Are you interested in...
- Becoming a teacher?
- Networking with education majors?
- Meeting professionals in the field of education?
Then CLUB ED is for YOU!
The officers of Club Ed would like to welcome you to the club’s website and invite you to participate in its activities.
President Joy Smith
Vice President Clarissa Viens
Secretary NaShonda' Stokes
Treasurer Emma Halsey
Club Council Rep Megan Schnieder
Staff Advisor Robin Brooks PSB 209 907-786-4404 robin.brooks@uaa.alaska.edu
Club Ed exists as a meeting place for all UAA students interested in the field of education. Club Ed strives to support excellence in education, to improve teaching and learning as well as to promote public support and policies to build the profession of teaching.
For questions about the club and upcoming activities, please e-mail the College of Education Academic Success Coordinator, Robin Brooks, at robin.brooks@uaa.alaska.edu, or the Recruitment and Retention Coordinator, Melina Pastos, at melina@uaa.alaska.edu. Please join us at our next meeting!
All members of Club Ed must be current UAA fee-paying students, enrolled in a minimum of three credit hours and in good academic standing at UAA. Members are encouraged but not required to join an official professional organization to assist in professional development.
Calendar of Events The Club Ed Bulletin Board is located outside PSB 209.
Club meetings: October 15, October 29, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m., PSB 233
Please join us!
Studying for the PRAXIS TEST???
Grab your Praxis I study guide and join us every Friday at 1:00 p.m. in the Consortium Library lobby for a study group.
Check out additional 'test information' from menu at left.
MATH MONDAYS!!!
Join the mathematics tutoring group Monday from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the
Teaching and Learning Community Lounge on the 4th floor of the East Hall Dorm.
WRITING TUTORING!!!
Writing tutoring is offered for Education majors needing development constructing and editing papers.
Available by appointment.
PRAXIS II STUDY GROUP!!!
Join us Friday, October 16 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in the East Hall 4th Floor Study Lounge
for a Praxis II study group with George Mastroyanis, faculty in Elementary Education.
Club Ed members enjoy many activities:
Volunteer opportunities-After School Programs, Tutoring, Community Service
Study Groups - Peer Mentoring
Special Events- Read Across America, Haunted Halloween Fun Night, Creative Activities Fair
Guest Speakers- Workshops-Educational Seminars-Training
FUN!
Forms - Volunteer Application form - contact Robin Brooks
Kappa Delta Pi
Student membership in the Rho Zeta Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi:
Kappa Delta Pi is an international honor society in education whose purpose is to recognize outstanding contributions to education. Most of the fifty states, Canada, Mexico, Australia and the United Kingdom have one or more chapters. Past members include Dewey, Mead, Piaget, Einstein and Eleanor Roosevelt. Rho Zeta is the first chapter of this organization installed in Alaska. Its membership consists of local teachers and administrators, UAA faculty members, and education students. Members of Kappa Delta Pi receive the professional publications of the Society and are eligible for a variety of scholarships (national - from $500 to $2,000; local – from $200 to $1,000). The initial fee for joining Kappa Delta Pi is $45. This fee covers the cost of membership for one year as well as the initiation costs (certificate, pin, etc.). Criteria for membership and applications may be found on the bulletin board near the stairwell outside PSB 209 or on our web site at http://kdp.uaa.alaska.edu/.
Dr. Jim Powell, Counselor, Rho Zeta Chapter
Links
College of Education http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/coe
State of Alaska Department of Education and Early Development http://www.eed.state.ak.us/
Anchorage Association for the Education of Young Children (AAEYC) http://www.anchorageaeyc.org
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) http://naeyc.org
Best Beginnings, Alaska's Early Childhood Investment http://www.bestbeginningsalaska.org/
National Education Association and Anchorage Education Association http://www.nea.org
Cook Inlet Literacy Council http://cookinletliteracy.net/
Alaska Teacher Placement (ATP) http://www.alaskateacher.org
Anchorage School District http://www.asdk12.org
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District http://www.matsuk12.us
Kenai Borough School District http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us
Future Teachers of Alaska http://www.futureteachersalaska.org/
Rose Urban Rural Exchange - check out the great links! - http://www.roseurbanruralexchange.org/
Kids These Days http://www.kidsthesedays.org
U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov
Teacher Net http://www.teachernet.com/htm/becomingateacher.htm
Online Education.net
http://www.onlineeducation.net/2009/08/04/100-excellent-continuing-ed-sites-for-teachers/
International Travel! Have you ever considered study abroad?
Information sessions are held regularly at the UAA Office of International Affairs.
Sign up for the goglobal e-mail list! More information at www.uaa.alaska.edu/oia
UAA Wolf Bucks - Look into all the benefits
of your Wolfcard at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/wolfcard/index.cfm
