coe-staff: The Monthly Vol 1 #3

[Randy Kamphaus]

Dear Faculty and Staff,

I am eager to see everyone in person again soon. I do hope that many of you will be able to attend our annual back to school luncheon on the Kendall, otherwise known as HEDCO, plaza. Be assured that Lisa Fortin and her crew are continuously adapting the event as required to meet health and safety guidelines.

I am also pleased to announce another full-time career-track faculty hire. Sheree Jederberg, EdD, will be joining us as a lecturer in educational leadership. Sheree will be working with EMPL faculty and across the college to redesign our principal training programs. She comes to us from New Mexico Highlands University where she served as interim dean, associate dean, and department head. Dr. Jederberg also brings extensive K-12 leadership experience to this role including, positions as English teacher, principal and associate superintendent in California, site superintendent in Abu Dhabi, and assistant superintendent in New Jersey. She currently holds administrative licensure/certification in California and New Jersey. Dr. Jederberg received her doctorate in education leadership from USC, master’s degrees from San Diego State University, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of California at San Diego.

Sheree’s extensive experience in K-12 education, knowledge of national and international practices and challenges, and higher education leadership experience will all be put to good use as the college’s liaison to the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC). After a period of mentoring and onboarding, Sheree will lead all TSPC activities for our educator preparation programs. Please join me in welcoming Sheree to our community of scholars.

The adoption of TSPC duties by Sheree will allow Dr. Julie Wren to transition to leading and launching the new Student Academic Services (SAS) office in HEDCO 130. The SAS office will become a “one-stop shop” for students seeking undergraduate advising, scholarship and graduate school information, and international student guidance.

As Lisa Fortin announced today, the upcoming SAS open house will be informative and fun. Our academic advisors, graduate recruitment, scholarship, and international staff will be on hand. And, from noon to 1 pm the UO Duck will join the assembled for the official launch of the SAS. As would be expected from Lisa, there will be ample refreshments and a prize drawing. Please see the details about the open house and other events of interest in the “Updates and Upcoming” section.

Finally, I encourage you to read about the great work of your colleagues in the “Accolades” section that follows. Per usual, the achievements of our colleagues are numerous and impressive.

Until we see each other on Kendall Plaza, take good care,

Randy

Accolades:


  *   The Oregon Research Schools Network (ORSN, Nancy Golden and Sol Joye, Co-PI’s) and The Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect (CPAN, Jeff Todahl, PI) have received a new 2-year contract with South Coast Education Services District. This award supports years 2 and 3 of a trauma-informed schools implementation and evaluation effort. ORSN and CPAN will continue to provide implementation and evaluation support to year 1 schools and Student Support Specialists – and will now extend this service to several additional Coos and Curry county schools. Years 2 and 3 will include additional partnerships with COE-generated strategies, e.g., ISLA, cooperative learning, and trauma-informed PBIS. Congratulations to all on this great work!


  *   Matthew Graham was cited in an AroundtheO article<https://around.uoregon.edu/content/study-will-look-stress-bias-tests-student-teachers> for receiving a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation for the study titled “Examining the Relation between Pre-service Teachers’ Implicit Racial Biases and Cortisol Response.” Data collection will begin in spring 2022 and I look forward to seeing the results.



  *   Congratulations to Nichole Kelly, who has just been awarded a 2-year, $200,000 grant as part of NIH’s Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) initiative! ECHO is an NIH trans-institute initiative whose mission is “To enhance the health of children for generations to come.” Nichole’s project, “Understanding the Nuanced Relationship between Children’s Executive Functioning and Health Behaviors Across Life Stages and Ecological Contexts,” operates as part of ECHO’s Opportunities and Infrastructure Fund (OIF) Award. Leslie Leve is the mentoring PI on the award, which begins September 1, 2021. I wish Nicole and Leslie great success with this important work.


  *   Sylvia Thompson was recognized by School Psychology Review as their September SPR Leader award winner. The twitter announcement can be found here<https://twitter.com/SchoolPsycRev/status/1433460474734055425>. Well done, Sylvia!



  *   Congratulations to David Bayne, CDS student, who was recently recognized as a recipient of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Distinguished Early Career Professional Certificate. The Distinguished Early Career Professional (ECP) Certificate was created to recognize and identify early career professionals in the fields of audiology and speech-language pathology who are making an impact in the areas of leadership, volunteering, or advocacy at the local, state, and/or national level. Congratulations, David!



  *   Samantha Shune was accepted into the Asia-Pacific Women in Leadership Mentoring Program for this year, sponsored through the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (https://apru.org/event/apwil-mentoring-program-2/). As noted on the program’s website, this programs provides international and intercultural opportunities for the empowerment, professional growth and development of aspiring women leaders within APRU. Congratulations, Samantha!


Updates and Upcoming:


  *   Student Academic Services Office Open House for Faculty and Staff (In-Person)

Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, HEDCO 130

Stop by and see the changes to the SAS office and meet our academic advisors.  Refreshments will be available.



  *   Dean’s Welcome Lunch (In-Person)

Thursday, September 23, 2021, noon – 1 pm, Kendall Plaza

Everyone’s invited!  Please join students, staff, and faculty at a lunch on Kendall Plaza.  An RSVP will be available closer to the event date.



  *   Orientation for New Faculty and Staff, Location TBA (Online)

Thursday, September 23, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

An opportunity for new Faculty and Staff to learn about the COE.



  *   Reorientation (Online)

Friday, September 24th, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

An opportunity to reflect as a community on our joint return to in-person activities after our considerable time away.


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