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ESEARCH INCLUDING MORE THAN VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS FIGURES AND LEADING PUBLIC OFFICIALS FROM 'EORGIA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY IS SHOWCASED ON A NEW WEB SITE FOR THE &OOT 3OLDIER 0ROJECT &30 FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS 3TUDIES WWW FSP UGA EDU #O FOUNDED IN BY 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA FACULTY -AURICE # $ANIELS WHO WAS RECENTLY NAMED DEAN OF THE 3CHOOL OF 3OCIAL 7ORK AND $ERRICK 0 !LRIDGE AN ASSOCI ATE PROFESSOR AND HISTORIAN IN THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION THE &30 SEEKS TO ILLUMINATE THROUGH ORAL HISTORY AND DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKING THE SOCIAL ACTIVISM OF UNSUNG PARTICI PANTS OF THE !MERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 4HE WEB SITE WAS DEVELOPED BY THE 2ESEARCH -EDIA SERVICE CENTER A DEPARTMENT WITHIN 5'! S /FFICE OF THE 6ICE 0RESIDENT FOR 2ESEARCH THE 2ICHARD " 2USSELL ,IBRARY FOR 0OLITICAL 2ESEARCH AND 3TUDIES AND MEMBERS OF THE &30 h4HE &30 WEB SITE ALSO INCLUDES THE &OOT 3OLDIER CURRICULUM THAT WILL PROVIDE LESSON PLANS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO PRIMARY RESEARCH MATERIALS FOR + STU DENTS v SAID !LRIDGE h! CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE &OOT 3OLDIER 0ROJECT IS OUR EFFORT TO REACH AND EDUCATE CHILDREN ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MANY ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO PARTICI PATED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVITIES 4HE &OOT 3OLDIER CURRICULUM LINK TO THE WEB SITE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WE WILL BE COLLABORATING WITH + TEACHERS IN ITS DEVELOPMENT v
)N $ANIELS COMPLETED A BOOK CHRONI CLING THE STORIES OF (ORACE 4 7ARD AND OTHERS WHO HELPED DESEGREGATE 5'! 4HE WEB SITE WILL FEATURE RESEARCH FROM $ANIELS BOOK AND FROM DOCUMENTARIES PRODUCED BY THE PROJ ECT INCLUDING MATERIAL ON 7ARD AND FELLOW FEDERAL JUDGES #ONSTANCE "AKER -OTLEY AND 7ILLIAM "OOTLE ATTORNEYS $ONALD (OLLOWELL AND 6ERNON *ORDAN (AMILTON (OLMES ONE OF THE FIRST STUDENTS TO DESEGREGATE 5'!
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ORKERS MAY BE TAKING MORE EXERCISE BREAKS THAN SNACK BREAKS IN THE FUTURE IF A TEAM OF 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA EXERCISE AND HEALTH RESEARCHERS FINDS THAT WORKPLACE FITNESS PROGRAMS ARE JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED $ESPITE EVIDENCE THAT PHYSICAL INACTIVITY IS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE
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HO ARE THE TOP GOLF INSTRUCTORS IN THE COUNTRY 4O FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION YOU CAN PICK UP A &EBRUARY ISSUE OF 'OLF -AGAZINEE OR JUST ASK TWO 5'! #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION RESEARCHERS n 0AUL 3CHEMPP AND "RYAN -C#ULLICK &OR THE FOURTH TIME SINCE 3CHEMPP LED A TEAM OF 5'! RESEARCHERS IN HELPING ANALYZE AND SELECT 'OLF -AGAZINE S LATEST LIST OF S !MERICA S 4OP 'OLF )NSTRUCTORS 3CHEMPP A PROFESSOR IN KINESIOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF 5'! S 3PORT )NSTRUCTION 2ESEARCH ,ABORATORY AND HIS RESEARCH TEAM DEVELOPED A DETAILED QUESTIONNAIRE AND ANALYZED THE RESULTS RETURNED BY MORE THAN CONTENDERS 4HE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONNAIRES ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL RESEARCH INTO EACH CANDIDATE S PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION AND ABILITIES IN TEACH ING RELATED CATEGORIES WERE USED TO NARROW Qร ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร
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ED + -ILLER A PROFES SOR EMERITUS OF THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION AND A PIONEER IN THE FIELD OF UNIVERSITY STUDENT AFFAIRS SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR YEARS TO COME THROUGH A PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL AWARD RECENTLY NAMED IN HIS HONOR 4HE 4ED + -ILLER !CHIEVEMENT OF %XCELLENCE !WARD PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR TO THE 5NIVERSITY OF .ORTH 4EXAS IS CONSIDERED THE HIGHEST HONOR BESTOWED BY THE #OUNCIL FOR THE !DVANCEMENT OF 3TANDARDS IN (IGHER %DUCATION #!3 )T RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ADVANCING STANDARDS OF PRACTICE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN HIGHER EDUCATION WITH THE GOAL OF ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT #!3 HAS BEEN THE PREEMINENT FORCE FOR PROMOTING STANDARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT AFFAIRS SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT PRO GRAMS SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 4HROUGHOUT HIS YEAR CAREER AS A FACULTY MEMBER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES -ILLER WAS A NATIONAL LEADER IN CREATING AND SHAPING STU DENT AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS (E WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF #!3 AND SERVED AS ITS PRESIDENT FOR A DECADE (E ALSO SERVED AS PUBLICATIONS EDITOR FOR #!3 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN -ILLER WHO CO AUTHORED OR EDITED PRO FESSIONAL BOOKS THAT HELPED DEFINE THE FIELD OF STUDENT AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVED OVER YEARS IN LEADERSHIP ROLES IN STATE AND NATIONAL COLLEGE PERSONNEL ORGANIZATIONS AND RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS FOR HIS SCHOLARSHIP AND SERVICE -ILLER WHO RECEIVED HIS %D $ IN COUN SELING AND STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF &LORIDA RETIRED FROM 5'! IN
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S TEACHERS AROUND THE STATE WATCH THEIR ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS COMPLETE THE 'EORGIA (IGH 3CHOOL 'RADUATION 7RITING 4EST EACH YEAR CHANCES ARE NEITHER THEY NOR THEIR STUDENTS ARE AWARE THAT THOSE TESTS ARE PREPARED AND SCORED BY AN IMPORTANT UNIT OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA S #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION &OR THE PAST YEARS THE 'EORGIA #ENTER FOR !SSESSMENT '#! FORMERLY KNOWN AS 4EST 3CORING AND 2EPORTING 3ERVICES HAS PRO VIDED TEST SCORING TEST DEVELOPMENT SURVEY RESEARCH AND TRAINING SERVICES TO SCHOOLS IN 'EORGIA AS WELL AS MANY OTHER STATES .OW THE UNIT HAS A NEW NAME A NEW DIREC TOR AND A NEW VISION FOR EXPANDING ITS SER VICES TO ACCOMMODATE MORE OF THE STATE S TEST DEVELOPING AND SCORING NEEDS h7E BEGAN AS A 5'! SUPPORT FACILITY TO ASSIST THE STATE EDUCATIONAL TESTING PROGRAMS v SAID !LLAN #OHEN WHO BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE '#! IN hBUT WE FEEL WE COULD DO MUCH MORE TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE STATE v 4O HELP BUILD THE '#! S CAPACITY AND EXPERTISE #OHEN HIRED -ARC *ULIAN AS A NEW ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST "EFORE COMING TO 5'! *ULIAN WAS DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH FOR A MAJOR DIVISION OF THE %DUCATIONAL 4ESTING 3ERVICE %43 IN #ALIFORNIA h7E RE REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE -ARC JOIN US (E IS ONE OF THE TOP MEASUREMENT STAT ISTICIANS IN OUR FIELD AND BRINGS WITH HIM A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO HELP US SERVE 'EORGIA v SAID #OHEN h(E S ALSO A 5'! GRAD )N FACT IT WAS HIS EXPERIENCE AT 43!23 AS A GRADUATE STUDENT THAT MADE HIM A REALLY ATTRACTIVE CANDIDATE TO COMPANIES LIKE #4" -C'RAW (ILL AND %43 v 4HE '#! HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED A MIL LION CONTRACT FROM THE 'EORGIA $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION TO DEVELOP WRITING TEST PROMPTS FOR THIRD FIFTH EIGHTH AND ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS 4HE PROMPTS SERVE AS SUGGESTED TOP ICS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS WRITING ABOUT PER SONALIZED CREATIVE OR IMAGINARY EXPERIENCES h7E RE DEVELOPING A TEST FOR EACH OF THESE GRADES TO MATCH THE NEW 'EORGIA 0ERFORMANCE 3TANDARDS WHICH REPLACED THE
!SSOCIATE 2ESEARCH 3CIENTIST -ARC *ULIAN , TALKS WITH !LLAN #OHEN DIRECTOR OF 5'! S 'EORGIA #ENTER FOR !SSESSMENT AS STAFF MEMBERS LOAD TESTS IN SCORING MACHINE
STATE S 1UALITY #ORE #URRICULUM v SAID #OHEN h"ECAUSE THE STANDARDS HAVE ONLY BEEN IN PLACE THIS PAST YEAR THE 'EORGIA $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION IS WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE STU DENTS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO STUDY UNDER THE NEW CURRICULUM TO GIVE THESE TESTS v )N DEVELOPING THE NEW WRITING TESTS THE '#! WORKS WITH COMMITTEES OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AROUND THE STATE 4HE COM MITTEES HOLD SEVERAL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT THE CENTER IN !THENS TO DEVELOP THESE QUESTIONS /NCE QUESTIONS ARE COMPLETED FIELD TESTING TAKES PLACE TO DETERMINE WHICH QUESTIONS ARE EFFECTIVE '#! RESEARCHERS ALSO DETERMINE HOW TO SCORE THE TESTS AND PROVIDE STATISTICAL ANALY SIS OF THE SCORING RESULTS TO SEE WHETHER THE PROMPTS PROVIDE A RANGE OF RESPONSES h)F A PROMPT DOES NOT GIVE US A RANGE OF RESPONSES THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT IT IS PROB ABLY NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD QUESTION v SAID #OHEN #OHEN CAME TO 5'! FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF 7ISCONSIN WHERE HE ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL REPUTATION IN TESTING EXPERTISE OVER THE LAST
YEARS !T 7ISCONSIN #OHEN DIRECTED A UNIT THAT PROVIDED PLACEMENT TESTING FOR ENTER ING FRESHMEN IN %NGLISH MATHEMATICS AND 3PANISH 4HOSE TESTS NOW USED BY MORE THAN ENTERING FRESHMEN ANNUALLY WERE ALSO PUBLISHED AND SOLD TO MORE THAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY 4HE '#! IS HOUSED IN &AIRFAX (ALL A FORMER MOTEL ON -ILLEDGE !VENUE BECAUSE THERE IS NO AVAILABLE LOCATION ON CAMPUS ABLE TO HANDLE THE MILLIONS OF PIECES OF PAPER THAT FLOW IN AND OUT OF THE FACILITY EACH YEAR DURING THE SCORING PROCESS &UNDING FOR THE CENTER COMES FROM CONTRACTS WITH THE 'EORGIA $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION AND FEES FROM LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR SPECIFIC SERVICES 4HE GRADING PROCEDURES FOR THE TESTS ARE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 'EORGIA $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION 4HE #ENTER RECEIVES THE GUIDELINES AND DEVELOPS TRAINING MATERIALS BASED ON THOSE GUIDELINES %ACH YEAR THE #ENTER SCORES AROUND TESTS 4HE '#! EMPLOYS ABOUT FULL TIME STAFF BUT BRINGS IN AROUND PEOPLE ON A PART TIME BASIS TO HELP GRADE THE WRITING ESSAYS )N ADDITION THE CENTER SUPPORTS SEVERAL GRADUATE
