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Spring 2017 Issue feThe Newsletterll of the Woodrowow Wilson National Fellowshipsh Foundationip SPRING 2017 WW Academy Announces Initial Faculty Hires ith the first class of Design Fellows students headed Wto the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning’s Cambridge campus this fall to test and refine its curriculum, the WW Academy has recently announced the appointment of its first two faculty members. As the WW Academy’s inaugural Faculty Mentors, the two will work as program designers, teaching facilitators, and mentors to novice teachers. They will collaborate closely with teachers from the Academy’s partner school districts to support teacher candidates, helping them develop into confident and able educators who are ready to improve student learning on day one. Julianna Stockton, the WW Academy’s founding faculty member, joined the Academy team as its inaugural Faculty Mentor in Julianna Stockton Andrew Wild mathematics. Dr. Stockton brings a wide range of experience to the post. She left a tenured position as Associate Professor of Mathematics and Director of the 3+2 Engineering Program at said. “It has the potential to change the world. I really think Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT to join the WW Academy Woodrow Wilson’s vision of the future of education is spot on.” faculty. While at Sacred Heart, Dr. Stockton also served as co-PI Andrew Wild joins the WW Academy team as Faculty Mentor in on a $1.2 million NSF grant to prepare math and biology majors science. Formerly a Research Associate and Senior Fellow at the for careers as teachers in high-need school districts. She holds Knowles Science Teaching Foundation, Dr. Wild has designed, a B.S.M.E. in mechanical engineering from Olin and an M.A., facilitated, and researched science-learning experiences. He taught M.Phil., and Ph.D. in mathematics education from Teachers science and served in teacher leadership roles in San Francisco Bay College, Columbia University. Area public high schools. He is a co-author of Arguing From Evidence An Olin Partner—one of the students at Olin College of Engineering in Middle School Science: 24 Activities for Productive Talk and Deeper who helped to design the curriculum and student experience— Learning (Corwin, 2016). A magna cum laude graduate of Carleton and a member of Olin’s first graduating class, Dr. Stockton has College, he holds a master’s degree in teaching and a Ph.D. in first-hand experience with educational start-ups. The WW science education from Stanford University. Academy “was just too exciting an opportunity to pass up,” she Continued on page 3 inside FELLOWSHIPS Microgrants Bring New Opportunities From NASA to Ninth Grade: A New Kind Virtual Reality Classrooms . 3 to Georgia Classrooms . 7 of Launch . 11 New Class of WW Women’s Studies SPACE SCIENCE BOOK SPOTLIGHT . 12 Fellows Named . 4 A Stellar Career . .. 8 WW Career Enhancement NOTES ON FELLOWS . 13 Vast Views, Close to Home . 9 Fellowships . 5 Exploring the Universe: Fellow Leads FOUNDATION UPDATES . .. 14 WW HistoryQuest Expands, Names Development of Next-Generation WW Board Honors Second Class . 6 NASA Observatory . .. 10 Shirley Strum Kenny WF ’56 Local School, National Impact in Rwanda . 6 MISSION From the Editor The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation identifies and develops leaders and institutions to meet the nation’s most or more than 70 years, Fellows from a variety of Woodrow critical challenges. FWilson Foundation programs have been shaping how we BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2016–17 see the world. In this issue of Fellowship, we present a few Fellows who have, in fact, shaped how we see the Universe. Thomas C . Hudnut, Chair William Lilley III WF ’59 RG175 Planet Risk A number of Woodrow Wilson Fellows from the late 1950s and H . Kim Bottomly Frank Lorenzo 1960s—more, it turns out, than we could feature here—have Wellesley College (ret’d) Savoy Capital, Inc. become pioneers in astronomy, creating new ways of both Walter W . Buckley, Jr ., Lauren Maddox describing and observing the cosmos. More recently, one of the Chair Emeritus The Podesta Group Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows has also been bringing space Buckley Muething Capital Nancy Weiss Malkiel WF ’65, science to her high school classroom, expanding students’ vision Management Chair Emerita Jane Phillips Donaldson Princeton University of what’s “out there” for them. Phillips Oppenheim Karen Osborne Something very interesting emerged from conversations with Carl Ferenbach III The Osborne Group these leading scientists: a common desire not only to look High Meadows Foundation Matthew Pittinsky outward on a cosmic scale, but also to generate new insights Jennifer Gruenberg Parchment, Inc. and bring them to life for everyone. These Fellows are passionate Marx Realty & Improvement Co. Deborah A . Quazzo about communicating a larger perspective on who we are, where (ret’d) GSV Acceleration we came from, and where we may be going. Perhaps their wider N . Gerry House E . John Rice, Jr . view has made them eager to reach for these great questions, The Institute