary Principals San Francisco, CA http://www.nasspconvention.org/ This year Kathy Whittaker will participate in the Advisory Council for the 89th Annual Convention & Exposition, Take Charge of Learning. such as graduation or retention rates, increased competition for students from proprietary and international providers, Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action, successes as well as legal setbacks for workers trying to unionize, and increased pressures to privatize services. March 19-23, 2005 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators 2005 Annual Conference "Imagine and Explore the Future" Tampa, Florida www.naspa.org/conference/index.cfm
March 4-6, 2005 National Council for Education 2005 Higher Education Conference “Dimensions of Diversity: The Changing World of Higher Education.” San Antonio, Texas http://www.nea.org/he/conf.html Explore the topic of diversity in academia from a variety of perspectives: diversity of the current student body and projections for the "echo-boomers," diversity in the workforce, diversity in what the work is, who provides it and how; and the impact of recent federal and state policy changes on the ability of higher education institutions to educate a diverse student body and employ a d i v e r s e w o r k f o r c e . Consider diversity against a backdrop of tuition hikes, enrollment caps, cuts in public funding, increased governmental pressures for accountability measures
April 2-6, 2005 American College Student March 17-20, 2005 Personnel Association American Association for Higher 2005 Annual Convention Education "Advancing Student Affairs: Enhancing 2005 National Conference on Learning" Higher Education Nashville, Tennessee "Courage, Imagination, Action: Rallying www.myacpa.org/conv05/index.cfm the Trendsetters in Higher Education" The educational curriculum for the 2005 Atlanta, Georgia Annual Convention will provide http://www.aahe.org/convenings.htm unparalleled professional development AAHE's 2005 NCHE will focus on issues opportunities to advance Student Affairs that must be addressed if higher education and enhance learning. The confluence of is to maintain and strengthen its ability to key trends has given the Student Affairs serve the larger society in the decades profession unprecedented opportunities to ahead. All participants will be encouraged make contributions to higher education: to share their best ideas and discuss the the shift from teaching to learning, greater most current research on the critical accountability from our multiple issues. But the spotlight at the National stakeholders, and a general renaissance in Conference will be on the movers and undergraduate education. Student Affairs shakers who are actually addressing one can capitalize on this historical moment or more of the issues and offering through our knowledge about student learning and development, our solutions. understanding of how to enhance learning, and the rest of higher education’s readiness to define success in terms that include our efforts.
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New Glenwood Springs Cohort for the EL Program
The ELPS department in now accepting applications for its new Principal Licensure program in Glenwood Springs! This is an entry level leadership program culminating in the receipt of a principal license and with three additional hours and a concluding activity approved by division faculty, a master’s degree. This program combines the elements of intellectual pursuit with opportunities for practical application through interschool and inter-district leadership practices. It is designed to enable students in the cohort to develop the vision and skills necessary to secure and sustain positions of leadership at the building level. For information on informational meetings held in Glenwood Springs and application details, contact the ELPS department at elps@unco.edu or 970-351-2861.
PLACE Website
Are you aware that you can register online for the Program for Licensing Assessments for Colorado Educators (PLACE)? Test dates, locations, and registration information are available at http://www.place.nesinc.com/. Test dates 2005 are: February 12, March 19, April 23, May 21, June 25, and July 30. Be sure to register early to avoid a late fee!
ELPS Doc Core at the Ropes Course
Graduate Calendar for Spring ‘05
If graduating: December 10 - last day for filing dissertation proposal January 21 - last day for filing an Application for Graduation for current semester with a $10 late fee (MA and Ed.S. only) March 11 - last day for requesting defense of dissertation (two weeks processing time) April 1 - last day for defense of dissertation April 8 - last day for filing MA Thesis, Creative Project, Ed.S. Practicum, doctoral dissertation, and results of written comprehensive exam April 22 - last day for requesting transfer credits or counting unclassified hours May 13 - last day for filing an Application for Graduation for next semester without a late fee (MA and Ed.S. only) May 6 - Commencement If not graduating: Last day for requesting doctoral oral examination and defense of dissertation—two weeks Monday prior to scheduled defense May 6 - last day for doctoral oral comprehensive examination May 6 - last day for defense of dissertation
Graduate Calendar for Summer ‘05
If graduating: May 6 - last day for filing dissertation proposal June 17 - last day for filing an Application for Graduation for current semester with a $10 late fee (MA and Ed.S. only) June 17 - last day for requesting defense of dissertation (two weeks processing time) July 1 - last day for defense of dissertation July 8 - last day for filing MA Thesis, Creative Project, Ed.S. Practicum, doctoral dissertation, and results of written comprehensive exam July 22 - last day for requesting transfer credits or counting unclassified hours August 5 - Commencement August 12 - last day for filing an Application for Graduation for next semester without a late fee (MA and Ed.S. only) If not graduating: Last day for requesting doctoral oral examination and defense of dissertation—two weeks Monday prior to scheduled defense August 5 - last day for doctoral oral comprehensive examination August 5 - last day for defense of dissertation
Comprehensive Exams: Comprehensive Exams: Last day to file permit in ELPS office for written Last day to file permit in ELPS office for written comprehensive examination is three weeks prior to comprehensive examination is three weeks prior to scheduled exam scheduled exam (Exam is scheduled on March 7, 2005 for MA and Ed.S.) (Exam is scheduled on June 24, 2005 for MA and Ed.S.)
