Faculty of Education News Blog

In this newsletter:

• International Dinner Re-Scheduled
• Changes to Campus Holiday Events
• Captain Nichola Goddard Scholarship Award
• Murder Mystery Night is Friday
• Changes to TRC Education Day Plans
• Call for Proposals
• Hurrahs!

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INTERNATIONAL DINNER RE-SCHEDULED

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CHANGES TO CAMPUS HOLIDAY EVENTS

A campus committee created to review current practices and provide feedback to the Vice-President, Administration and Finance has concluded that some holiday events should be amalgamated.  Therefore, the Sugar Plum Luncheon and the community reception will not take place this year.

A President’s Holiday Social & Tree Lighting will be held on 06-Dec-2016 from 2 to 4 pm in McMillan Hall at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre where complimentary hors d’ouevres and refreshments will be served. The Office of the President will match donations to the UPEI Food Bank as done in previous years.

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CAPTAIN NICHOLA GODDARD SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

At a gala dinner on Saturday, 19-Nov-2016, Julia Ross (BEd, ’17) received the Captain Nichola Goddard Scholarship from Nichola’s parents, Dr. Tim and Sally Goddard. Julia intends to use the scholarship to support her international practicum to Jokkmokk, northern Sweden, in February.

Photo credit: Mike Needham / Nichola Goddard Foundation

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MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT IS FRIDAY

The Faculty of Education’s Murder Mystery Night, Ho Ho Homicide, is taking place this coming Friday, 25-Nov-2016 at 6:30pm in Main Faculty Lounge.  You can RSVP to Ashley in advance, or just show up at the last minute, as there will be extra elf and reindeer characters available.  No preparation necessary!  We hope you can make it!

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CHANGES TO TRC EDUCATION DAY PLANS

The TRC Education Day for school children from the PEI has been amended to involve two phases. We felt that more time was needed to engage with Indigenous peoples regarding how they think this day should be designed.

Phase One will therefore be an “Engagement” session where teachers and other educators from the Department of Education and Early Learning and Culture join with Indigenous peoples from PEI, as well with Charlene Bearhead from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

Phase Two (date to be decided) will include teachers and their students.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA) will be holding its annual conference in Charlottetown from May 22-24, 2017.  This year’s conference is “Include. Imagine. Inspire // Inclure. Imaginer. Inspirer.” The APLA 2017 Program Committee invites proposals to be considered for presentation at the conference.  Details can be found on their webpage.

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HURRAHS!

Congratulations to Dr. Tim Goddard, who will be a Keynote Speaker at The British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society Conference 2017 (#BELMAS2017) which is scheduled for July 7-9, 2017, at Ettington Chase near Stratford on Avon.  The theme for the conference is “Educational leadership for a global society: challenges, dilemmas and ways forward.”  You can learn more about the conference here.

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In this newsletter:

• Faculty Council Meeting Rescheduled
• Presentation: “What’s new at SSHRC”
• Call for Nominations – Hessian Merit Award for Teaching Excellence by a Sessional Instructor
• E-Learning questions?
• Conferences
• Welcome Alana!

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FACULTY COUNCIL MEETING RESCHEDULED

Please note that the next Faculty Council meeting has been rescheduled to November 17th from 1p-3pm in Main Faculty Lounge.

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PRESENTATION: “WHAT’S NEW AT SSHRC”

Please RSVP Colleen Gallant before noon on 14-Nov-2016 if you are planning on attending.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – HESSIAN MERIT AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE BY A SESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR

The University of Prince Edward Island’s Hessian Merit Award for Teaching Excellence by a Sessional Instructor honours an instructor for outstanding performance in teaching.  These teaching awards publicly acknowledge individuals whose work has contributed to instructional excellence at UPEI.  The UPEI Hessian Merit Award Excellence in Teaching Committee is currently calling for nominations for these awards.  The deadline for nominations is noon on 18-Nov-2016.  Details can be found here.

