Friday Memo 8/26/16

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Happy Friday! We made it through the first week of school!


Welcome Weekend Advising Lunch
A huge shout out to Ricki Roth and Kathleen Wendt for meeting with students for the advising lunch provided to new freshmen. It was a pleasure to sit with the new students and get to know them better, while also discussing important issues about their programs.


Adjunct Counseling Meeting
Clint Limoges and Jan Speck did a fantastic job conducting a meeting with the Counseling Faculty - Full-Time and Adjunct. They provided teaching strategies and facilitated discussion about issues regarding the Counseling programs, specifically the upcoming changes required by CACREP.


Faculty Meeting 
Elizabeth Busekrus shared some interesting data about student usage of the writing lab. Please see my email for digital copies of the data. We would like to see more Education students utilizing the Writing Lab.

CACREP Counseling Meeting
The counseling faculty members met Tuesday to begin the curriculum revision process. I am so excited to see our CACREP work taking shape and getting off the ground.



Field Experience Orientation
Dr. Susan Hladky led the Field Experience Orientation with the help of Vanessa Hathaway. I enjoy meeting these students and calming their fears as they begin the practical part of their educator preparation journey. Mary Hoffmiester presented to the elementary and early childhood candidates what is required for the Junior Achievement lessons. We are grateful that Mary always attends our orientation and she provides a very thorough explanation of the JA program.
 




Staff Meeting
Our amazing Education Division staff members got together to discuss a few issues. They are working on creating procedure manuals for their jobs. We also discussed the process by which we update master syllabi each semester.




Upcoming Meetings
  • Faculty Meeting     Monday, August 29     3:00pm     Recital Hall
  • Program Directors Meeting     Tuesday, August 30     10:15am     FLD Conference Room
Closing Thoughts

Lamentations 3:25 - The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.

May you continue to seek God in all that you do.

Have a restful weekend,
Melanie

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