! 3 3 % 3 3 - % . 4 ! . $ ! # # / 5 . 4 ! " ) , ) 4 9 STUDENTS SOME WHO HAVE GONE ON TO JOBS AT #4" -C'RAW (ILL %43 THE #OLLEGE "OARD AND OTHER MAJOR TESTING AND RESEARCH ORGANI ZATIONS 43!23 WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED TO SCORE THE 'EORGIA #RITERION 2EFERENCED 4ESTS AND OVER THE YEARS HAS ALSO SCORED THE 'EORGIA "ASIC 3KILLS 4EST THE #URRICULUM "ASED !SSESSMENT AND THE 'EORGIA (IGH 3CHOOL 'RADUATION 4EST h"EGINNING IN WE STARTED SCORING THE "ASIC 3KILLS 7RITING 4EST A HIGH SCHOOL GRADU ATION EXAM USED IN 'EORGIA BETWEEN AND THEN EXPANDED THE WRITING SCORING SERVICES TO INCLUDE THIRD FIFTH EIGHTH GRADES AND CURRENTLY ELEVENTH GRADE v EXPLAINS 3TEVE #RAMER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE '#! /VER THE YEARS THE '#! HAS DONE WORK FOR MANY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDING THOSE IN #LARKE #HEROKEE #OBB 'WINNETT AND $E+ALB COUNTIES 4HE CENTER HAS ALSO PROVIDED TESTING SURVEYS AND FACULTY EVALUATIONS FOR THE 'EORGIA #ENTER FOR #ONTINUING %DUCATION THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION AND SEVERAL OTHER 5'! DEPARTMENTS h!S THE STATE TESTING PROGRAM HAS CHANGED
OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE HAD TO CHANGE WITH IT 7E PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF PERSONAL FLEXIBLE SERVICES THAT THE MAJOR TESTING COMPANIES SIMPLY CAN T PRO VIDE v EXPLAINS #RAMER #RAMER WHO HAS SERVED AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR ALSO ESTABLISHED A 3UPPLEMENTARY 4ESTING 0ROGRAM WHICH OFFERS OFF GRADE TESTS IN WRITING FOR FOURTH SIXTH SEVENTH AND TENTH GRADES h4HE PURPOSE FOR THE SUPPLEMENTARY TESTS IS TO HELP SCHOOLS IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE AT RISK OF FAILURE ON THE STATE TESTS AND TO PROVIDE PRACTICE OPPORTUNITIES v EXPLAINS #RAMER h4HE TESTS GIVE FEEDBACK TO WRITING TEACHERS ABOUT STUDENTS CURRENT STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES v ! PREDICTOR TEST IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE 'EORGIA (IGH 3CHOOL 'RADUATION 4ESTS IN SCI ENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES )N RECENT YEARS THE '#! HAS COMPLETED MORE SPECIALIZED PROJECTS SUCH AS THE AUDIT OF THE STANDARD SETTING AND SCORING OF THE 3OUTH #AROLINA (IGH 3CHOOL !SSESSMENT 0ROGRAM IN AND 4HE CENTER HAS ALSO WORKED
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TEAM OF EXPERTS IN ASSESSMENT AND LITERACY IN THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION HAS BEGUN A THREE YEAR PROJECT TO DETERMINE WHETHER 'EORGIA S 2EADING &IRST PROGRAM ONE OF THE MAJOR INITIATIVES OF THE FEDERAL .O #HILD ,EFT "EHINDD LEGISLATION IS EFFECTIVE BOTH IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND IN ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 4HE 5'! TEAM LED BY $OROTHY (ARNISH ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST AND CO DIRECTOR OF THE /CCUPATIONAL 2ESEARCH 'ROUP RECEIVED A MILLION CONTRACT FROM THE 'EORGIA $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION TO SERVE AS EXTERNAL EVALUATORS OF THE PROGRAM WHICH IS AIMED AT STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE 4HE CONTRACT BEGAN LAST FALL AND IS RENEWABLE ANNUALLY 'EORGIA IS RECEIVING NEARLY MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN APPLYING THE 2EADING &IRST PROGRAM WHICH AIMS TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN LEARN TO READ WELL BY THE END OF THE THIRD GRADE
0ROGRAM 2EQUIREMENTS 4HE PROGRAM BASED ON READING RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BY THE 5 3 $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION REQUIRES + STUDENTS IN PARTICI PATING SCHOOLS TO SPEND THREE HOURS A DAY ON READING )T INCLUDES AN EMPHASIS ON EXPLICIT READING INSTRUCTION PARTICULARLY FOR PHONICS A PROGRAM OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND STUDENT ASSESSMENT AND THE PROVISION OF CLASSROOM MATERIALS AND READING TUTORS -ORE THAN 'EORGIA TEACHERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN THE PROGRAM S METHODS IN WEEK LONG WORK SESSIONS HOSTED BY THE STATE THE PAST TWO SUMMERS 4HERE IS ALSO A POOL OF
#/% EXPERTS EVALUATING THE STATE S 2EADING &IRST PROGRAM INCLUDE , 2 $ONNA !LVERMANN -ICHELLE #OMMEYRAS GRADUATE STUDENT ÜIG DEM !LAGOZ $OROTHY (ARNISH AND 3TEVE #RAMER LITERACY COACHES ONE OR TWO PER SCHOOL WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED UNDER THE FEDERAL GRANT TO MONITOR AND HELP IMPLEMENT THE TEACHERS WORK 4HE EVALUATION PROJECT IS LED BY FACULTY MEMBERS (ARNISH $ONNA !LVERMANN 5'! $ISTINGUISHED 2ESEARCH 0ROFESSOR AND -ICHELLE #OMMEYRAS PROFESSOR BOTH OF LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION AND 3TEVE #RAMER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE '#! A TEST ING AND EVALUATION SERVICE BASED IN THE COLLEGE 2EADING &IRST USES METHODS OF INSTRUCTION THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS MEA SURED BY EXPERIMENTAL AND QUASI EXPERIMEN TAL READING RESEARCH 4HE METHODS ADDRESS FIVE COMPONENTS OF READING THAT THE .ATIONAL 2EADING 0ANEL CONSIDER KEY PHONEMIC AWARE NESS PHONICS FLUENCY VOCABULARY AND COM PREHENSION h7E HAVE BEEN TEACHING PRE SERVICE AND IN SERVICE TEACHERS IN READING EDUCATION THESE METHODS FOR YEARS v SAYS #OMMEYRAS h7E HAVE ALSO TAUGHT OTHER METHODS OF INSTRUCTION THAT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE SUCH AS DESCRIPTIVE
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IN COUNTIES THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING THE 2EADING &IRST PROGRAM TO SEE HOW THE STRATE GIES ARE BEING USED 4HIS PAST SPRING CLASS ROOMS IN ANOTHER COUNTIES WERE OBSERVED h7E DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED A TEACHER KNOWLEDGE SURVEY SO THAT WE CAN USE A BASELINE DATA ON WHAT TEACHERS KNOW ABOUT READING INSTRUCTION PRIOR TO BEGINNING TO USE THE NEW STRATEGIES IN THE CLASSROOM v SAYS (ARNISH h4HEN WE LL USE THAT AGAIN AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND TWO YEARS AND THREE YEARS TO SEE IF THERE ARE CHANGES IN THAT BASED ON THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY RE GOING TO GET WHICH IS QUITE INTENSE v 5'! RESEARCHERS WILL ALSO INTERVIEW THE LITERACY COACHES AND COLLECT MONTHLY SUR VEY DATA FROM THE + TEACHERS ADMINISTRA TORS AND PARENTS h2EADING &IRST IS RESEARCH BASED INSTRUC TION THAT STUDIES SHOW WORKS BEST FOR TEACHING READING 7HAT THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE OF THE EVALUATION FOCUSES ON IS TO WHAT EXTENT THE TEACHERS ARE ACTUALLY USING THE RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES TO TEACH READING IN THEIR CLASS ROOMS v SAYS (ARNISH h4HEN THE OTHER QUES TION IS @7HAT IMPACT IS IT HAVING ON STUDENTS AND THEIR ABILITY TO READ v !T THE END OF EACH YEAR THE RESEARCHERS WILL LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF STU DENTS WHO ARE READING AT GRADE LEVEL IN EACH OF THOSE GRADES BASED ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN READING ON THE )OWA 4EST OF "ASIC 3KILLS AND STUDENT PROGRESS ON A NATIONALLY STANDARD IZED TEST OF BASIC EARLY LITERACY SKILLS CALLED THE $YNAMIC )NDICATORS OF "ASIC %ARLY ,ITERACY 3KILLS
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RE THAN A DECADE SCHOLARS AND PRACTITIONERS HAVE PTED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT METHODS TO EFFEC ROMOTE THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF !FRICAN !MERICAN )T HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT !FRICAN !MERICAN STU RE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS ON HIGH STAKES TESTS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY ASSIGNED TO THE LOWEST ACADEMIC TRACKS AND TO SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY SUSPENDED AND EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL $ISCREPANCIES IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BETWEEN !FRICAN !MERICAN AND WHITE STUDENTS CAN BE EXPLAINED BY CULTURAL GROUP DIFFERENCES SPE CIFICALLY REGARDING HOW CLOSELY STUDENTS IDENTIFY WITH ACADEMIC EXCEL LENCE ACCORDING TO #LAUDE 3TEELE A PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT 3TANFORD 5NIVERSITY !LL !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS WHETHER SUCCEEDING OR FAILING IN SCHOOL ARE AT RISK OF ACADEMIC DISIDENTIFICATION )T IS VIEWED AS A SELF PROTECTIVE STRATEGY USED BY MEMBERS OF A STIGMATIZED GROUP WHO NOT ONLY EXPERIENCE THE COMMON ANXIETY OVER POSSIBLE FAILURE IN ACA DEMIC SETTINGS BUT ALSO ANXIETY OVER CONFIRMING THE NEGATIVE !FRICAN !MERICAN STEREOTYPE THROUGH PERSONAL FAILURE SAYS 3TEELE .UMEROUS STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON HOW TO PROMOTE ACA DEMIC SUCCESS FOCUSING ON THE MODIFICATION OF ACADEMIC TESTING CUR RICULUM INSTRUCTION AND COUNSELING 2ESEARCH INDICATES THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS LEARNING STYLES AND THAT !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS MAY NEED
"AILEY IN HIS 5'! OFFICE !FRICAN !MERICAN STU DENT ACHIEVEMENT SHOULD EMPLOY MEASURES THAT WILL COUNTER ACADEMIC DISIDENTIFICATION 2ESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT ADOLESCENCE IS A TIME OF UNFETTERED IDENTITY NEGOTIATION AS ADOLESCENTS BEGIN TO EXPLORE A VARIETY OF IDENTITIES AND EXPRESS DIVERSE SELF CONCEPTIONS TO OTHERS h4HESE SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED SELVES RELY HEAVILY ON THE BACKING OF IMPORTANT OTHERS IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT BOTH AS MODELS n WHAT OTHERS ARE NOW ) CAN BECOME n AS PURVEYORS OF MESSAGES ABOUT WHICH CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SELF ARE VALUED AND IMPORTANT AND AS RESOURCES PROVIDING EXPERIENCES OF SUCCESS AND COMPETENCE IN ROLES RELEVANT TO ADULT STATUSES AND ATTAINMENTS v SAYS $APHNA /YSERMAN AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF -ICHIGAN !DULTS IN THE SCHOOL SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARD ING HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT !FRICAN !MERICAN MAN OR WOMAN 4HESE ADULT ROLE MODELS PROVIDE EMULATION AND FEEDBACK ABOUT THE KIND OF PERSON ONE MIGHT BECOME h4HE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IS ALSO THE CONTEXT IN WHICH YOUTHS ARE PROVIDED WITH EDUCATIONAL ECONOMIC AND OTHER RESOURCES SOMETIMES TERMED CULTURAL CAPITAL WHICH ENABLE THEM TO OBTAIN THE SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS NECESSARY TO BECOME THE KIND OF ADULT VALUED IN THEIR SOCIOCULTURAL NICHE v SAYS /YSERMAN !NY SCHOOL OR PROGRAM INTERESTED IN COMBATING ACADEMIC DISIDEN TIFICATION FOR !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH SUCH POSITIVE ROLE MODELS THAT VALIDATE THE STUDENTS SELF WORTH 1 / " ร ร รครคร ร ร Q
