University of South Alabama College of Education Awards Night

Honoring Friends & Colleagues! 
Celebrating Awards and Retirements!

Dr. Abigail Baxter Promoted to Professor
Dr. Joel Lewis Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Dr. Andre Green Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Ms. Jennifer Simpson Promoted to Senior Instructor

Dr. Brooke Forester awarded the Lisa Mitchell Bukstein Foundation Scholarship for Developing Faculty in Education

Excellence in Teaching Awards
Dr. Becky Giles awarded Excellence in Teaching Award for Outstanding Innovation
Dr. R. Burke Johnson awarded Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Ms. Brenda Haskew and Foley Elementary School awarded Excellence in Clinical Supervision
Dr. Thomas Chilton awarded Distinguished Career Award for Excellence in Teaching

Dean's Awards
Dr. Daniel Surry & Dr. Joel Lewis awarded Distinguished Contributions to Life Long Learning
Dr. Susan Martin awarded Distinguished Contributions for Improving Our Community

I'm in a Tolstoy Mood

“Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of music I really seem to feel what I do not feel, to understand what I do not understand, to have powers which I cannot have. Music seems to me to act like yawning or laughter; I have no desire to sleep, but I yawn when I see others yawn; with no reason to laugh, I laugh when I hear others laugh. And music transports me immediately into the condition of soul in which he who wrote the music found himself at that time. ~The Kreutzer Sonata” 
― Leo Tolstoy

Our Book (chapter) is Out!

http://www.infoagepub.com/products/Integrative-Strategies-for-the-K-12-Social-Studies-Classroom

Many thanks and congratulations to my friend and co author Susan Santoli, secondary Social Studies professor. I thoroughly enjoyed our collaboration as we developed our invited chapter in Integrative Strategies for the K-12 Social Studies Classroom. Our ideas for Picture This: The Integration of Art and Social Studies were also greatly refined and improved by the skillful editing of Timothy Lintner.

Integrative Strategies for the K-12 Social Studies Classroom

"The crux of this book is to provide educators insights and strategies into how to integrate social studies with other discipline areas. Calling upon national experts in their respective fields, each chapter chronicles the broad relationship between individual content areas and social studies. Multiple examples of integrative opportunities are included. At the end of each chapter is a series of grade-specific integrative lesson plans ready for implementation. This book was purposefully designed as a how-to, hands-on, ready-reference guide for educators at all stages and all levels of teaching."

CONTENTS
Foreword. Integrative Opportunities in the Social Studies Classroom: Making Minutes Matter, Timothy Lintner. Picture This: The Integration of Art and Social Studies, Susan Pitts Santoli and Paige Vitulli. The Play’s the Thing: Integrating Drama with Social Studies, Thomas N. Turner. Making Social Studies Accessible and Engaging for English Language Learners, Jason O’Brien and Barbara Cruz. Social Studies and Literacy: Exploring Interdisciplinary Teaching in a Professional Development School Setting, Deborah MacPhee. Interdisciplinary Strategies for Math and Social Studies, Bridget Coleman. Traveling the World Through the Vehicle of Music,Jeannette Fresne and Donna Louk. The Social Side of Science, Andrea Burrows and Jennifer Keiner. Don’t Forget Me! Using Special Educators to Support Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning, Darren Minarik and Danielle Coughlin. Things Said and Done: Using Digital Tools to Enhance Historical Memory, John K. Lee, Meghan Manfra, and Jonathan List. Visual Literacy Strategies for the Social Studies Classroom, Stewart Waters and William B. Russell, III. About the Contributors.