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Educational Leadership Class Schedule, Summer 2005
I.D # Prefix #Section CR Course May 16 - August 5 1-9 1-9 * Internship * Internship June 6 - July 1 3 Leadership Development Through Inquiry Shaping Organization July 5 - July 29 3 Instructional Leadership 1:25 - 3:45pm & Supervision Law & the Administrator 9:25 - 11:55am Policy Analysis 9:25 - 11:55am MTWR McKee 428 Staff 1:15 - 3:45pm MTWR McKee 428 Ginty Arranged Arranged Brookhart Whitaker Time Days Bldg/Room Name Full 12 Week Term 0414 0416 ELPS 606-070 ELPS 606-080
First 4 Week Session 0723 ELPS 601-427
0724
ELPS 603-523
3
9:25 - 11:55am MTWR
McKee 428
Gimmestad
Second 4 Week Session 0476 ELPS 654-707
0419 0420
ELPS 660-703 ELPS 665-703
3 3
MTWR MTWR
McKee 428
King Vogel
Denver Cohort III ELPS 601 3 Leadership Development 4:00 - 9:00pm MW Through Inquiry June 6 - June 29 Whitaker
Glenwood Springs Cohort ELPS 601 3 Leadership Development 8:00am - 5:00pm MTWR Through Inquiry June 6 - June 15 Understanding People 8:00 am - 5:00pm MTWR June 20 - June 29 Arranged Brookhart
ELPS 604
3
Vogel
ELPS 606
1-9
*Internship
Brookhart
* Permission of Instructor
Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership Class Schedule, Summer 2005
I.D # 0422 0423 Prefix Section# HESA 661-070 HESA 670-070 2 1-6 CR Course *Practicum in College Teaching *Internship Time Arranged Arranged Days Bldg/Room Name Gimmestad Gimmestad
0424
HESA 675-070
1
*Field Experience in Student Affairs
Arranged
Gimmestad
*Permission of Instructor
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Congratulations to December 2004 Graduates!
Master of Arts Kristin Aldrich Jamie Esquibel Holly Hicks Steven Longwell Educational Specialist Doctorate Jayne Hellenberg
Summer Comprehensive Exams
Students planning to write the Comprehensive Exam for the MA, Ed.S., Ed.D. or Ph.D. degree during Summer 2005 must complete the "Permit to Take Written Comprehensive Exam," available on the ELPS website: www.unco.edu/coe/elps/. Please obtain the advisor's signature and submit this form to the ELPS Division Office. Students must also submit the "Application for Graduation" to the Graduate School prior to May 13, 2005 (or June 17, 2005 with a $10 late fee) if all requirements for the degree will be completed. (Note: If this was submitted in a prior semester, you must still notify the Graduate School in writing of the intent to graduate in Summer 2005.) The MA exam will be given Students writing the Ed.S. exam should initiate a discussion with their on June 24, 2005, advisors during the spring semester and agree upon the topic(s) and 8am to Noon, and there is an timeline (submission of response by June 17th). These early dates permit orientation session from adequate time for faculty review of responses and submission of results to 3-4 pm on June 9, 2005. the Graduate School prior to Commencement.
Have a Great Semester !!
Help Us Keep You Updated If you have a new address, a new position, or something to share, please help us keep our files and your colleagues up to date. Please contact the ELPS office by phone (970-351-2861) or email (elps@unco.edu). E-News Contributions You are welcome to send any information, comments, and suggestions by one of the following ways: 1. Mail to: ELPS Division University of Northern Colorado Campus Box 103 Greeley, CO 80639 2. 3. Email to elps@unco.edu Leave items in either Pamela’s or Scarlett’s baskets in the Division office, McKee 418
You’ve found us on the web at: www.unco.edu/coe/elps Newsletter Editors: Scarlett Pontón de Dutton pont0777@unco.edu and Pamela Graglia grag2805@unco.edu