Faculty of Education News Blog

In this newsletter:

• December 18 is National Ugly Holiday Sweater Day!
• Clips from Colleagues
• Hurrahs!

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DECEMBER 18 IS NATIONAL UGLY HOLIDAY SWEATER DAY!

Nothing says we’re heading into the holidays like an ugly holiday sweater, and we are happy to share that December 18th is National Ugly Holiday Sweater Day!  (We are not even making this up).  We double dog dare cordially invite you to break out your ugly holiday sweater for public viewing this Friday.  We know you own them… (the evidence is in the celebration album!)

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CLIPS FROM COLLEAGUES

Shared by Gaby:

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HURRAHS!

In this newsletter:

• Free Pizza!!!
• PhD Cohort Celebrate End of Fall Semester
• First Global Perspectives MEd Cohort Wraps Up Their Coursework
• French Symposium Held Today
• Creating a Culture of Research for Graduate Programs
• Call for Proposals:  2016 CAREC Post Conference — 02-June-2016
• A Christmas Carol!
• Hosting International Students During the Holidays
• Hurrahs!

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FREE PIZZA!!!

All faculty and staff are invited to join us in welcoming our new MEd and BEd international students. Drop by to meet and greet the international students, and grab some FREE PIZZA, from 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm on Monday, 04-Jan-2016 at the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. Please RSVP to Christa so we have enough!

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PHD COHORT CELEBRATE END OF FALL SEMESTER

Members of the 2015 PhD cohort celebrate the end of their last class of the fall semester

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FIRST GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES MED COHORT WRAPS UP THEIR COURSEWORK

The Faculty of Education celebrated a watershed moment last week. The first Global Perspectives cohort of students in the MEd Leadership in Learning program have completed their course requirements, an achievement celebrated with a small reception hosted by Dean MacDonald and his wife Erin. Many of the faculty and staff who have taught and otherwise been involved with this cohort over the past 16 months joined the students to enjoy a pot-luck meal and celebratory cake. And the weather cooperated to make this a memorable evening, as the first snow storm of the season fell outside!

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FRENCH SYMPOSIUM HELD TODAY

Today was the inaugural Consultation on Culture and Language Learning symposium at UPEI, which brought together educators and community to network, strengthen partnerships, and identify shared priorities.  UPEI’s Faculty Education helped to organize this important symposium, together with the PEI Department of Education, Early Childhood Development and Culture, the English Language School Board, La Commission scolaire de langue français, Collège Acadie de Î.-P.-É., Holland College, UPEI Department of Modern Languages, UPEI Faculty of Arts, and Canadian Parents for French PEI.  You can read more about the symposium here.

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CREATING A CULTURE OF RESEARCH FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS

We had a fantastic first semester of research discussions at our Graduate Program. We would like to thank all the faculty members and graduate students who took the time to participate and fully engage in these discussions. In particular, we would like to show our most sincere appreciation to our journal meeting leaders (Valerie Campbell and Dr. Maryam Wagner) and the presenters of our first Research Seminar (Mary MacPhee, Selvi Roy, and Lizzie Yan Yan). Thank you for taking the lead and for paving the way for future presentations!

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 2016 CAREC POST CONFERENCE – 02-JUNE-2016

The 2016 Canadian Association for Research in Early Childhood Post Conference takes place at University of Calgary on 02-June-2016.  This year’s theme is Mosaics of Possibilitites: Researching and Teaching through the Arts in Early Childhood Education.  For details on this event, please see the attached flyer.  The post conference invites proposals by 26-Feb-2016.

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

This weekend and next, Ashley Clark will be performing in A Christmas Carol at the Watermark Theatre (57 Church Hill Road, North Rustico)! Admission is by donation at the door (proceeds going to the theatre).

Show times are as follows:

• Friday, 11-Dec-2015 — 7:30pm
• Saturday, 12-Dec-2015 — 3:00pm and 7:30pm
• Sunday, 13-Dec-2015 — 3:00pm
• Saturday, 19-Dec-2015 — 3:00pm and 7:30pm
• Sunday, 20-Dec-2015 — 3:00pm and 7:30pm

Tickets can be reserved by phone (902-963-3211), by email, or through the website.

