Outreach Projects/Programs
Outreach efforts include:
CIERA
Summer Institute
—Five-day,
intensive institute sponsored by the Center for the Improvement
of Early Reading Achievement, focusing on literacy learning and
school change, involving university researchers, teachers, administrators,
teacher educators, and reading consultants from across the nation.
Community
College Consortium — Read
the Profile -The consortium is a powerful network of two-
year
colleges in the United States and Canada; was established in
1986, with membership and the range of services growing steadily
since that time. Current membership numbers more than 125 colleges
in 29 states and three Canadian provinces; is a unique partnership
between universities and community colleges, and is co-sponsored
by the University of Michigan and Michigan State University.
The Consortium takes a distinctively collaborative and pragmatic
approach to the planning and delivery of our programs and services.
Every phase of our operations combines current research and theory
with information about practices that actually work in community
colleges. We do this through close ties with our member institutions.
English Language Learners Study Group—A recently formed regional group attempting to learn about ELL issues through reading and case study work. Group includes classroom teachers and ESL/bilingual consultants, and is facilitated by Cathy Reischl.
The
National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good - Read
the profile -
In the fall of 2002 over 180 representatives from diverse organizations
gathered in Ann Arbor, Michigan to take steps toward a social
and professional movement, which could transform the relationship
between higher education and society. Together they created a
common agenda of current activities and shared goals to promote
higher education as a vehicle for public good. This "Common
Agenda" is currently being synthesized by the National Forum
on Higher Education for the Public Good and a group of delegates
chosen to represent the many constituents concerned with this
effort.
Interactive
Communications and Simulations—Founded
in 1980s, ICS creates and staffs on-line service learning projects
linking K-12 students and teachers with undergraduates and graduate
students. A Smithsonian Computerworld Laureate, ICS sponsors
the International Poetry Guild, Arab-Israeli Conflict, the Rivers
Project, Earth Odyssey, and the International Youth Caucus.
Lives
of Urban Children & Youth (LUCY) -
The LUCY Initiative, through the Michigan Scholars Program, responds
to the growing need to prepare undergraduate students to interact
effectively in a complex and diverse world. The study of the
lives of children in urban settings provides an excellent intellectual
context for this process. Students have the opportunity to prepare
themselves intellectually and personally, through their college
experience, to engage actively in the intellectual, ethical,
economic, scientific, and justice-seeking challenges of contemporary
society and, in particular, its urban centers. The LUCY Initiative
provides courses and co-curricular activities that permit students
to make connections between their academic inquiry and their
civic engagement
Making
American Literatures -
This project unites secondary-school and university teacher-scholars
in sustained collaborative inquiry into the dynamic history of
the making of American literature -- as a cultural practice of
reading and writing, as a school/university subject, and as an
academic discipline with changing canons, pedagogies, and theories
of interpretation.
Mathematics Education Leadership Conference—Co-sponsored by the School of Education, the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and now, the Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics, this one-day conference has a rich, 52-year history of influence, introducing educators in the region to the latest issues and reports in the field.
Michigan Classroom Discourse Group—Founded in 1999, facilitated by Lesley Rex and Laura Roop, and inspired by the Santa Barbara Classroom Discourse Group, this group uses the method of discourse analysis to make sense of classroom interactions, professional learning occasions, and legislative hearings. Members include Oakland Writing Project teacher-consultants and SOE graduate students.
Michigan School Testing Conference
—Co-sponsored
by the School of Education over the past 43 years, MSTC is a two-day
conference focusing on classroom-based assessment and district,
state, and national testing policy and practice.
Oakland
Writing Project -
A site of the federally funded National Writing Project, OWP
is a university-school partnership that forms an intellectual
home for educators in the region. For more than two decades,
the Oakland Writing Project has impacted the teaching of writing
and the shape of professional learning in powerful, visible ways.
The OWP's programs enhance literacy instruction through an ever-growing
network of teacher leaders.
Programs
for Education Opportunity (PEO) -
The mission of the Programs for Educational Opportunity (P.E.O.)
is to help public school districts ensure that all students have
an opportunity to succeed in school whatever their race, gender,
or national origin. We have provided equity-related assistance
to K-12 education since 1970 in cooperation with the U.S. Department
of Education. Our programs include technical assistance in educational
equity and dissemination of school improvement programs designed
to help all students succeed.
University
of Michigan/Michigan State University Superintendents Institute—now
in its fourth year, this four-day workshop is designed to give
district superintendents an opportunity to step back, reflect
and interact with national level presenters in a restful, intimate
context, away from the intensity of daily life.
