November Calender of events
November 3 – 28
Art
Exhibit: Richard Jochum, “Intersections and Interstices” at
9:00 am - 5:00 pm • 444 Macy Hall
New and
recent work in a variety of forms and media including video, photography,
ionstallation and object art. Reception on November 6, 6-9pm, in
November
7
Adaptive Technology - Learning Fundamentals
11:00am - 1:00pm • 234 Horace Mann
A MUST for serious web designers, this 1-day, 2-hour informational workshop is for students, staff and faculty to learn about about speech synthesis and screen readers, and ways to incorporate basic technology making Web sites accessible for people with disabilities. The cost is $15; no prerequisites necessary. For more information, please contact Academic Computing; 212-678-3302; acs@tc.edu.
Benefits Q & A Session 1
3:00pm - 4:00pm • 305 Russell Hall
Come ask questions about benefits plan options during Open Enrollment. For more information, call 212-678-3175.
Resume Writing Workshop
2:00pm - 3:00pm • Room TBD
For more information on this workshop, visit www.tc.columbia.edu/careerServices.
Monthly Student Forum: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Student Senate Meeting: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
229 Thompson Hall
Monthly Student Forums provide students an opportunity to personally address their issues and concerns to their department representative. In addition to providing a feedback analysis of the Student Senate’s work, all students are invited to voice an idea, complaint or concern and be heard. Student Senate meetings (held bimonthly) directly follow and are open to all members of the Teachers College Community. Please visit www.tc.edu/senate for more information.
Myers Lecture: The Play in Art Research by Charles Garoian
7:00pm -
8:00pm •
Garoian, Director of the School of Visual Arts and Professor of Art Education at Penn State University, is the author of Performing Pedagogy: Toward an Art of Politics, coauthor of Spectacle Pedagogy: Art, Politics, and Visual Culture, and he has performed and lectured in colleges and universities, galleries and museums nationally and internationally. For more information, call 212-678-3360 or email arted@tc.edu.
November 7 & 8
Observing & Assessing the Preschool Learner Conference
11/07/08; 9:00am - 4:00pm
11/08/08; 9:00am - 5:00pm
With increased public attention on the importance of the early childhood years and the No Child Left Behind legislation comes the need for screening and diagnosis, assessment for curriculum planning, intervention, and program evaluation. This conference, directed by Ann Boehm and Barbara Sandberg, focuses on developing meaningful intervention by using the outcomes of assessment to inform intervention planning, both at home and in school. Some of the topics to be addressed are: social/emotional factors to handle school preparedness at the pre-school and kindergarten levels; cognitive and early literacy skills expected of young children; recent tests used for screening and intervention planning; and the relationship of the law to the assessment of preschoolers. For more information, visit www.tc.edu/ceoi/Preschool.
November 8
Grant Writing Workshop for Graduate Students
9:30am - 12:00noon
For more
information, contact
November 10
Ticket
Purchase
your ticket in 160 Thorndike. Tickets are Cash Only. ONLY one ticket per TC
student ID. Student must be present with their TC ID. Tickets are
Non-Refundable. For more information, contact
“A
Mathematics Education Travelogue in
6:30pm - 7:30pm light supper and discussion
7:30pm - 9:00pm colloquium lecture
Location TBD
Steve
Rasmussen, Key Curriculum Press, will discuss his mathematical travelogue
drawing from experiences in a dozen Asian countries. The pictures are personal,
the experiences are singular, the observations are idiosyncratic. The human
face of mathematics education that emerges helps show that colleagues in
November 10 – December 8
Knitting Class Series - Second Class:
Every Monday from 12:00pm–2pm
This is a
wonderful opportunity for beginners to learn about the art of knitting and for
experienced knitters to perfect their skills. Fee: $15 for knitting materials.
The classes are limited to 15 students. Contact Bianca Mona in the Office of
Diversity and Community Affairs at
November 10 & 11
Google Collaboration Playground
Part 1: 11/10/08; 11:00am - 1:00pm; 234 HM
Part 2: 11/11/08; 11:00am - 1:00pm; 234 HM
This 2-day, 2-hour informational workshop is for students, staff and faculty to explore the collaborative fun of Google Documents. Students will share and co-author Google slideshow, word processor, spreadsheet and calendar documents online. Privacy, offline capabilities and Office import/export will also be covered. The cost is $30; no prerequisites necessary. For more information, please contact Academic Computing; 212-678-3302; acs@tc.edu.