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MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT – HO HO HOMICIDE

Have you signed up for  our interactive evening of mystery and intrigue?  The Faculty of Education is holding another murder mystery evening  so you can have fun while engaging with our international students!

You can participate as either a main character (investigator, but could be victim or villain) or a general character (investigator only).  The event takes place on 25-Nov-2016 at 6:30pm in Main Faculty Lounge. Light refreshments will be available.

Everyone is welcome!  The more the merrier!  Please contact Ashley to RSVP.

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E-LEARNING QUESTIONS

As you are aware, Megan MacKenzie left UPEI last week to take up her new position with the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services.  The E-Learning Office will be hiring a new team member as soon as possible, but in the meantime, Jason Hogan will be doing his best to keep up with your questions and requests.

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CONFERENCES

CAPSLE CONFERENCE 2017

CAPSLE  is a national organization whose aim is to provide an open forum for the practical study of legal issues related to and affecting the education system and its stakeholders.  CAPSLE is pleased to invite presenters and participants to the 2017 conference, “In the Land of Living Skies: Expanding Horizons in Education and the Law,” to be held from April 30 to May 2, at the Sheraton Cavalier, Saskatoon, SK . For more information, visit their website.

LEARNING FORWARD’S 2016 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Learning Forward’s 2016 Annual Conference will be held in Vancouver, BC from Dec. 3-7.  The conference provides educators with content and tools to bring the most powerful forms of professional learning back home to the educators with whom they work. The conference offers powerful strategies to build school leader capacity.

Conference speakers include Denise Augustine, Milton Chen, Michael Fullan, Avis Glaze, Andy Hargreaves, and Pasi Sahlberg. For more information please visit their website.

WELCOME ALANA!

Today the Faculty of Education welcomes Alana Marchand to our administrative support team!  Alana will be taking up the professional administration support of the Bachelor of Education programs.  You can find Alana in Memorial 402.  Please drop by and welcome her to the team!

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In this newsletter:

• Reminder – Farewell Cake for Megan
• Save the Date – PEI Truth and Reconciliation Education Day
• Game On!
• Faculty of Education at the PEITF Convention
• Clips from Colleagues
• Christmas Holiday Schedule
• New Additions!

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REMINDER – FAREWELL CAKE FOR MEGAN

Please join us in the staff lounge (MH 409) on Thursday, 03-Nov-2016, for the stand-up meeting, where we will be saying good bye to Megan as she takes up her new position with the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services.

Please also drop in to MH402 before the meeting to sign a card for Megan.

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SAVE THE DATE — PEI TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY

The Department of Education, Early Learning and Culture, University of Prince Edward Island and PEI Indigenous people will be hosting the inaugural TRC Education Day on 05-Dec-2016 at UPEI.   Please save the date for this important event!  Details can be found in the attached. If you have questions, please contact Martine D’Entremont or Denna Keating.

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GAME ON!

The Faculty was ready for the Halloween judging, and three pac man ghosts also greeted the Campus Kids as they made their Halloween parade!

Your admin team won second place on campus (but first place in your heart, right?) for their pac man themed office.

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION AT THE PEITF CONVENTION

During the PEI Teachers’ Federation Convention (October 27-28, 2016), Mr. Kent Avery (teacher, Charlottetown Rural High School), Ms. Carolyn Huggan (teacher, Charlottetown Rural High School), and Dr. Jane Preston presented “Flipping Out in Schools.”  This presentation reflected their research on the flipped classroom in the areas of Grade 11 Modern World History and Grade 11 Biology.  Earlier this year, this research was also communicated on the CBC local tv news and CBC radio.  Kent, Carolyn, and Jane would like to thank the Joint Education Research Grant for funding the study.

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CLIPS FROM COLLEAGUES

(Submitted by Jane) — From December 2016 to March 2017, Elder Noel Milliea will be teaching a 4-month Medicine Wheel course.   Through the Medicine Wheel, participants will learn how to lead a fulfilling/more fulfilling life.  Classes will be delivered in Charlottetown for 2 hours on Wednesday nights (exact location TBD).  The cost per class is $20 or donation.  If anyone is interested in participating, please contact Jane Preston.  Note, the course will only run if enough people are interested.  Also, participants should be dedicated to completing the course, in contrast to just attending a few classes.