%MPOWERED 9OUTH 0ROGRAMS !S AN ACADEMIC INITIATIVE %MPOWERED 9OUTH 0ROGRAMS %90 'ENTLEMEN ON THE -OVE '/4- AND 9OUNG 7OMEN 3CHOLARS 973 AIM TO COMBAT ACADEMIC DISIDENTIFICATION BY PROVIDING POSITIVE ROLE MODELS FOR PARTICIPANTS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS CHALLENGING STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY AND EMPLOYING CULTURALLY RELEVANT STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE %MPOWERED 9OUTH IS AN EXPANSION OF THE HIGHLY RECOGNIZED h'ENTLEMEN ON THE -OVEv PROGRAM IN WHICH ABOUT !THENS AREA ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MOSTLY !FRICAN !MERICAN MALES PARTICIPATE %VERY 3ATURDAY THE STUDENTS MEET ON THE 5'! CAM PUS TO STUDY AND WORK ON SOCIAL SKILLS &ACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM 5'! AND #LARKE #OUNTY SCHOOLS SERVE AS TEACHERS AND TUTORS FOR THE 3ATURDAY !CADEMY $URING THESE 3ATURDAY SESSIONS STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES AND DISCUSSIONS THAT FOCUS ON THE %90 4OP 4EN ,EADERSHIP 4RAITS RESPECT COURAGE RESPONSIBILITY LOYALTY HONOR UNSELF ISHNESS ENTHUSIASM INITIATIVE INTEGRITY AND FORGIVENESS )N ALL ABOUT !THENS AREA STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN %90 WHICH NOW INCLUDES 0ARENTS OF %MPOWERED 9OUTH 0%9 WHO MEET MONTHLY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK RECEIVE SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS 4HE %90 S GOALS ARE TO DEVELOP AND NURTURE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EXCELLENCE IN ADOLESCENTS ESPECIALLY !FRICAN !MERICANS THROUGH SEVERAL ACADEMIC COMPONENTS INCLUDING 3ATURDAY !CADEMIES %XAM ,OCK )NS AND THE 3UMMER ,EADERSHIP !CADEMY 4HE PURPOSE OF THE FOLLOWING
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4HIS INITIATIVE IS AN INTENSIVE OVERNIGHT EXAM PREPARATION PROGRAM KNOWN AS THE %XAM ,OCK IN %,) 4HE EXAM LOCK IN CONSISTED OF MINUTE STUDY SESSIONS AND EIGHT MINUTE QUIZ SESSIONS OVER TWO NIGHTS AND TWO DAYS P M &RIDAY TO P M 3UNDAY 7HILE INDIVIDUAL STUDY TIME WAS ALLOWED THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDY AND QUIZ SESSIONS WERE HELD IN SMALL GROUPS PER GROUP AND DIRECTED BY TEACHERS AND OR GRADUATE STUDENTS 4HE %,) WAS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE A HEALTHY IDENTIFICATION WITH ACA DEMIC EXCELLENCE AMONG !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PROMOTING COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY AND FAMILY INVOLVEMENT AND INVESTMENT IN !FRICAN !MERICAN ADOLESCENTS 4HE %,) IS A MANDATORY COMPONENT OF THE %MPOWERED 9OUTH 0ROGRAMS 3TUDENTS NOT PARTICI PATING IN THE %,) ARE SUSPENDED FROM THE PROGRAM FOR THE UPCOMING SEMESTER AND MUST REAPPLY IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING 4HE %,) TAKES PLACE THE WEEKEND PRIOR TO FALL AND SPRING SEMESTER FINAL EXAMS (OWEVER ONLY THE FALL %,) WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN THE CURRENT STUDY 4HE %,) IS STAFFED BY CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND RELEVANT EDUCATORS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AS SUGGESTED BY THE LATEST RESEARCH 4HESE TEACHERS WERE RECRUITED FROM THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE GRADUATE STUDENTS MANY OF WHOM WERE TEACHERS PRIOR TO ENROLLING IN THEIR CURRENT GRADUATE PROGRAMS COME FROM VARIOUS DIS CIPLINES MATH EDUCATION SCHOOL COUNSELING COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK 4HE %,) INCORPORATES HIGHLY STRUCTURED INDIVIDUAL SMALL GROUP AND PEER TUTORING SESSIONS A MINIMUM OF HOURS WITH PERIODIC QUIZ SESSIONS $URING THE WEEKEND STUDENTS ARE ALSO ENGAGED IN STRUCTURED TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH BREAKS AND OPPOR TUNITIES TO RELIEVE TENSION SOMETIMES ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSE STUDY
0RELIMINARY 2ESULTS )N AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FALL %,) PAR TICIPANTS SEMESTER TEST AVERAGES PRIOR TO THE %,) TEACHER EXPECTATIONS OF PARTICIPANTS EXAM PERFORMANCE AND CLASS EXAM AVERAGES WERE COMPARED TO %,) PARTICIPANTS EXAM SCORES ;SEE &IGURE = 4HE RESULTS OF THE STUDY REVEALED THAT ON AVERAGE %,) PARTICIPANTS EARNED HIGHER EXAM SCORES Qร ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร
2 % 3 % ! 2 # ( THAN THEIR SEMESTER TEST AVERAGES SCORED HIGHER THAN TEACHERS PREDICTED THEY WOULD AND SCORED HIGHER ON THEIR EXAMS THAN DID THEIR CLASSMATES WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN %90 OR THE %,) 4HESE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT PARTICIPATION IN %90 AND THE INTENSIVE EXAM PREPARATION DID IN FACT HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
!VERAGES OF EACH DATA SET s OUT OF OF EXAM SCORES WERE HIGHER THAN TEACHER PRE DICTIONS s OUT OF OF EXAM SCORES WERE HIGHER THAN SEMESTER TEST AVERAGE s OUT OF OF PARTICIPANT EXAM GRADES WERE HIGHER THAN CLASS EXAM AVERAGE 4OTAL NUMBER OF ACADEMIC EXAMS 4OTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS PROVIDING EXAM PREDICTIONS !VERAGE CLASS SIZE FOR ALL EXAMS STUDENTS 4HESE FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE %,) CAN ENHANCE THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS AND COUNTER THE INFLUENCE OF ACADEMIC DISIDENTIFICATION &URTHERMORE THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY PROVIDE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE THAT THIS TYPE OF INITIATIVE REPRESENTS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TOWARDS CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS )T ALSO PROVIDES A MODEL FOR OTHERS WANTING TO REPLICATE THIS INITIATIVE !S A MODEL %,) S POSITIVE IMPACT MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THREE CRITI CAL COMPONENTS OF THE %,) DESIGN THAT ARE NOT TYPICAL OF THE EVERYDAY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS 4HESE COMPONENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGH EXPECTATIONS ON THE PART OF THE ADULTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE %,) INITIATIVE FOR !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS TEACHERS AND TUTORS WHO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURALLY REL EVANT PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES AND WHO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT MORE MUST BE PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO HAVE TRADITIONALLY RECEIVED LESS AND A STRUC TURE THAT INTENTIONALLY UTILIZES SMALL GROUPS IN ITS APPROACH TO SUPPORT ING ACADEMIC PREPARATION AND SUCCESS 4HE FIRST TWO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR HIGH EXPECTATIONS IN ANY INITIA
TIVE THAT SEEKS TO AFFECT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS NEED TO HEAR A CONSISTENT MESSAGE OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL WORTH AND POTENTIAL IF THEY ARE TO OVERCOME ANY LOW EXPECTATIONS THAT EXIST WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL CULTURE (IGH EXPECTATIONS CAN ALSO HELP COMBAT THE !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT LESS FOR THEMSELVES DUE TO ACADEMIC DISIDENTIFICATION 4HE INTENTIONAL USE OF SMALL GROUPS SUPPORTS A BEST PRACTICE FOR !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS ALREADY SUPPORTED BY THE LITERATURE !FTER A STRUCTURED TIME OF STUDY STUDENTS WERE PAIRED WITH TUTORS TEACHERS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR A BRIEF QUIZ SESSION DURING WHICH %,) PARTICI PANTS WERE QUIZZED ON THE MATERIAL THEY HAD JUST STUDIED )N ADDITION TIME WAS SET ASIDE THAT ALLOWED STUDENTS TO STUDY IN SMALL GROUPS FOR COMMON EXAMS THESE SESSIONS OFTEN TURNED INTO A TYPE OF h*EOPARDYv COMPETITION IN WHICH %,) PARTICIPANTS QUIZZED EACH OTHER BASED ON STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS PROVIDED BY SUBJECT AREA TEACHERS &INALLY THE FACT THAT !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS WERE LITERALLY hLOCKED INv A HIGH SCHOOL FOR AN ENTIRE WEEKEND WITH EACH OTHER PRODUCED A SORT OF ACA DEMIC TEAM EFFECT THAT SAID h7E ARE IN THIS TOGETHER v 4HIS STUDY REMINDS US AS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS THAT POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE AREA OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS CAN OCCUR IF WE CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM !S SCHOOL COUNSELORS ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS WE NEED TO STOP POINTING AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH STOP CITING !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENT APATHY TOWARDS EDUCATION AND INSTEAD BECOME AWARE OF THE LONG TERM IMPACT OF ACADEMIC DISIDENTIFICATION .O WAR CAN BE WON UNLESS ONE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIES THE ENEMY !S PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM OF ACADEMIC DISIDENTIFICATION SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE PROBLEM BY DEVELOPING NEW AND CREATIVE STRATEGIES TO EDUCATE ALL STU DENTS 3TRATEGIES THAT ASSIST STUDENTS AND THE ADULTS IN THEIR LIVES EDU CATORS AND PARENTS COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE FIRST STEPS TO CLOSING THE EVER GROWING ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION $ERYL & "AILEY IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND 2OSEMARY 0HELPS IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN 5'! S DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVEL OPMENT SERVICES
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IKE MANY 'EORGIA COMMUNITIES THE CITY OF 'AINESVILLE IN NORTH EAST 'EORGIA IS STRIVING TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMANDS OF A BURGEON ING ,ATINO POPULATION 'AINESVILLE IS LOCATED IN (ALL #OUNTY JUST MILES NORTHEAST OF !TLANTA +NOWN AS THE h0OULTRY #APITAL OF THE 7ORLD v (ALL #OUNTY GENERATES MORE THAN MILLION IN POULTRY RELATED PRODUCTS EACH YEAR 4HIS INDUSTRY AND OTHERS LIKE IT WHICH EMPLOY LARGE NUMBERS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS HELP DRIVE THE INCREASE IN ,ATINO POPULATION IN 'EORGIA n OVER PER CENT IN THE LAST YEARS -ANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT MAKE UP THIS POPULATION HAVE SETTLED IN (ALL #OUNTY ,ATINOS NOW MAKE UP PERCENT OF THE COUNTY S RESIDENTS 4HIS POPULATION INFLUX HAS ALSO BROUGHT A STEEP RISE IN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT %NGLISH )N FACT OF THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 'AINESVILLE #ITY 3CHOOLS THIS PAST YEAR MORE THAN HALF WERE %NGLISH ,ANGUAGE ,EARNERS %,,S 4O PROVIDE FOR THIS GROWING POPULATION 'AINESVILLE #ITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS HAVE CREATED NEWCOMER PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT %NGLISH )N THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAD ONLY ONE %NGLISH TO 3PEAKERS OF /THER ,ANGUAGES %3/, TEACHER .OW IT EMPLOYS NINE FULL TIME TEACHERS IN THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL AS SEVERAL MORE %3/, ENDORSED PART TIME TEACHERS "UT DESPITE THESE WORTHY EFFORTS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS FOUND THEY DID NOT ADDRESS THE
