coe-staff: The Monthly Vol. 3 #2

Wed Aug 9 17:28:46 PDT 2023

Dear COE community,

Happy August! This has been a busy summer and I'm so pleased to highlight many of the activities that you're engaging in. The halls and classrooms of HEDCO (especially HEDCO 220!) have been full of UOTeach students and faculty and I have enjoyed seeing some of our training programs in action. I appreciate and honor the important work of all of our COE educator prep programs (UOTeach, SPED, and EI) and deeply value this work. Preparing future educators is essential to our mission. I know there is always a big lift from faculty and staff that support our licensure programs and wish to acknowledge Zeni Colorado-Resa and team for their commitment to working with programs, licensure coordinators, and our district partners.

The HEDCO Clinic has also been bustling this summer with Couples and Family Therapy (CFT) and Communication Disorders and Sciences (CDS) faculty and students delivering services to our community.   Beyond these programs that have full-time summer offerings, I wish to thank and acknowledge all our faculty and staff who are involved in summer work that supports our students! I see you. You matter. I know you're not on "break". You are busy working to support our programs and students and I love your energy and commitment to this work.

For those faculty (and staff) involved in sponsored research, you know that IES finally issued their RFAs for their NCER and NCSER applications (due 9/21; letter of intent due 8/10). Institute of Education Sciences: Funding Opportunities<https://ies.ed.gov/funding/> . Sponsored research is such a big part of our COE identity and accelerates our impact and provides tangible avenues to promote equity and inclusion. I have enjoyed some small work group sessions this summer where we are thinking strategically about ways to enhance our research footprint, support faculty/staff/students in their work, and build bridges to serving our communities. Although U.S. Department of Education (and IES, in particular) is often our bread and butter, I recognize that our faculty are increasingly competing for NIH, NSF, and prestigious foundation funding. This is critical work and essential to our mission.

You've heard me speak about enhancing our climate and promoting belongingness in our College. This work will extend to the upcoming year, along with several other strategic priorities, including:

  *   promoting diversity, equity and inclusion across our broad portfolio of work
  *   accelerating the impact of our research, and
  *   expanding and strengthening our community partnerships to promote our mission
Each of the above strategic priorities links directly to our College of Education's mission<https://education.uoregon.edu/about-us>: The College of Education at the University of Oregon is a community of leading researchers and practitioners dedicated to transformational scholarship, integrated teaching, and collaborative practice designed to enhance individual lives and systems within a culture that values diversity and promotes respect and inclusion.

Each of you are critical to accomplishing this work and your efforts bring joy to those around you.

Thank you for being a part of the College of Education.

Warmly,
Laura Lee

Updates and Upcoming:

  *   Meet and Greet with President Scholz: The second meet and greet with President Karl Scholz is tomorrow, Thursday 8/10/23 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm at the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, with brief remarks at 12:30 pm. Stop by to say hello to President Scholz and enjoy lunch and dessert offerings.

  *   Career Tracking Hiring Update: I am delighted to announce that we've recently hired five new instructional/clinical Career faculty. You'll have a chance to meet them and welcome them in-person this fall.
     *   Keith Catron: SPECS, CDS American Sign Language (ASL) Senior Instructor I
     *   Gounah Choi: SPECS, SPED Lecturer and Practicum Coordinator (Early Intervention)
     *   Sarah Falcon: SPECS, SPSY Senior Lecturer I, School Psychology (PDX)
     *   Tina Gutierez-Schmich: EDST, Clinical Associate Professor, Teacher Licensure and Clinical Supervision
     *   Rachel Rochester: CPHS, Instructor, Counseling Psychology and Human Services

  *   Executive Assistant (EA) to the Dean Announcement: I am pleased to announce that Holly Christensen will be joining our college as my new executive assistant beginning 8/24. Holly brings many years of professional EA experience to the role and has a communications and business background.  Huge thanks and appreciation to Laura King who so capably took on interim support to me while continuing to support our COE development office. Laura has been critical to the dean's office and will continue to provide me with support during the month of August. Please continue to use the email: educationdean at uoreogn.edu<mailto:educationdean at uoreogn.edu> for scheduling and other inquires/requests. Please also send your announcements/accolades to us. We want to celebrate and appreciate you!

  *   TTF Hiring: We have a heavy tenure track hiring season ahead of us. I wish to acknowledge (and thank) the search committee chairs that have agreed to lead this work:

     *   Michelle Jacob will be chairing our EDST/Social and Cultural Foundations search.
     *   Atika Khurana will be chairing Ballmer Institute/COE hiring.
     *   McKay Sohlberg will be chairing our SPECS/Language and Literacy in Neurodiverse Students, CDS search
     *   Beth Stormshak will be chairing our CPHS/Applied Prevention and Health Promotion search (carry-over from last year) and our new CPHS/Sport and Wellness search
     *   Keith Zvoch will be chairing our EDST/Petrone Professorship in Education Data Science search (carry-over from last year)

In addition to the above approved Institutional Hiring Plan (IHP) searches, we may have one or more target of opportunity faculty hires that allow us to recruit senior hires with established records of impact that are aligned with our COE strategic priorities.

Reminders:

  *   Dean's Welcome Lunch: Please save the date for the fall annual Dean's Welcome Lunch which will be held on Thursday, September 21st from 12-1pm in the Kendall Plaza.

