Rev. Thomas Ries, Ph.D. student (Higher Education) in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, has been selected as the ninth president of Concordia University-St. Paul. Ries is currently president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Foundation, splitting time between his home and school in the Twin Cities and his work in St. Louis, MO. He was vice president for finance and operations at Concordia from 1999 to 2004. See the full story in the Minnesota Daily.
OLPD Faculty and students attend AHRD International Research Conference
Several faculty members and students from the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD) presented at the 2011 AHRD International Research Conference in the Americas. The conference was held February 23-26 in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Participants included:
Alexandre Ardichvili (Professor)
Kenneth Bartlett (Associate Dean for Graduate, Professional, and International Programs; Associate professor)
James Brown (Professor)
Louis Quast (Associate department chair; Hellervik/PDI Endowed Chair in Leadership & Adult Career Development)
Denise A . Bonebright (HRD graduate student)
Sanghamitra Chaudhuri (HRD graduate student)
Renada Goldberg (HRD graduate student)
Elizabeth Bechtel Jayanti (HRD graduate student)
Chang-Wook Jeung (HRD graduate student)
Jeong Rok Oh (HRD graduate student)
Sunyoung Park (HRD graduate student)
JiHyun Shim (HRD alumni)
Bai Vu (HRD undergraduate student)
Joseph M. Wohkitel (HRD graduate student)
Hea Jun Yoon (HRD graduate student)
Kelly A. Zimmerman (HRD undergraduate student)
Topics presented included:
The Changing Role of Leaders in Workplace Learning through CoPs
Advancing the Affective Domain and its Interventions for HRD
Identifying Organizational Knowledge Creation Enablers through Content Analysis: The Voice from the Industry
The Impact of the Learning Organization Environment on the Organizational Learning Process: Does the Better Learning Process Occur in the Better Learning Organization?
A Feminist Perspective on Women’s Employment in South Korea: Implications for HRD
Using Multi-Rater Feedback to Predict Managerial Career Derailment A Model of Self-Boss Rating Patterns
Leadership Development in Korea: A Delphi Study
Transcending the Learning Organizations and Becoming a Corporate Socially Responsible Organization
The Business Case for Human Resource Development: A Strategic Overview
Mountains as Places of Learning: An Autoethnographic Exploration
Positive Psychology: An Overview and Discussion of its Impact on Work and Human Resource Education
Work-Life and Family Issues of Expatriate Employees: The Lived Experience of Not Being Able to Work When Offered an Opportunity to Work
Reverse Mentoring: A Social Exchange Tool for Keeping the Millenials Committed and the Aging Workforce Engaged
The Current State of Human Performance Technology: A Citation Network Analysis of Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1988-2010
A Content Analysis of the Websites of HRD Academic Programs in the United States
Theorizing Models of Corporate Universities
The Experience of Dislocated Workers under the Workforce Investment Act
Organizational Learning Style: A Conceptual Model
Nonlinear Learning Styles: A Conceptual Model
Edleson named to national academy on social work
School of Social Work Professor Jeffrey Edleson, Ph.D., has been named a fellow in the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. Edleson is one of 11 scholars who will be inducted into the academy at a ceremony on May 6, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
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TERI Partner Network Reception – April 6, 2011
On Wednesday, April 6, 2011, over 80 people attended a TERI Partner Network gathering at Eastcliff, the home of the President of the University of Minnesota. Attendees included superintendents and school principals from our TERI school partners, and additional representatives from districts that also collaborate with the U in teacher preparation with Clinical Cluster Sites.
At this event, representatives from the CEHD Dean’s office, the EDRC, and the Bush Foundation connected with our partners, celebrated our work this year, and acknowledged the faculty and staff of both the school partners and the University who have gone above and beyond their regular work to engage in the redesign. This event was hosted by Jean Quam, Dean of the College of Education and Human Development.
Speakers included:
-Jean Quam, CEHD Dean, UMN
-Robert Jones, Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration, UMN
-Peter Hutchinson, President of the Bush Foundation
-Michael Lovett, White Bear Lake Superintendent
-Keith Lester, Brooklyn Center Superintendent
Dean Quam welcomed everyone to the gathering and thanked our partners and faculty for their work during this pivotal year in the TERI work.
Robert Jones shared his connections both with CEHD and as a board member of the Bush Foundation, and he described how transformational TERI is in creating better teachers and helping all learners achieve in Minnesota schools.
Peter Hutchinson spoke of his past experience as a first-year teacher, and how inadequate his preparation had been to prepare him for the realities of the classroom. He spoke about the Bush Foundation’s vision of teaching and learning, and thanked all those involved in this important work. He commended the Bush Foundation, the University, and all the school partners in their willingness to take risks together, to do the hard work of changing programs,and to create working relationships that put student learning at the center of this process.
