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UW-Madison School of Education Online News - September 2007
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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 2007

• School’s Websites Get Facelifts
• Teacher Compensation Book Can Be Yours for Free
• Leadership Academy Presentations Are Available Online
• Tandem Press’s Summer Newsletter Is Now on the Web
• Policy Brief Addresses NCLB
• Research Looks at Strengthening Wisconsin’s Science and Engineering Workforce
• Urban Institute Is Launched
• Education Outreach Offers Continuing Education Opportunities
• WISCAPE Announces Fall Programs on Higher Education
• MFA Students Present Art Exhibit: “Third Review” - Sept. 4-15
• OT Presents Caroline Thompson Lecture - Sept. 26
• Assistive Technology Expo Is Coming Soon - Sept. 27
• Author/Artist Peter Sís to Speak - Oct. 3
• WebGem: A Guide to Resources for Teachers, Parents & Students
• School Welcomes New Faculty and Staff

SCHOOL’S WEBSITES GET FACELIFTS
Whew! - A flurry of summer activity has produced new and improved websites for Athletic Training, Counseling Psychology, Kinesiology, Occupational Therapy, and the Center for Instructional Materials and Computing (CIMC). If you’re an alum of these programs or if you’re looking for teacher resources (CIMC), you’ll want to check out the changes.
Athletic Training

Counseling Psychology

Kinesiology

Occupational Therapy

Center for Instructional Materials and Computing

TEACHER COMPENSATION BOOK CAN BE YOURS FOR FREE
It’s informative and it’s free! How to Create World Class Teacher Compensation discusses developing a compensation strategy and offers ideas for creating a variety of pay elements based on teacher knowledge and skills. Written by education professor Allan Odden and Marc Wallace (director of Teacher Effectiveness Through Compensation), the book is available as a free download from Freeload Press (registration required).
Check it out

LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PRESENTATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE
If you weren’t able to attend this summer’s Wisconsin Idea Leadership Academy on “Doubling Student Performance,” you can still get helpful information by viewing the presenters’ PowerPoint slides and other materials. More than 90 educators attended the academy, which was sponsored by the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA). Highlights included in-depth presentations by ELPA professors and by leaders of 10 schools and districts from around the country, as well as a keynote talk by Kati Haycock, founder and president of Education Trust.
Visit the academy’s website

TANDEM PRESS’S SUMMER NEWSLETTER IS NOW ON THE WEB
Those of you who’ve read Tandem’s print newsletter know it’s a visual treat, as well as a fine source of information about contemporary artists. The 2007 summer issue is now available online as a PDF file, and contains articles about or by artists Gregory Conniff, Nicola López, Tom Judd and others. Tandem Press is a fine-art printmaking studio affiliated with the School’s Department of Art. (Scroll down the left side of Tandem’s homepage for the link.)
Check it out

POLICY BRIEF ADDRESSES NCLB
Supplemental Educational Services (SES) policies specified by the No Child Left Behind Act are hampered by political, technical, instructional, and organizational problems, according to education professor Patricia Burch. In a new policy brief, she recommends that policymakers redesign the law to address the core problem of local administrators lacking fiscal resources and expertise to successfully administer SES programs.
Read the brief

RESEARCH LOOKS AT STRENGTHENING WISCONSIN’S SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WORKFORCE
The statistics alone suggest a need: Percent of bachelor’s degrees completed in science and engineering – Japan: 66%; China: 59%; US: 32%; University of Wisconsin System: 21%. A research brief from the School’s Center on Education and Work (CEW) examines the educational challenges and prospects for preparing middle and high school students for postsecondary programs in engineering and technology. The research was conduced by CEW director and education professor Allen Phelps and researcher Kate Alder.
Read the brief (PDF file)

URBAN INSTITUTE IS LAUNCHED
The School of Education has joined the University of Wisconsin System to create an exciting opportunity in urban education. The UW System Institute for Urban Education is a new and growing program that offers any UW campus student the opportunity to student teach in the Milwaukee Public School System. Students also attend seminars on issues of urban education, culture and community, and take part in a community-involvement project. The program’s goal is to prepare highly effective, culturally relevant and responsive teachers to serve the needs of culturally diverse urban youth. Future plans include a residential facility to serve student and community teaching and learning needs, in-service opportunities for current urban teachers, and research opportunities for both scholars and teachers.
Read more