for Student Management Leadership for Achievement Tomorrow (MLT) beyond the boundaries of any one moment or field. As one of them says, “I’d like to connect with people who are interested Robert F . Johnston Judith A . Rizzo Educational Ventures The James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for in thinking about the future of the human race—not just in Tom Kalinske Educational Leadership and Policy astronomy, but in the bigger picture.” Global Education Learning (ret’d) It’s a passion we believe many Fellows share, especially those Martha J . Kanter David N . Shane College Promise Campaign LDI, Ltd. (ret’d) of you who have amassed decades of expertise in your fields and, in the process, found connections to so many other areas of John Katzman Luther Tai Noodle Education, Inc. Consolidated Edison Co. of inquiry. What are your big ideas? What’s the conversation about Arthur Levine New York, Inc. (ret’d) the future that you want in on? How would you like to have The Woodrow Wilson National Jessie Woolley-Wilson that conversation? If you’d care to weigh in, please email us at Fellowship Foundation DreamBox Learning [email protected]. The Foundation’s more than 22,000 Fellows represent unparalleled intellectual leadership. We would love to hear your Fellowship, the newsletter of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, is published semi-annually. Issues are big ideas. also posted online at www.woodrow.org/newsletters. Email inquiries may be directed to [email protected]. THE WOODROW WILSON National Fellowship Foundation Abbreviations used in this issue: AF = Administrative Fellow MAIL: P.O. Box 5281 • Princeton, NJ 08543 LOCATION: 5 Vaughn Drive, Suite 300 • Princeton, NJ 08540 CEF = Career Enhancement Fellow PHONE: 609-452-7007 CN = Newcombe Fellow http://www.woodrow.org HQ = HistoryQuest Fellow CHAIR OF THE BOARD: Thomas C. Hudnut PRESIDENT: Arthur Levine IP = Institute for International Public Policy Fellow EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER: MCI = Millicent C . McIntosh Fellow Stephanie J. Hull MN = Mellon Fellow FELLOWSHIP NEWSLETTER STAFF: RBF = Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellow Frances Micklow Hannan, writer, photographer Beverly Sanford, editor TF = Teaching Fellow All photographs either taken by WW staff or provided by Fellows WF = Woodrow Wilson Fellow unless otherwise credited. WS = Women’s Studies Fellow WT = Wilson Teacher 2 Spring 2017 WW Academy Announces Initial Faculty Hires Continued from page 1 The faculty appointments are the latest Dr. Wild has taught or mentored hundreds steps forward for the WW Academy, of teachers, in interactions ranging from which has spent the past year developing one-day professional development to its competency-based curriculum, wship multiyear mentoring relationships. “Science crafting innovative classroom simulations o education has the ability to engage and (see sidebar), forging agreements and l inspire all students,” he said. “The WW partnerships with local school districts, Academy will equip STEM educators with consulting with faculty partners at MIT, fel the tools and skills to do just that. I’m and seeking perspectives on its clinical excited to be a part of this important effort.” work from both local teachers and other experts in and beyond education. “The research is clear. Effective teachers Teachers from Burlington Public Schools, a WW Acad- emy partner district, participate in a design workshop are the key to success for our students, our Founded in collaboration with MIT in 2015, looking at the mentor teacher relationship. economy, and our nation,” said Woodrow the WW Academy of Teaching and Learning Wilson Foundation President Arthur is reinventing American teacher preparation Levine. “That success depends on educators for the 21st century. The WW Academy has who are prepared to teach in the schools two components: an educator preparation of today while leading the creation of the program and a research and development schools of tomorrow. We are fortunate to laboratory. It will initially offer competency- have Dr. Stockton and Dr. Wild as part of based teacher preparation programs in our effort to reimagine teacher education, middle and secondary school math, science, ensuring the next generation of teachers and technology (STEM) teacher education, are fluent in both of those worlds.” with other fields to follow. Virtual Reality Classrooms If you’ve ever asked your smartphone or digital assistant to take dictation or search the Internet, you already know that interacting with artificial intelligence (AI) is tricky. So how could one ever use AI to practice teaching? “Could you imagine trying to teach Siri complex content?” asks Carrie Straub, Executive Director of Educational Programs and Research at Mursion . “Siri doesn’t have emotions and she’s not tired because she hasn’t eaten lunch yet—you’re not dealing with the whole interpersonal side of teaching .” The Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning has partnered with Mursion, a virtual reality simulation platform, to develop a set of competency-based simulations to prepare teachers .
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