Santa Clara University

The Department of Education and The Student Association for Graduate Education (SAGE) Cordially invite you and your guests to a Celebration Honoring the

Teacher Education Credential Class of 2009

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Location
CALIFORNIA MISSION ROOM
Lower Level Benson Memorial Center
Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served

To RSVP for the event look for the invitation in your email or email jdelacruz@scu.edu if you have not received the electronic invitation.

The Department of Education and The Student Association for Graduate Education (SAGE) Cordially invite you and guests to a Pre-Commencement Celebration and Academic Hooding Ceremony Honoring the

Graduate Education Class of 2009

Friday, June 12, 2009
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Location
MARKET SQUARE
First Floor of Benson Memorial Center

The program will begin at 5:30 pm.
To participate in the Academic Hooding, Graduates must wear academic
regalia (cap, gown, and tassel). The color for Education is light blue.

To RSVP for the event look for the invitation in your email or email jdelacruz@scu.edu if you have not received the electronic invitation.

Getting Started with TI-NspireTM
Friday, June 26, 2009: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Saturday, June 27, 2009: 10:00am - 4:00pm

Algebra 1 • Algebra 2 • Geometry • Middle Grades Math

We are very excited to bring you TI-Nspire professional development education courses led by highly trained Texas Instruments T3 instructors. Join us for an interactive experience in learning how to integrate graphing calculators into YOUR classroom.  The "Getting Started with TI-Nspire" 1.5-day workshop is ideal for beginners. Choose from one of the following courses: Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, or Middle Grades Math.

Cost includes your own TI-Nspire calculator and Teacher Edition software – a $255 value that you get in addition to 9 hours of specialized training for a bargain price of $225!

Earn 9 hours of continuing education units (optional), receive valuable education materials, exchange ideas with fellow educators and take advantage of the ideal location convenient to Caltrain.

Location:
Santa Clara University
Bannan Hall, 3rd floor
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053

Cost: $225. Sign up for optional continuing education (CE) units for $50 at the workshop.

For more information and to register, go to www.tinspire2009.com

Thursday, May 7th 2009 from 6pm - 9pm
$25/person, $40/couple , $40/person with CE units

The advent of a child leaving home to go to college is a significant and important marker in the life of a family. Unfortunately, we generally have few methods, strategies or rituals in place to guide us through this transition. What we do have is a lot of anxiety, procrastination and a general lack of good information. In this brief workshop, we will deal with the reality, rather than the myths of college selection. Parents will learn how to understand the emotional concerns of their college bound children and to use the glut of information available.

Specific methods, techniques and strategies will be presented to help your child maximize her/his chances of getting into the right school for their post-secondary education and future career. These include steps that parents and counselors can take to help their child/client through the process.

For more information and to register, please visit the Center for Professional Development website at www.scu.edu/cpd or call 408-551-1981.
 

A Presentation by Dr. Marco Bravo
Assistant Professor, Department of Education

When: Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Where: Bannan Hall 241
Time: 11:45 am - 1:00 pm

Closing the achievement gap in our nation will requre educatiors to address the needs of the rapidly growing population of English language learners (ELL) in U.S. schools. In order to meet the needs of ELL, teachers must have the ability to recognize and address the language demands of academic content area instruction, including those in science (NCES, 1999). The question of how to support teachers in developing these abilities and enacting instruction that supports the science learning and English language development of ELL is the central concern of this NSF-funded research project.

This study involves the use of educative materials to provide ongoing support for teachers in making informed instructional decisions for ELL in science. The innovation is instantiated in a curriculum program, Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading (Seeds/Roots) based on the idea that curriculum materials can support both teacher and student learning (Davis & Krajcik, 2005). This presentation unpacks results from a pilot study used to test the efficacy of this approach with 15 classroom teachers.

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The Graduate Department of Counseling Psychology Distinguished Speaker Series 

The Developing Mind by, DANIEL J. SIEGEL, M.D.

When: Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Where: California Mission Room, Benson Center

Time:
2:00-3:30PM     Presentation to Counseling Psychology Students and Alumni
3:30-4:30PM     Reception 
7:00-8:30PM     University Lecture: Open to the University Community and Guests

Internationally acclaimed author and speaker Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. He served as a National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow at UCLA, studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behavior, autobiographical memory and narrative.

Dr. Siegel has published Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain; Parenting from the Inside Out; The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are; and The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being.

This event is brought to you by the Counseling Psychology Graduate Student Association and the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education.
 

Sponsored by SAGE: Student Association for Graduate Education
An Evening with Dr. Pedro Hernandez-Ramos

When: Friday April 3rd

Where: Santa Clara University Library & Learning Commons

Time: 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The most common mental model for teaching work involves transmission of, and control over, the flow of information in the classroom. In this presentation I will argue for the view that, in light of substantially different 21st century needs, teachers should conceptualize their work as that of "learning designers." Learning to think as a designer is challenging, and designing learning activities is, in many ways, more difficult than traditional lesson planning, but the rewards for both teachers and learners are quite substantial and thus worth the effort. How to meaningfully integrate technology into learning activities at all grade levels is also a challenge that needs to be considered, given how attractive new technologies are for young people.

Viewing & Taping Room A
Dinner buffet provided
RSVP REQUIRED
by Monday, March 30th
Email: sage@scu.edu
SAGE members: Free
Non-SAGE guests: $5

In compliance with the ADA/504 please direct your accommodation requests to Jessica Gagnon 408-554-4461 or sage@scu.edu at least 72 hours prior to the event.

The Student Bar Association Presents: Graduate Student Mixer

When: Thursday, April 2nd

Where: Arts and Sciences Foyer

Time: 8:30-10:30 pm

Come meet and mingle with fellow students from the various other graduate programs on campus. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be provided. Hope to see you there!

Participating groups include the Student Associations of: School of Education, Counseling Psychology and Pastoral Ministries, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara School of Law.

Les Goodchild recently organized and conducted a national workshop, the first Early Career Faculty Teaching Workshop, for the Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Programs at the Association for the Study of Higher Education annual meeting in Jacksonville, Florida from November 5 to 6. As the council’s elected program chair, he designed the workshop that brought together 27 assistant professors from around the country, who were nominated by the program directors, to hear and participate in panels on teaching five different content areas in higher education (namely, history of higher education, curriculum and instruction, diversity and gender, administration and organization, and faculty issues) and on dissertation advising. Senior faculty from the University of Michigan, Columbia University’s Teachers College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Pennsylvania, University of Kansas, University of Massachusetts Boston, Seton Hall University, and Santa Clara University comprised these two invited panels.

At the workshop, Goodchild presented an opening address, “Joy and Hunger: Listening to the Voice of Vocation in Your Life,” prepared by Professor Jennifer Haworth, Loyola University of Chicago, participated in the invited panel presentation on dissertation advising by giving, “Assisting the Dissertation Researcher,” and offered the introductory remarks to the workshop’s concluding address, “Rethinking the Doctorate: Responding to Emerging Conditions,” by Dr. Chris Golde, Associate Provost for Graduate Studies at Stanford University and former Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.