On Thursday, November 14th, UConn Early College Experience and the American Studies and Maritime Studies departments invited all certified UConn ECE AMST and MAST instructors to campus for their professional development workshop. The theme was:

Integrating Visual Arts in the Interdisciplinary Classroom

Special Guest Speakers:

• Jeanne Ciravolo, Adjunct Faculty, UConn discussing Contemporary Art
• Betsy Athens, Assistant Professor Art and Art History, UConn spoke about Winslow Homer’s Art
• Amanda Douberley, Art Museum Registrar, Benton Museum of Art, provided a tour of the museum and work with the instructors at three stations.

1. Winslow Homer wood engravings
2. Martin Johnson Heade painting in the permanent collection gallery as the basis for a close looking exercise (The painting can be used to teach several American Studies topics – Civil War, the sublime in American landscape painting, and environment/land use.)
3. Drawing after Thoreau

Many thanks to Faculty Coordinators Matthew McKenzie and Laurie Wolfley for coordinating the speakers and museum visit for the day.

UConn American Studies and Maritime Studies classes offered through UConn ECE.

On Wednesday, November 20th, UConn Early College Experience and the Sociology Department invited all certified SOCI 1001 instructors to campus for their professional development workshop. The theme was:

Teaching, Researching, and Publishing Sociology in a Global World

There was a panel discussion on publishing international (global, comparative) research by Andrew Deener, Editor Qualitative Sociology  and David Weakliem, Editor Comparative Sociology. Later Professors Phoebe Godfrey and Darrell Irwin spoke to the group about incorporating international perspectives into teaching sociology courses.  After lunch there was a second panel discussion with Professors, Manisha Desai, Bandana Purkayastha, and Fumilayo Showers.

Many thanks to UConn ECE Sociology Faculty Coordinator Mary Bernstein for coordinating for planning the day.

UConn Sociology classes offered through UConn ECE.

On Thursday, November 2st UConn Early College Experience and the Music Department invited all certified Music Instructors to campus for their professional development workshop.

The group started their day with a class visit to Prof. Eric Rice’s Music History class after which he spoke to the Instructors about Early Music in the High School Curriculum and gave an engaging lecture on musical modes and how to teach the concept to students.  Later, ECE Faculty Coordinator, Glenn Stanley, chaired a Seminar on J.S. Bach’s  Cantata BWV 140 “Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme.” During lunch, UConn Music Professors Cara Bernhard (music education), Daniel Goldberg (music theory), and Alain Frogley (music history) joined the conversation.

Many thanks to UConn ECE Music Faculty Coordinator Glenn Stanley, and the Faculty from the Music department for spending their day and sharing their knowledge with UConn Early College Experience Instructors.

UConn Music classes offered through UConn ECE.

On Wednesday, December 18th UConn Early College Experience and the Math Department invited all certified Math Instructors to campus for their professional development workshop.

UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Math, Anthony Rizzie coordinated the day which included, a general program overview and updates, class discussions (specific to each UConn Math class offered through ECE 1030Q, 1131Q and 1132Q) and both an individual and group math competition.  Congratulations to the group competition winners on Team Enjoying Calculus Everyday (ECE): John Tedesco (East Granby), James Tierinni (Manchester), Cathy Mazzotta (Manchester), Mike Escedy (Joel Barlow), Mari O’Rourke (Masuk), Ryan Corcoran (Windham), and Irina Lavruk (STMHS New London)!

UConn Math classes offered through UConn ECE.

On Friday September 18th UConn Early College Experience and the UConn ECE Chinese faculty invited all certified UConn ECE Chinese Instructors to attend their annual professional development meeting via Zoom. This year’s meeting was held in conjunction with the 32nd North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics.

The theme of NACCL-32 is collaborativity and interdisciplinarity in Chinese linguistic studies.

The session was recorded and can be referenced here.

UConn Chinese classes offered through UConn ECE.

On Wednesday, October 14th UConn Early College Experience and UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for German, Prof. Anke Finger met with ECE German Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group discussed “exit RACISM” by Tupoka Ogette. 

UConn German classes offered through UConn ECE.

On Wednesday, October 14th UConn Early College Experience and UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for SPSS, Prof. Julia Kuzovkina met with ECE SPSS Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group discussed Phytotechnology (the use of plants for ecosystem services) and Phytoremediation (the practice of using living plants to clean up soil, air and water). Participants also received a free copy of Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy which was discussed as a part of the professional development conference.

UConn Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems classes offered through UConn ECE.

On Monday, November 16th UConn Early College Experience and UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for English Prof. Scott Campbell. met with ECE English Instructors for their semi-annual professional development conference.

The them for the conference was Thinking Beyond Curriculum: Anti-Racist Writing Assessment. The morning consisted of short panel presentations by: Arri Weeks, Jason Scavotto, Lalitha Kasturirangan, Elizabeth Maurer, Mary Rose Meade, Ann Trapasso, Scott Campbell, Danielle Pieratti.  Later Instructors were split into smaller breakout groups for readings and discussion.

UConn ECE English site

UConn English courses offered through UConn ECE.

On Wednesday, October 23rd, UConn Early College Experience and UConn’s Marine Sciences Department hosted their annual professional development training.  This year the group met at the Credabel Coral Lab in New London for the day.  In the morning they heard from Michael Gerdes and ECE Faculty Coordinator for Marine Sciences, Claudia Koerting about coral lab research and high school student projects.  Later, there was a discussion about MARN 1001 and 1002 syllabi and content including the new “E” (Environmental Literacy) course designation.

In the afternoon, the teachers discussed the  UConn Avery Point Cardboard Boat Race and how they use this event (ex. building cardboard boats to race) as a teaching tool.  Lastly, Prof. Koerting discussed the Marine Science Symposium held each spring and encouraged more participation for 2020.

Marine Science classes offered through UConn ECE.

On Friday, October 25th UConn Early College Experience and the English department invite all certified UConn ECE English instructors to campus for their professional development conference. This year’s theme was Connecting Literature and Composition Pedagogies–Writing Through Literature: Not Just for 1011. 

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Many thanks to Faculty Coordinators, Scott Campbell and Jason Courtmanche and Graduate Assistant Hannah Taylor for their efforts putting together the scholarly day.

UConn English classes offered through ECE.

UConn ECE English Website