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Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership “Achieving Greatness” Adjunct Fauclty Meeting September 16, 2005

Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership “Achieving Greatness” Adjunct Fauclty Meeting September 16, 2005. Grace Martindale. Will Murley. Madelyn Grant. Baby Mims. Morgan Nichols. ICL BACKGROUND. Faculty Fall 2005 Tenured 20 Tenure Track 15 Professor 11

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Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership “Achieving Greatness” Adjunct Fauclty Meeting September 16, 2005

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  1. Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership • “Achieving Greatness” • Adjunct Fauclty Meeting • September 16, 2005

  2. Grace Martindale Will Murley Madelyn Grant Baby Mims Morgan Nichols

  3. ICL BACKGROUND • Faculty Fall 2005 • Tenured 20 • Tenure Track 15 • Professor 11 • Associate Professor 8 • Assistant Professor 16 • Instructor 12 • TOTAL FACULTY 46 • Adjunct Faculty 62 • Staff • ICL Administrative Team – 4 • Graduate Assistants - 15 • Grants Project Staff – 56 • Program Areas • Early Childhood Education • Elementary Education • Instructional Design & Technology • Reading Education • Secondary Education • Special Education Off Campus Program – Jackson IDT AIM Lab Reading Center

  4. ICL BACKGROUND (CONTINUED) • Number of Students enrolled Fall 2004: • Graduate – 682 • Undergraduate – 1211 • Non-Degree Graduate Students - ~500 • Degrees Granted for 2004-2005: • Undergraduate – 212 of the 267 granted by the COE • Graduate – 208 of the 369 granted by the COE

  5. ACCOMPLISHMENTS • GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AWARDED • Total Grant’s and Contracts Awarded 2004-05 - 25 • Total Award Amount – $8,022,410.00 • Scholarship • Faculty Publications – 103 • Faculty Presentations - 118

  6. Instructional Design & Technology Program Coordinator – Dr.Deborah Lowther • Dr. Michael Grant received the “Young Researcher Award” from AERA • Dr.Michael Grant – Appalachian Technology in Education Consortium • Dr.Lee Allen migrated the Educational Technology (4-courses) endorsement to online Regional Technology Education Consortium

  7. Special Education Program Coordinator: Dr. Janna Robertson • Dr. Tom Buggey: RISE, Project Memphis, Make a Difference, School Improvement Projects • Dr. Kathy Cooter: TEIS • Dr. Sandra Cooley-Nichols: Special Education Institute, ATTAIN, Base TN, MATR Projects

  8. RISE PROJECT Restructuring for Inclusive School Environments The RISE Mission The mission of the RISE Project is to assist school systems, individual schools, educators, and families to structure school environments so that ALL school-aged children and youth are active, fully participating members of a unified schools community supportive of student diversity. The Project seeks to facilitate progress toward a time when ALL children and youth receive a high-quality education, where there is meaningful curriculum, effective teaching, and appropriate supports for each student.

  9. TENNESSEE EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM (TEIS) TEIS is committed to finding and to helping children with special needs, birth to three years of age, and their families.

  10. Elementary Education Program Coordinator: Dr. Sheryl Maxwell • Dr.Sheryl Maxwell – President, Faculty Senate • ALL Faculty - Field Work, Charter Schools, In-services • Dr.Duane Giannangelo: No Child Left Behind

  11. Providing Technical Support and Assistance Throughout the State No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (ESEA)

  12. Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator: Dr.Cheryl Rike • Dr. Deborah Moberly: Ready, Set, Grow for Quality Day Care: Memphis Tomorrow • All Faculty: Recruiting ED.D. Students • Dr. Satomi Taylor: International Research (Japan)

  13. Ready, Set, Grow! Pilot Project An Accreditation Facilitation Project In Partnership with AC Wharton, First Years Institute & Funded by Memphis Tomorrow Participants are 38 Directors of Head Start & Community-Based Programs

  14. Secondary Education Program Coordinator: Dr. Jeffrey Hawkins • Dr. J. F. Crabtree: Basic and Advanced Aerospace Workshops • Dr. Al Seed: Bridges • Dr. Shirley Key: Mentoring & Induction Support for Urban Secondary Science & Math Teachers, EXXON Corporation, Tennessee Math & Science Project – Dr. Celia Rousseau

  15. Reading Education Program Coordinator: Dr. Jerrie Scott • Dr. Jerrie Scott: Reading Center • Dr. Kathy Cooter: Mid-South Reading Alliance • Dr. Robert Cooter: Memphis Literacy Academy

  16. The Memphis Literacy Academy A Partnership Between Memphis City Schools and The University of Memphis “Insuring Highly Qualified Teachers for Every Child” Teacher Capacity Building: You Win on Talent! “The most effective way to ensure that solid reading instruction is available to all students is through teacher capacity building (Cooter, 2003).”

  17. Jackson Campus Coordinator: Dr. Renee Murley • Created New Master of Science degree cohort in Literacy/Special Education • Hired new faculty and expanded course offerings

  18. 2005-2006Priorities for Achieving Greatness • Support Faculty • Increase Communication • Restructure Program Curriculum • Expand National Recognition

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