Kappa Delta Pi 2013 Initiation

KAPPA DELTA PI

International Honor Society in Education
Omicron Zeta Chapter Initiation

College of Education
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
April 12 2013

CONGRATULATIONS Kappa Delta Pi Initiates

Deidre Benton

Lauren Brannan*

Jonathan Bubbett

Kaitlyn Burgess

Morgan Clark

Ashley Cohen

Erika Conn

Lindsey Edwards

Petre Freeman

Bonnie Gaudet

Owen Gill

Mary Gillespie

Melissa Harrison

Brittany Heiss

Courtney Hieronymus

Jessie Holder

Kimberly Holland

Alexa Howie

Caitlyn Lord

Lauren McKenzie

Mallory Moon

Lanadia Patrick

Kristen Phelps

Emily Pilotte

Eleanor Pomerat

Lucinda Prescott

Sara Pritchard

Amanda Rice

Ariel Robinson

Brittni Sasser

Brittany Smith

Kendra Wesson

Angyl White

Jessica Wilson

Hope Zeanah*

*Lauren Brannan was initiated as an honorary member of KDP in recognition of her achievement as Mobile County 2013 Elementary Teacher of the Year. Lauren received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education and master’s degree in reading education from the USA COE. She is currently enrolled in the USA COE’s instructional design and development program doctoral program.  

*Hope Zeanah was initiated as an honorary member of KDP in recognition of her achievement as 2013 Alabama Principal of the Year. She is Alabama’s nominee for National Distinguished Principal Award. Hope received her administrative certification from the USA COE.

USA COE Students' Inaugural Visit to the USA Archaeology Museum

Students in EDU 301, our Arts in the Elementary School class, were welcomed by Barbara Filion, Education Curator at the USA Archaeology Museum Tuesday, April 9th. After an excellent tour of the facility, Barbara led us in an art/archaeology integrated lesson.

 

Student responses to the field trip included:

"The Archaeology Museum was fascinating, and Barbara Filion gave us a great tour...I was completely intrigued by the Stratigraphy Wall. I could have spent hours looking at the artifacts in those layers."

"My favorite part about the USA Archaeology Museum was the hands on activity at the end. Much like little children, doing crafts and further exploration of a specific topic really drives home the main concepts, for everyone. The most educational part gained from the trip was all the background history, I had no idea how much of the Museum's history would tie to Mobile's roots."

"I had a wonderful time at the museum! Sometimes we forget about how historical Mobile is. I really enjoyed every part of the museum, and I dont think I can pick just one part."

"I would like to start off by saying that I had no idea that museum was even on the campus. I must admit that I enjoyed the visit overall. The tour guide was extremely educated on her facts about Old Mobile and she really captured my attention and made me want to know more about the city I live in."

"I had to do a double take on the replicas of the people, especially the one in the colonial exhibit."

"I've never been to an archaeology museum before, and I must say it was a very interesting experience. The tour guide/storyteller did an amazing job telling the stories and history of Mobile. My favorite part of the museum would have to be the wax models, especially the indian chief walking up the mound. The artists did a fabulous job creating all the intricate details on the statues to make them so realistic."

Good News for the COE

Quantitatively, qualitatively, and affectively, I know that people I work with at the University of South Alabama College of Education sincerely care about the education and quality of life of the students they interact with. From K-12 to higher education issues, we are caring, thoughtful people who share our talents in diverse ways while simultaneously navigating our own complex lives. This notice does not surprise me and is well-derserved. THANK YOU to those of you who did so much to provide evidence of the collective good works we each strive to provide daily.

Message from Dean Richard Hayes:

"I am pleased to share with you that the recommendation of the NCATE and ALSDE on-site reviewers will be that the COE has met all six standards at both the initial and advanced levels. Although the recommendations are preliminary and yet to be presented in detail to the NCATE Board for review, we can be very proud of the progress we have made and of the overall quality of our programs. Congratulations and thanks to all of you who made this outcome possible. "

2012-2013 USA College of Education Student Awards

2012-2013 

USA College of Education 

Student Awards

Awards will be presented Friday, April 26th at the Mitchell Center Waterman Globe lobby. 

