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<div align="center"><font size=4><b>Graduate School of Education<br>
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Invites you to attend a colloquium by<br>
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<b>Cynthia Grutzik, Ph.D.<br>
</b>Director of Teacher Education Program<br>
<i>Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena<br>
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<font size=6>“A Role in the Cycle: Our Observable Impact on Students,
Schools and Communities”<br>
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Monday, March 19, 2007<br>
1:30-2:30 p.m.<br>
Sproul Hall 1215<br>
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A university is a vibrant presence in a community, and the Teacher
Education Program at UC Riverside is no exception. Consider the
cycle that occurs if we do our work well in preparing teachers and
leaders for public schools. Children go to school – our candidates become
their teachers and principals. Students go to college – our teachers and
principals are among the greatest influence on students in making this
critical step.<br>
College students join a teacher education program –departments across the
campus articulate with the Teacher Education Program to ensure a pool of
candidates with diverse skills, interests, and backgrounds .Our teachers
and principals move out into schools – we follow our candidates and offer
support, track their students’ learning, investigate the kinds of
strategies they are using. Children go to school – our candidates are
there. Aspects of this cycle are observable, and demonstrate the impact
that a dynamic professional preparation program can have on a
community. This implies that we are using best practices with our
candidates, conducting research on each step of the cycle, and taking our
role seriously as shapers of children’s education. In my talk, I
will discuss these issues, and their implications for how we work with
pre-service and practicing teachers and school leaders.<br>
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<font face="Garamond" size=4 color="#000080"><b>Leslie Bushong<br>
</b></font><font color="#000080">Staff Director<br>
California Teach-Science/Mathematics Initiative (CaTEACH-SMI) <br>
1104 Pierce Hall<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
voice: (951) 827-4970<br>
fax: (951) 827-4971<br>
website:
<a href="http://smi.ucr.edu/" eudora="autourl">http://smi.ucr.edu<br><br>
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