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Advising Education Majors Commission News and Updates
COMMISSION
E-MAILS:
COMMISSION
REPORTS:
Click
on above link to access the most recent report on commission
activities, members serving this unit, issues of concern,
volunteer opportunities, and annual commission meeting
summaries submitted by the Chair of this Commission.
SPECIAL
NOTICES:
October
2005
Did
you attend the conference in Las Vegas in 2005?
If so, you experienced a wonderful, well-organized, informative
event! Indianapolis will be even better!! Our membership has
increased and the number of proposals from our Commission is
expected to also increase offering more opportunities for presentations
in Indy.
Following
is a list of concerns shared at the Commission meeting in Las
Vegas. It seems we have many issues, areas of
concerns, and wonderful ideas for presentations.
- Academic
Advising: Explanation and Responsibilities
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- Accreditation
(NCATE, Middle States , etc. )
- Advising
Pre-ED students
- Advising
juniors & seniors
Advising
Transfer students
- Advising
Post-baccalaureate teacher candidates
- Advising
Graduate teacher certification candidates
- Advising
Dual & concurrent majors
- Advising
students in Large programs (including satellite locations &
distance education)
- Advising
students in Small programs
- Advising
students in specific teaching options (e.g.-- Special Education)
Advising
gifted honors students in Education
- Advising
at-risk students committed to teaching
Assessment
research & data collection (advising enhancement, "Best
Practices", program improvements, Title II, etc)
- Career Services
(Resumes, interviewing skills, job-seeking strategies, etc)
- Certification
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Communication
issues (within ED department; with other departments &
other institutions)
- Distance
Learning opportunities for teacher candidates
First
Year Seminars (FYS) & Intro to Education courses
- Multicultural
Student Recruitment & Support Services (enhancing
diversity of students, program content & experiences)
- Petitions
for exceptions to existing institutional & state-wide policies
& procedures
Scholarships
and student aid for teacher candidates (Internal & External
funds?)
- Student
Organizations
- Student Teaching
and other Field Experiences
- Study Abroad
possibilities within professional preparation programs
- Support Services
for Teacher Education candidates
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- Volunteer
& Leadership Service Learning requirements for teacher candidates
Additional
areas of interest are:
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FERPA
and parent reception/faculty reaction
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Advisors
with 2 or 3 bordering states
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What
is a Quality Teacher Education program
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What
constitutes a great Centeral Advising Center ?
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On
line strategies for advisors
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Recruitment
in local junior and senior high schools
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Need
for a model that transitions students from a “freshman specialist”
to a faculty advisor
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Advising
Adult and Nontraditional students
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Dissemination
of information to satellite campuses
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Smarter
working vs. Harder working
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Minority
Advising and Recruitment
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Challenges
of coordination across colleges
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Education
on Saturdays only
We
will have a return of the Hot Topics sessions in Indianapolis!!
This will be a time for sharing ideas about some of our areas
of interest and an opportunity to network for strategies and
for possible future presentations. If you would like to see
a Hot Topics offered on any of the above subjects, please let
me know.
If
you are interested in submitting a proposal and would like to
present with another Commission member, please e-mail me or one
of the Advisory Board members. We will be glad to work with you.
New presenters are always welcome!
We
had a GREAT conference in Cincinnati! Be sure
to plan on attending the next NACADA national conference in
Las Vegas in October. Our chair, Karleen Edwards, has been very
instrumental in organizing this new Commission and moving us
forward! At the meeting in Cincinnati , we organized three new
committees to assist with the work of the Commission. Lee
Kem will be the coordinator for the committees.
Presentation
Committee: This group is in charge of publicizing the
call for proposals and bringing people together to do presentations.
Members of this committee are Christine
Lancaster, Linda Hockaday, and Debbie Barber
Research
Committee: Responsible for coordinating research related
to advising education majors. This committee will also assist with
linking people doing similar research. Members: Antoinette
Hart, Shawn Quilter, Janelle Rouse
Webpage
Information Committee: This committee will look on the
web for information on best practices, new ideas on advising,
information about education majors, etc. This information will
be posted on our website and can be the basis of proposal and
research ideas. Members: Janelle
Rouse, Ginny Donovan, Charity Snyder
If
you would like to be involved in the Advising Education Majors
Commission, please let us know. The NACADA conference is a great
place to meet others Education Advisors and find your place
to be actively involved in this Commission.
October
2003
WE ARE NOW A
COMMISSION!!!
At the 2003 NACADA conference
in Dallas, the Advising Education Majors interest group sought
and received approval to become a COMMISSION! At the first meeting
in Dallas after obtaining Commission status, it was decided that
the current leadership would serve until elections. Karleen Edwards
was nominated for Chair of the Commission. Watch for additional
information concerning the Commission.
Several suggestions
were received at the Dallas Commission Meeting about information
members would like to receive. If you have information on any
of these topics, please post that information to the membership
via the commission list serve (N-EDMAJORS).
Thanks!
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It would be nice to have a brief overview of the various models
and configurations for education advisors that exist at different
institutions.
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We
are interested in looking for and reviewing/sharing other colleges’
teacher education major handbook as we are in need of developing
one. Please respond to Arminda Israel at aisrael@odu.edu
and Nola Nicholson at nnichols@odu.edu.
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I
would like to see the Commission address issues that arise in
cross-college secondary education teacher preparation. What
are the advising models that exist? Best practices? How do different
institutions deal with the tensions that arise around “student
ownership (especially in terms of advising) between Colleges
of Education and “content area” departments/colleges?
This will get our discussions started!
More questions will be posted soon.
We had several presentations
from the Commission members. Congratulations! As we prepare for
the 2004 conference in Cincinnati, let’s see if we can have
some presentations that address the above issues/questions.
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