EDUCATION OUTREACH OFFERS CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Throughout the year, the School’s Office of Education Outreach offers learning opportunities for educators and others. Among its fall offerings are “Coaching and Observation Strategies” - a workshop for experienced teachers who want to mentor new teachers (Sept. 25-26), and “Online Virtual Museums” - an online workshop that will explore the latest methodologies and technologies needed to successfully implement a virtual museum in the classroom (begins Oct. 22).
Check out the outreach calendar

WISCAPE ANNOUNCES FALL PROGRAMS ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Again this fall, the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) is offering an intriguing series of public forums and lectures on topics that include, among others, “Balancing Give and Take: Funding and Accountability in Public Higher Education,”(Oct. 9), and “The Global Public University,” (Oct. 11), which features UW-Madison emeritus chancellor David Ward.
Check out the WISCAPE calendar

MFA STUDENTS PRESENT ART EXHIBIT: “THIRD REVIEW” - SEPT. 4-15
More than 20 third-year graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program are displaying recent works in a preview of individual MFA shows to be held next spring. The exhibit runs Sept. 4-15 in the 7th Floor Gallery of the Humanities Building.
Get the details

OT PRESENTS CAROLINE THOMPSON LECTURE - SEPT. 26
Wayne State University associate professor Catherine Lysack will present the annual Caroline Thompson Memorial Lecture at 5 p.m. in the Waisman Center, 1500 Highland Ave. Her topic is “Risk-Taking and Spinal Cord Injury: Is Chance-Taking Good for Women in Pursuit of Better Community Participation?” A reception will follow the talk, which is sponsored by the Occupational Therapy Program (OT). Registration details are available on the OT website.
Visit the site

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY EXPO IS COMING SOON - SEPT. 27
This year’s expo features more than 30 exhibits that demonstrate how technology can assist people with disabilities to improve their quality of life. A highlight is a presenter from the Netherlands who will discuss his work on using robotics to assist people with disabilities. Education professor Norm Berven began the expo 23 years ago, and continues play a key role in its organization. The event, which is free and open to the public, runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive.
Get the details

AUTHOR/ARTIST PETER SÍS TO SPEAK - OCT. 3
Award-winning author/artist Peter Sís will discuss his new autobiographical picture book, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, in a free public lecture sponsored, in part, by the Children’s Cooperative Book Center (CCBC). The discussion will take place in Room L160 of the Chazen Museum on campus, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The book chronicles Sís’s development as an artist coming of age in Czechoslovakia before and during the rise of communism in the mid-20th century.
Get the details

WEBGEM: A GUIDE TO RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS, PARENTS & STUDENTS
PK-12@UW-Madison is an online handbook of more than 250 UW-Madison resources for teachers, parents, and students. Many of the resources, which range from EDIPHY: Education in the Physical to Bottle Biology to Bucky’s Badger Den, are free and accessible online. The site was developed by the School of Education in cooperation with the Chancellor’s Office. A print handbook of resources is available upon request.
Check out the site

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

Visit the School’s alumni page

SCHOOL WELCOMES NEW SOE FACULTY AND STAFF!
A warm welcome to new members of the School of Education family:
Michael Christian, WCER, asst. scientist
Elton Crim, ELPA, clinical professor
Jennifer Delaney, ELPA, assist. professor
Madeline Hafner, WCER, assist. scientist
Mary Hayne, Dance, visiting lecturer
Yue Hu, WCER, researcher
Rebecca Kopriva, WCER, senior scientist
Sara Kraemer, WCER, assist. researcher
Paul Sacaridiz, Art-Ceramics, assist. professor
Norma Saldivar, Arts Institute, interim director
Chris Walker, Dance, lecturer
Carsten Wilmes, WCER, asssist. researcher

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