# / 6 % 2 3 4 / 2 9 ISSUE OF NEW STUDENTS WITH LOW LITERACY AND LANGUAGE SKILLS 7HEN A YEAR OLD GIRL ENTERED 'AINESVILLE #ITY S SCHOOL DISTRICT LAST YEAR WITH A KINDER GARTEN EDUCATION AND SPEAKING NO %NGLISH THE ADMINISTRATION REALIZED SOMETHING MORE HAD TO BE DONE h!FTER WE SURVEYED OUR STUDENTS WE DETER MINED IT WASN T JUST A LANGUAGE ISSUE IT WAS ALSO A LITERACY ISSUE v SAID 2OBERT 4HORPE FOR MER DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR 'AINESVILLE #ITY 3CHOOLS WHO CO FOUNDED THE 0HOENIX !CADEMY h7E WERE CHALLENGED LAST !PRIL TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT WOULD FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF THESE STUDENTS v !S IT SO HAPPENED 4HORPE AND #HERYL 7IENGES THE SCHOOL SYSTEM S %3/, DIRECTOR WERE A PART OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA S #ENTER FOR ,ATINO !CHIEVEMENT AND 3UCCESS IN %DUCATION #,!3% TEAM AT ABOUT THIS SAME TIME #,!3% WAS CREATED IN *ANUARY TO HELP ENSURE THAT ,ATINO STUDENTS HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE AND OBTAIN AN EDUCATION IN 'EORGIA S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM )T OFFERS A WEEK LONG SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR 'EORGIA TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO HELP THEM DEVELOP IDEAS AND CREATE PROGRAMS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL $URING THE RETREAT 4HORPE AND 7IENGES AND A TEAM OF OTHER DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS DEVELOPED AN ACTION PLAN FOR 0HOENIX !CADEMY AN INTENSIVE %NGLISH ACQUISITION AND ACADEMIC PRE PARATORY PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR ,ATINO STUDENTS WITH LIM
2OBERT 4HORPE CO FOUNDED THE 0HOENIX !CADEMY ITED FORMAL SCHOOLING AND OLDER STUDENTS NEED ING SPECIALIZED '%$ OR DIPLOMA SERVICES 4HROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SUMMER THE TEAM WORKED ON PLANS TO HAVE 0HOENIX READY TO OPEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR #,!3% ALSO CONTINUED TO PROVIDE MONTHLY STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SESSIONS h%VERYTHING MOVED VERY QUICKLY v SAID 7IENGES h#,!3% WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 0HOENIX !CADEMY 4HEIR ASSISTANCE AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT WERE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT v 4HE PROGRAM OPENED IN FALL BOAST ING AN IMPRESSIVE STATE OF THE ART COMPUTER
LABORATORY THREE FULL TIME TEACHERS AND ONE PART TIME INSTRUCTOR 4HE 0HOENIX !CADEMY S LOCATION BETWEEN 'AINESVILLE S MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ALLOWS STUDENTS TO GO BETWEEN SCHOOLS FOR ELECTIVE CLASSES LUNCH AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVI TIES 4HE INTERACTION WITH THE REGULAR SCHOOLS WAS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM AND ITS DEVELOPERS WORKED WITH THE 5NITED 3TATES $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION S /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS TO MAKE SURE IT MET NATIONAL GUIDELINES h)T WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE DIDN T ISOLATE THE STUDENTS v SAID 7IENGES h/UR LOCATION BORDERING BOTH SCHOOLS ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO INTERACT WITH ALL THE STUDENTS AT THEIR RESPEC TIVE SCHOOLS v )T WAS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT IN LEARNING THE %NGLISH LANGUAGE THE STUDENTS DIDN T LOSE THEIR OWN CULTURE AND HERITAGE h/NE OF THE THINGS #,!3% TAUGHT US WAS THAT IF YOU USE THE SUBTRACTIVE METHOD OF TEACHING %NGLISH IN OTHER WORDS YOU MAKE THEM FORGET THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE AND FOCUS ON %NGLISH IT STRIPS THEM OF THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THEY DON T DO AS WELL v SAID 4HORPE h)T SHOULD BE A PROCESS WHERE YOU ADD %NGLISH TO THEIR OWN LANGUAGE &OR THAT REASON WE INCORPORATED A READING ENRICH MENT PROGRAM IN WHICH THEY READ NOVELS WRITTEN BY (ISPANICS v 0HOENIX !CADEMY STUDENTS ARE DIVIDED INTO CLASSES BASED ON LITERACY AND ABILITY LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO GRADE AND AGE LEVEL AND TAKE COURSES IN LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS
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# / 6 % 2 3 4 / 2 9 4EACHERS CHOSEN FOR THE PROGRAM HAVE SIGNIFI CANT EXPERIENCE AND INTEREST IN TEACHING %,,S h) SAW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A POPULATION ) THOUGHT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING v SAID TEACHER *IM "RADLEY ! MAJOR PART OF THE INSTRUCTION TAKES PLACE IN THE COMPUTER LAB USING SUCH PROGRAMS AS 2OSETTA 3TONE AND 0LAZA #OMUNITARIA h2OSETTA 3TONE IS A FANTASTIC ONLINE PRO GRAM THAT WORKS ON ALL SKILLS n SPEAKING LIS TENING SPELLING AND WRITING v SAID 4HORPE 0LAZA #OMUNITARIA DEVELOPED THROUGH THE 'ENERAL #ONSULATE OF -EXICO S )NSTITUTE FOR -EXICANS !BROAD IS ANOTHER ONLINE PROGRAM DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY AS ADULT BASIC EDUCATION 4HORPE AND 7IENGES SPENT A WEEK IN -EXICO PARTICIPATING IN AN INTRODUC TORY WORKSHOP ABOUT THE ONLINE PROGRAM 7ITH HUNDREDS OF CLASSES AVAILABLE 0LAZA #OMUNITARIA ALLOWS STUDENTS TO RECEIVE THEIR -EXICAN HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA WHICH IS RECOG NIZED FOR ADMISSION PURPOSES BY 5 3 COLLEGES h7E HAD A STUDENT COME IN WHO WAS IN HER LAST SEMESTER OF HIGH SCHOOL IN HER HOME COUNTRY 3HE DIDN T SPEAK A WORD OF %NGLISH SO HOW HORRIBLE WOULD IT BE FOR HER TO BE SO CLOSE AND NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE A DIPLOMA v SAYS 7IENGES h7ITH 0LAZA #OMUNITARIA SHE WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH HER COURSES AND TAKE HER EXAMS TO RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA !T THE SAME TIME SHE CAN BEGIN WORKING TO RECEIVE HER '%$ v %ACH DAY THE STUDENTS ATTEND AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM h7E REALIZED THAT OUR STU DENTS NEEDED MORE SCHOOLING THAN THEY CAN BE GIVEN DURING A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY v SAYS 7IENGES $URING THE SUMMER STUDENTS CONTINUE CLASSES EITHER AT A MIGRANT STUDENT SUMMER SCHOOL OR A 'AINESVILLE #OLLEGE PROGRAM FOR LOW LITERATE STUDENTS )N ADDITION TO HELPING STUDENTS LEARN THE %NGLISH LANGUAGE THE TEACHERS AT 0HOENIX !CADEMY ALSO HELP THEM ADJUST TO THE ROUTINE OF ATTENDING SCHOOL h3CHOOL WAS A NEW THING FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS 4HEY WERE NOT USED TO COMING TO SCHOOL AND STAYING ALL DAY LONG OR DOING HOMEWORK AND COMING PREPARED WITH A PEN CIL AND PAPER v SAID 4HORPE -ORE THAN STUDENTS HAVE ATTENDED THE PROGRAM IN ITS FIRST YEAR MOST OF WHOM HAD THEIR SCHOOLING INTERRUPTED IN THEIR NATIVE COUNTRIES OF -EXICO OR %L 3ALVADOR h%L 3ALVADOR IS A COUNTRY IN TURMOIL AND MANY OF THE PARENTS COME TO THE 5NITED 3TATES AND ESTABLISH THEMSELVES BEFORE ALLOWING THEIR CHILDREN TO JOIN THEM $URING THE TIME THE PARENTS ARE AWAY THE CHILDREN ARE NOT ALWAYS REQUIRED TO ATTEND SCHOOL v SAID 7IENGES /THER STUDENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ARE NEEDED TO CONTRIBUTE Qร ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร
TO THE FAMILY INCOME OR COME FROM LOW LITER ATE HOUSEHOLDS WHERE FORMAL EDUCATION IS NOT PRIORITIZED 4HE AVERAGE STUDENT ENTERS 0HOENIX !CADEMY WITH A THIRD GRADE EDUCATION EVEN THOUGH HE OR SHE MAY BE OLD ENOUGH TO BE IN MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL h)T WOULD BE UNCONSCIONABLE TO PLACE THESE STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY HAVE NO %NGLISH SKILLS AND A LOW LITERACY LEVEL IN THEIR OWN NATIVE LANGUAGE v SAID 4HORPE 2EGARDLESS OF THE REASON FOR THE INTER RUPTION IN FORMAL SCHOOLING THE STUDENTS ATTENDING THE PROGRAM ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THE 0HOENIX !CADEMY PROVIDES h) KNEW VERY LITTLE %NGLISH WHEN ) CAME
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THE 3PENCER &OUNDATION h!DOLESCENCE IS A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ATTEMPTING TO GAIN AN INTEGRATED SENSE OF SELF v SAYS *EROME -ORRIS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION IN 5'! S #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION AND A RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE )NSTITUTE FOR "EHAVORIAL 2ESEARCH AT 5'! h&OR !FRICAN !MERICAN YOUTH THIS PROCESS CAN BE FURTHER COMPLICATED BY RACE GENDER AND CLASS STATUS v -ORRIS HAS RECEIVED A 3PENCER &OUNDATION GRANT TO INVESTIGATE ISSUES OF IDENTITY FORMATION AND NEGOTIATION IN A
PROJECT BEGINNING IN *ANUARY CALLED h!FRICAN !MERICAN !DOLESCENTS IN A "LACK 3UBURB IN THE 5 3 3OUTH ! 3OCIAL 3TUDY OF 3CHOOLING )DENTITY AND !CHIEVEMENT v (E WILL EXPLORE THE ROLE OF CLASS STATUS AND CONTEXT AS MITIGATING FACTORS TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS h4HIS STUDY ATTEMPTS TO FIND OUT WHAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT IN THE MORE @MIDDLE CLASS BLACK SUBURBS AND SCHOOLS AND HOW THAT MIGHT INFLUENCE HOW !FRICAN !MERICAN ADO LESCENTS UNDERSTAND SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AND
