College of Education and Human Development

1. All-College Meeting April 11, 2013 College of Education and Human Development

2. Agenda 2012-2013 Highlights HDFS Update – Bahira Trask SOE Update – Ralph Ferretti Center for Disabilities Studies – Beth Mineo Award Presentations & Recognitions

3. 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.

4. 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 Award Winning Faculty

5. Staci Perlman Program Evaluation/ Adolescent Development Mellissa Gordon Positive Youth Development Four Successful faculty searches

6. Four Successful faculty searches Steven J. Amendum DCTE Faculty Scholar in Literacy Adrian Pasquarella Literacy/ELL

7. Cehd centers

8. The College School • Added 2 new classrooms • Diversifying student population • Launching a summer camp program • Expanded tutoringand before/after care programs

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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 Academyto help prepare principals and district level administrators who aspire to the position of superintendent.

13. 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

14. 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

15. DEAN’S OFFICE

16. 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

17. 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

18. Office of Educational Technology • 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.

19. 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. 

20. Student Enrollment • Early Childhood Education 151 majors • Human Services 324 majors • Elementary Teacher Education 712 majors • HDFS graduate programs 32 students • SOE graduate programs 293 students

21. New Initiatives

22. 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 Operation educate the educators UD Task Force: Deborah Alvarez, Janice Bibik, Al Cavalier, Deirdre Lilly, Barbara Settles (chair)

23. Alumni Weekend CEHD 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…

24. Agenda 2012-2013 Highlights HDFS Update – Bahira Trask SOE Update – Ralph Ferretti Center for Disabilities Studies – Beth Mineo Award Presentations & Recognitions

25. Agenda 2012-2013 Highlights HDFS Update – Bahira Trask SOE Update – Ralph Ferretti Center for Disabilities Studies – Beth Mineo Award Presentations & Recognitions

26. Agenda 2012-2013 Highlights HDFS Update – Bahira Trask SOE Update – Ralph Ferretti Center for Disabilities Studies – Beth Mineo Award Presentations & Recognitions

27. College of Education & Human DevelopmentExcellence in teaching award

28. 2013 Co-RecipientsRobert L. Hampel Michael Ferrari

29. Dean’s research award

30. Liz Farley-Ripple

31. Retirement recognition

32. Please join us on the third floor of Memorial Hall for a reception to honor our retirees