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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

The Human Resources Department has released the Christmas holiday schedule for the University.  Please note that the Faculty of Education will be closed from 24-Dec-2016 to 02-Jan-2017.  Regular office hours will resume 03-Jan-2017.  Security Services will continue operations during the University closure.  The Sports Centre will have modified hours during the holiday period.

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NEW ADDITIONS!

More critters have been added to the Faculty of Education family recently!

Ashley Clark has adopted these two furry friends from the Humane Society!  Welcome Erick Thomas (ET) and Princess Peach (Peaches)!

Princess Peaches

Erick Thomas

Fur Buddies

In this newsletter:

• Faculty of Education Visits China
• Notice from the Bookstore
• Hallowe’en Special – Little Shop of Horrors
• Fund Raising Success
• Get Your Game On!
• Faculty of Education in the News!
• New Arrivals!

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION VISITS CHINA

From September 17 to 27, 2016, Ashley and Jane traveled to China on behalf of the Faculty of Education.  The purpose of the trip was to potentially embellish relationships between the UPEI Faculty of Education and Sichuan Normal University and Chengdu University.  Attached are a few photos of the trip, which was fabulous (see photos)!

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NOTICE FROM THE BOOKSTORE

The UPEI bookstore is once again looking for textbook orders for the upcoming semester. Book orders for the Winter 2017 semester can be submitted by email or through the on-line order form.

Please submit your book orders to the UPEI Bookstore as soon as possible.   The Bookstore is requesting ordrers be in by 09-Nov-2016 to ensure they arrive for the beginning of the Winter session.

Please be sure to send the correct ISBN, especially for text packages and/or e-books to ensure ordering of the proper text books.

If there is no text book required for a course, it would be greatly appreciated to notify the Bookstore so that a note can be made on the student text list. Also, please indicate if your course is cross listed.

Please include the ISBN for any access codes/e-books that your course offers in your order. Please indicate if the access code is a requirement for the students to pass the course, or if it would be recommended for studying.

The Bookstore would like to be able to give students more options for course materials at the Bookstore. (Binder editions, E-texts, Softcover, Used Books etc)

If you require students to have other course materials such as specific calculators, dissection kits, clickers, graph paper, notebooks etc. you can email the Bookstore to ensure there are sufficient quantities in the store. Many students take advantage of the different forms of payment they offer such as charging to their student account, so being able to offer the supplies as well as the text provides them with the convenience of purchasing everything together.

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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CLIPS FROM COLLEAGUES

HALLOWE’EN SPECIAL – LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

(Shared by Sean Wiebe) –   Little Shop of Horrors is the perfect musical comedy for Hallowe’en-time — a total eclipse of the sun; the mysterious Audrey II, the plant with attitude and appetite; a Faustian deal with the devil; the plant’s diet of blood; a sadistic leather-jacketed dentist who dies of laughing gas.

As a sort of Hallowe’en celebration, ACT (a community theatre) is offering two special features for the performances this Saturday and Sunday.

There is a special family ticket bargain for the two matinees (2:30 on Saturday and Sunday).  The charge for children 14 and under will be just $10.  They need to be accompanied by an adult, since the show is considered to have a PG10 rating.  That special price is available only at-the-door (which is cash only).

The second special feature is literally a treat: anyone who wears a Hallowe’en costume (without mask) to any one of the Saturday or Sunday performances (whether evening or matinee) will get a candy treat.

Little Shop of Horrors plays this weekend, October 27th to 30th, at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall of Holland College (Weymouth Street in downtown Charlottetown).

Tickets are $28 or $25 (senior, student, limited income), and are available in three ways: at online; from the theatre’s box office (Weymouth St) 902-894-6885; or at the door (cash only).