Accolades:

  *   UO CDS SAIL Presenters: Huge shout-out to our CDS faculty and graduate students who presented to the SAIL program<https://sail.uoregon.edu/> this week! The SAIL program hosts pre-college (high school students) on our campus and inspires learning and the pursuit of higher education.
     *   Clinical Faculty; Jess Beltran Robinson MA, CCC-SLP, Amanda Montoya  MS CCC-SLP, Elise Peltier MS CCC-SLP, Clinical Supervisor and PhD Student- Danielle Jones MS CCC-SLP, Graduate Clinicians: Hanna Foley, Jordyn Holbrook, Liz Umana
     *   Thanks also to Lisa Fortin for serving as the COE liaison to this summer program!

  *   Ben Clarke and Jessica Turtura received a $4 million 5-year Education Innovation and Research early-phase award from US Department of Education for their project Math Ready-Supporting Early Number Sense.

  *   Beth Stormshak was appointed by the Vice President for Research and Innovation to a 3-year term as Director of the Prevention Science Institute on campus

  *   Emily Tanner-Smith has been appointed to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) National Advisory Council.<https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/csat-national-advisory-council> Emily is of 12 members appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.

  *   Stephanie Wood, Director of the Wired Humanities Project, was appointed to the Jay I. Kislak Chair for the Study of the History and Cultures of Early Americas<https://www.loc.gov/programs/john-w-kluge-center/chairs-fellowships/chairs/jay-i-kislak-chair/>

  *   Michelle Jacob has received the 2023 Zenobia Lawrence Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award<https://www.inclusive.vt.edu/Programs/FWCA/awards.html>. The award recognizes women of color with a distinguished career in higher education demonstrated by scholarly endeavors or administrative and professional accomplishments.

  *   Kent McIntosh (PI), and Brigid Flannery (Co-PI) along with partners at Oregon Research Institute, University of Utah and University of Missouri were awarded a five-year $3,799,999 US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences award for their project CICO-High School: Evaluation of an Effective Tier 2 Behavior Intervention for Students in High Schools.

  *   Several COE faculty were awarded Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives (I3) awards. Read more about their research here: I3 awards fund immune system evolution, literacy, chronic stress research | Research and Innovation (uoregon.edu)<https://research.uoregon.edu/about/announcements/i3-awards-fund-immune-system-evolution-literacy-chronic-stress-research>
     *   Gina Biancarosa and Stephanie De Anda from the Department of Special Education and Clinal Sciences received an I3 award for their project "Linking Language to Literacy with the Eyes: Differences in Emerging Bilingual Good and Poor Readers' Eye Tracking"
     *   Camille Cioffi from the Prevention Science Institute in collaboration with Jo Weaver from the Department of Global Studies received an I3 award for their research which aims to test the effectiveness of a structural intervention within the built environment to ameliorate chronic stress associated with houselessness.

  *   Alex Newson, a doctoral candidate in Special Education, has received funding from the AIR-P Network to begin her research in September exploring 'double burnout', experiences of Autistic and educator burnout among Autistic educators. Alex Newson is a part of the fourth cohort of AIR-P Scholars Program.<https://airpnetwork.ucla.edu/air-p-scholars/air-p-scholars-awardees> The AIR-P Network<https://airpnetwork.ucla.edu/air-p-scholars/air-p-scholars-awardees> aims to "promote the health and well-being of autistic individuals across the life course through integrating autistic individuals' lived experience and use of participatory and inclusive language in research."

  *   Coffee N Conversation- tune in to a new video series where the dean has coffee and conversation with one of our amazing faculty or staff.
     *   Rhonda Nese is showcased in Episode 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlO6MY6s-Fw&feature=youtu.be
     *   Spoiler Alert - I have a fun upcoming interview with UO Football Head Coach Dan Lanning, which will be released just in time for football season. I had a chance to sit down with Coach Lanning and talk about his background as a former teacher and how he brings those experiences to his current role. Stay tuned...
Job Postings:

  *   Early Childhood Cares is hiring for several open positions
     *   Early Childhood Assistant<https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/532382/early-childhood-assistant> Early Childhood CARES seeking Teaching Assistant for the Florence classroom. The position assists in the preparation and implementation of appropriate curriculum for preschool children with developmental delays and disabilities.
     *   Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Educators Specialist<https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/532379/early-interventionearly-childhood-special-educators-specialist> Early Childhood Cares is seeking Early Intervention/ Early Childhood Special Educators (EI/ECSE) to teach young children (birth to five years old) or provide consultation concerning children with a variety of developmental disabilities, and sensory impairments in classrooms, in homes, and in community settings. Multiple positions open.
     *   Early Childhood Associate Teacher - Open Pool<https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/531346/early-childhood-associate-teacher-open-pool> This posting is for an open pool to collect the applications of individuals interested in and qualified to work in the Vivian Olum Child Development Center. We are a passionate and dedicated group of Early Childhood Educators who take pride in what we do and the community we serve.
     *   Physical Therapist/Occupational Therapist<https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/532380/physical-therapistoccupational-therapist> Early Childhood Cares is seeking Physical and Occupational Therapists to teach young children (birth to five years) or provide consultation concerning children with a variety of developmental disabilities and sensory impairments in classrooms, homes, and community settings. Multiple positions open.
     *   Speech and Language Pathologist<https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/532378/speech-and-language-pathologist> Early Childhood CARES is seeking: Speech Language Pathologists to provide educationally based direct speech therapy services to children from birth to school age. Multiple positions available.

Laura Lee McIntyre | Dean & Castle-McIntosh-Knight Professor (she/her)
University of Oregon | College of Education
230 Hedco Education Building | Eugene, OR 97403-1215
llmcinty at uoregon.edu<mailto:email at uoregon.edu> |  https://education.uoregon.edu<https://education.uoregon.edu/>
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