Michael Lovett also spoke about his first year as a new teacher and how this experience helped him understand the extensive expertise teachers need. He spoke of the positive impact of TERI in White Bear Lake and about the engagement of four elementary schools as professional development schools beginning this fall.
Keith Lester thanked Dean Quam for her leadership throughout this process and about the positive impact of TERI in Brooklyn Center schools. Dr. Lester described how partnership-developed relationships have brought three UMN centers (the Educator Development and Research Center, the Minnesota Reading Center, and the Center on Early Education and Development) to collaborate with faculty at Earle Brown Elementary School to propose a literacy project to the McKnight Foundation. Such collaborations are made possible by TERI partnerships.
( Pictured above from feft to right: Jerry Robicheau, Interim Superintendent for East Metro Integration District, Peter Hutchinson, President of the Bush Foundation, Linda Madsen, Superintendent of Forest Lake Area Schools, Charlie Kyte, Executive Director of MN Assoc. of School Administrators (MASA), Bernadeia Johnson, Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools, Michael Lovett, Superintendent, White Bear Lake Area Schools, Keith Lester, Superintendent, Brooklyn Center School District)
Gewirtz gives tips on talking with children about disasters
Abigail Gewirtz, associate professor of Family Social Science, joined the morning show hosts on KARE 11 to share tips about talking with children about disasters, both natural and man-made.
“It’s hard to switch yourself off from all of the media coming [to us],” Gewirtz said, “It’s hard to cut it off.” She stressed the importance of simply listening to children, and letting them talk about their concerns or worries instead of trying to guess how they are feeling.
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The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare announces release of two new online learning modules
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) has developed, in collaboration with faculty members, a series of online learning modules, designed to present the latest practice-relevant child welfare research from top researchers at the University of Minnesota in a format that is timely, efficient and easy to use for today’s busy child welfare professionals.
CASCW is adding to its library of online learning modules with the release of two new modules on the following topics:
Common Factors in Case Management with Children & Their Families (2 CEHs available) This module describes four common factors to use in case management with children and their families. The common factors model identifies and documents four elements of psychotherapy with good outcomes. The module guides viewers to develop skills in using the four factors with children and families.
Working with Karen Refugee Youth and Families (1.0 CEHs available) This module provides information about working with Karen refugees from Burma. It offers information about their history in Minnesota, about their experiences while living in camps, and about the effects of the trauma they have experienced on their mental health. It provides recommendations for child welfare workers in their work with Karen refugee youth and families.
For more information on CASCW’s online learning modules, visit: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/ssw/cascw/PracResources/ModuleHome.asp
Skovholt receives MPA award
Thomas Skovholt, Educational Psychology professor, received the Minnesota Psychological Association’s Susan T. Rydell Outstanding Contribution to Psychology Award at their recent convention. Skovholt was chosen for the award because of his expertise in bridging the large epistemology gap between academic psychology and the practice of counseling and education. This work has been expressed in his teaching and mentoring, professional writing and knowledge of professional practice.
Professor publishes book on raising student achievement
Stuart Yeh, associate professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, has had his book, The Cost-Effectiveness of 22 Approaches for Raising Student Achievement, published by Information Age Publishing.
In his book, Yeh suggests that student achievement may be increased in a way that is not only cost-effective in dollar terms, but efficient in the sense that it does not rely on unusual investments of time. He draws on a wealth of cost-effectiveness data to dispel common notions about “what works” in addressing the achievement gap: increased expenditure per pupil, charter schools, voucher programs, increased educational accountability, class size reduction, comprehensive school reform, increased teacher salaries, more selective teacher recruitment, the use of “value-added” methods to measure and reward teacher performance, the use of National Board teacher certification to identify high-performing teachers, and a host of other approaches.
M.S.W. field information available on Web site
M.S.W. students who will be beginning a field internship this fall can access all the information and materials they will need on the Internet. Follow this link to the field instruction homepage, and find the 2011-2012 Internship Information box on the top right side of the page.
Everson wins national statistical association education award
Michelle Everson, lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology, has received the 2011 American Statistical Association Waller Education Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to and innovation in the teaching of elementary statistics. Nominees for the Waller must be early in their career, with 10 or fewer years of full-time teaching and responsibility for teaching the first course in statistics in a two- or four-year college, or research university. The award will be presented to Everson at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami Beach this summer.
