Work Address:
537 Waterman
Elementary Education Program
Department of Education
College of Education and Social Services
University of Vermont
802-656-3356 (Department)
802-656-4578 (Office)
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Local Address
120 Robinson Parkway
Burlington, Vermont
05401
802-863-5386
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Courses
Spring
2004
EdEl 24 Learners and the
Learning Process, 37 students
EdEl
188 Principles of Classroom Management, Section A. 14 students
EdEl 188 Principles of
Classroom Management, Section B. 18
students
Fall 2003
EdEl 24 Learners and the
Learning Process (First Time), 33 students
EdEl 188 Principles of
Classroom Management, Section A. 13 students
EdEl 188 Principles of
Classroom Management, Section B. 09
students
Summer 2003
EdFS 377 Seminar in Educational Psychology
EdSS 200 Differentiating
Instruction (New Course Development)
EdSS 200 Just and Caring School
Institute. With D. Shiman, N. Ellis, S. Smith.
EdEL 200
Literacy Seminar in Complex Instruction. With M.Neumann and J.
Mekkelsen, 9 students
Spring 2003
EdEL 10
Introduction to Teaching and Learning as Meaningful Enterprise, 24
students in cohort
EdEl 188
Principles of Classroom Management, Section A., 15 students
EdEl 188
Principles of Classroom Management, Section B., 14 students
Fall 2002
EdEL 10
Introduction to Teaching and Learning as Meaningful Enterprise, 28
students in cohort
EdEl 178
Meeting Individual Needs: Assessment and Instruction, 16 students
EdEl 188
Principles of Classroom Management, Section B., 19 students
Summer 2002
EdLSS 377 Seminar in Educational
Psychology
EdSS 200 Just and Caring School
Institute (First Time) With D. Shiman, N. Ellis, S. Smith.
Spring 2002
EdEl 010 Introduction To Teaching
And Learning
As Meaningful Enterprise, 15 student cohort [data]
EdEl 178 Teaching to Individual Differences
(new course
for me), 17 students [data]
EdEl 185 Student Teaching Supervision, 5
interns, Orchard
School, South Burlington
EdEl 188 Principles of Classroom Management,
Section
B., 10 students
EdEl 200 Teaching All Children (Continuing
Education,
webCT hybrid), 6 students
Fall 2001
EdEl 010
Introduction To Teaching
And Learning
As Meaningful Enterprise (Coordinator), 18 student cohort
EdEl 188 Principles of Classroom Management,
Section
A., 15 students
EdEl 188 Principles of Classroom Management,
Section
B., 17 students
Independent Studies
Brady Leisenring: Small Group
Process and the Development of Moral Reasoning, Sp. 04
Christian Stevens: Teaching Social
Skills, 03-04
Heather Gonyeau: Math Methods for Preschool Learners, 01-02
Jamie Sawyer: Studying Hispanic, Chicano,
Latino, Latina
Distinctions Through Children's Literature, 01-02
Meaghan Seamans: Exploring Activity
During Explore
Time in a 1/2/3 Multiage Setting, 01-02
Melissa Albertini: Gender Equity Study in
Mathematics, 01-02
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Service
Equity and Complex
Instruction, South Burlington School District, Jan. 19, 2004
Interprofessional Seminar in Complex
Instruction,
Edmunds Elementary School, 01-02
Ann Geroski, parent and UVM
IPS faculty
member
Mary Ross, 3/4 teacher
Elayne Prescott, 3/4 teacher
Paul Houchins, 3/4 teacher
Liza Howrigan, student teacher
Amanda Logan, student teacher
Climate Committee, Burlington High School, 01-02
Diversity Panel, Burlington High School,
League of Women
Voters, 1/14/02
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Research
and Scholarship
"There's Something That's
Got My Attention --It's Got Their Attention As Well": Reflections on
the implementation of complex instruction in real live
classrooms. With Brodeur, B. and Kennison, J. (Undergraduate and
Graduate Student.) Presentation at New England Educational Research
Organization Annual Meeting. Portsmouth, NH. April 23,
2004. I am organizer and lead author.
Teacher Education for
Equity: Overcoming Status Problems and Achievement Gaps in
Heterogeneous Middle School Classrooms. With N. Ellis.