2 % 3 % ! 2 # ( IDENTITY v EXPLAINED -ORRIS "ASED IN $E+ALB #OUNTY n CONSIDERED hTHE HEART OF "LACK -ECCAv BECAUSE OF ITS BURGEON ING PREDOMINANTLY BLACK POPULATION n -ORRIS STUDY WILL EMPLOY SOCIOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPO LOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS TO FOLLOW ADOLESCENTS OVER A FOUR YEAR SPAN AS WELL AS EVALUATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COUNTY h"Y STUDYING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IT WILL HELP US TO UNDERSTAND HOW DISTRICT POLICIES AND PRACTICES SHAPE !FRICAN !MERICAN SCHOOLING AND WILL ALLOW US TO SEE THE FACTORS THAT SUR ROUND ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AND PROMOTE STUDENTS SUCCESS SHAPE IDENTITY FORMATION AND INFORM TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS OF !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS v SAID -ORRIS $E+ALB #OUNTY IS PERCENT BLACK AND HAS A PREDOMINATELY !FRICAN !MERICAN SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL AS AN !FRICAN !MERICAN SUPER INTENDENT 4HE COUNTY IS ALSO AT THE CENTER OF THE LARGEST GROWTH SPURT OF ANY BLACK COM MUNITY IN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND HAS OUTPACED OTHER 'EORGIA COUNTIES IN TERMS OF h"LACK "UYING 0OWER v h5NLIKE MANY INNER CITY AREAS POVERTY DOES NOT PERVADE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM v HE SAID -ORRIS AND HIS FAMILY LIVE IN 3TONE -OUNTAIN WHICH IS LOCATED IN $E+ALB #OUNTY AND HE HAS COLLECTED ANECDOTAL INFORMATION FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE COUNTY S SCHOOLING FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS &URTHERMORE A RECENTLY AWARDED SMALLER RESEARCH GRANT FOR FROM THE !MERICAN %DUCATIONAL 2ESEARCH !SSOCIATION HAS ENABLED HIM TO COLLECT PRELIMINARY DATA FOR THE STUDY h/NE UNIQUE ASPECT OF THE RESEARCH IS THAT ) AM A RESIDENT OF WHERE ) WILL STUDY v HE EXPLAINED h-Y FAMILIARITY WITH THE COUNTY ITS PEOPLE ITS COMMUNITIES AND ITS SCHOOLS HAS ENABLED ME TO GAIN INITIAL INSIGHTS h4HE PREEMINENT SCHOLAR ON RACE IN THE TH CENTURY 7 % " $U "OIS NOTED HOW IT WAS CRITICAL FOR RESEARCHERS WHO STUDY !FRICAN !MERICAN CULTURE INSTITUTIONS AND COMMU NITIES TO SPEND AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME LIVING IN !FRICAN !MERICAN COMMUNITIES v 3PECIFICALLY DURING THE STUDY -ORRIS WILL EMPLOY MULTIPLE DATA COLLECTION METHODS n CONDUCTING EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS AND OBSER VATIONS WITH ABOUT ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN $E+ALB #OUNTY SEEKING DIVERSITY IN GRADE LEVELS GENDER ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND THE EXTENT OF INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITIES !DDITIONALLY HE WILL REVIEW 5 3 #ENSUS AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON THE COMMU NITIES AND COUNTY AND GATHER SOCIOLOGICAL DATA ON THE ADOLESCENTS PARENTS SCHOOL PERSONNEL SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT h4HERE ARE LOTS OF IDEAS OUT THERE REGARD ING BLACK ACHIEVEMENT GAPS 3OME ARGUE IT IS
ABOUT STRUCTURAL DISCREPANCIES AND OTHERS SAY THERE ARE DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN PLACE v SAID -ORRIS h4HE MOST RECENT VIEW HAS ASSERT ED THAT !FRICAN !MERICAN CULTURE IS A MAJOR CAUSE FOR THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP ) BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE A MULTI DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO LOOKING AT BLACK ACHIEVEMENT v 4O INCORPORATE MULTIPLE SCHOLARLY TRADITIONS AND DISCIPLINES -ORRIS WILL FOCUS ON UNDER STANDING THE ADOLESCENTS SOCIAL IDENTITIES AS STUDENTS AND !FRICAN !MERICANS AND AS MEM BERS OF OTHER SOCIAL GROUPS AS WELL AS HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS STUDENTS (IS ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE RESEARCH PROJECT
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h BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE A MULTI DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO LOOKING AT BLACK ACHIEVEMENT v *EROME -ORRIS
WILL ALSO INCORPORATE THE INPUT OF TOP SCHOLARS FROM MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES INCLUDING THOSE FROM FIELDS SUCH AS ANTHROPOLOGY EDUCATIONAL STUDIES HISTORY POLITICAL SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY 5NLIKE PREVIOUS STUDIES THAT HAVE LOOKED AT !FRICAN !MERICANS IN EITHER URBAN LOW INCOME AREAS OR PREDOMINATELY WHITE AND AFFLUENT AREAS THIS STUDY FOCUSES ON !FRICAN !MERICAN ADOLESCENTS IN PREDOMINATELY BLACK SUBURBS IN THE 3OUTH h) SUSPECT THAT THE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL SCHOOL AND RACIAL CONTEXTS WILL MAKE A DIFFER ENCE BECAUSE !FRICAN !MERICAN ADOLESCENTS EXPERIENCES MAY BE DIFFERENT IN A BLACK SUBURB IN COMPARISON TO A SETTING THAT IS PREDOMINATELY WHITE AND AFFLUENT OR ONE THAT IS !FRICAN !MERICAN URBAN AND LOW INCOME v SAID -ORRIS 4HE 5'! RESEARCHER BELIEVES THE INFORMA TION HE GATHERS FROM STUDYING ADOLESCENTS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HELP POLICYMAK ERS DEVELOP STRATEGIES THAT WILL REDUCE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN !FRICAN !MERICAN AND WHITE STUDENTS IN THE NATION S PUBLIC SCHOOLS h) WANT TO INFORM POLICYMAKERS ON MATTERS REGARDING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM S COMMITMENT TO BLACK CHILDREN AND PROVIDE A MORE INFORMED PERSPECTIVE TO THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY IN
TERMS OF THE MYRIAD OF ISSUES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PERSISTENT ACHIEVEMENT GAP v HE SAYS -ORRIS IS NO STRANGER TO THE SUBJECT OF BLACK ACHIEVEMENT )N PAST RESEARCH HE HAS EXAM INED A NUMBER OF ISSUES RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL POLICY SUCH AS SCHOOL DESEGREGATION SCHOOL CHOICE AND THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN !FRICAN !MERICAN AND WHITE STUDENTS (E IS COMPLETING A BOOK ON !FRICAN !MERICAN FAMILIES SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES IN URBAN AND LOW INCOME AREAS 4HE BOOK IS BASED ON MORE THAN YEARS OF RESEARCH IN THREE URBAN CENTERS OF THE 5NITED 3TATES 3T ,OUIS !TLANTA AND #INCINNATI -ORRIS INTEREST IN IMPROVING !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT CAN BE TRACED BACK TO HIS TIME AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT 6ANDERBILT 5NIVERSITY 4HERE HE FOUNDED A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR !FRICAN !MERICAN MALES AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN .ASHVILLE 4. CALLED THE 0 % ! + 3 0RIDE %STEEM !CHIEVEMENT +NOWLEDGE 3UCCESS PROGRAM AND DIRECTED IT FOR FOUR YEARS 4HE 0 % ! + 3 PROGRAM WAS A LOCAL EFFORT THAT RESPONDED TO THE WELL DOCUMENTED SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY MANY !FRICAN !MERICAN STUDENTS !S A YOUNG ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT 5'! -ORRIS RECEIVED HIS FIRST 3PENCER &OUNDATION GRANT IN FOR A RESEARCH STUDY TITLED h%XAMINING #OMMUNAL "ONDS !MONG AN !FRICAN !MERICAN 3CHOOL "LACK &AMILIES AND A #OMMUNITY v ! SOLID RESEARCHER AND SCHOLAR -ORRIS HAS ALSO BEEN AN ENGAGED MEMBER OF THE LARGER 5'! COMMUNITY )N ADDITION TO HIS RESEARCH TEACHING AND SERVICE ON A NUMBER OF STUDENTS DISSERTATION COMMITTEES -ORRIS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE "LACK &ACULTY AND 3TAFF /RGANIZATION "&3/ )N THIS POSITION HE SPEARHEADED EFFORTS TO CREATE A SENIOR LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION THAT FOCUSED ON DIVER SITY AND EQUITY RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF THE 5'! /FFICE OF )NSTITUTIONAL $IVERSITY -ORRIS CURRENTLY SERVES AS A CO LEADER OF THE #OMMUNITY %THNICITY AND )DENTITY IN #ONTEXT 2ESEARCH 'ROUP AT 5'! S )NSTITUTE FOR "EHAVIORAL 2ESEARCH WHICH CONSISTS OF RESEARCHERS FROM ACROSS THE 5NIVERSITY h!S RESEARCHERS WE HAVE TO PULL FROM MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES AND SCHOLARLY TRADITIONS IN ADDRESSING SOCIAL SCIENCE ISSUES OF TODAY 4HIS IS HOW ) AM APPROACHING THE STUDY OF THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FACING !FRICAN !MERICAN ADOLESCENTS v HE SAID
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POETS UNDER AGE (ER WINNING ENTRY IN THE FIRST ANNUAL $OROTHY 3ARGENT 2OSENBERG 0OETRY #ONTEST CONSISTED OF THREE POEMS (ABITAT FOR (UMANITY A VILLANELLE )NSPIRATION A FREE FORM VERSE POEM AND )CARIA A SON NET (ER POEMS WERE SELECTED OUT OF ENTRIES FROM ACROSS THE NATION AND !USTRALIA "ELGIUM #ANADA %NGLAND AND -ALAYSIA 4HE !UTHORITATIVE 'UIDE TO 3ELF (ELP 2ESOURCES WRITTEN BY ,INDA #AMPBELL PROFES SOR IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WAS NAMED "OOK OF THE 9EAR BY THE *OURNAL OF THE !MERICAN .URSING !SSOCIATION #AMPBELL WAS ALSO ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE !MERICAN 0SYCHOLOGICAL !SSOCIATION S !0! $IVISION OF 3TATE 0ROVINCIAL AND 4ERRITORIAL 0SYCHOLOGICAL !SSOCIATION !FFAIRS $IVISION !L $E #HICCHIS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SELECTED TO SERVE AS CO CHAIR OF THE !MERICAN 3PEECH ,ANGUAGE (EARING !SSOCIATION !3(! CON VENTION 2OD $ISHMAN PROFESSOR IN KINESIOLOGY RECEIVED THE (ENRY * -ONTOYE 3CHOLAR !WARD FROM THE 3OUTHEAST #HAPTER OF THE !MERICAN #OLLEGE OF 3PORTS -EDICINE "OB &ECHO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION RECEIVED THE *AMES
"RITTON !WARD FROM THE .ATIONAL #OUNCIL OF 4EACHERS OF %NGLISH FOR HIS BOOK h)S THIS %NGLISH v 2ACE ,ANGUAGE AND #ULTURE IN THE #LASSROOM (E ALSO RECEIVED AN HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE /UTSTANDING "OOK BY THE 'USTAVUS -YERS #ENTER FOR THE 3TUDY OF "IGOTRY AND (UMAN 2IGHTS -ICHAEL &ERRARA PROFESSOR IN KINESIOLOGY RECEIVED THE +ENNETH , +NIGHT !WARD FOR /UTSTANDING 2ESEARCH -ANUSCRIPT FROM THE *OURNAL OF !THLETIC 4RAINING #ARL 'LICKMAN PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF EDUCATION RECEIVED THE *OHN $EWEY !WARD FROM THE 6ERMONT 3OCIETY FOR THE 3TUDY OF %DUCATION FOR HIS hOUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN !MERICA v 2OGER (ILL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN WORKFORCE EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS RECEIVED THE /UTSTANDING 3ERVICE !WARD FROM THE .ATIONAL !SSOCIATION OF )NDUSTRIAL AND 4ECHNICAL 4EACHER %DUCATORS .!)44% +AREN *ONES PROFESSOR IN WORKFORCE EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL FOUNDA TIONS WAS NAMED THE .ATIONAL /UTSTANDING #AREER AND 4ECHNICAL %DUCATOR FOR BY THE !SSOCIATION FOR #AREER AND 4ECHNICAL %DUCATION !#4% 3HE WAS ONE OF FIVE EDU CATORS IN THE NATION CONSIDERED FOR THE HONOR 4HOMAS +OBALLA PROFESSOR IN MATH 1 / " ร ร รครคร ร ร Q
& ! # 5 ,4 9 2 % # / ' . ) 4 ) / . EMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION AND ,ESLIE 5PSON INSTRUCTOR ALONG WITH DOCTORAL STUDENTS #YNTHIA # -INCHEW !MY 0ARLO AND *USTUS )NYEGA WERE AWARDED THE 3OCIETY FOR )NFORMATION 4ECHNOLOGY AND 4EACHER %DUCATION S 3)4% &ELLOWSHIP IN 3CIENCE %DUCATION AND 4ECHNOLOGY FOR THEIR PAPER h5SING 4ECHNOLOGY TO 3UPPORT %VIDENCE BASED 3CIENCE 4EACHING AND -ENTORING v 2ICHARD ,YNCH PROFESSOR OF OCCU PATIONAL STUDIES AND CO DIRECTOR OF THE /CCUPATIONAL 2ESEARCH 'ROUP RECEIVED AN /UTSTANDING #ONTRIBUTION !WARD BY 5.%6/# )NTERNATIONAL #ENTRE FOR 4ECHNICAL AND 6OCATIONAL %DUCATION AN AFFILIATE OF 5.%3#/ 5NITED .ATIONS %DUCATION 3CIENTIFIC AND #ULTURAL /RGANIZATION FOR CON TRIBUTIONS IN RESEARCH TEXT CHAPTERS PRESENTA TIONS AND GRADUATE PROGRAM FRAMEWORK DEVEL OPMENT TO TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TEACHING AND TEACHER TRAINING INTERNATIONALLY *ENNY 0ENNEY /LIVER DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC INITIATIVES WAS NAMED A $ISTINGUISHED !LUMNA AT .ORTH #AROLINA 3TATE 5NIVERSITY S #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION 3HE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER WORK TO ESTABLISH A MULTICULTURAL INITIATIVE AT 5'! AS PART OF THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION S STRATEGIC AGENDA /LIVER WAS ALSO ELECTED TO A THREE YEAR TERM ON THE BOARD OF DIREC TORS OF THE 'EORGIA CHAPTER OF THE .ATIONAL !SSOCIATION FOR -ULTICULTURAL %DUCATION '! .!-% 'WYNN 0OWELL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SER VICES WAS HONORED WITH THE )NNOVATION IN 4EACHING !WARD FROM THE 3OCIETY OF 0ARK AND 2ECREATION %DUCATORS 302% A BRANCH OF THE .ATIONAL 2ECREATION AND 0ARK !SSOCIATION .20! ,LOYD 2IEBER PROFESSOR IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE !SSOCIATION FOR %DUCATIONAL #OMMUNICATION AND 4ECHNOLOGY $IVISION OF )NSTRUCTIONAL $ESIGN !%#4 $)$ FOR /UTSTANDING 0RACTICE IN THE &IELD OF )NSTRUCTIONAL $ESIGN *AY 2OJEWSKI PROFESSOR IN WORKFORCE EDU CATION LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS RECEIVED THE /UTSTANDING -ANUSCRIPT !WARD FOR 4HE !RT AND 0OLITICS OF 0EER 2EVIEW CO AUTHORED WITH DOCTORAL STUDENT $ESIRAE $OMENICO IN THE *OURNAL OF #AREER AND 4ECHNICAL %DUCATION 7ENDY 2UONA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN LIFELONG EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY RECEIVED THE %ARLY #AREER 3CHOLAR !WARD FROM THE !CADEMY OF (UMAN 2ESOURCE $EVELOPMENT (2$ 2UONA HAS LED THE INTRODUCTION OF CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUN DATIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AS THEORIZED BY SCHOLARS AND PRACTITIONERS Qร ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร
2UONA *ONES $IANE 3AMDAHL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RECEIVED THE %XCELLENCE IN 4EACHING !WARD FROM THE 3OCIETY OF 0ARK AND 2ECREATION %DUCATORS 302% A BRANCH OF THE .ATIONAL 2ECREATION AND 0ARK !SSOCIATION .20! 0AUL 3CHEMPP PROFESSOR IN KINESIOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF 5'! S 3PORT )NSTRUCTION 2ESEARCH ,ABORATORY WAS NAMED THE $ISTINGUISHED 3CHOLAR BY THE )NTERNATIONAL #ENTER FOR 0ERFORMANCE %XCELLENCE AT 7EST 6IRGINIA 5NIVERSITY
3TATE 5NIVERSITY !WARDS %LAINE !DAMS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN WORK FORCE EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL FOUN DATIONS RECEIVED THE $ISTINGUISHED 3ERVICE !WARD FROM THE 5'! #OLLEGIATE &UTURE &ARMERS OF !MERICA &&! *AMES "AUMANN PROFESSOR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION WAS RECOGNIZED BY 5'! $ISABILITY 3ERVICES AS AN /UTSTANDING &ACULTY -EMBER ,YNN ! "RYAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION WAS NAMED THE #OLLEGE 3CIENCE 4EACHER OF THE 9EAR FOR BY THE 'EORGIA 3CIENCE 4EACHERS !SSOCIATION '34! FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO ITS IMPROVEMENT 2OSE #HEPYATOR 4HOMSON ASSOCIATE PRO FESSOR IN KINESIOLOGY AND .ORMAN 4HOMSON ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN MATHEMATICS AND SCI ENCE EDUCATION RECEIVED THE 3NYDER %XEMPLARY 3ERVICE !WARD AT THE TH !NNUAL $ARL 3NYDER ,ECTURE FOR THE !FRICAN 3TUDIES )NSTITUTE AT 5'! FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF !FRICA #HEPYATOR 4HOMSON FOUNDED THE +ENYA 3TUDY !BROAD 0ROGRAM IN 4HOMSON SERVES AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 3HAWN 'LYNN PROFESSOR IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND DOCTORAL GRADUATE .ITA 0ARIS RECEIVED THE 'EORGIA !SSOCIATION OF 4EACHER %DUCATORS '!4% $ISTINGUISHED 2ESEARCH !WARD 'LYNN AND 0ARIS NOW AN ASSISTANT PRO FESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AT +ENNESAW 3TATE 5NIVERSITY IN -ARIETTA WON THE AWARD FOR THEIR RESEARCH ON STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING PRESERVICE TEACHERS KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES ABOUT SCIENCE REPORTED IN THE *ULY ISSUE OF #ONTEMPORARY %DUCATIONAL 0SYCHOLOGY 4ALMADGE 'UY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LIFE
LONG EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY WAS ONE OF THREE RECIPIENTS OF THE 0RESIDENT S &ULFILLING THE $REAM !WARD 4HE PRESTIGIOUS LOCAL AWARD RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO BUILD BRIDGES OF UNITY AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG RESIDENTS OF !THENS #LARKE #OUNTY *ENNY 0ENNEY /LIVER DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC INITIATIVES WAS ONE OF FOUR 5'! FACULTY MEMBERS HONORED WITH THE 5'! /FFICE OF )NSTITUTIONAL $IVERSITY !WARD
#OLLEGE !WARDS AND (ONORS $ERRICK !LRIDGE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LIFELONG EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY RECEIVED THE #ARL 'LICKMAN &ACULTY &ELLOW !WARD -ELISSA #AHNMANN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION AND 0AUL 3CHUTZ ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY RECEIVED THE &ACULTY 3ENATE $ +EITH /SBORN !WARD FOR 4EACHING %XCELLENCE -ARTHA #ARR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN EDUCA TIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLO GY RECEIVED THE 2USSELL ( 9EANY *R 2ESEARCH !WARD -ICHELLE #OMMEYRAS PROFESSOR IN LAN GUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION RECEIVED THE )RA % !ARON !WARD FOR 4EACHING %XCELLENCE AND #OLLEGIALITY "RADLEY #OURTENAY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LIFELONG EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY RECEIVED THE !DERHOLD $ISTINGUISHED 0ROFESSOR !WARD *OHN $AYTON PROFESSOR IN LIFELONG EDUCA TION ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY 4HOMAS (ยฃBERT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY 'WYNN 0OWELL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN COUN SELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES +ATHRYN 2OULSTON ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN LIFE LONG EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY %LIZABETH 3T 0IERRE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION AND 3ALLY :EPEDA ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LIFELONG EDUCA TION ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY WERE REC OGNIZED FOR /UTSTANDING 4EACHING AT 5'! S (ONORS $AY !LAN 3TEWART ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN COUN SELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RECEIVED THE /UTSTANDING &ACULTY !WARD FROM THE 5'! #OUNSELING 0SYCHOLOGY 3TUDENT !SSOCIATION 'RETCHEN 4HOMAS INSTRUCTOR IN EDUCA TIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOL OGY AND *ANET 4RULUCK ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATE IN LIFELONG EDUCATION ADMINISTRA TION AND POLICY RECEIVED THE $ONALD / 3CHNEIDER !WARD FOR -ENTORING
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9OU WERE APPOINTED TO A THREE YEAR TERM AS 9 A MEMBER OF THE 'OVERNMENTAL 2ELATIONS #OMMITTEE OF THE !MERICAN !SSOCIATION OF #OLLEGES OF 4EACHER %DUCATION !!#4% LAST YEAR 7HAT KIND OF VOICE WILL IT ALLOW 5'! TO HAVE NATIONALLY )T S A REAL HONOR AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO REP RESENT THE #OLLEGE AND 5'! ) HAD WORKED IN 7ASHINGTON FROM AT THE 5 3 $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION AND IT S FASCINATING NOW TO BE WORK ING IN A SMALL WAY IN THE INTEREST GROUP SECTOR #OLLECTIVELY THE COMMITTEE IS CONCERNED WITH BUILD ING GOOD RELATIONS WITH (OUSE AND 3ENATE EDUCA TION COMMITTEES AND SHAPING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS THAT WILL AFFECT COLLEGES OF EDUCATION POSITIVELY -OST OF YOUR STUDENTS ARE OR WILL BE FUTURE LEADERS IN EDUCATION 7HAT DO YOU HOPE THEY LEARN FROM YOUR COURSES %DUCATORS OPERATE IN A COMPLEX POLITICAL ENVIRON MENT ) WANT MY STUDENTS NOT ONLY TO UNDERSTAND HOW EDUCATIONAL POLICIES ARE MADE AT LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS ) WANT THEM TO GRAPPLE WITH HOW PUBLIC ISSUES GET DEFINED AND HOW TO EFFEC TIVELY WORK WITH VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES !LSO ) WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT hPOLICYv IS MUCH BROADER THAN JUST RULES AND REGULATIONS IT S A DYNAMIC PRO CESS THAT ENCOMPASSES PROBLEM DEFINITION POLICY FORMATION AND ADOPTION IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 0OLITICS ENTERS THE EQUATION AT EVERY POINT IN THE POLICY PROCESS AND DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PROFES SIONAL EDUCATORS CAREERS 9OU VE WRITTEN A BOOK 0OLITICS )DEOLOGY AND #ONGRESS 4HE &ORMATION OF &EDERAL %DUCATION 0OLICY $URING THE #LINTON AND "USH !DMINISTRATIONS 7HAT DOES IT TELL US ABOUT WHERE FEDERAL EDUCATION POLICY IS GOING 4HE BOOK ANALYZES HOW .O #HILD ,EFT "EHINDD GREW OUT OF POLICY PROPOSALS THAT HAD THEIR ROOTS IN THE S STANDARDS MOVEMENT AND THE #LINTON ADMINISTRATION S POLICIES BUT ) THINK THAT IT DIFFERS FROM OTHER ACCOUNTS IN THAT ) M INTERESTED IN HOW CHANGES IN #ONGRESS ITSELF OVER THE PAST YEARS
ARE SHAPING THE NATURE OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY PRO POSALS 4HE POLARIZATION BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES AND THE SWITCH OF THE TWO HOUSES OF #ONGRESS TO 2EPUBLICAN CONTROL IN HAVE MADE THE POLICY PROCESS WORK VERY DIFFERENTLY FROM IN THE PAST %VEN THOUGH A BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE WAS REACHED WITH .O #HILD ,EFT "EHINDD IT DIDN T RESOLVE THE IDEOLOGI CAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES BECAUSE 0RESIDENT "USH REALLY TACKED TO THE CENTER OF MANY IN HIS OWN PARTY
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(OW DID YOU RESEARCH THIS BOOK ) TRAVELED TO 7ASHINGTON $ # ABOUT FIVE TIMES IN TO INTERVIEW EDUCATION AIDES TO MEM BERS OF #ONGRESS SERVING ON THE TWO EDUCATION COMMITTEES TO ASK THEM ABOUT HOW THE AGENDAS FOR THE EDUCATION BILL WERE BEING FORMED AND ABOUT THE KINDS OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION THEY WERE USING ) ALSO INTERVIEWED SELECTED MEMBERS OF EDU CATION INTEREST GROUPS 7HEN THE BILL DIED IN BEFORE THE ELECTION ) WROTE MY DISSERTATION AND GRADUATED BUT THE STORY OF THE BILL WAS ONLY HALF OVER ) WAS FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE A POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP SPONSORED BY THE (EWLETT AND 3PENCER FOUNDATIONS THAT PERMITTED ME TO MOVE TO THE $ # AREA TO DO THE SAME TYPE OF INTERVIEWING ABOUT .O #HILD ,EFT "EHIND 7HAT ARE THE MOST CRUCIAL ISSUES WE FACE IN EDUCATION TODAY (ERE IN THE 3OUTH THE LOW HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES WHICH CUT ACROSS RACIAL AND URBAN RURAL LINES
ARE A HUGE CONCERN )N MY VIEW GROWING INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE 5NITED 3TATES IS INCREASINGLY LIMIT ING WHAT REFORMERS CAN HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH IN HIGH POVERTY SCHOOLS THOUGH OF COURSE WE MUST KEEP TRYING 3TUDENTS LIVES ARE SHAPED SO MUCH BY
