College of Education and Human Development

All-College MeetingApril 11, 2013

I. 2012-2013 Highlights

II. HDFS Update – Bahira Trask

III. SOE Update – Ralph Ferretti

IV. Center for Disabilities Studies – Beth Mineo

V. Award Presentations & Recognitions

Agenda

Mission• Advance knowledge and develop solutions to the

problems that face our schools and challenges encountered by children, adults and families, and the communities in which they live;

• Prepare leaders in education and human services through programs of superior quality; and

• Serve the citizens of Delaware, the nation and the world through the application of rigorous, interdisciplinary research that addresses critical social needs of our time.

AWARD WINNING FACULTY• Mathematics Education Program for

Elementary Teachers - Wisniewski Award, Society of Professors of Education

• Frank Murray – Distinguished Alumni Award from Johns Hopkins and Award of Merit from St. John’s College

• Steve Eidelman – Special Recognition Award, Association of University Centers on Disabilities

FOUR SUCCESSFUL FACULTY SEARCHESMellissa Gordon

Positive Youth DevelopmentStaci PerlmanProgram Evaluation/

Adolescent Development

FOUR SUCCESSFUL FACULTY SEARCHES

Adrian PasquarellaLiteracy/ELL

Steven J. AmendumDCTE Faculty Scholar in

Literacy

CEHD CENTERS

The College School

• Added 2 new classrooms• Diversifying student

population• Launching a summer camp

program• Expanded tutoring and

before/after care programs

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Early Learning Center• Maintained maximum

enrollment with waiting lists at each level

• Supported over 400 UD students as a site for observation, clinical placement and research

• ELC-Wilmington provides a high quality urban option for UD student placements

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Laboratory Preschool• Play and Grow Together

• Launching a summer camp program– Art Camp– Play and Grow Together– STEAM – Summer Camp for 2’s &

3’s

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Delaware Center for Teacher Education

• Worked with teachers in 14 districts and 13 charter schools to improve teaching of reading, writing or social studies

• Redesigned process for collecting professional education data to make analysis and dissemination of candidate and unit-level data more accessible to faculty and administrators

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Delaware Academy for School Leadership

• Partnered with the Professional Development Educational Research Institute in Hawaii to provide training and support to school leaders in Hawaii’s public schools.

• Launched an Executive Leadership Academy to help prepare principals and district level administrators who aspire to the position of superintendent.

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Mathematics & Science Education Resource Center

• Provided training on Common Core Content Standards & the Standards of Mathematical Practice to 450 teachers across all 19 Delaware districts

• Launched initiatives to support the development of teacher leadership with a focus on content-based coaching

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Delaware Education Research & Development Center

• Received funding for 8 new projects and 2 renewals

• Built partnerships with faculty in all 7 UD colleges

• 3 graduate assistants have been recognized for their research

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DEAN’S OFFICE

Human Resources Hub

• Processed 50 new hires, on-boarded 75 supplemental employees, and processed 110 graduate students.

• Created a new on-boarding follow-up program

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Financial Services Unit• Financial Services Unit

processed 99 new proposals and 47 new awards.

• Managed 177 current grants and contracts

• Oversee 42 budgets within CEHD

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Office of Educational Technology

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• Completed 11 CEHD websites redesigns– Please note, the SOE URL has

changed to www.education.udel.edu.

• Responded to over 2,000 technical support requests

• Performed 289 daily incremental backups for files and store 2.82 TB of data on their servers.

Office of Student Services• Hosted over 150 admitted

students and their families during the month of April through Senior Visit Day and Delaware Decision Days.  

• Contacted over 600 admitted students for fall 2013  

• Welcomed 234 new undergraduates students in the fall, and 106 new graduate students started this year. 

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Student Enrollment

• Early Childhood Education 151 majors

• Human Services324 majors

• Elementary Teacher Education 712 majors

• HDFS graduate programs 32 students

• SOE graduate programs293 students

New Initiatives

OPERATION EDUCATE THE EDUCATORS

AACTE-MCEC initiative with support from the White House led by First Lady Michelle Obama & Dr. Jill Biden• 2M military-connected

children• 1.1M are PK-12 students

UD Task Force: Deborah Alvarez, Janice Bibik, Al Cavalier, Deirdre Lilly, Barbara Settles (chair)

Alumni WeekendCEHD Alumni Reception

– May 31 from 6-8 p.m.– Alison Hall courtyard

Kid Zone– June 1 from 11-1– UD’s Lunch w/ Mascots tent

Children’s Book Drive– New children’s book to benefit our

Children’s Campus– Drop-offs: CEHD reception, Kid

Zone and UD Barnes & Noble

You can help…

I. 2012-2013 Highlights

II. HDFS Update – Bahira Trask

III. SOE Update – Ralph Ferretti

IV. Center for Disabilities Studies – Beth Mineo

V. Award Presentations & Recognitions

Agenda

I. 2012-2013 Highlights

II. HDFS Update – Bahira Trask

III. SOE Update – Ralph Ferretti

IV. Center for Disabilities Studies – Beth Mineo

V. Award Presentations & Recognitions

Agenda

I. 2012-2013 Highlights

II. HDFS Update – Bahira Trask

III. SOE Update – Ralph Ferretti

IV. Center for Disabilities Studies – Beth Mineo

V. Award Presentations & Recognitions

Agenda

College of Education & Human Development

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD

2013 Co-RecipientsRobert L. Hampel Michael Ferrari

DEAN’S RESEARCH AWARD

Liz Farley-Ripple

RETIREMENT RECOGNITION

Please join us on the third floor of Memorial Hall for a reception to honor

our retirees