Little Shop of Horrors – the perfect musical comedy for Hallowe’en – offers two special features for the performances this Saturday and Sunday.

(1) Family ticket bargain for the matinees (2:30 on Saturday and Sunday): children (14 and under, with adult accompanying) just $10 — available only for cash at-the-door.

(2) Wear a Hallowe’en costume (without mask) to any of the three Saturdayor Sunday performances, take home a candy treat.Performances Friday through Sunday at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall of Holland College (Weymouth Street in downtown Charlottetown).  Tickets at www.ticketpro.ca; from the theatre’s box office (Weymouth St) 902-894-6885; or at the door (cash only).

For information call 902-628-6778 or email.

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FUND RAISING SUCCESS

Good sport of the week goes to Sylvain Gagné!  You may recall that Sylvain generously agreed to dye his beard if Amanda Lajo, Vanessa MacDonald, and Sophie Beauregard-Marchand could raise $500 in donations for the International specialization?  Well true to his word, Sylvain followed through!  Thank you, Sylvain, and congratulations students!

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GET YOUR GAME ON!

The Faculty of Education has entered in the Halloween decorating challenge for campus, and we have gone with the arcade theme.  We invite all residents of Memorial Hall to get your game on, and help us out by decorating your offices and/or doors with a video game theme.  Judging takes place on Monday at noon!

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN THE NEWS!

CBC News recently did a story on Faculty of Education’s PhD Student, Olive Bryanton.  Olive is the oldest student ever at the University of Prince Edward Island to be pursuing a PhD.  If you haven’t already seen this great story, you can read it here!

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NEW ARRIVALS!

Congratulations to Lyndsay Moffatt, who became auntie to this beautiful baby girl recently!

Welcome to the world, little Adelaide!

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In this newsletter:

• PEITF Convention 2016
• Emergency Safety in Memorial Hall
• International Dinner and Silent Auction
• Halloween Decorating in the Faculty
• Farewell to Megan
• Murder Mystery Night – Ho Ho Homicide
• Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) – Cal for proposals: Advanced Scholars (QES-AS)
• PhD Proposal Presentation

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PEITF CONVENTION 2016

The annual convention of the PEI Teachers’ Federation takes place this October 27 & 28 at the Delta Prince Edward Hotel.  The theme for this year’s conference is Building Resiliency in Changing and Challenging Times.  Information on the convention is available in the following video:

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EMERGENCY SAFETY IN MEMORIAL HALL

The emergency guardian and warden lists have been updated for the third and fourth floor of Memorial Hall as follows:

Fourth Floor: Jane Preston is the Warden and Karen-Anne O’Halloran is the back up.  Cathy Hennessey is the Guardian.

Third Floor:  Carolyn Francis is the Warden and Karen-Anne O’Halloran is the back up.  Ashley Clark is the Guardian.

The Warden clears individuals from the buildings/rooms, assigns Guardians to assist those with disabilities, communicates the presence of individuals who have disabilities in the building to Emergency Responders, and secures rooms if possible.  The Guardian assists individuals who have disabilities to a predetermined location on the floor to await evacuation assistance from emergency responders.

The primary gathering point for Memorial Hall is the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.  The alternate location is the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall.  The type and scope of the emergency may dictate the desired gathering point.  Those evacuating the building should gather at the designated building to wait for further instructions from emergency response staff.

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INTERNATIONAL DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION

UPEI’s Faculty of Education International Dinner & Silent Auction  takes place at 5:00pm on Sunday, 27-Nov-2015 at Jack Blanchard Hall on Pond Street.  Please plan to attend 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 Mill & Local 343. Tickets ($30/seat) 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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HALLOWEEN DECORATING IN THE FACULTY

UPEI is hosting a Halloween Office Decorating Contest, with judging to take place 31-Oct-2016.  Our main office is embracing an arcade theme this year, and we invite you to participate by decorating your office door, either with your favorite game theme, or for Halloween generally.  We would appreciate your help in bringing some Halloween spirit to Memorial Hall!

