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EDTEMPLE UNIVERSITYUCATOR COLLEGE OF EDUCATION WINTER 2010 Better Teachers, Better Students BILL DAGGETT: RELEVANCE, RIGOR AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE YOU AS GOOD IN THE CLASSROOM AS YOU THINK YOU ARE? TESOL PROGRAM: PROMOTING BILINGUALISM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION COLLEGE OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP AWARD COMMENCEMENT AWARD CEREMONY RECIPIENTS 2009–2010 STUDENT TEACHER SARA RHUE MEMORIAL FUND JANE ADAMS SCHOLARSHIP DALIBOR W. KRALOVEC OF THE YEAR AWARD Melanie Wills Theresa Frederick SCHOLARSHIP Abegael Weaver Laura A. Lamon SANDRA M. WILLIAMS KENNETH BRENNEN Daniel J. DiRenzo TEACHER EDUCATION MEMORIAL FUND SCHOLARSHIP FUND Heather Soltroff GRADUATE IN ELEMENTARY Derek Seder Oumar N’Diaye Sonia Eugene EDUCATION/EARLY CHILDHOOD Marquita Williams Jennifer Tabassum Michelina A. Hobbie FLYNN ENDOWMENT FUND Kristen Hawkins DEAN WILLARD ZAHN Lois Sheena Johnson Elizabeth Torresson TEACHER EDUCATION TRIBUTE AWARD Shawn Templin GRADUATE IN Aleksandra Chechla DR. ALFRED AND SHIRLEY Kathryn R. Crump SECONDARY EDUCATION FREEMAN SCHOLARSHIP Meghan Ragni John C. Eaton SENIOR PERFORMANCE Susan Kronmiller Rachel Levin ASSESSMENT WITH Khamari A. Young Margaret R. Robbins TEACHER EDUCATION DISTINCTION Amanda L. Clark GRADUATE IN CAREER AND Gretchen Bartholomew BERNARD AND MARIE Rae T. Rudzinki TECHNICAL EDUCATION Shannon Bronico GRANOR SCHOLARSHIP Courtney McMeans Stephanie Walsh Paul Camacho Coleena Cichocki Priscilla I. Gooden Aleksandra Chechla Ross Markman Ashley D. Samuel SUBARNA BANERJEE Elyssa A. Glezerman EXCELLENCE AWARD Stephanie Karmokolias TEMPLE UNIVERSITY CHAPTER MARTHA MOYER EBBERT, Eunhee Seo Nashely C. Silva PHI DELTA KAPPA CLASS OF 1937 SCHOLARSHIP Abegael Weaver Jill T. Elwell Erik Griffith BENJAMIN BANNEKER AWARD Adrienne M. Woll Alicia McCoy Mahoney Anthony Perez EMMA JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP Marilyn Calderon STUDENT AMBASSADOR Marian Menow Eileen Walters TEACHER EDUCATION AWARD Amanda Helriegel GRADUATE Stephen DiDato DILYS MARTHA AND MARTHA Matthew Durkin IN SPECIAL EDUCATION Maxfield Dorsey ANN JONES SCHOLARSHIP FUND Bridget A. France Dawn Dzierwinski Tammy M. Exner Taj K. Byrd Tara Grant MARLENE SMIGEL KORN SUSAN R. LEVENTHAL Katie Gray DR. MILDRED RICE JORDAN HUMANITARIAN AWARD MEMORIAL AWARD Beverly Henderson SCHOLARSHIP Sandra Brockington Gould Rachel DiGregorio Susan Lee DeAnna J. Watson Elizabeth Watto Jennifer Mann MARGARET WANG Andrea Terrero MARGARET J. MESSINGER SCHOLARSHIP FUND L. WALDO RICH AWARD, Kevin Patterson SCHOLARSHIP FUND Jacqueline Palmer THE DR. ELTON ROBERTSON Melanie Stulb Brian Chambers Annie Huynh AWARD IN TECHNOLOGY Natalie Ramos-Castillo Nosheen H. Mughal Susan Lee Julianne Spittal SCHLIMM FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP Alejandro A. Ulloa DR. JOHN G. FINCH AWARD Courtney S. Worth IN TECHNOLOGY HAZEL RANIERI AWARD FUND Jon Welshford CONRAD SEEGER MEMORIAL Nicole Vernamonti AWARD BENJAMIN VERDILE ALUMNI Taj K. Byrd RUTH TOWNE MEMORIAL FUND SERVICE AWARD Lauren Schoot Maxfield Dorsey JUDITH BERNSTEIN SCHOLARSHIP Adhijit B. Desai ROBERT J. SMITH DR. RITA WOLOTKIEWICZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FUND GENERAL COLLEGE OF Brittany Jacobs Jemry Small EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP Briana McCoy Bridget Sweeney Chonte C. Hunt ROY B. HACKMAN Meredith C. Classen SCHOLARSHIP FUND Traci Dougherty STANLEY ROSNER AWARD FUND Steven Luckey Cara Moore Jeri Baucum McKinney Alicia McCoy Mahoney Rebecca J. Thompson DR. DICK MALNATI AWARD Barry Nathan Eanah Brown Dennis Beck IRWIN HYMAN AWARD FUND Zoe Freeman Mollie Book Bridget Sweeney Ciara K. Frank Kaitlin Wilson SPECIAL MENTION Melissa Lenox MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP Xuejiao Lin Christina Thatcher Nikole Vernamonti Lois Sheena Johnson FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP Desiree Y. LaMarr Diana Denega We greatly appreciate the generosity of the alumni, faculty, staff and friends who have established and contribute to the College of All College of Education scholarships and awards are made possible through Education’s Commencement Awards. the generous support of our alumni, friends, parents, faculty and staff. EDTEMPLE UNIVERSITYUCATOR COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FALL 2009 Better Teachers, Better Students BILL DAGGETT: RELEVANCE, RIGOR AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE YOU AS GOOD IN THE CLASSROOM AS YOU THINK YOU ARE? TESOL PROGRAM: PROMOTING BILINGUALISM FEATURES 2 Dean’s Message 4 Relevance, Rigor and Relationships 10 Are You as Good in the Classroom as You Think You Are? EDITOR Valerie V. Gay, CFP 16 TESOL PROGRAM: CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Promoting Bilingualism in an Bruce E. Beans Valerie Gay English-speaking World DESIGN Temple University Creative Services 22 Dr. Bill Cosby’s Fireside Chats 296-0809 PHOTOGRAPHERS Joseph V. Labolito Jacques-Jean Tiziou David DeBalko Ryan Brandenberg David