Postion Opening

A position is opening up for Executive Director of the Center for Language Minority Education and Research.

Responsibilities include being the project director of grants and securing future funding. Based on the mission of the Center, this individual is expected to be an advocate for the advancement of educational reform for 21st century learning and teaching with an emphasis on advancing social justice. The position opens up on July 1, 2008. The minimum qualifications are a Ph. D. or equivalent and a combination of life and education professional experience.

For more information go to http://www.clmer.csulb.edu/about/positions.cfm

Educational Psychology Clinic

The Educational Psychology Clinic offers many services for young children and adults. For children 3-6, early childhood assessments are offered. Services for children ages 6-17 include tutoring and psychoeducational assessment. Counseling is offered for people of all ages.

For my newsmaker profile I interviewed Dr. Kristin Powers, director of the clinic. She wants people to know that counseling, stress and time management and career guidance are offered. The clinic would like to have more students take advantage of these services. They are looking for people to start at the beginning of next semester so they may counsel students for a full 15 weeks.

http://www.ced.csulb.edu/edpac/clinic/

SERVE

This program offers undergraduate students an opportunity to intern and learn about the actual environment in P-12 municipal classrooms as well as the varied needs of these students.

Individuals participating in the SERVE (Service Experiences for ReVitalizing Education) program will work with students by themselves and in groups. In addition to providing an important service to the community and P-12 students, undergraduates have the opportunity to evaluate their decision to become a teacher. They are accepting applications now for participation in SERVE.

For more information contact Hannah Nacu at hnacu@csulb.edu

SERVE office hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Telephone: (562) 985-5499

http://www.ced.csulb.edu/serve/

Job Fair

If you need help trying to find the career of your dreams, then maybe you should visit the Educational Career Services in ED-1 Room 33 or attend the job fair.

The Annual Educational Job Fair will be Friday, April 18, 2008, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. It will be held in the University Student Union Ballrooms. At the Fair you will be able to meet with over 80 educational employers.

For employer applications and job fair tips visit the website at http://www.ced.csulb.edu/ecs/jobfair/index.cfm

Independent Doctoral Program

CSULB is one of the first schools in the CSU system to have an independent doctoral program.

The establishment of the program, Ed. D. in Educational Leadership, is considered a major achievement. It helps to cultivate highly qualified teachers in grades P-12 and community college. The program helps to train them to deal with the many different situations they will face as classroom teachers. The program is setup to be completed in three years while working.


http://www.ced.csulb.edu/edpac/academic/leadership/

Employee of the Month

Assistant to the Dean of the College of Education, Marvel Preece Whitson, was announced as the University’s Employee of the Month.

Whitson first started working at CSULB in 2001 at the Career Development Center. There was a ceremony held for her on Friendship Walk near the University Student Union. Whitson was pleasantly surprised when she heard the good news and said there are many staff members that deserve recognition.

http://karl.papubs.csulb.edu/press-release/story.cfm?hackid=605

Long Beach Educational Partnership

In 1994, the Long Beach Educational Partnership was instituted. The mission of the Partnership is to try to protect the education of young people as the standard of living decreases for many families.

The partnership consists of CSULB, Long Beach, Long Beach City College, and the Long Beach Unified School District. Focused on grades P - graduate school, it works to increase the accomplishments of students.

Right now, curricular reform and restructuring in high schools is a primary concentration. The Partnership is also getting ready to put into operation the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology Grant.

http://www.ced.csulb.edu/about/partnerships.cfm

Grant Received

The College of Education received a grant for $1.28 million from the U.S. Department of Education.

This grant is for a program that will help prepare 75 math and science teachers to help students that have special needs. Recent graduates as well as those already established in the teaching profession will be sought to participate. In addition, the teachers will need to be bilingual.

http://www.csulb.edu/misc/inside/archives/v58n10/13.htm