Society for Technology and Teacher Education, Annual Conference,
Atlanta, Georgia. March 4, 2004.
Video: 1. Created,
Edited, and Produced faculty interview tape for NCATE visit.
2. Created the Idea for NCATE " Welcome To Vermont"
video. Project oversight with H. Parker.
3.
Created four instructional videos demonstrating Complex Instruction
strategies for use in EdEl 188 and other classes.
4.
Advised on Vermont Institute video production "Complex Instruction in
Vermont." With N. Ellis and D. Ellis.
NCATE Portfolio, Elementary Education
Progam,
Editor and Lead Author
NCATE Unit Report: Standard 4 (Diversity)
Lead Author
ROPA Unit Report: Diversity Standard, Lead Author
New England Educational Research
Organization Annual Conference
Northhampton, MA April 24-46, 2002
Symposium Organizer and Lead Author
"Making Groupwork Work: Ensuring
Instructional
Efficacy in the Student Teaching Internship Through the Implementation
of Complex Instruction."
with Nancy Heffernan, UVM '02
Liza
Howrigan, UVM
'02
Gillian Kolodny,
B.S.Ed., UVM
Implementing Complex Instruction With
Five and
Six Year Olds
Ongoing dialogue with Elizabeth
Cohen, Stanford
University (Emeritus), Caroline Bahaus, PhD.,
and the students of EdEl 188, Spring 2002
Using Technology to Enhance Student Learning: A
Continuing
Study of My Web-based Course Work [EdEl
188]
Eisenhower Professional Development Grant
Final Training Grant For Complex
Instruction.
Curriculum Development Consolidation Phase.
With Nancy Ellis, PhD.
Film Development
One Group's Experience
Point of View, The Cartoon Group
Assigning Competence
Organizing The Materials Box
Professional Study Group: Child Study and
Interdisciplinary
Teaching.
Fern Tavalin
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Advisees
Undergraduate
3 first year students
15 sophomores*
18 juniors
24 seniors*
(* = students given personal escort to
C&T)
Graduate Students
Masters of Education
Jennifer Kennison
Margaret Edmunds
Maribeth Berliner
Lisanne Velez
Linda Brown
David Amsden
Doctoral Students
Betsy Ellis-Kempner
Penny Nolte
Debbie King
Colleen MacKinnon
Lynda Reid
Sandy MacLeod (Chair)
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Committees
University
President's Task Force on
Racial Diversity, 03-04
Curriculum Sub-committee
member
Center for Teaching and Learning,
Board Member,
Starting January 2002
College
Unit Assessment Committee,
02-04
Unit Diversity Committee, 02-04 (Chair)
University Committee on Teacher Preparation, 02-04
ThinkTank, NCATE, 01-02
NCATE Program Representative, 01-04
Program
Program Assessment Committee, Chair
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Presentations
and Workshops
Creating An Equitable School
Climate. BFA St. Albans, May 2003. With D. Shiman.
Using the Program For
Complex Instruction To Reach All Students. Vermont Institutes
Closing The Gap Conference, Killington, VT. May 2003. With
N. Ellis.
When Students Teach The
Teachers: Tapping The Expertise of Students to Support Faculty
Professional Development, AACTE Annual Meeting, New Orleans,
LA January 2003. With S. Latham, R. Sexton, H. Parker, and
J. Morris.
Learning From Each Other: The Vermont ACEI Portfolio
Experience.
ACEI Elementary SSG Meeting, AACTE Annual Meeting, NYC, February 2002
When Students Become The Experts,
VermontFest,
Mt. Killington Resort, November 2001
with Rebecca Sexton, UVM '02
Differentiated Teaching, BFA Fairfax, 1/21/02
Implementing Technology In My Professional
Life, PT3 Luncheon,
UVM
Complex Instruction In The Elementary
Program, El.Ed.
Advisory Committee, Windjammer, April 2002
Complex Instruction in Multiage Classrooms,
Otter Creek
Institutes, May 2002
Grand Rapids, MI
Minneapolis, MN
Des Moines, IO
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