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FAREWELL TO MEGAN

We are sad that we will be saying farewell to Megan MacKenzie as she leaves UPEI to take up a new position with the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (CACUSS).  Please join us for cake and good wishes for Megan during our weekly stand up meeting in the staff lounge (MH 409), on Thursday, 03-Nov-2016. 

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MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT – HO HO HOMICIDE

The Faculty of Education is holding another interactive evening of mystery and intrigue.  Please join us for “Ho Ho Homicide” on 25-Nov-2016 at 6:30pm in Main Faculty Lounge. Light refreshments will be availble.  We really hope you can come out and engage with our international students and have fun at this murder mystery event!

How does it work? You will receive a character and a list of objectives (people to take to, things to do, information on how to behave/react as your character, etc.).  You will arrive that night dressed as your character and discover that one of the characters has been “murdered.”  You then talk to suspects, examine evidence, and try to solve the murder!

You can participate as either a main character or general character…

This event is sure to be entertaining!  Everyone is welcome!  The more the merrier! If you would like to participate, email Ashley to RSVP.

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CANADIAN QUEEN ELIZABETH II DIAMOND JUBILEE SCHOLARSHIPS (QES) – CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ADVANCED SCHOLARS (QES-AS)

Canadian universities are invited to submit multi-year project proposals seeking funding of up to $500,000 CAD for projects of up to four years. Each Canadian university may submit one proposal to the 2016 competition. Details on the program can be found here.   Researchers interested in applying to the QES-AS call for proposals must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Vice-President, Academic and Research by 31-Oct-2016. The LOI should be a one-page document outlining:

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PHD PROPOSAL PRESENTATION

The Faculty of Education invites you to attend the PhD Proposal Presentation of Alaina Roach O’Keefe on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2016 at 9:30am in Memorial Hall, room 417.  Alaina’s presentation is entitlted “Multiliteracies and Digital Play in the Home: One Family’s Experience.” All are welcome to attend.

In this newsletter:

• BEd Awards
• Note of Thanks from Taylor Baglole
• Open Appetizers
• Relay for Life
• ELC Demonstrations – Google Classroom, KOHA, and Epson Document Camera
• New Additions

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BEd AWARDS

An event to celebrate BEd award donors and BEd scholarship & bursary winners was held recently in Main Faculty Lounge.

• The Alicia Gallant Faculty of Education Prize – Taylor Baglole
• The Cletus Murphy Memorial Scholarship in Education – Amanda Lajo
• The Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship – Matt King
• The Elinor (MacDonald) MacLellan Scholarship – Taylor Baglole
• Ellen Cousins Memorial Scholarship in Education – Julia Ross
• The Estelle Bowness Memorial Award – Sophie Marchand
• The Hugh N.A. MacDonald Memorial Scholarships – Nadine Walsh & Ashley Greening
• Jean S. Lockerby Memorial Scholarships – Julia Ross
• The Joyce (Hooper) Andrew Renewable Scholarships in Education – Maha Ghiz & Senja Djelouah
• The Mermaid School Memorial Scholarship – Brodie Ward
• The Nellie Aitken Award – Veronica Callaghan
• The PEI Retired Teachers’ Association Prize – Jill MacIssac
• PEI Teachers’ Federation FJ MacNeill Award – Paige Wright
• The Sisters of Notre Dame Convent – Entrance Award – Holly O’Neill
• The Tsang Choi Shin Hang Memorial Bursary – Hossein Mivehhi

The Faculty would like to thank all those involved in putting this great event together, particularly the Lyndsay Moffatt for organizing the event, the Awards Committee for reviewing applications, and the UPEI Department of Development and Alumni Engagement for all their great work with our generous donors. If you happen to have any of these award winning students in your classes, or meet them in the hallway, please offer your congratulations!

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NOTE OF THANKS FROM TAYLOR BAGLOLE

During the awards ceremony mentioned above, Taylor Baglole was recognized for receiving the Faculty of Education Alicia Gallant Award.  The Faculty received the following note from Taylor:

“Dear Dr. MacDonald and the Faculty of Education,

Thank you for the Alicia Gallant Award.  I am grateful that I have been selected as the recipient.