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HOSTING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FOR CHRISTMAS

Just a reminder that we are looking for families to welcome some of our international students into their holiday celebrations. If you can include some students in your holiday plans, please contact Christa.  This is a great opportunity for our international students to learn more about traditions here, and to enrich our own opportunities to learn more about these students and their traditions.

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HURRAHS!

Congratulations to Sean Wiebe on a new book chapter!  Sean’s chapter, “An experiment in in poetic-psychoanalytic therapy: What is good for the poem is good for the poet” will be included in Poetic Inquiry: Seeing, Understanding, and Caring (edited by K. Galvin, L. Todres, & M. Prendergast).  A preview is available here.

In this newsletter:

• International Education Student Orientation – Welcome Luncheon
• Master of Education Theses Defenses
• Call for Applications – UPEI Internal Research Grants
• Get Your Snoopy On!
• Hosting International Students for Christmas
• Storm Policy

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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION STUDENT ORIENTATION – WELCOME LUNCHEON

The Faculty of Education currently has 67 international students in the MEd and BEd programs, and 15 of them will be arriving in Charlottetown over the next few weeks.  An orientation session for these students has been arranged for Monday, 04-Jan-2016 in Main Building #116. Orientation will be followed by a pizza lunch for all MEd and BEd international students, faculty and staff. Please drop by Main Faculty Lounge to meet and greet the international students during their welcome luncheon (12:15 pm – 1:15 pm).

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MASTER OF EDUCATION THESES DEFENSES

December is a busy month for MEd theses defenses in the Faculty of Education!

Today, Ryan Casey presented his thesis, “The Use of Interactive Whiteboards by Prince Edward Island High School Teachers.”

On Thursday, 03-Dec-2015, Oyeyemi Oyenike Olajide will present her thesis, “Perspectives of Mathematics Education in Prince Edward Island.”  Her defense will be held at 1:45pm in HSB 105.

Congratulations to both students on all their hard work.

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – UPEI INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS

UPEI is calling for applications for the 2016 Internal Research Grant (IRG) Program.  Valued at up to $5000 for a one-year term, the competition is open to Tenured, Tenure Track, Term and Sessional UPEI Faculty in Arts, Science, Business, Education, or Nursing, and Librarians, who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award. A professor emeritus may apply as co-applicant with a tenured UPEI faculty member.  Applications must be received by 4pm on 01-Feb-2016.  Details and the application form can be found here.

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GET YOUR SNOOPY ON!

The Faculty of Education is embracing a Charlie Brown holiday theme this year, and we welcome you to join in the spirit and “Get Your Snoopy On!”  Please help  us spread some Peanut holiday spirit by decorating your door, cubby, office or desk.  A special holiday treat is going out to everyone who joins the office decorating fun.

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HOSTING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FOR CHRISTMAS

As you know we have a number of international students (at BEd, MEd and PhD levels) who will be staying in Charlottetown over the holiday season. Obviously they are far from family, and that is always difficult at this time of the year. This note is to invite us all to share the festive season with our students.

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STORM POLICY

We are barely into December and we already have a weather advisory on the horizon for later this week.  We would like to remind instructors that the storm policy for the Faculty is available in the Handbook for Instructors linked to this blog through the menu bar above.  Please take a moment to review the storm policy section.

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In this newsletter:

• BEd Student Wins 2015 Captain Nichola K. S. Goddard Scholarship
• International Dinner Update
• Advance Notice of Call – JERG Proposals

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BEd STUDENT WINS 2015 CAPTAIN NICHOLA K. S. GODDARD SCHOLARSHIP

At the recent fundraising dinner for the Nichola Goddard Foundation, BEd student Ryan Nicholson received the 2015 Captain Nichola K. S. Goddard Scholarship. This is awarded annually to a UPEI student “who is engaged in a project with focus on issues relevant to indigenous peoples whether in Canada or internationally”. Ryan, from Montague, is enrolled in both the International and Indigenous specializations of the BEd program. In February 2016 he will be travelling to Jokkmokk, in northern Sweden, where he will be completing his teaching practicum in a Saami school.

