Thursday, November 20, 2014


American Education Week Activities at FSU sponsored by the School of Education


Survey of Activities------Directions for your completion of the live survey of American Education Week Activities at the blog should be possible by the following:
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Fayetteville State University's School of Education 2014 "American Education Week"

Directions:
Please complete this brief survey related to the School of Education’s American Education Week of Activities, so we can make next year even better.
Please take a moment to share your thoughts about any of the events that you have attended.

    Event Topic *

    Guest Speaker(s): *

    1. On a scale of 1 to 5 how would you rate the event or activity with 1 being low performance and 5 being superior performance. 1=not informative; 2=slightly informative; 3= somewhat informative; 4=informative and useful; 5= very informative and useful


    2. If you attended more than one day of events for the SOE AEW, which topic or section did you find most useful (share your reflections)?

    3.How did you hear of this event?

    4. What recommendations do you have for the AEW Committee for next year?

    5. Any general comments?
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Overview of American Education Week at Fayetteville State University in the School of Education

Greetings participants, attendees, staff, faculty, supporters and, especially, the candidates seek degrees and certification in any of Educator Preparation Programs in the School of Education.

What a WEEK! of activities for AEW at FSU in the SOE!

I invite you to post your reflections for any of the events held by using the quick link to the survey cited above and to the blog on the comments section of the page herein. Thanks for your participation and when you have a chance give your professors a special thanks for working with the AEW Committee to make this week special for you. 

I dedicate this Earth Wind & Fire song to all of you who have chosen to TEACH!
Peace, 
Noran L Moffett, Ed.D



MAJOR TOPICS OF DISCUSSION DURING THE WEEK:


Monday, November 17, 2014

ECLC “Exploring My World” [9:00 am—10:45 am]
Lauretta J. Taylor Bldg.

SOE Faculty & Staff Pot Luck Luncheon [12:00 pm—2:00 pm]
Charles W. Chesnutt Library, Curriculum Lab

*C.I. Brown Lecture [6:00 pm—8:00 pm]
SBE Bldg., Shaw Auditorium (Concurrent Sessions)
*Lecturer—Dr. Derek Greenfield*
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Excellence in Teaching Mini Institute [9:00 am—5:00 pm]
(Concurrent Sessions)

MSSS—Charles W. Chesnutt Library,  Curriculum Lab
ELEM—Butler Bldg. 325
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Education Support Professionals Day [8:30 am—5:00 pm]
Charles W. Chesnutt Library, Curriculum Lab

Journal of Research Initiative Workshops [1:00 pm—5:00 pm]
(Publishing in Academic Journals)
*there will be two sessions
Butler Bldg. 315

Educational Administrators Panel [6:00 pm—8:50 pm]
Butler Bldg. 325




November 20, 2014 Mini Institute 


Understanding the Politics & Power of Education [9:00 am—3:00 pm]
(Concurrent Sessions)
Charles W. Chesnutt Library, Curriculum Lab

Dr. Paris Jones provided an extraordinary presentation related to school law. In an effort to promote continued discussion, I urge you all to take advantage of the knowledge that Dr. Jones has on issues related to school policies and preservice educators preparation for school law.
Here is a link for some background on court cases related to the topic of discussion.
SEE BELOW for additional resources that I have posted from the presentations

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Dr. Jody Cleven rocked the session on her theme of literacy and her passion for reading and home-base (updated materials to be added)
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Dr. McDavid informed attendees to complete an official application through the NC website for consideration to be hired by LEAs (see below):

http://schooljobs.dpi.state.nc.us/Home

SEE EXAMPLE BELOW

IMPORTANT: Job Postings on this website are maintained by the local School Districts.
I already have an account and just want to log in.
You will need an account to create applications for employment. After logging in, additional features of the site will be available.
Look at the job listings. You will not be able to apply until after creating an account and logging in.
I can't remember my username and/or password, so take me through the user account recovery process.

All North Carolina public school systems are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, or national origin.
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Thursday, November 20, 2014


Future Educators’ Club Meet and Greet [11:00 am—2:00 pm]
Rudolph Jones Student Center


SOE “Broncos Brightest” Talent Showcase [6:00 pm—8:00 pm]

Butler Theater


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

SOE School of Education American Education Week: Principal Panel


Did you attend the Distinguished Panel of Principals Session at Fayetteville State University

Post your thoughts and respond to the survey link below

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZYS95LL9i_LXuaY7CFuiMfPyHdWbR86ORe9nN-WYNuA/viewform


Wednesday, November 5, 2014

High School American History Course Reflections: The Elections of 1864-1876

Compare and Contrast Selected Events of the Civil War & Reconstruction Era of U.S. History
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Reflections of Selected Events
War is Marching Our Way: Merry Christmas President Lincoln! - Fayetteville Observer: Sherman's March
A very interesting blog and written reminder of the significance of General Sherman's March.




What have you learned about the voting trends from the election of 1860- 1876

Which political party did most southern voters of African descent identify by the time the passing of the 15th Amendment enabled more voting for Black men in the South?
Why?
What about White southerners? 
Has party affiliations changed over the past 140 years in American national and regional politics? 

If so, Why?
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VIEW THE SHORT VIDEO with rendition of period election songs

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 Analyses of the 2014 Midterm election

What seems different about the Republican and Democratic Parties of 1864 and 2014?

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Let's Go back to the Election of 1876  and the Compromise of 1877

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What makes this perspective different or similar to the previous post?
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Another perspective of the Compromise of 1877

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The Compromise of 1877 explained: what do you think?