Category: From the Dean
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The Kitchen Community Appoints Former Teach For America Executive Sean VanBerschot as President
The Kitchen Community CEO and Co-Founder Kimbal Musk today announced changes to the organization’s executive team to further support rapid expansion of Learning Gardens in schools across the United States. Sean VanBerschot is now President of TKC. He will join Kimbal in continuing to build strategic relationships, funding partners and community engagement while focusing on…
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SEHD Alumna Awarded Teaching Fellowship!
SEHD Alumna Brooke Ravanelli was chosen by the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation as a member of its 2015 cohort of Teaching Fellows. This year, 34 promising high school mathematics and science teachers who are just beginning their careers were awarded KSTF Teaching Fellowships. This fall, Brooke began her second year of teaching at the Denver…
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9/30 Faculty Meeting Agenda & Announcements
Hello All, Below is the agenda for the faculty meeting this Wednesday (tomorrow). If you would like to see the PDF version of the agenda click here. ** Please note – the meeting is scheduled from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM.** *Coffee and tea will be available at 9:00am; the meeting will begin at 9:30am.…
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DIVERSITY AND EXCELLENCE GRANTS 15 – 16
Diversity & Excellence Grants fund innovative projects that promote inclusive excellence and diversity throughout the University of Colorado system. Grants of up to $3,000 each will be awarded to proposals that creatively advance the principles of diversity and inclusion in substantive ways. Learn More HERE.
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Renowned researcher: ‘Why I am no longer comfortable’ in the field of educational measurement
Read Gene Glass’ article here. Gene V. Glass is a renowned statistician and researcher who has worked for decades in educational psychology and the social sciences. He created the term “meta-analysis” — a statistical process for combining the findings from individual studies in a search for patterns and other data — and described its use…
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FROM THE DEAN: BRAVO SEHD!!!
BRAVO!!! SEHD had the largest increase in SCHs from last fall to this fall of all the colleges— 10%
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FROM THE DEAN: AUGUST 10th DEADLINE – CALL TO ACTION – CDE Educator Prep and Licensing!
Call to Action! CDE Educator Preparation and Licensing Rule Alignment Draft Review and Feedback July 16, 2015 – August 10, 2015 Please participate! We still have another 3,000 foot climb on our way to the top of our 14,000 foot mountain, but with your amazing stakeholder feedback, we have been able to make significant progress…
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FROM THE DEAN: State Board of Ed Stalled
State board of ed stalled A new member next month may shake up the contentious mix. By Eric Gorski The Denver Post READ ABOUT IT HERE: http://ireader.olivesoftware.com/Olive/iReader/DenverPost/SharedArticle.ashx?document=TDP%5C2015%5C07%5C26&article=Ar01702
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IN THE MEDIA: How STEAM plays a critical role in developing Colorado's STEM-focused workforce
See Below for the Link to the Denver Business Journal STEAM story. Dean Kantor’s quote kicks off the story and adds some great context. How STEAM plays a critical role in developing Colorado’s STEM-focused workforce “The broad way of using arts to learn gets narrowed into oral and written language,” said Rebecca Kantor, dean of the University of…