November 11
TIAA-CREF
9:00am - 5:00pm • 203 Russell Hall
Benefits Q & A Session 2
11:00am - 12:00pm • 306 Russell Hall
Come ask questions about benefits plan options during Open Enrollment. For more information, call 212-678-3175.
Veterans Day: News Display
9:00am -
11:00pm • The
Fall Film
Series: Education in
12:00pm - 1:00pm • 2nd Floor, Gottesman
Education
in
Education Pioneers
4:00pm - 5:30pm • Room TBD
For more information on this workshop, visit www.tc.columbia.edu/careerServices.
Afri-Cafe
Lecture Series - Facing the Violent Past and Challenges of Reconciliation in
7:00pm - 9:00pm
305 Russell Hall
This
Afri-Cafe Lecture will feature Karen Murphey, Director of International
Programs at Facing History and Ourselves, an international educational and
professional development NGO. She coordinates projects outside the
November 12
Brown Bag Lunch Discussion with Aaron Pallas
12:30pm - 1:45pm • 271 Grace Dodge Hall
Professor
Aaron Pallas will be speaking about “
In’s & Out’s of Teacher Certification
4:00pm - 5:00pm • 400 Russell Hall
What do I need to do before I graduate? How do I find out the requirements for my certification area? This workshop is open to all students seeking teacher certification. Call 212.678.4057, email chung@tc.edu or visit www.tc.edu/ote with questions.
Live Performance: Joe Freuen (Jazz)
5:00pm -
6:00pm • The
Trombonist and composer Joe Freuen attended Manhattan School of Music and Teachers College, receiving a Masters of Jazz Studies and Masters of Education and has received numerous awards, including Downbeat Magazine’s Student Awards for both 2005 and 2006, an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer finalist award in 2005, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s First Music Commission Project honorable mention in 2005, and U of O Jazz Studies Student of the Year in 2004. The Everett Cafe is host to a series of 1-hour musical performances by musicians in the Teachers College community. Come grab a coffee and enjoy the music.
Private,
Public, Independent, and
5:30pm - 7:00pm • Milbank Chapel
Schools employ
different efforts in working towards educational equity as it pertains to
creating a safe, sensitive, and successful learning community. Experienced
leaders from the public, private, independent and charter sectors are invited
to give brief descriptions of the measures their schools take towards ensuring
educational equity while discussing commonalities and misconceptions of their
practice. The conversation will be mediated so that each panelist has the
opportunity to speak for ten to fifteen minutes before participating in a
question and answer exchange. This dialogue will be immediately followed by a
reception where all in attendance are encouraged to engage in dialogue with the
speakers and their peers. In addition, TC will also invite representatives from
local schools in order to further educate students in attendance about the
specifics of how certain practices work in their institutions while discussing
potential job opportunities. For further question or concerns please contact
Alex Shaurette via email at
Typical Errors in Learning Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language
7:30pm • 305 Russell Hall
The
Certificate Program in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (TCSOL)
cordially invites you to a guest lecture by Professor Xiaobing Zhou, Dean of
the School for Overseas Educational Exchange,
Film
Screening: I Love Hip Hop in
7:00pm - 10:00pm • 2nd Floor, Gottesman
A film
screening and discussion of the recent documentary, I Love Hip Hop in
November 13
Buddhist Meditation: Q & A with a monk
7:30pm - 9:00pm • Whittier Cafe, 1st floor
Please
bring a comfortable cushion (or two) for meditation. Contact Mike Wong at
Literacy Workshop
12:00pm - 1:00pm • 179 Grace Dodge Hall
“
Free Baby & Me Yoga
5:00 - 5:30pm: 6 weeks-crawling group
5:30 - 6:00pm: Crawling-pre-walking group
5:30 - 6:30pm: Herbal tea and conversation
517 New Residence TV Lounge
The class will consist of movement, yoga, and techniques for baby massage. First class is offered free of charge; future participation for a fee. Email Amita for more information at amitaroyshah@gmail.com.