I am currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Education Program at UPEI.  I am from Kinkora, Prince Edward Island and completed my undergrad at St. Thomas University with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology and Gerontology.  After graduating from the Bachelor of Education Program, I plan on completing my Masters in School Psychology to become a School Psychologist.

Thank you again for this help with my education.  I appreciate the kindness and generosity of this award.

Sincerely,

Taylor Baglole”

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OPEN APPETIZERS

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ELC DEMONSTRATIONS – GOOGLE CLASSROOM, KOHA, AND EPSON DOCUMENT CAMERA

Our Education Learning Commons has scheduled a demonstration session for Thursday, 13-Oct-2016, at 3:30pm in the Health Sciences Building (HSB), Room 106.  At this session Clayton Coe will be showing us how to use Google Classroom, Janet MacDougall will be showing us how to use the ELC’s KOHA system for signing out books, and Mike Cassidy will demonstrate the Epson document camera.

This session is open to anyone interested, including BEd students, staff and instructors.

If you would like to attend this session, but it does not work with your schedule, please contact Janet in the ELC.

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NEW ADDITIONS

We would like to welcome another critter addition to a Faculty of Education family…

We are pleased to introduce you all to Molly, now 17 weeks old (early October).  Molly is a black lab from Ocean Road, PEI who was adopted at 8 weeks by Liz Townsend and Harry Robertson!

In this newsletter:

• Opportunities to Work with Us
• Faculty Council Meeting – 06-Oct-2016
• Research Collaboration Opportunity
• Call for Papers: Educational Leadership Conference
• Call for Papers: Canadian Journal of Education Special Capsule Issue
• Hurrahs!
• New Additions

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OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH US

The following opportunities are currently available with our Faculty:

ADS Level 7 – Research Coordinator – Centre for Education Research – Faculty of Education (Competition 98E16, closes 05-Oct-2016)

Senior Research Associate – Young Lives Research Lab (Grant Funded) (Competition 100E16, closes 05-Oct-2016)

Qualitative Analysis Research Assistant – Young Lives Research Lab (Grant Funded) (Competition 101E16, closes 05-Oct-2016)

Sessional Instructor – ED614M (Winter 2017) (Competition 80SI16, closes 19-Oct-2016)

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FACULTY COUNCIL MEETING – 06-OCT-2016

The next Faculty Council Meeting takes place this Thursday, 06-Oct-2016 from 1pm-3pm.  Please note that the room for this AVC 286C N.

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RESEARCH COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITY

If anyone is interested in researching educational technology [including: blended and online learning and teaching; online collaboration; online communities of inquiry; online mentoring; gender and STEM (with a particular focus on technology); Makerspaces; and the integration of technology to enhance learning and teaching in the school and higher education contexts], please contact Dr. Petrea Redmond, School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood at the University of Southern Queensland. She can be reached by email here.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

An educational leadership conference will take place in Kingston, Jamaica, on Mar. 2 and 3. Details can be found on the conference website.  Deadline for abstracts is 31-Oct-2016.

The Institute for Educational Administration and Leadership-Jamaica (IEAl-J), the Jamaican affiliate of CCEAM, is one of the conference sponsoring organizations. Our colleague Tim Goddard will be one of the keynote speakers, along with Stephen Jacobson of UCEA, and Sir Patrick Allen, Governor General of Jamaica.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION SPECIAL CAPSULE ISSUE

The Canadian Journal of Education invites submissions for a special capsule issue — “Teaching Creatively, Creatively Teaching: Exploring the Arts and Design Thinking in Education.”  This special issue invites authors to critically engage with the arts and design thinking as methods for promoting creativity and social innovation.  Submission details can be found at the attached link.  The deadline for submissions is 01-Dec-2016.

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HURRAHS!