Matthews Valerie V. Gay · · · DEPARTMENTS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION DEAN C. Kent McGuire, PhD 24 Our Students Speak ASSOCIATE DEAN James P. Byrnes, PhD CHAIR, COLLEGIAL ASSEMBLY 26 Message from the Editor S. Kenneth Thurman, PhD DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES John Francescone 27 News in Brief DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES Patricia Louison, EdD ASISTANT DEAN, INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT 33 New Faculty Valerie V. Gay, CFP ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS Tiffany Tavarez 36 Faculty Notes PRESIDENT, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Gaylord J. Conquest, EdD 37 Faculty Profile CORRESPONDENCE: Temple University 41 Alumni Notes College of Education Office of Institutional Advancement Ritter Annex 223 1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue 44 In Memoriam Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091 dean’S message Since my arrival just about six years ago, the College of Education has made major improvements in several key areas. With considerable investment in new technologies, we have significantly enhanced the college’s infrastructure, with smart classrooms, new science labs and a new student center all enhancing our efficiency. As we’ve outlined in previous editions of Educator, to increase capacity we’ve also made significant investments in recruiting new, distinguished faculty and staff. Having achieved both greater efficiency and capacity, the college’s main focus has turned to creating new programming that produces even better teachers and better educations for this nation’s school children. We highlighted two such programs in New Programs to Meet New the last issue: TUteach, which recruits science and math students to obtain Educational Challenges secondary teaching certificates along with their BS degrees, and E=mc2, which trains mid-career and early-retiree math and science professionals to become middle school teachers in high-need schools. This issue features another Educator l 2 l Fall 2009 example: our Center for Teaching to increase attention to field experience acknowledge the following faculty and Excellence, which is just one of four and the education of diverse learners. staff for their achievements: university-based programs statewide These revisions will reflect both state- Dr. Patricia J. Louison dedicated to producing master imposed higher content standards and Undergraduate Academic Advising teachers who qualify for the prestigious our own efforts to make sure that the Award 2009 National Board of Professional Teaching offerings are sensitive to and support Dr. Frank H. Farley Standards’ certification. Improving the needs of diverse learners. AERA Fellow 2008 our children’s education is the goal In addition — and this might be of Dr. Glenn E. Snelbecker of Willard Daggett, EdD ’74, one of AERA Fellow 2008 particular interest to alumni — we are our impressive graduates profiled in developing programs customized to Dr. Christine A. Woyshner this issue. the needs and time constraints of Great Teacher Award 2008–2009 Currently we are undergoing a complete working professionals. This fall we will We are also proud to report that we rethinking of our undergraduate teacher be offering certification, master’s and had more than 30 faculty and student education offerings. We’re doing so doctoral programs that will combine participants in the 2009 American partly in response to changing state a greater use of online offerings with Educational Research Association standards. But this restructuring also weekend and summer sessions. In other annual conference. is the result of changes in our views words, the programs will be the about what will be needed over the educational equivalent of an executive As you can see, the College of Education next decade or so for teachers to meet MBA format. Please check our web site is moving forward with exciting things the needs and demands of American at www.temple.edu/education to receive to come, and we again thank you for all education. the most up-to-date information. of your continued support! This substantial revision will result in a Finally, we salute the accomplishments completely new program in early of our students, staff and faculty for childhood education through grade 4, their outstanding work this past year. as well as new offerings in grades 4 Please take a moment to look at the list through 8, beginning in the fall of 2010. of student award recipients, who more Changes are also being made to our than deserve the accolades they have C. Kent McGuire, PhD secondary education programs (9–12) received. We would also like to Dean Educator l 3 l Fall 2009 Relevance, Rigor and Relationships: BILL Daggett’s THREE R’s FOR AMERICAN SCHOOLS Willard “Bill” R. Daggett, EdD ’74, is telling several hundred principals from the School District of Philadelphia about Jack, his 6-year-old grandson in North Carolina who recruited his grandfather to play touch football. In the huddle, the school improvement consultant