LEADERSHIP and TEACHER EDUCATION

KELLY M. EVANS

Outstanding Undergraduate Student

Elementary Education

THOMAS BARRETT LITTLE

Outstanding Graduate Student

Elementary Education

LUKE MICHAEL STANTON

Outstanding Undergraduate Student

Secondary Education

KATRINA “NEECY” BURCH

Outstanding Graduate Student

Secondary Education

HALEY NORRIS

Outstanding Graduate Student

Early Childhood Education

ASHLEY WARREN CLOLINGER

Outstanding “A” Certification Student

Educational Leadership

JESSICA BARNES

Outstanding Graduate Student

Educational Leadership

NICOLE ANDRESS LANDRY

Outstanding Educational Specialist Project

ANTHONY W. CAPPS

Outstanding Student Teacher

Elementary Education

SHASKA N. CRABTREE

Outstanding Student Teacher

Elementary Education

CHRISTINA ELAINE MOTES

Outstanding Student Teacher

Secondary Education

CATHERINE DANIELLE JACKSON

Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher

Secondary Education

HANNAH MARIE CALLAIS

Outstanding Graduate Student

Special Education

KRISTEN HEATHERLY BOX

Cronis Award

Special Education

HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, and 
LEISURE STUDIES

    JOSHUA J. MATHER

      Outstanding Graduate Student

       Health and Physical Education

   

KATI LEANNE GURLEY

Outstanding Undergraduate Student

Leisure Studies/Recreation Administration

CAILEIGH S. McCULLOCH

Outstanding Undergraduate Student

Health and Physical Education/Teacher Education

ALINE E. BOTSIS

Outstanding Undergraduate Student

Health and Physical Education/Exercise Science

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

LAVENTRICE S. RIDGEWAY

Outstanding Graduate Student

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program

STEPHANIE GUIDRY

Outstanding Graduate Student

School Counseling Program

KATHY WILLINGHAM HICKS

Outstanding Graduate Student

Educational Media Program (M.Ed.)

ROBERT H. POTTER

Dr. John E. Morrow, Sr. Memorial Award

Master’s Student of the Year

Instructional Design and Development Program

SYLVIA ELAINE ROGERS

Dr. Chandru Hiremath Memorial Award

Ph.D. Student of the Year

Instructional Design and Development Program

Scholarship Recipients for 2012 - 2013

Kimberly Holland - College of Education Scholarship

Kathryn Ortmann - Daniel Foundation of Alabama Scholarship

Hannah Cooper - Alfred F. Delchamps, Sr. Memorial Scholarship

Tresher Moorer - J. Howe Hadley Scholarship

Jessica Wilson - Helping Hands for Children Scholarship

Cody Coleman - Malcolm R. Howell Endowed Scholarship

Erin Holton - Ralph Jones Memorial Scholarship

Ashley Cohen - Patricia Kelly Lofton Endowed Scholarship for Teachers

Carrie Tucker - Dr. Elizabeth F. Martin and Dr. Wilma M. Scrivner Scholarship

Lindsey Estes - Ruth M. Gwinn-Heitman Endowed

Shelby Robbins - Ruth M. Gwinn-Heitman Endowed

Angela Blackmon - Richard L. Hayes Endowed Scholarship for School Counseling

Tresher Moorer - Lavon Simon Endowed Book Award Fund

  Ronald Morgan - Dr. Chandru Hiremath Memorial Endowment in Instructional Design Development           

Ronald Morgan - Dr. George E. Uhlig Endowed Award Fund

Joshua King - Linda Reaves Endowment for Educators in Math and Science

Stephen Akins - White-Spunner Endowment Scholarship in Education

Devon Weaver - Barbara Phillips Endowed Award for Special Education Teachers Fun

USA COE SITE Numbers

34 of 128 pictures (28%) 7 ofTop 10 tweets and 3 of Top 10 Tweeps at 2013 #siteconf were from South Alabama College of Ed people
— USACOE (@USACOE) April 2, 2013