A double “hurrah”for Faculty colleagues is in the latest issue of the Canadian Journal of Education!  The “Special Capsule on Children’s Play” contains an introduction which was co-authored by Alaina Roach O’Keefe as well as an article called “Poetic Inquiry of and on Play” co-authored by Sean Wiebe.  Congratulations Alaina and Sean!

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NEW ADDITIONS

There have been a number of wonderful critter additions to our Education families recently!  We are happy to introduce you to the following Faculty Fur Babies…

Tomorrow these two adorable kittens (not yet named) will be coming home from the Humane Society to live with Cathy’s family.

Sandy and Fiona recently adopted “Bloom,” an adorable Sheltie pup.

And Karen-Anne’s daughter recently surprised the family with a new pet…. “Blue.”

In this newsletter:

• Progress Monitoring Presentation
• Heads Up!
• Journal Club Presentation – 28-Sept-2016

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PROGRESS MONITORING PRESENTATION

Tammy Hubley-Little, Director of Leadership and Learning from the PEI Department of Education, Early Learning and Culture, will be speaking to all education students and faculty on the topic of Progress Monitoring.  Progress Monitoring is currently being used in several PEI schools to assess students’ academic performance.  It is an assessment tool which quantifies the student’s rate of improvement, or responsiveness to instruction,while on their educational journey through the PEI education system.  This session is meant to give education students an overview of Progress Monitoring before the students enter the schools for their practicum and faculty an opportunity to become more aware of the initiative.

The presentation takes place on Friday , 14-Oct-2016 at 12pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 135.  Everyone is welcome.

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HEADS UP!

Thank you to everyone who came out to participate in the Faculty Potluck this past Friday.  The food and the company were both fabulous!

Those who could not attend missed a lively game of Heads Up, where we learned…

• there are a lot of animals that can be signed by “air claws”
• facing a mirror can give a team an advantage;
• having an advantage doesn’t mean you win a round.

Thank you to Ron and Erin for hosting, and the Social Committee for organizing this event!

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JOURNAL CLUB PRESENTATION – 28-SEPT-2016

Mary MacPhee presents “Pilot Projects as Effective Graduate Student Practice” at a Journal Club presentation on Wednesday, 28-Sept-2016, from 12:15pm-1:30pm in Memorial Hall 308.

The link to her article can be found here.

The link to the conference proceedings can be found here.

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In this newsletter:

• Save the Date!  – Faculty Potluck
• Pink Panther
• Thank you from Fiona Walton
• Tea Time
• Call for Papers
• Clips from Colleagues
• Instructor Handbook Updated
• Switching from Groupwise

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SAVE THE DATE! – FACULTY POTLUCK

Save the date!  A cocktail social will be held at Ron & Erin’s home (16 Carriage Lane, Stratford) on 23-Sept-2016 from 6:30pm-9:30pm.  Our Social Committee Extraordinaire has set up a SignUp Genius (click here) to coordinate the potluck appetizer and dessert contributions.

We hope you can join us!

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PINK PANTHER

Panther pride is going pink!  Three of our students have created a fundraiser for our International specialization.  If Amanda Lajo, Vanessa MacDonald, and Sophie Beauregard-Marchand can raise $500 in donations, Sylvain Gagné has generously agreed to dye his beard pink and keep it that way for a week.

If you have spare change, please contribute to this fundraiser by placing it in the bag with Sylvain’s picture on it in the Main Office.

Merci for your generosity (and to Sylvain for his sportsmanship)!

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THANK YOU FROM FIONA WALTON

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

My sincere thanks to all of you for providing such a glorious send-off after my 17 years at the Faculty of Education. I am deeply grateful. Tess, the Symposium was just magnificent from the opening ceremony until the closing reception with many trips down memory lane, especially when it came to Inuit education! Julie and the faithful and classy members of the social committee seemed to be doing double duty with gifts at the reception and again at the wonderful coffee gathering when I nearly fell over backwards after seeing that picture of Ireland with an incredibly generous voucher to carry me home to my family this Spring. Then there was that thoughtful gift card for my favourite haunt, Moksha Yoga, and enough wine enough to have a party for several people. Wow, folks, you honoured me in such special ways that I will never forget. Thank you, thank you so much! Finally, to Ron for his heartfelt words and supporting the gala events and gifts! I loved and appreciated everything.

