Welcome Ms. Lisa Clement!

The School of Education is pleased to welcome Ms. Lisa Clement as our new department secretary!  She will begin on March 1, 2010.  Please join us in giving her a warm GU welcome when you meet her.

 

We are grateful to Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Jolls, and our office staff for pitching in while we searched for just the right person.  Visitors should continue to check in with Mrs. Kelly, or the on-duty receptionist, when entering the School of Education. 

Resource Room

Resource Room Information

 

Good news!  The GUSOE Resource Room (Palumbo 2008B) is now staffed five days a week.

 

In the resource room you can cut letters for posters and bulletin boards, borrow textbooks and supplementary materials, and drop off materials for lamination.

 

You may access the room according to the following schedule.

 

-    Monday 10 am-12 pm

-    Tuesday 10 am-12 pm and 4 pm-6 pm

-    Wednesday 10 am-12

-    Thursday 2 pm-4 pm

-    Friday 12 pm-2 pm

 

Materials can be borrowed for up to two weeks. 

Lamination Guidelines

 

1. You must drop off the material to be laminated in the SOE Resource Room (Palumbo 2008B) during regularly scheduled hours.
2. Your material must be clearly labeled with your name and contact information.
3. Material to be laminated must be free of staples, glitter, and rubber cement.  These materials cannot be processed by the laminator.
4. Materials to be laminated must be of professional quality.  We reserve the right to refuse to laminate materials of poor workmanship.
5. You will be contacted when your order is ready for pickup. Be sure to indicate your contact information CLEARLY. (This is not a “while you wait” service).
6. Only trained personnel may run the laminator.
7. The SOE Resource Room makes no guarantee that the lamination will preserve the quality of materials.  Due to the heat and rolling used by the laminator, materials may change or be ruined during the process.
8. Questions should be directed to:

-   Dr. Leighann Forbes

-   Palumbo 2015C

-   871-7144

-   forbes001@gannon.edu

 

 

SOE Announcements

Please review the following announcements:

 

1.       This evening, Thursday, February 4, 2010, the Diocesan Protection Policy Inservice will be held from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Palumbo 2012. This is a mandatory workshop that needs to be completed once by every Education major before a practicum in a parochial school is permitted or before graduation.

 

2.       There is a change in the calendar of important dates which is posted outside the SOE Offices:

 

The semester Education meeting for Sophomores will be held next Tuesday, February 9, 2010, from 11:00 AM to Noon in Palumbo 2012. Dr. Quick will facilitate this meeting.

 

The semester Education meeting for Freshmen will be held next Tuesday, February 9, 2010, from 11:00 AM to Noon in Palumbo 2012. I will facilitate this meeting. An important document on the topic of dispositions will be explained and distributed.

 

3.       On February 10, 2010, Kappa Delta Pi will be hosting  an Education Valentine’s Day Social in Palumbo 2005 from 8:00-9:30 pm   The event is for all students and professors who are part of the Education Department at Gannon University. Kappa Delta Pi hopes to have everyone come together to share time, stories, and good food.  Juniors and seniors will be sharing their Education stories and representatives from the three professional organizations will be in attendance to discuss their organization’s mission and upcoming events. Get involved! Come to this social gathering!

 

4.       If you know of an Education major who is not receiving my mass email messages or if a name needs to be deleted, please email me that information. I would like the SOE communication list to be accurate. Thank you!

 

5.       Remember to sign up for the Praxis workshops.

 

6.       Stop by the SOE Office if you have any questions.

 

Praxis Prepartion Workshops

Are you registered to take a Praxis exam? In order to help you prepare
for future Praxis exams, the School of Education is sponsoring a series
of workshops. If you plan to attend one or all of the following
workshops, please stop by the School of Education Office February 3, 4,
5, or 8 and register. This will enable the staff to make sufficient
copies of handouts yet not waste paper.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Palumbo 2012: Preparing for
the PPST I Exams: Reading, Writing, and Mathematics

Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Palumbo 2012: Preparing for
the Content Tests required for secondary Education majors

Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Palumbo 2012: Preparing for
the Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment exam required for Elementary
Education majors

Thursday, February 25, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Palumbo 2007: Grammar 101.
This workshop will not only provide insight to the grammar and usage
portion of the PPST I Writing exam, but it will also provide tips on how
to avoid common grammar errors. Even if you have passed the PPST I
Writing exam, you may find this workshop useful.

Ms. Veronica Connaroe will facilitate the first three workshops. Ms.
Connaroe is a graduate of Gannon University and is currently a social
studies teacher in the Iroquois School District. She has researched the
Praxis exams and facilitated these workshops in the past.

In order to present the Grammar 101 workshop, I will put on my hat as a
former language arts teacher.

Please plan to attend and remember to register.