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS ) ALSO THINK THAT A MAJOR PROBLEM IS THE CONTINU OUS hCHURNv OF EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND REFORM PROPOSALS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT 0OLITICIANS HAVE MANY INCENTIVES TO PROPOSE AND ENACT NEW POLICIES BUT GENERALLY REFORMS FAIL BECAUSE OF A LACK OF HUMAN OR ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY TO IMPLE MENT THEM AND IT S EASY TO SEE WHY THIS LEADS TO CYNICISM AMONG TEACHERS )T S JUST HARDER TO GET A CONSTITUENCY FIRED UP AROUND hCAPACITY v 7HAT ARE THE BEST POSSIBLE APPROACHES "UILDING POLICIES AROUND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IS THE PROPER PLACE TO START 4AKE THE RELATIVELY LOW RATES OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION IN OUR STATE AS AN EXAMPLE -ANY RESEARCHERS HAVE DOCUMENTED THAT BEING OVER AGE IN GRADE IS THE SINGLE LARGEST PREDICTOR OF STUDENTS LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE GRADUATION BUT WE ARE NOW HOLDING MORE AND MORE KIDS BACK AT GRADES AND WITHOUT CON SIDERING THE RAMIFICATIONS OF DOING THAT FOR WHAT S GOING TO HAPPEN IN HIGH SCHOOL ) D SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE HAVE TO INVEST IN A STRONG PROGRAM OF RESEARCH THAT WILL TELL US WHAT TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS WORK WITH WHICH KIDS AND IN WHAT SETTINGS 7HAT DREW YOU TO 5'! !TLANTA IS MY FATHER S HOMETOWN 7E MOVED TO $E+ALB #OUNTY WHEN ) WAS FOUR SO ) LOVE 'EORGIA 4HERE ARE MANY REASONS ) WAS DRAWN TO THIS UNI VERSITY AND BACK TO THE 3OUTH &IRST ) HAD WORKED AT THE #IVIL 2IGHTS 0ROJECT AT (ARVARD FOR FIVE YEARS AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AND ) WANTED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON MANY OF THE SAME POLICY ISSUES n COMPEN SATORY EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES AND SCHOOL DESEGREGATION AMONG THEM n IN A REGION OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY REALLY MATTERED FOR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES !LSO THE FACULTY IN MY PROGRAM AREA HAD DONE AN IMPRESSIVE JOB OF PAVING THE WAY FOR A NEW 0H $ IN %DUCATIONAL !DMINISTRATION AND 0OLICY ) REALIZED THAT WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE #OLLEGE BUT FOR THE STATE 1 / " ร ร รครคร ร Q
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AST &EBRUARY 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA GRADUATE STUDENT -AHLET %NDALE STOOD ON A WHITE SANDY BEACH HALF A WORLD AWAY GAZING INTO THE CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS OF THE )NDIAN /CEAN AND WATCHING THE WAVES ROLL GENTLY ONTO SHORE )F NOT FOR THE SCAT TERED FLIP FLOPS SHREDDED PIECES OF CLOTHING AND REMNANTS OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS LITTERING THE IDYLLIC LANDSCAPE IT MIGHT HAVE SEEMED LIKE JUST ANOTHER TROPICAL PARADISE "UT THE DEBRIS SERVED AS A HAUNTING REMIND ER OF THE DEVASTATION AND LOSS SUFFERED BY RESI DENTS AND VACATIONERS HERE JUST TWO MONTHS BEFORE WHEN A TSUNAMI WITH WAVES UP TO FEET HIGH RIPPED THROUGH THE REGION KILLING Q ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร
MORE THAN PEOPLE IN COUNTRIES 7ATCHING NEWS REPORTS IN THE DAYS FOLLOW ING THE CATASTROPHE %NDALE LIKE MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WANTED TO HELP h4HE TSUNAMI IMPACTED ME LIKE NOTHING EVER HAD BEFORE AND ) KEPT THINKING THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ) COULD DO v RECALLED %NDALE A SECOND YEAR DOCTORAL STUDENT IN THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION S COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM 5NLIKE OTHERS WHO SENT MONEY MEDICINE
FOOD AND SUPPLIES %NDALE DECIDED TO APPLY FOR THE -ENTAL (EALTH /UTREACH 0ROGRAM A YEAR OLD OPERATION DESIGNED TO PROVIDE PSYCHOLOGICAL AID FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY DISAS TERS AROUND THE WORLD h%VEN THOUGH ) DIDN T HAVE TRAUMA EXPERI ENCE ) APPLIED FOR THE PROGRAM AND FELT THAT
IF THEY COULD FIND A WAY TO USE ME ) WOULD GO v SAID %NDALE ! FEW WEEKS LATER SHE WAS SELECTED FOR THE PROGRAM AND NOTIFIED THAT SHE WOULD BE GOING TO 3RI ,ANKA ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT BY THE TSUNAMI $ESPITE BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRING SEMESTER %NDALE COMPLETED ACADEMIC ASSIGN MENTS IN ADVANCE TRANSFERRED HER COUNSELING CLIENTS TO OTHER COUNSELORS TOOK NECESSARY SHOTS AND RAISED ENOUGH MONEY FOR A PLANE TICKET TO 3RI ,ANKA 4HE -ENTAL (EALTH /UTREACH 0ROGRAM FOCUSED ON THE TSUNAMI VICTIMS WAS DEVEL OPED BY !NIE +ALAYJIAN A RENOWNED POST DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH EXPERT AND ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT &ORDHAM 5NIVERSITY IN "RONX .9 4HE PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE
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h(AVING PROVIDED COUNSELING SERVICES FOR OVER TWO YEARS PAIN AND DESTRUCTION ARE NOT NEW TO ME BUT ) D NEVER EXPERIENCED IT AT SUCH MAGNITUDE ALL AT ONCE 7HILE WATCHING THE VIDEO IT HIT ME WHAT ) WAS GETTING INTO ) DIDN T SLEEP THAT NIGHT ) WAS SCARED TO DEATH ) WAS THINKING @$O ) HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO SIT WITH THEM "UT ONCE ) GOT IN MY FIRST SESSION AND STARTED TALKING ) THINK THE COUNSELING MODE KICKED IN AND ) THOUGHT @9EAH ) CAN DO THIS v
BEEN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE TSUNAMI )T PLACES EMPHASIS ON HELPING VIC TIMS DISCUSS TRAUMATIC MEMORIES AND FINDING POSITIVE MEANING IN THEIR LIVES %NDALE ARRIVED IN #OLOMBO 3RI ,ANKA ON &EBRUARY AND THE NEXT DAY DROVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO "ATTICALOA 3HE WAS ASSIGNED TO PROVIDE PSYCHOLOGICAL AID TO THOSE WHO HAD RESIDED IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF .AVALADI /F THE PEOPLE LIVING IN .AVALADI WHEN THE TSUNAMI STRUCK ONLY SURVIVED AND THEY WERE NOW RESIDING IN CAMPS IN "ATTICALOA "EFORE TRAVELING TO 3RI ,ANKA %NDALE SAID SHE COULDN T COMPREHEND WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO EXPERIENCE )N FACT IT WASN T UNTIL ORIENTA TION WHEN SHE WAS IN THE VILLAGE AND WATCHED A MINUTE CLIP OF THE DEVASTATION AND THE VICTIMS THAT SHE FULLY UNDERSTOOD h(AVING PROVIDED COUNSELING SERVICES FOR OVER TWO YEARS PAIN AND DESTRUCTION ARE NOT NEW TO ME BUT ) D NEVER EXPERIENCED IT AT SUCH MAGNITUDE ALL AT ONCE v SAID %NDALE h7HILE WATCHING THE VIDEO IT HIT ME WHAT ) WAS GETTING INTO ) DIDN T SLEEP THAT NIGHT ) WAS SCARED TO DEATH ) WAS THINKING @$O ) HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO SIT WITH THEM "UT ONCE ) GOT IN MY FIRST SESSION AND STARTED TALK ING ) THINK THE COUNSELING MODE KICKED IN AND ) THOUGHT @9EAH ) CAN DO THIS v 7HILE IN 3RI ,ANKA %NDALE STAYED IN A LOCAL 9-#! WITH OTHER PROGRAM MEMBERS %VEN THOUGH THE ACCOMMODATIONS WERE BASIC SHE SAYS IT WAS MUCH BETTER THAN WHERE THE VIC TIMS WERE RESIDING n PACKED INTO CLASSROOMS AT #ENTRAL -ETHODIST #OLLEGE AND SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR WITH ONLY SCRAPS OF CLOTHING FOR CUSHIONING h7HEN YOU CONSIDER HOW THE PEOPLE YOU ARE WORKING WITH ARE LIVING IT PUTS IT MORE INTO PERSPECTIVE 3UDDENLY IT DOESN T BECOME AS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT HOT SHOWER n AND ) LOVE A HOT SHOWER BELIEVE ME v SHE SAID /NE OF %NDALE S DUTIES WAS TO HELP FACILITATE GROUP DISCUSSIONS WITH VICTIMS !DDITIONALLY SHE ASSISTED IN PROVIDING RELAXATION AND BREATHING TECHNIQUES TO HELP VICTIMS DEAL WITH Qร ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AFFECTS OF TRAUMA (ER NIGHTS WERE SPENT PLANNING THE NEXT DAY S SESSIONS TAKING NOTES ON THE DAY AND ENTERING DATA INTO FILES THAT ARE BEING USED IN +ALAYJIAN S REPORTS ON THE PROJECT %NDALE CONDUCTED BOTH CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S GROUP SESSIONS 7HILE SHE HAD INI TIALLY THOUGHT THE CHILDREN WOULD HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME DEALING WITH THE TSUNAMI SHE FOUND THEM TO BE MORE RESILIENT THAN THE ADULTS
#HILDREN AT -AHAJINA #OLLEGE %NDALE WORKED AT THIS CAMP FOR THREE DAYS DOING CHILDREN S ACTIVITIES BUT THESE CHILDREN WERE SO WELL ADJUST ED THAT THE -ENTAL (EALTH /UTREACH 4EAM MOVED TO A NEEDIER GROUP 4HE PURPOSE OF THE CHILDREN S SESSION WAS TO ALLOW THEM TO TELL THEIR STORIES AS VERBALLY AS THEY COULD h4O FACILITATE THIS WE INCORPORATED A LOT OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY SING ALONGS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES v SHE SAID 4HINKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN WITH WHOM SHE WORKED CONTINUES TO BE THE HARDEST EMO TIONAL HURDLE %NDALE HAS FACED SINCE RETURNING FROM THE TRIP h)T MAKES ME SAD TO THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN ) WORRY ABOUT THEM BECAUSE THEY DON T HAVE THE FAMILY AND SAFETY AND STRUC TURE AROUND THEM WHICH KIDS REALLY NEED TO BE OKAY v SHE SAYS h4HEIR ENERGY IS SO GOOD THOUGH AND THEY ARE DOING THE BEST WITH WHAT
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.AVALADI HOWEVER SO MANY THINGS WERE OUT OF THEIR CONTROL THAT FOR THE MOST PART THEY WERE POWERLESS IN EFFECTING CHANGE IN THEIR OWN LIVES 4HEREFORE WE HAD TO HELP THEM SIT WITH THIS AND PROCESS THE EMOTION OF THIS IN ADDITION TO PROCESSING THE LOSS THROUGH THE TSUNAMI #OUNSELING IN 3RI ,ANKA ALSO INCLUD ED MORE OF A SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS COMPO NENT THAN WE DO HERE IN THE 5NITED 3TATES v %NDALE WHO RECEIVED A BACHELOR S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY IN AND A MASTER S DEGREE IN COMMUNITY COUNSELING IN FROM 5'! PLANS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN INTERNATIONAL MEN TAL HEALTH AFTER GRADUATION 3HE HAS WORKED WITH REFUGEES IN !TLANTA BEFORE AND HAS FOCUSED MUCH OF HER RESEARCH ON DEVELOPING PROTECTIVE FACTORS TO HELP REFUGEES SUCCEED RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON RISK FACTORS 3HE HOPES TO INCORPORATE HER EXPERI ENCES FROM 3RI ,ANKA INTO HER DISSERTATION AND CONTINUE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH REFUGEES ON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES h7HAT ) DID IN 3RI ,ANKA WAS GOOD PRAC TICE FOR WHAT ) WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE v SAYS %NDALE WHO WAS BORN IN %THIOPIA AND LIVED IN THE .ETHERLANDS BEFORE MOVING TO THE 5NITED 3TATES WHEN SHE WAS NINE YEARS OLD 0ERSONALLY %NDALE S EXPERIENCES IN 3RI ,ANKA ALLOWED HER TO REALIZE FIRSTHAND SOME OF THE DEVASTATION AND DISASTERS OCCURRING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD h3RI ,ANKA IS JUST ONE SMALL PIECE 4HIS STUFF