Fiona

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TEA TIME

Check out this offer from David’s Tea!

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Canadian Journal of Education (CJE) invites submissions to its upcoming
Special Capsule Issue entitled “Teaching Creativity, Creatively
Teaching.” The deadline for submissions is 01-Dec-2016.

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CLIPS FROM COLLEAGUES

(Shared by Tim) – 8th Annual Nichola Goddard Foundation Fundraising Dinner

Sally and I, along with our honourary chairperson, Wes MacAleer, would like to invite you to the 8th Annual Nichola Goddard Foundation fundraiser, which this year will be on Saturday 19 November 2016 at the APM Centre in Cornwall, PEI. We are thrilled that Mayor Naheed Nenshi  of Calgary will be our guest speaker.

The Foundation has now endowed two university scholarships (at UPEI and the University of Calgary) and is currently contributing to a canine heart rate monitor at the Atlantic Veterinary College (Nichola loved dogs!). Fundraising for Light Up Papua New Guinea continues. Over 1.5 million people in rural areas of Papua New Guinea now have access to solar powered lights in clinics and birthing centres, because of Foundation support.

Chef Guy LeClair has volunteered to cook a three course dinner – he and Sheri-Lynn have been great supporters of past events. As usual, our intrepid team of volunteers will serve. There will be a silent auction with the usual random selection of interesting items – some which we already have in hand and a number that are still being collected. The menu and the list of items for the silent auction will be circulated prior to the event.

Tickets can be purchased for $125 online at www.nicholagoddard.com or by cheque, made payable to the Nichola Goddard Foundation and mailed to 45 Parkside Drive, Charlottetown PE C1E 1N1. A tax deductible receipt for $90 will be provided for each ticket purchased.

Should you require an invoice or further information, please contact me by phone (902) 569 5665 or email at goddards3@gmail.com.

We have partnered with Holiday Inn Express this year. Rooms are available for $109.00/night plus tax and include a hot breakfast. There is a hockey tournament on the weekend of November 19, so please book early. Rooms at this special rate will be held only until October 20. Please call the hotel directly 1-902-892-1201 and ask for the rate for the Nichola Goddard Foundation or use this link.

If you are unable to attend, please consider buying a ticket. We will find a good person to fill the seat.

Look forward to seeing you on November 19^th.

Tim

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INSTRUCTOR HANDBOOK UPDATED

The Handbook for Instructors has recently been recently updated and contains important information for both full-time and sessional instructors on such things as departmental processes and policies, printing, course expenses, and more.

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SWITCHING FROM GROUPWISE

As most of you are likely aware, the University is discontinuing Groupwise mailbox services and is switching over to Gmail accounts for all faculty, staff and students.  If you have not already been assisted by Computer Services in the switch of your Groupwise account to a Gmail account, please contact the Help Desk to make arrangements at: 902-566-0465.

In this newsletter:

• Farewell Gathering for Jill
• Symposium to Honour Fiona Walton

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FAREWELL GATHERING FOR JILL

As many of you know, the super wonderful Jill Ross has left the Faculty of Education recently to take up a new teaching position with Holland College.  We would like to take the opportunity to wish her well and acknowledge her contributions to our Faculty at a gathering in The Wave immediately following the Faculty Council Meeting (09-Sept-2016, 1pm-3pm).  Please join us if you are able.

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SYMPOSIUM TO HONOUR DR. FIONA WALTON

Last Friday (26-Aug-2016), the Faculty hosted a symposium to pay tribute the career of Dr. Fiona Walton and the fine work she has done to advance Aboriginal education in Canada.

The symposium featured presentations from key researchers and graduate students in the field of Aboriginal education.  Abstracts and contact information for the presentations are available here.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a truly special celebration.

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