November 16
Live on Broadway: Wintuk
3pm
Purchase
your ticket in 160 Thorndike. Tickets are Cash Only. ONLY one ticket per TC student
ID. Student must be present with their TC ID. Tickets are Non-Refundable. For
more information, contact
November 17 & 18
Comprehensive Educational Equity: Overcoming the Socioeconomic Barriers to School Success
9:00am -
5:30pm •
We hope you will attend The Campaign for Educational Equity’s 2008 Equity Symposium. The purpose of this year’s conference is to confront the reality that to overcome achievement gaps and promote academic proficiency for all children, we must tackle the full range of opportunity gaps faced by children from backgrounds of concentrated poverty, including health-, home-, and community-related barriers to learning, as well as inequities in academic opportunities.
Review current research on these issues; Examine the experiences of important demonstration projects; Present estimates of the actual costs of providing a range of the most essential services; and Consider feasible initiatives for implementing a policy of comprehensive services on a broad scale.
Others have studied this approach over the years, and many, varied demonstration projects have been mounted. This conference will explore how we move from pilots to policy with specific proposals for bringing the scale efforts to provide access to necessary resources and comprehensive services.
With a video introduction by Tony Blair and presentations by Chuck Basch, Geoffrey Canada, Arne Duncan, Edmund Gordon, Carl Hayden, Cheryl Hayes, Sharon Lynn Kagan, Milbrey McLaughlin, Michael Rebell, Richard Rothstein, Heather Weiss and others. For more information, contact Jessica Garcia at 212-678-8362 or jgarcia@tc.edu or visit www.tcequity.org/symposium.
November 17
Lecture and Reception: Cameron McCarthy, Re-reading Class, Re-reading Cultural Studies, Re-reading Tradition: Neo-Marxist Nostalgia and the Remorselessly Vanishing Pasts
177 Grace Dodge Hall • 3:00pm - 5:30pm
McCarthy assesses the status of the concepts of tradition and class within contemporary cultural studies literature on the industrial working class—maintaining, in part, that these terms have been deployed within a center-periphery thesis and a field-bound ethnographic framework by cultural studies scholars pursuing a sub-cultural studies approach. “Britishness”—the silent organizing principle defining metropolitan working class traditions and forms of cultural resistance—has placed cultural studies in tension with postcolonial subjectivities often reduced. He insists that recent films and literary works offer a more complex story of class identities in the age of globalization and transnationalism. McCarthy teaches mass communications theory and cultural studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as University Scholar and Communications Scholar in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and has authored or co-authored many books, such as Multicultural Curriculum: New Directions for Social Theory, Practice and Policy and Reading and Teaching the Postcolonial: From Baldwin to Basquiat and Beyond (Teachers College Press, 2001). Jointly sponsored by TC’s Programs in English Education and Social Studies. For more information, contact Lisa Daehlim at 212-678-3469 or daehlin@tc.edu.
More Zen,
Less Phobia: A Film Screening and Discussion Regarding the 2008 Xenophobic
Violence in
4:00pm - 6:00pm • 305 Russell Hall
As part
of the Tri-Continental Film Festiva, in August 2008, Filmmakers Against Racism
screened seven short movies, under the banner of More Zen, Less Phobia, based
upon footage shot in May 2008 when attacks broke out against people who were
presumed to be mkwerekweres [“foreigners”] in
Elizabeth Minnich on Transforming Knowledge: University Seminar on Innovation in Education
7:00pm - 9:00pm • 305 Russell Hall
Join Dr. Minnich, Senior Scholar at the AAC&U’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Global Initiatives, for a stimulating evening of new ideas and discussion on changing what and how we think in informal and formal schooling while including and valuing the majority of humankind. The University Seminar on Innovation in Education explores the process of learning in individuals, organizations, and society–throughout the lifespan and via major institutions and is co-chaired by Ronald Gross, who also conducts Gottesman’s Socratic Conversations, and Robert McClintock, TC’s John L. and Sue Ann Weinberg Professor in the Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education.