IS GOING ON ALL THE TIME IN ALL KINDS OF DIFFER ENT PLACES BUT WE DON T HEAR MUCH ABOUT IT 4HERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO HELP IF WE ARE WILLING TO GET OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONES v SHE SAYS h&OR ME PERSONALLY IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY ) HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH SO MUCH HERE THAT IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR ME TO DO WHAT ) CAN AND TO GIVE WHAT ) HAVE v 3INCE RETURNING HOME %NDALE HAS SHARED HER EXPERIENCES WITH OTHERS IN A PRESENTATION TITLED h4SUNAMI !FTERMATH ! 5'! 3TUDENT S (EARTFELT !CCOUNT OF 3RI ,ANKA v 3HE ALSO HOPES TO RETURN TO 3RI ,ANKA SOON !S FOR WHAT SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND MOST IT IS TO CONTINUE TO HELP THE VICTIMS h$ON T FORGET ) KNOW THE TSUNAMI IS ALREADY OUT OF THE NEWS BUT IT IS NOT CLOSE TO BEING OVER FOR THE VICTIMS 4HESE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING 4HEY HAVE YEARS AND YEARS BEFORE THEY ARE ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE v SHE PLEADS h) THINK IT IS EASY FOR US TO GO ON WITH OUR DAILY LIVES AND NOT THINK ABOUT IT BUT THEY STILL NEED A LOT OF HELP )F YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANYTHING THEN DO IT BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A GREAT NEED v .ICOLE 2ICHARDSON WHO WILL RECEIVE HER MAS TER S IN JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION IN $ECEMBER WAS A #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANT IN
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EVER WE ARE NOW AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNA TIONAL AVERAGE ON STANDARDIZED TESTS 7E HAD THE HIGHEST GAIN IN THE NATION IN IMPROVEMENT OF 3!4 SCORES n THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL AVER AGE 7E WERE THREE POINTS AHEAD OF 'EORGIA UNTIL LAST YEAR .OW 'EORGIA IS AHEAD OF US BY A POINT BUT WE LL FIND OUT IN !UGUST WHO HAS BRAGGING RIGHTS h7E VE PUT IN PLACE A STATEWIDE INITIATIVE TO TRAIN ALL OF OUR READING TEACHERS TO IMPROVE READING SCORES AND THOSE SCORES ARE CONTINU ING TO GO UP SOMETIMES DRAMATICALLY LIKE OUR THIRD GRADERS SCORES HAVE DONE 7E ARE THIRD IN THE NATION IN THE NUMBER OF .ATIONAL "OARD #ERTIFIED 4EACHERS n ONLY &LORIDA AND .ORTH #AROLINA HAVE MORE v !T ROUGHLY THE SAME TIME 4ENENBAUM WAS ELECTED STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT THE STATE S 'ENERAL !SSEMBLY RATIFIED THE %DUCATION !CCOUNTABILITY !CT WHICH REQUIRED A NEW RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS !S A RESULT THE "USH !DMINISTRATION SUPPORTED .O #HILD ,EFT "EHIND LEGISLATION DIDN T PROVE TO BE TERRI BLY ONEROUS FOR EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN 3OUTH #AROLINA h7E HAD A BIG CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF US TO IMPLEMENT THE %DUCATION !CCOUNTABILITY !CT AND WE WERE THREE YEARS INTO IT WHEN THE .O #HILD ,EFT "EHIND LAW WAS PASSED SO 3OUTH #AROLINA WAS NOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD v SHE SAYS h7E HAD SO MANY COMPONENTS OF .O #HILD ,EFT "EHIND UNDER WAY THAT ) REALLY EMBRACED THE BILL AND DIDN T TRY TO RESIST IT AS SOME STATES DID v /NE MIGHT BE CONTENT TO REST AND PERHAPS CAMPAIGN ON THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUT 4ENENBAUM IS ADAMANT THAT THE EDUCATIONAL PICTURE IN 3OUTH #AROLINA CAN IMPROVE EVEN MORE 3HE PROVED TO BE AS GOOD AS HER WORD EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN SHE CAME OUT IN OPPO SITION TO A PLAN n CALLED THE 0UT 0ARENTS )N #HARGE BILL n DEVISED BY 3OUTH #AROLINA 'OV -ARK 3ANFORD TO CREATE VOUCHERS TAX CREDITS AND INCENTIVES FOR FAMILIES TO ENROLL THEIR CHIL DREN IN PRIVATE AND HOME SCHOOLS -ILLIONS OF DOLLARS WERE SPENT TO TOUT THE PLAN WHICH 1 / " ร ร รครคร ร ร Q
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PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HE AND ) JUST GOT IN SEP ARATE CORNERS OF THE RING AND WENT AFTER EACH OTHER FOR SIX MONTHS v SAYS 4ENENBAUM h7E WON AND HAVE PUT THE ISSUE ASIDE ALTHOUGH ) M SURE IT S GOING TO COME UP NEXT YEAR BUT ) THINK WE CAN HANDLE IT AGAIN v 3PEARMAN PRAISED 4ENENBAUM n WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED HER EXHAUSTIVE 3ENATE CAM PAIGN BEFORE JOINING THE FIGHT AGAINST THE LEG ISLATION n FOR ACCEPTING A LEADERSHIP POSITION IN THE POLITICAL FRAY h)NEZ WAS THE LEADER SHE KEPT US ON MES SAGE v SAYS 3PEARMAN h3HE SAID WHAT SHE WAS EXPECTED TO SAY DEFENDING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN 3OUTH #AROLINA /UR OPPONENTS WERE VERY SHREWD IN THE PROCESS BUT )NEZ WAS FRONT AND CENTER WITH THE MESSAGE 3HE DID A MARVELOUS JOB KEEPING THE FOCUS ON EDUCATION h) DON T KNOW IF HER EXPERIENCE IN THE 3ENATE RACE TURNED OUT TO BE ALL THAT BENEFI CIAL 4HE TARGET HER OPPONENT USED WAS THAT 3OUTH #AROLINA WAS LAST IN THE COUNTRY IN EDU CATION AND DIDN T SAY ANYTHING POSITIVE WHICH HARMED THE IMAGE OF EDUCATION IN THE STATE )T WAS CONSTANTLY ON THE AIRWAVES DURING THE 3ENATE CAMPAIGN AND ) M SURE IT WAS ON THE MINDS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE )T WASN T )NEZ S FAULT n THAT S JUST POLITICS 4HEY DIDN T HAVE MUCH TO GET HER ON SO THEY USED THE STATE S 3!4 STATUS v !ND DESPITE THE POINT INCREASE FROM 3OUTH #AROLINA REMAINED AT OR NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE RANKINGS NATIONALLY h 4HE IMPROVEMENT STILL COULDN T GET US OUT OF THE BOTTOM v 4ENENBAUM SAID h7E HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS TAKING THE TEST v 3HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT WHILE 3OUTH #AROLINA S DROPOUT RATE IS IMPROVING ITS GRADUATION RATE LAGS SOMEWHAT BECAUSE IT TAKES MANY STUDENTS FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF FOUR TO GRADUATE n PART OF THAT IS PREDICATED ON THE
FACT THAT 3OUTH #AROLINA STUDENTS MUST HAVE UNITS AND PASS A TEST TO GRADUATE )T IS ONE OF ONLY SIX STATES IN THE NATION TO REQUIRE UNITS )N COMPARISON #ALIFORNIA ONLY REQUIRES UNITS AND -AINE WITH NO GRADUATION TEST !LTHOUGH 4ENENBAUM IS PERHAPS 3OUTH #AROLINA S MOST POPULAR $EMOCRAT HER POSITIONS ALONGSIDE "USH ON SEVERAL ISSUES n INCLUDING THE WAR IN THE -IDDLE %AST AND GUN OWNERSHIP n HAVE PLACED HER AT ODDS WITH MEMBERS OF THE STATE AND NATIONAL $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY A SITUATION WITH WHICH SHE SAYS SHE S NOT UNCOMFORTABLE h) VE SPENT TIME SPEAKING WITH $EMOCRATS AND PEOPLE LIKE #ONNECTICUT 3EN *OE ,IEBERMAN AND ) VE FOUND THAT $EMOCRATS AREN T A MONOLITHIC PARTY ANY MORE THAN THE 2EPUBLICANS ARE v SHE SAYS h)F YOU LOOK AT THE 2EPUBLICANS FROM -AINE AND PEOPLE LIKE !RIZONA 3EN *OHN -C#AIN THEY VOTE WITH THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY REGULARLY SO ) M NOT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH TAKING A CONTROVERSIAL POSITION ) ADMIRED 3AM .UNN AND *IMMY #ARTER FOR MANY YEARS AND THEY WERE 3OUTHERN $EMOCRATS WHO WERE VERY MODERATE v 4ENENBAUM WHO RECEIVED A LAW DEGREE FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF 3OUTH #AROLINA IN AND PRACTICED FOR SIX YEARS IN THE AREAS OF THE ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC HEALTH AND POLICY SAYS HER SPECIFIC MEMORIES OF HER DAYS IN !THENS HAVE GROWN CLOUDY THROUGH THE YEARS ALTHOUGH SHE RECALLS MOSTLY HAPPY n AND THOUGHT PROVOKING n TIMES h) HAVE THE FONDEST MEMORIES OF THE FOOT BALL GAMES WALKING THOSE HILLS THE CAMA RADERIE AND THE CLASSES v SHE SAYS h) WAS A MEMBER OF !LPHA $ELTA 0I AND ) STILL KEEP UP WITH SORORITY SISTERS AND PEOPLE THAT ) KNEW AT 'EORGIA ) HAVEN T BEEN BACK BUT MY SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW LIVE IN (AWKINSVILLE AND
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EVEN WHEN 'EORGIA IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE LINE !ND WITH 3TEVE 3PURRIER NOW IN CHARGE OF 3OUTH #AROLINA S FORTUNES 4ENENBAUM IS EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF FOOTBALL IN #OLUMBIA ALTHOUGH IT S CLEAR SHE TEMPERS HER REMARKS AND HER ENTHUSIASM IN THE PRESENCE OF "ULLDOG FANS h) TRY NOT TO MISS A GAME HERE ALTHOUGH ) MISSED A LOT DURING MY 3ENATE CAMPAIGN v SHE SAYS h4HIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR WITH 3TEVE 3PURRIER AND WE LL BE RIGHT THERE IN THE CROWD /NE OF THE HARDEST THINGS ) HAD TO DO WHEN ) MOVED HERE WAS TO WATCH THE 'EORGIA 3OUTH #AROLINA GAME TO LIVE AND WORK HERE BUT TO BE SO EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO THE "ULLDOGS )T S A GAME ) ALWAYS WANT THE 'AMECOCKS TO WIN BUT IT S GREAT TO SEE WHAT A FINE PROGRAM 'EORGIA HAS "EING A 'AMECOCK FAN AND A $EMOCRAT IN 3OUTH #AROLINA REQUIRE A LOT OF FAITH v $ESPITE HER SOMEWHAT MISGUIDED FOOTBALL ALLEGIANCES 4ENENBAUM STILL RESERVES A LARGE SPOT IN HER HEART FOR HER ALMA MATER h) M SO PROUD OF 'EORGIA AND THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS IT HAS SET v SHE SAYS h) M IMPRESSED WITH THE LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE REQUIRED FOR 'EORGIA THE (/0% 3CHOLARSHIP THE GROWTH OF THE ENDOWMENT THE RESEARCH THAT TAKES PLACE AND THE VERY HIGH STANDARDS OF ADMIS SION INTO THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION )T SPEAKS SO WELL OF THE FUTURE OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA AND THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION v #HRIS * 3TARRS !"* @ IS A FREELANCE WRITER LIVING IN !THENS
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7EATHERSBEE POSES IN FRONT OF HIS OFFICE BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS OF 'EORGIA !VIATION AND 4ECHNICAL #OLLEGE IN %ASTMAN .ATIONAL 'UARD 'EORGIA 3TATE 0ATROL 3PECIAL /PERATIONS AND THE 4RANSPORTATION 3ECURITY !DMINISTRATION ALL MADE PRESENTATIONS DURING THE TWO DAY WORKSHOP h7E DISCUSSED THE KINDS OF TERRORIST THREATS THAT SMALL PLANES COULD BE USED FOR n BIOLOGI CALLY CHEMICALLY OR BY CRASHING THEM INTO A LARGE STADIUM FULL OF PEOPLE ! SMALL PLANE THAT CRASHED INTO 3ANFORD 3TADIUM ON A GAME DAY COULD STILL DO A LOT OF DAMAGE v SAID 7EATHERSBEE 4HE ANTI TERRORISM TRAINING FOR GENERAL AVI ATION AIRPORT MANAGERS MAY BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION ACCORDING TO 7EATHERSBEE WHO GRADUATED FROM 5'! S ONLINE MASTER S DEGREE IN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM IN h4HE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CLASSES HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY WHEN IT CAME TO PUTTING THIS CURRICULUM TOGETHER v SAID 7EATHERSBEE WHO EARNED HIS BACHELOR S OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN PROFESSIONAL AERONAUTICS FROM %MBRY 2IDDLE !ERONAUTICAL 5NIVERSITY IN $AYTONA "EACH &, 4HE 'EORGIA !VIATION AND 4ECHNICAL #OLLEGE LOCATED IN THE SMALL MIDDLE 'EORGIA TOWN OF %ASTMAN IS ONE OF FIVE TECHNICAL COL LEGES IN 'EORGIA OFFERING AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AND MANUFACTURING TRAINING BUT IT S THE ONLY TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN 'EORGIA THAT OFFERS FLIGHT TRAINING ! SPECIALIZED COLLEGE THAT OPENED IN WITH AVIATION AS ITS PRINCIPAL FOCUS '!64# S PROGRAMS WORK TOGETHER SYNERGISTI CALLY TO GIVE A STUDENT IN ANY ONE OF THEM A MUCH GREATER LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAN CAN BE FOUND IN ANY SINGLE PROGRAM ANYWHERE ELSE 7EATHERSBEE WHO HAS BEEN IN HIS CURRENT POSITION FOR ABOUT A YEAR ORIGINALLY JOINED '!64# ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AS PRO
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