Literacy Ph.D. candidate presents at 2011 Doctoral Research Showcase
Jessica E. Moyer, M.S., C.A.S. (Ph.D. candidate in literacy education, Curriculum and Instruction) presented at the 2011 Doctoral Research Showcase on her dissertation research- Teens Today Don’t Read Any More: A Study of Differences in Interest and Comprehension Across Multiple Formats. Jessica’s presentation is part of winning a 2010- 2011 doctoral fellowship from the university. She was recently featured in an article in Finance and Commerce, an independent newspaper reporting news, analysis and commentary on Minnesota business.
Kinesiology student earns Fulbright Scholarship to study in Norway
Kristin Garland, master’s degree student in sport management, has been named a prestigious Fulbright Scholar and is the 2011-12 winner of the University of Minnesota Graduate School’s Fulbright Scholarship exchange program with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. Garland is advised by Eric Brownlee, lecturer in sport management.
Frode Moen, leader of the Olympic Training Center in Trondheim, has invited Garland to travel to Norway to examine the differences between the school-sponsored model of athletics and club cross-country ski teams, focusing on the experiences of elite skiers by evaluating the relationship between achievement and the integration of sport into the academic model. In addition, Garland will explore how collegiate athletic teams can provide greater support to international student-athletes, which would ensure a more meaningful experience and will hopefully encourage more international student-athletes to study abroad.
OLPD graduate student selected as delegate for AC21 Student World Forum
Ana Morau, M.A. student (Comparative and International Development Education) in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD), was selected as a student delegate to represent the University of Minnesota at the 4th AC21 Student World Forum in Thailand. This event is presented by the Academic Consortium for the 21st Century (AC21) and organized by the Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. The conference’s focus is on sustainable development.
OLPD graduate student receives Thomas A. Bilger Citation for Service
Tina Falkner, Ph.D., 2010 alumni (Higher Education) of the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD) as well as chief privacy officer for student data and a director in Academic Support Resources, was awarded the Thomas A. Bilger Citation for Service. This award is given annually at the conference of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRO). Falkner was recognized for her outstanding contributions to AACRAO’s conferences and programs, special projects, task forces, and committee assignments.
OLPD alumni presents research on Scandinavian Folk Art Education
Mary Etta Litsheim, Ph.D., 2010 alumni (WCFE) from the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD), is presenting her research on The Evolution of Scandinavian Folk Art Education within the Contemporary Context in April 2011 at the international meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Chicago, IL and in June 2011 at the Norwegian-American Historical Association Conference in Decorah, IA.
Chapman featured speaker at Gulf Comparative Education Society annual meeting
David Chapman, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD) was the guest of the Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research to be a featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Gulf Comparative Education Society held in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE March 16-17. He reported on a research study being conducted with Elizabeth Wilson (OLPD) and colleagues at Michigan State University and the Dubai School of Government. Their study explores the dynamics of how relying on an instructional staff composed of over 90% expatriate instructors on short-term contracts affects higher education quality in the UAE.
Covington Clarkson receives Josie R. Johnson Award
Lesa Covington Clarkson (associate professor of mathematics education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction) is the faculty/staff recipient of the 2011 Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award. The award recognizes individuals who are passionately engaged in social justice, human rights, equity, and diversity, and through their principles and practices, exemplify Dr. Johnson’s standard of excellence in creating respectful and inclusive living, learning, and working environments.
C&I Student Research Day culminates in presentation of awards
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction celebrated Student Research Day with over 30 students providing poster presentations to faculty and students in Peik Hall on March 25. The culmination of the event was the presentation of awards to four outstanding students.
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LaVoi & Leberman collaborate in article on working mother-coaches
Sarah Leberman, Massey University, New Zealand, and Dr. Nicole LaVoi, lecturer in Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, have an article in press in the Journal of Sport Management titled, “Juggling Balls and Roles, Working Mother-Coaches in Youth Sport: Beyond the Dualistic Worker-Mother Identity.”
Eloise M. Jaeger Scholarship is recipient of bequest
The estate of Dr. Mary Ost has bequeathed a gift of $106,000 to the Eloise M. Jaeger Scholarship in the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport. Dr. Ost, a U of M alum, received her B.S. (1962), M.A .(1967), and Ph.D. (1973) in Physical Education. She taught school for several years before launching a successful computer programming career with Abbott Laboratories in Illinois.
Dr. Ost’s gift will greatly enhance the Eloise M. Jaeger fund, which annually awards a scholarship to qualified undergraduate or graduate Kinesiology students. Dr. Jaeger was a preeminent educator and administrator at the U of M. She taught women’s physical education for many years and was named the Director of the School of Physical Education (now Kinesiology) in 1971, becoming the first woman in a U.S. college or university to preside over both men’s and women’s physical education programs. She was a staunch promoter of opportunities for girls and women to participate in sports and physical activity.