November 18
Fall Film Series: This Brave Nation: Part 5
12:00noon - 1:00pm • 2nd Floor, Gottesman
This
Brave Nation is a new documentary series from Brave New Foundation and The
Nation magazine. In five parts, the film joins some of the most celebrated
progressive minds, including Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club;
Van Jones, founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Green For All;
Bonnie Raitt, legendary musician, feminist, activist; Dolores Huerta, legendary
organizer, feminist, and activist; Anthony Romer, Director of the American
Civil Liberties Union; Ava Lowery, home schooled peace activist and filmmaker;
Pete Seeger, folksinger and political activist, Majora Carter, founder of
Sustainable South Bronx; Tom Hayden, Activist and Former California State
Senator; and Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine. The
documentary series serves to raise questions and stimulate conversation about
social justice and constructive social and political change. Please contact
Jennifer Govan (
4:30pm - 5:30pm • 400 Russell Hall
Find out how to obtain a job in NYC. Facilitated by Fern Cruz, Recruitment Manager for TC. Registration is requested. Call 212.678.3502/3466, email ote@tc.edu or visit www.tc.edu/ote for more information.
Virgina Pourakis Duet (Flute)
6:00pm -
7:00pm • The
Live on Broadway: Young Frankenstein
7:00pm
Purchase
your ticket in 160 Thorndike. Tickets are Cash Only. ONLY one ticket per TC
student ID. Student must be present with their TC ID. Tickets are
Non-Refundable. For more information, contact
November 18 & 20
PowerPoint Beyond the Basics - Creating Graphics and Multimedia Presentations
Part 1: 11/18/08; 1:00pm - 3:00pm; 234 HM
Part 2: 11/20/08; 1:00pm - 3:00pm; 234 HM
Instructed by Linda Bloom. This two-day, two-hour informational workshop is for students, staff and faculty to learn to customize presentations using templates, multiple slide masters, and custom animation. Incorporate audio and video, create flowcharts, and create custom slideshows using hyperlinks. The cost is $30; prerequisites are PowerPoint Basics or instructor’s permission. For more information, please contact Academic Computing; 212-678-3302; acs@tc.edu.
November 19
Booktalk: Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation, with Linda Dale Bloomberg and Marie Volpe
4:00pm - 6:00pm • 305 Russell Hall
Diversity Film Series
5:00pm - 7:00pm • 136 Thompson Hall
The
Office for Diversity and Community Affairs will sponsor a Diversity Film
Series, and we invite you to the screening of the third film in the series,
TBA. Light refreshments served. For more information about events listed
please contact our office, Zankel 128, x3391. Come and meet with us! We welcome
your thoughts, ideas for additional programming, concerns and opportunities for
collaboration. For more information, contact
Benefits Q & A Session 3
3:00pm - 4:00pm • 461 Grace Dodge Hall
Come ask questions about benefits plan options during Open Enrollment. For more information, call 212-678-3175.
November 20
Exhibit—Children’s Rights: News Display
9:00am -
11:00pm • The
On 11/20/1959 the United Nations issued a Declaration of the Rights of a Child; the document contains 10 guiding principles no matter one’s race, color sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, among them: the special right to grow up and to develop physically and spiritually in a healthy and normal way, free and with dignity; the right to a name and citizenship; the right to housing and medical services, to special care if handicapped, to love and understanding, to free schooling, play and equal opportunity; and the right to be taught peace, understanding, tolerance and friendship.
1:30pm - 7:00pm
For more
information, contact
Family: Haven, Hassle, or ...?! A Socratic Conversation
4:00pm - 5:00pm • 2nd Floor, Gottesman
What does
Family mean to you? What are the economic social roles of Family today? How do
you respond to Family issues in the political arena? How do Family
circumstances affect learning, education—and your own life? Participate in this
conversation (moderated by Ronald Gross, author of Socrates’ Way, Co-chair of
the University Seminar on Innovation in Education, is part of a year long
series. Examine how issues of fairness have played out through history, is key
to effecting lasting change. To assure yourself a spot, complete with diet
hemlock and cookies, please RSVP to
Myers Lecture: Intersections and Interstices by Richard Jochum
4:00pm -
5:00pm •
The Austrian sculptor and media artist Richard Jochum has been a visiting scholar at Teachers College since 2004. This presentation highlights the visual output of a scholar who has used his art practice as a basis for becoming part of the TC community through his lectures, research, and courses. The accompanying exhibition displays new and recent work in a variety of media including video, photography, installation, and object art. Following its title, “Intersections and Interstices,” Richard will discuss how he explores notions such as ‘threshold,’ ‘interstice,’ and ‘space in between,’ that have been an ongoing theme of his work. For more information, please call 212-678-3360 or email arted@tc.edu.
