Innovator Vol. 35 No. 3 - Spring 05: Learning Partnerships
Return to contents Timeline 1998-2005: Karen Wixson's Tenure
1998-1999
New position created: Director of Teacher Education to increase attention to the role of teacher
education in the SOE
Year-long colloquium series established to promote conversation about practice-based research done by SOE faculty; UM/MSU collaboration on a briefi ng to the U.S. Congress on teaching and learning
1999-2000
New clinical faculty appointments and a Director of Outreach appointed to emphasize
connections between research and practice
Creation of Staff Advisory Council to promote good staff relations within the SOE
Dual degree in higher education and public policy established
Diversity Taskforce created to promote conversation and action regarding issues of diversity within and outside the SOE
First annual UM/MSU Superintendent’s Institute held
2000-2001
Cultural audit on issues of diversity and workplace climate
conducted, followed by retreats for faculty, staff and students
First annual Martin Luther King Family Day sponsored
SOE-led Provost’s Seminar on Teaching
2001-2002
Revised undergraduate program for secondary teachers launched
New guidelines for doctoral preparation developed; The Social Justice Committee established with seed money from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Lives of Urban Children and Youth (LUCY) established
Institutes for Chinese K-12 and Higher Ed administrators begun
2002-2003
Capital campaign feasibility study conducted
New website launched
Faculty retreat on programmatic initiatives for all degree levels conducted
Initiative to increase faculty diversity advanced with appointments in Higher Education and Educational Studies
2004-2005
Five new faculty appointed in Higher Education, CPEP, and Ed Studies
Four Collegiate Professors named
Celebration of 125th anniversary of pedagogy chair
Year-long Social Justice Symposium series brings in outside consultants to assist the SOE in thinking through institutional responses to social justice issues
UM’s Institute for Social Research and the SOE agree to work on scaling up educational interventions developed by SOE researchers
Agreements reached for exchanges with Tianjin Normal University and Beijing Normal University
Initiated rethinking of the Teacher Education program
Began work on a Pre-K/16 initiative