Ryan with Dr. and Mrs. Goddard, Nichola’s parents.

Ryan with Dr. Goddard and two previous recipients of the Captain Nichola K. S. Goddard Scholarship, Selvi Roy (PhD candidate) and Lisa Mador (BEd 2011).

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INTERNATIONAL DINNER UPDATE

The 2015 International Dinner and Silent Auction was held 22-Nov-2015 and was a great success!  Thank you to everyone who came out to participate in this important event to support our specialization students that travel to international and remote locations for practicum.

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ADVANCE NOTICE OF CALL – JERG PROPOSALS

The Centre for Education Research in the Faculty of Education at UPEI is pleased to announce that a new call for school-based education research proposals will be issued in January 2016.  Please see the attached notice for details.

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In this newsletter:

• “Tim Talk” Photos
• Hurrahs!

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“TIM TALK” PHOTOS

As part of International Education Week, Dr. Tim Goddard presented a “Tim Talk” on  “International Education: Global Life in Local Spaces.”  The presentation, covering the questions and challenges of internationalization on campus, was very well received.  We are pleased to share these images from the event.

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HURRAHS!

Congratulations to colleagues on these recent publications:

• Jane Preston, Lyndsay Moffatt, Sean Wiebe, Sandy McAuley, Barb Campbell and Martha Gabriel had their article “The use of technology in Prince Edward Island (Canada) high schools: Perceptions of education leaders” published in Educational Management Administration & Leadership.
• Jane Preston co-authored an article entitled “Mentorship in the teaching practicum: partners’ perspectives” in International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research.
  
• The Handbook of Canadian Research in Initial Teacher Education features two chapters co-authored by UPEI Faculty of Education colleagues!  Jane Preston and Basil Favaro are among the authors of the chapter “Issues in Indigenous Initial Education: Canadian Perspectives.”  As well, Ron MacDonald was co-author of the chapter “Initial Teacher Education in Atlantic Canada.” The handbook is available on the website for the Canadian Association for Teacher Education.

In this newsletter:

• “Tim Talk” – 18-Nov-2015
• Clips from Colleagues
• New Visiting Scholar
• Call for Papers
• Last Chance for International Dinner Tickets
• Games Night Thanks

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‘TIM TALK” – 18-NOV-2015

As part of International Education Week, Dr. Tim Goddard presents a “Tim Talk” on  “International Education: Global Life in Local Spaces” on 18-Nov-2015 at 12:30pm.  The event will be be held in the AVC Learning Commons and will feature refreshments and door prizes.

During the presentation, Tim will address questions of internationalization on campus. What does an international education look like? How might domestic students globalize their degree? How can international students influence institutional life? What challenges face students, administrators, faculty, and staff who want to develop international awareness among all members of the campus community? Drawing upon the experience of the Faculty of Education as a case study, he will explore what an internationalized education might look like as well as the difficulties inherent in achieving such a vision.

For more information about the event, please contact Erin Clarke in UPEI’s International Relations Office.

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CLIPS (AND INVITATIONS!) FROM COLLEAGUES

Shared by Tim Goddard —Teaching Opportunities in Bhutan?

The Bhutan Canada Foundation works in partnership with the Ministry of Education in Bhutan to send highly qualified native-English-speaking teachers to teach in public schools across the country.  They are currently seeking qualified teachers to fulfill one-year placements beginning January 2017.

Please visit their website for further information.


Shared by Tim Goddard — Save the Date!  — Victoria’s First Bonfire Party

Tim and Sally Goddard would like to invite Faculty and Staff to come to Victoria’s First (possibly annual) Bonfire Party to be held Sunday, November 29th.  Please see the attached invitation for all the details!