Recruitment: Carney, Sandoe and Assoc.
7:00pm - 8:00pm • Location: TBD
Carney, Sandoe and Associates provides Placement, Head of School and Top Administrator Search, and Consulting Services for independent, charter, and like-kind schools all over the country, and all over the world. More schools use CS&A than any other recruitment firm—having successfully worked with over 1,500 schools in 46 states and 26 countries internationally to provide the most exceptional recruitment and consulting services available. For more information on this workshop, visit www.tc.columbia.edu/careerServices.
Buddhist Meditation: Topic to be TBA
7:30pm-9:00pm • Whittier Cafe, 1st floor
Contact
Mike Wong at
November 21
HPSE 2008 Fall Open House
5:30pm - 7:30pm • 281 Grace Dodge Hall
Program
Open House. Please contact
Tamsyn Phifer with inquiries at trphifer@yahoo.com or 212-678-3750.
Student Senate Meeting
6:00pm - 8:30pm
Student Senate meetings provide an opportunity to voice concerns and ideas. They are held bimonthly and are open to all members of the Teachers College Community. Please visit www.tc.edu/senate for more information.
November 24
Teacher Certification Exams Overview
4:00pm - 5:00pm • 177 Grace Dodge Hall
Find out what to expect on the 3 required NYS teacher certification exams. The first 5 people get a free test prep book! One lucky person will get 1 test paid for by attending and being in OTE’s raffle! Please contact Julia Yu at ote@tc.edu or 212-678-3978.
November 25
Live
Performance:
5:00pm -
6:00pm • The
The
Wadsworth Strings Ensemble features music for classical strings, from the
symphonies of Mozart and Haydn, to well known arias from the operas of Puccini
and Bizet, adding in a selection of continental Viennese waltzes and French
cabaret. Wadsworth Strings, emanating from the
November 27
TC Community Thanksgiving Dinner
12:00-3:00pm • Grace Dodge Dining Hall
An
Invitation to the Teachers College Community. Have Thanksgiving with your TC
Family! “Traditional American” holiday fare: Roast Turkey with all the
trimmings–mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, tossed salad, cake,
sweet potato pie and beverages. Special activities: music, and raffles.
It is sure to be a Very Special Event! Dinner will be served from
12-1:30pm followed by desserts. A limited number of tickets are available.
Sponsored by the Office s of the President for Diversity and Community Affairs,
Residential Services, Student Activities and Programs, and the Student Senate.
For ticket sales and questions please call (212) 678-4164 or email
December 1 – 12
Student Fall Exhibition
9:00am - 5:00pm
Student
works from the studio classes of Painting, Drawing, Ceramics and Exploratory
Investigations. Curated by Rebecca Bourgault, Judith Burton, Tom Lollar, Joy
Moser, and Maurizio Pellegrin. Opening reception is on Friday, December 5,
5-8pm,
December 1
Film Screening: Revolution ‘67 w/Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno
4:00pm - 7:30pm
306 Russell Hall
Dr. Uwe Gielen, on Counselors and Therapists in a Multicultural World: University Seminar on Innovation in Education
7:00pm - 9:00pm
305 Russell Hall
Join Dr. Uwe Gielen for a stimulating evening of new ideas and discussio. The University Seminar on Innovation in Education explores the process of learning in individuals, organizations, and society–throughout the lifespan and via major institutions and is co-chaired by Ronald Gross, who also conducts Gottesman’s Socratic Conversations, and Robert McClintock, TC’s John L. and Sue Ann Weinberg Professor in the Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education.
For Calendar Events Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact OASID at oasid@tc.edu, (212) 678-3689, (212) 678-3853 TTY, (212) 678-3854 video phone, as early as possible to request reasonable accommodations, such as ASL interpreters, alternate format materials, and a campus map of accessible features.
Published Monday, Nov. 10, 2008