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UW-Madison School of Education Online News - September 2006
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Welcome to the UW-Madison School of Education Online News, a monthly update on School and campus news and resources.

IN THIS ISSUE: September 2006

• Education Building and Art Facilities Set for Major Changes
• Research Considers How School Leaders Build Professional Communities
• CCBC Choices Goes Digital with Past Editions
• Counseling Psychology Offers Four Programs in Advanced Studies
• Outreach Revamps Website, Offers Professional Development Opportunities
• Dance Program Celebrates 80th Anniversary
• WISCAPE Announces Fall Programs on Higher Education
• Public Invited to Art Department’s Weekly Colloquiums
• Caroline Thompson Memorial Lecture - September 20
• Arts Night Out! - September 30
• Campus News: Transcripts Now Can Be Ordered Online
• Webgem: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Offers Teacher Resources

EDUCATION BUILDING AND ART FACILITIES SET FOR MAJOR CHANGES
There’s much ado about buildings these days in the School of Education, with plans well underway to renovate and expand the historic Education Building on Bascom Hill. In addition, the School has made tangible progress on the long-sought goal of consolidating Art, one of its largest departments, at a single location. “Building Momentum,” the feature article in the fall issue of Campus Connections, the School’s print newsletter, provides a detailed progress report on these exciting projects.
Read the article online

RESEARCH CONSIDERS HOW SCHOOL LEADERS BUILD PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES
In a recently posted research paper, Richard Halverson looks at several studies on distributed leadership in urban, suburban and rural school districts and describes structures leaders have used to engage in schoolwide reform. His paper (available as a PDF file) concludes with design principles to guide others in building professional communities in their schools. Halverson conducts research at the School’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research and is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
Read the research paper

CCBC CHOICES GOES DIGITAL WITH PAST EDITIONS
Good news for Choices fans! Past issues of CCBC Choices, the annual review of books for children and young adults compiled by librarians at the School’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), are now available online via the Wisconsin Digital Collections Center. The digital collection - consisting of PDF documents - covers the first edition of Choices, which came out in 1980, through Choices 2005. Every spring, when the new print edition is released, the previous year’s edition will be added to the digital collection. (To access the PDF files, select the “Cooperative Children’s Book Center” from the Communities in DSpace list.)
Check it out

COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY OFFERS FOUR PROGRAMS IN ADVANCED STUDIES
In addition to its master’s and doctoral programs, the Department of Counseling Psychology now offers certificate programs for teachers, counselors, and others who are seeking professional development. The four programs include advanced studies in the areas of professional counseling, psychosocial factors in student achievement, multicultural competence, and engaged pedagogy.
Get the details

OUTREACH REVAMPS WEBSITE, OFFERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Lovely to look at and easy to use is the Office of Education Outreach’s new website. Completely redesigned over the summer, the site provides easy access to a host of professional development opportunities and resources for educators and other professionals. New features include education news, a monthly calendar, and multiple ways to browse for learning opportunities. Among the many programs offered this fall are “Online Virtual Museums,” “Coaching and Observation Strategies,” and “Integrating Spoken Word and Poetry Slams into the Middle and High School Classroom.”
Visit the Outreach site

DANCE PROGRAM CELEBRATES 80TH ANNIVERSARY
Eighty years after the first dance major curriculum was created by Margaret H’Doubler on this campus, iterations of H’Doubler’s vision continue to flourish. To celebrate its anniversary, the Dance Program will hold public forums and concerts throughout the academic year, beginning with a Celebration of World Dance at the Union Theater on September 30 at 8:00 p.m. Guest artists, including Alberto “Tito” del Saz, will also be featured during the year. An online calendar provides the fall schedule of events.
Check it out

WISCAPE ANNOUNCES FALL PROGRAMS ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Once again, the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Higher Education (WISCAPE) has planned an ambitious fall schedule of public forums and lectures. Upcoming programs include nationally recognized speakers who will explore a wide variety of topics, including “Using the Past to Explain Today’s University,” “Reexamining the Structure and Funding of Public Higher Education in Wisconsin,” and “How States and Institutions Shape Racial Dynamics in Higher Education,” among others.
Get the details

PUBLIC INVITED TO ART DEPARTMENT’S WEEKLY COLLOQUIUMS
For those of you near campus, the Art Department offers a wonderful opportunity to meet nationally known artists via its weekly Art Colloquium. The Colloquium, which is taken by many UW students as a one-credit course, is also open to the public. Its highly visual lectures are held Tuesday evenings, from 5:40 to 6:30 p.m. in the Morgridge Auditorium in Grainger Hall. Among this semester’s guest artists are Belgian collaborators Aline Bouvy and John Gillis, Japanese printmaker Yuji Hiratsuka, and German curator Ute Ritschel.
Check out the colloquium schedule

CAROLINE THOMPSON MEMORIAL LECTURE - SEPTEMBER 20
The School’s Occupational Therapy Program sponsors this annual lecture, which this year features Jane Case-Smith, professor and director of the Division of Occupational Therapy at Ohio State University. Professor Smith will discuss “Assessment of School Readiness in Children 4 to 6 Years” at the Waisman Center on Wednesday, September 20. Lecture is at 5:00 p.m., with a reception to follow at 6:00. The event is open to the public, but reservations should be made by calling Terri Pope at (608) 262-2936.
Get the details

ARTS NIGHT OUT! - SEPTEMBER 30
Faculty, staff and students from the School’s Art Department and Dance Program will display their talents at the University’s Arts Night Out! celebration on Saturday, September 30. The campuswide arts festival invites people of all ages from the campus and community to experience the arts. Among the activities are a print and ceramics sale and raku demonstration; a glass, neon and cast-bronze art exhibit; an outdoor light/neon exhibition; and a world dance performance. Arts Night Out! is sponsored by campus arts departments and organizations, Visitor & Information Programs, and the UW-Madison Arts Institute.
Get information on all the events

CAMPUS NEWS: TRANSCRIPTS NOW CAN BE ORDERED ONLINE
Seems everything’s going digital these days, and that’s good news for anyone who needs an official UW transcript. The Office of the Registrar is offering a new service that allows students and alumni to order transcripts online. The service will significantly reduce ordering and processing time for transcript requests, and features the ability to track order progress and request expedited service and delivery. The site also includes an online demonstration of the system, FAQs and more.
Check it out

WEBGEM: MADISON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OFFERS TEACHER RESOURCES
Kudos to the new Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA), which opened just this past spring, and already has created a rich website of resources for teachers. While some of the resources can be found only at the museum, others are available to educators outside the Madison area. These include MMoCA Collects, an internet-based introduction to the museum’s collection with images and lesson plans that may be downloaded for classroom use at no charge; and the SchoolsMuseumsART (SMART) Project, which consists of posters, slides, and a 180-page teaching text that may be purchased by schools for $260.
Learn more

HAVE YOU MOVED OR CHANGED YOUR NAME?
You can easily update that information via the School’s website. And we’ll make sure that your University records are updated as well as ours. See “Staying in Touch” on the School’s alumni page. Update your record

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