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NEW VISITING SCHOLAR

A new visiting scholar will be joining us at the end of November.  Yang Bai will be coming to us from Chengdu University in China, and will be working out of Education’s offices on the 4th floor of Dalton Hall.  Please join us in welcoming Yang to campus.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Faculty of Education and the Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre at the University of New Brunswick are seeking abstracts of papers, posters, and proposals for panels for the 4th Annual Canadian Symposium on Indigenous Teacher Education to be held in April 2016.  Submissions should address  topics related to “Reconciliation in Teacher Education” or to implementing TRC recommendations pertaining to teacher education.  Details can be found in the attached notice.  Deadline for submission is 15-Jan-2016.

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LAST CHANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL DINNER TICKETS

This week marks the last opportunity to purchase tickets for the International Dinner and Silent Auction! Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy a lovely dinner while you support our specialization students.  The dinner takes place 22-Nov-2015.  To purchase your tickets, please contact Carolyn Francis.

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GAMES NIGHT THANKS

We would like to extend a warm thank you to everyone who came out for games night with students last Friday (06-Nov-2015).  A particular thank you to Ashley as organizer, and for her services as poker coach.  While we were unable to obtain student permissions in time to post actual pictures of the event, we recreated a famous work of art to help you imagine how great poker lessons can be.

In this newsletter:

• International Dinner Menu Announced
• Game Night!
• Presentation by French Education Stakeholders
• PowWow
• The 4th Annual Canadian Symposium on Indigenous Teacher Education
• Education In the News!
• We Have a Winner! – Halloween Door Contest

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INTERNATIONAL DINNER MENU ANNOUNCED

The menu selected for the International Dinner and Silent Auction on 22-Nov-2015 has been announced!  You can check out all the wonderful selections here.

Tickets ($30/each) are limited, so you are encouraged arrange for tickets as soon as possible.  For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Carolyn Francis.

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GAME NIGHT!

Games Night will held this coming Friday, 06-Nov-2015, in the Faculty Lounge of Main Building at 6:00pm.  Everyone is welcome — faculty, staff, students, partners, friends!  This week will feature both poker and board games, and Ashley will be providing lessons in the fine art of poker for those not familiar with game!  Some snacks will be provided.  Please come join the fun!

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PRESENTATION BY FRENCH EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS

The BEd Committee would like to thank everyone for the excellent turn-out for the English Language School board presentation recently.

Meetings are at 9:15am and 10:00am with the French section of the Department of Education and the French Language School Board on 17-Nov-2015 in Memorial 308.

The Department of Education presentation to us that had been scheduled for 11:00am has been postponed by the Department and will be re-scheduled at a later time.

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POWWOW

Connecting Aboriginal Cultures Week took place last week at the University, with the annual PowWow held on 30-Oct-2015.  We were pleased that so many faculty and staff from Education were able to attend.

Ashley and Fiona enjoy the singing, dancing and drumming at the annual PowWow

Fiona and Ron take in the PowWow activities

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THE 4TH ANNUAL CANADIAN SYMPOSIUM ON INDIGENOUS TEACHER EDUCATION

The 4th Annual Canadian Symposium on Indigenous Teacher Education, “Moving Towards Reconciliation in Teacher Education”, will be held April 6-8, 2016 at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.  Early registration will begin 01-Jan-2016.  Information on the symposium can be found in the attached notice.

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EDUCATION IN THE NEWS

Carolyn Thorne‘s presentation on gender diversity during the PEI Teachers conference was featured in The Guardian on 28-Oct-2015.  You can check out the article here!

The Atlantic recently noted the research of Bonnie Stewart in an article on how Twitter has changed since 2014.  You can read “The Decay of Twitter” here.

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WE HAVE A WINNER!  — HALLOWEEN DOOR CONTEST!

Congratulations to Ashley, whose interactive Door to the Dungeon of Despair won our Halloween door decorating contest!  Ashley was the recipient of a Starbucks gift card for her creativity.  If you haven’t yet checked out her door, stop by the 3rd floor of Memorial for some scary surprises 🙂

In this newsletter:

• English Language School Board Presentation
• Graduate Research Seminar – 03-Nov-2015
• International Dinner & Silent Auction
• In the News – Jeremy!
• Clips from Colleagues
• Reminder – Halloween Decorating Contest

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL BOARD PRESENTATION

Just a reminder that Superintendent Cynthia Fleet and Tammy Hubley-Little of the English Language School Board will be speaking to the BEd Committee on Wednesday, 28-Oct-2015 from 9:00am to 11:00am in McDougall Hall 329.  The presentation will cover current and planned initiatives, current needs and challenges, as well as their perspectives on the national teaching profession and teacher qualifications.  The BEd Committee extends an invitation to attend these presentations to all faculty and sessionals who have taught with us this academic year.

This important meeting is an excellent opportunity to directly interact with one of our PEI education stakeholders. This type of interaction is called for in our developing Strategic Plan.

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GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR – 03-NOV-2015

A Graduate Research Seminar will be held on 03-Nov-2015 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in AVC Lecture Theatre A.  Three graduate students (Mary MacPhee, Selvi Roy and Lizzie Yan-Yan) will share and discuss relevant phases of their work.  For further details please see the attached poster.

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INTERNATIONAL DINNER & SILENT AUCTION

UPEI’s Faculty of Education International Dinner & Silent Auction takes place at 5:00pm on Sunday, 22-Nov-2015 at Jack Blanchard Hall on Pond Street.  Come on out to support our specialization students who travel to international and remote locations for practicum and enjoy a lovely dinner created by Chef Emily Wells of the Olde Glasgow Mill. Tickets ($30/each) are limited, so you are encouraged arrange for tickets as soon as possible.  For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Carolyn Francis.

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IN THE NEWS – JEREMY!

CBC News recently featured a story that included an interview with Jeremy TeRaa.  The Faculty is fortunate to have Jeremy deliver our mail each day through the Stars For Life Foundation. His daily visits always bring a smile to the administrative office.  You can read all about the art classes at Stars for Life, and Jeremy’s participation here.

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CLIPS FROM COLLEAGUES

(Shared by Mike Cassidy)  PHOTOS FROM ED427 “INTERMEDIATE/SENIOR MATHEMATICS II”

Mike Cassidy recently shared these photos of senior math methods students demonstrating parametric changes in the quadratic function (parabola).

Thanks to Mike Cassidy and students (Melanie Morrow and Blythe Reiha) for sharing!

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REMINDER – HALLOWEEN DECORATING CONTEST

Please do not forget the Halloween decorating challenge!  On 30-Oct-2015, an esteemed panel of (still un-named) judges determine the spookiest, freakiest, most-festive Halloween door/office/workspace.

In this newsletter:

• PEI Teachers’ Federation Annual Convention 2015
• Robertson Library Open Access Week Events
• Presentations to BEd Committee
• Important Notice from the Bookstore
• Faculty in the News
• Halloween Decorating Contest!

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PEI TEACHERS’ FEDERATION ANNUAL CONVENTION 2015

The PEI Teachers’ Federation Annual Convention 2015 takes place October 22 and 23 at the Delta Prince Edward Hotel and Prince Edward Island Convention Centre.  A complete program for the convention can be found here.  The podcast will be available here.

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ROBERTSON LIBRARY OPEN ACCESS WEEK EVENTS

October 19-25 is International Open Access Week and Robertson Library is celebrating with the following events:

Wednesday, 21-Oct-2015:  Launch of UPEI’s New Research Data Management Site, data.upei.ca.  This session takes place at 12:30pm in Robertson Library LINC (Rm 265).  Mark Leggott, University Librarian, will provide an overview of open data and the new suite of RDM tools and services for UPEI rsearchers and graduate students.

Thursday, 22-Oct-2015:  Peter Rukavina, Robertson Library’s Hacker in Residence, presents a tour of his work in open data/open government over the last decade, including provincial and municipal examples, and focusing on how open data can be used by citizens to good end.  The presentation takes place at 7:00pm in Robertson Library Room 312 (Upper Level).

For more information on these events, please contact Dawn Hooper.

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PRESENTATIONS TO BEd COMMITTEE

The English and French school boards and the Departments of Education (English and French) have been invited to speak to the BEd Committee as a way to help inform the BEd Committee in future planning and course sequencing, as well as keeping us informed on the needs and wants of our current educational partners. The BEd Committee is extending this invitation to attend these presentations to all faculty and sessionals who have taught with us in this academic year.

In each of these presentations, we have asked that the following questions be addressed:

• What are the current initiatives and those projected for the near future?
• What are your current needs and challenges?
• How do you see the national teaching profession changing and what should the response be?
• How would you describe an ideally qualified teacher?

The presentation times and dates are below:If you are interested, please attend as many presentations as you like. This is a chance for us to have important conversations around teacher education as we move forward.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM THE BOOKSTORE

The UPEI bookstore is once again looking for textbook orders for the upcoming semester. Book orders for the Winter semester can be submitted by email or through the on-line order form.

If you are looking to use resources such as e-books, clickers, on-line access codes, open source materials, please contact the bookstore to see how they can help facilitate that. If there are specific items you want students to have for your course, they can order most items and have it available for students to purchase here.

The bookstore will also be buying used textbooks this fall as we always do. By submitting your book requests now, this allows them to purchase used copies and have those cheaper copies available for sale to students.

If there are books you have ordered in the past and are no longer going to use, please let the bookstore know so that books in stock can be returned. If you are unsure which books they might have that were ordered for one of your courses please contact them. As the majority of publishers do not accept returns beyond 12 months from the invoice date, your attention to this is very important.

The bookstore offers all of their textbooks and e-books for sale online through their website, and each student can access their own customized list of books through their campus login.  For the past few years the bookstore has also offered price matching on new textbooks. If you are concerned that students can get their books cheaper elsewhere, the bookstore does try to match online prices from websites such as Amazon.ca.  The Faculty encourages all instructors to utilize the service of the bookstore as much as possible.

Your cooperation is much appreciated.

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FACULTY IN THE NEWS

CBC News featured a story on the work Sean Wiebe has been doing with students in his English Methods course mentoring students at Birchwood Intermediate School in a writing club.  You can read about the project here.

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HALLOWEEN DECORATING CONTEST

A Halloween door challenge is hereby issued to all residents of Memorial Hall.  An esteemed panel of judges (yet to be determined), will make the rounds on 30-Oct-2015 to determine the spookiest, freakiest, most-festive Halloween door/office/workspace.  Will it be yours?

In this newsletter:

• Games Night – 16-Oct-2015
• International Dinner & Silent Auction – Tickets on sale now!
• Clips from Colleagues
• Happy Thanksgiving

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GAMES NIGHT – 16-OCT-2015

There will be a Games Night held next Friday, 16-Oct-2015, in the Faculty Lounge of Main Building at 6:00pm.  Everyone is welcome — students, staff, faculty, friends, partners, strangers from the street — and everyone is encouraged to bring their favourite games as well!  Some snacks will be provided.  Please come join the fun!

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INTERNATIONAL DINNER & SILENT AUCTION — TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

UPEI’s Faculty of Education International Dinner & Silent Auction takes place at 5:00pm on Sunday, 22-Nov-2015 at Jack Blanchard Hall on Pond Street.  The event supports our specialization students who travel to international and remote locations for practicum.  The dinner features Chef Emily Wells of the Olde Glasgow Mill. Tickets ($30/each) are limited, so you are encouraged arrange for tickets as soon as possible and should be booked by 21-Oct-2015.  For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Carolyn Francis.

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CLIPS FROM COLLEAGUES

Shared by Wambui Gichuru – Wambui shared an article from The Globe and Mail that might be helpful for faculty and staff.  The article looks at the ways some Canadian schools are helping international students integrate into the culture.  You can read the article can be found here.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Thank you to everyone for reading the Faculty of Education news blog, for being part of our Faculty community, and for all your contributions to what we do.  We hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend.