Graduate Student Needed for Fall Convocation

A graduating graduate student will be selected to receive the honor of being the convocation speaker for the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education Fall Convocation.We are asking that graduate students consider self-nominating for this honor.Faculty are asked to consider this opportunity, and encourage outstanding graduate students to submit their materials. 

Nomination packets are due to me at hardre@ou.edu by November 13, 2009 and should consist of:

1. The full, current curriculum vita (including contact information).
2. A cover letter describing why the student qualifies to speak for the graduates at convocation.
3. A brief statement of what he or she might like to share (in a speech of about five minutes in length).

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STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH DESIGNS:

Conceptual and Practical Considerations for Planning Experimental Studies

—Workshop III: Summative Convocation—

With Support from the National Science Foundation (MSP)

Monday, November 2, 2009: 9 a.m. — 5 p.m.

Workshop Theme:

Scientific Research in Education

Dr. Richard J. Shavelson
Professor, Stanford University

Dr. Robert Slavin
Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Chairman, Success For All Foundation

Dr. James S. Kim
Assistant Professor
Harvard University Graduate School of Education

Meeting at the National Science Foundation
Room 110
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 2230

TO REGISTER OR RECEIVE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL JANICE HANSEN: HANSENJ@UCI.EDU

TRANSCRIPTS FROM WORKSHOPS I & II:
HTTP://HUB.MSPNET.ORG/INDEX.CFM/15183

Michael E. Martinez, Principal Investigator

American Educational Research Association (AERA): Graduate Student Council Community Leader Announcement

AERA Fellowship Opportunities:

AERA-ETS Fellowship Program in Measurement, Application deadline: December 15, 2009

Minority Fellowship Program in Education Research, Application deadline: December 15, 2009
AERA Grants Program, Application deadlines: September 1, 2009, January 5, 2010, March 16, 2010.
***visit http://www.aera.net/fellowships/Default.aspx?menu_id=48&id=57 for more info***

Beyond AERA: Upcoming Conferences:

Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, November 4–7, 2009, Vancouver, Canada (http://www.ashe.ws/)

Association of Educational Assessment-Europe Conference, November 5–7, 2009, Malta (http://www.aea-europe.net/page-253.html)

University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) convention, November 19-22, 2009, Anaheim, CA (www.ucea.org)

Beyond AERA: Presentation Opportunities:

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, March 29–April 2, 2010, San Diego, CA, Submission Deadline: Oct. 21, 2009 (http://site.aace.org/conf/cities/san-diego/)

Faculty Position Announcements:

Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology, Department of Educational Psychology University of Georgia, for more details see http://asg.citp.uga.edu/ach/search.php#.

Assistant/Associate Professor of Educational Foundations, Department of Educational Administration and Foundations, Illinois State University, for more details see www.IllinoisState.edu/jobs.

Clinical Assistant Professor in Teacher education, The School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida, for more details see  http://education.ufl.edu/school/

**Additional position announcements: http://aera.net/employment/Default.aspx?id=56 or the Chronicle of Higher Education’s job postings at http://chronicle.com/section/Jobs/61/

AERA Divisional Opportunities:

Division C: Graduate Student Seminar, Application deadline: December 21, 2009,

Division D: In-progress Research Gala, Application deadlines: November 23: statement of intent due, December 21: summary of research project due, http://www.aera.net/divisions/Default.aspx?menu_id=70&id=3896

Questions or Comments? Please contact Shana Shaw, the 2009-2010 AERA GSC Community Leader (shanashaw@mail.utexas.edu)

Center of Educational Development and Research

GA Position Description

Overview

The Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education is seeking a Graduate Assistant for the Center of Educational Development and Research (CEDaR).The candidate should be a graduate student in the College of Education and be in good standing with their program of study.The candidate should have expertise in any of the following - program evaluation, specifically evaluation of grant funded research projects, SPSS data entry and data running, and other broad based research skills.This is a 10 hour-per-week (.25 FTE) graduate assistant position for the 2009-10 academic year.

Responsibilities

Although all CEDaR graduate staff maintain a strictly clerical and support role in their work for faculty and students, the responsibility of graduate assistants sometimes overlaps with faculty and the IRB where issues of academic integrity and confidentiality are concerned.Consequently, GA’s are expected to complete the IRB CITI test and sign affidavits of confidentiality for both the office and College.Additionally, GA’s are expected to familiarize themselves with University policies on academic integrity. 

Due to the wide range of services offered by CEDaR, graduate assistants are expected to take initiative and quickly learn new skill sets in order to meet the demands of the client base.Successful candidates will have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to respond effectively to faculty and graduate students regarding their needs for a variety of services including, but not limited to, academic editing, survey design, transcription, graphic design, D2L, technical troubleshooting, poster design and printing, electronic research, program evaluation, and grant writing.Graduate assistants must also self-instruct and present hands-on workshops in quantitative and qualitative data analysis software (i.e. – SPSS, NVivo), survey design software (i.e. – Survey Monkey) and citation software (i.e. – EndNote).Some knowledge of MS Office Suite 2007, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and InDesign is also preferred.

Teamwork and organizational skills are essential as project requests usually involve multiple stages and steps.The ability to meet deadlines and deliver products and services with accuracy and attention to detail is a must.  

Application review will begin immediately.

Application Materials:

• Letter of Interest
• Vita 
• Letter of recommendation from someone familiar with your research/expertise
  
• Examples of research work
  

Submit Application Materials to:

Interested applicants should email their materials to cedar@ou.edu or drop off their application packets in the CEDAR mailbox.Interviews will begin ASAP.

Research and Travel Funds - Students - Summer & Fall 2009

The College's Research Committee has limited support money for Doctoral Graduate Students who may need assistance with conducting research or presenting at a conference. The following guidelines should be used in constructing your request:

1. Travel related to research or performance presentations will be given priority for funding because of limited amounts of money.  In a cover letter, make sure to CLARIFY the nature of your travel...i.e. a research presentation.
2. You must submit a detailed budget followed with a narrative.  Please keep in mind we have limited funds and we encourage you to conserve funds as best as possible (e.g., roommates instead of a single room).
3. If you are submitting a request for research support, you must submit a copy of the IRB approval letter (this includes funding to support your dissertation research).
4. Provide a copy of a letter of support from a faculty member or faculty advisor.
5. Provide a copy of your letter of acceptance for the conference (or a copy of your presentation in the conference catalog).
6. Submit these application materials to Dr. Hardré in the Dean's Office by October 1 for Summer and Fall semester awards. 
7. Graduate students are limited to one travel award in an academic year (example: Summer 2008 - Spring 2009).

Traditionally the total amount of research/travel requests exceeds our budget.  The Research Committee makes every attempt to equitably distribute funds.  Other sources of funding include the Graduate Student Senate, Graduate College and your department.  There are limitations on how money awarded can be used.  For example, funds can be used for per diem for travel but cannot be used for food for research subjects.  Also, we cannot fund class projects.

The Committee will review applications and make awards in November for Summer and Fall requests.  Requests may be made after the deadline as long as money lasts. If you have any questions, e-mail Dr. Hardré at hardre@ou.edu or contact your faculty departmental representative.

Download the memo here

The Graduate College has made improvements to their website

In an effort to assist our current graduate students, we have created two new sections on the Funding Opportunities page of our website. http://gradweb.ou.edu/Funding/index.asp. The pages are under construction.

• Travel and Research Grants: a central location where current graduate students can find available sources of funding from their department, college, Graduate Student Senate, and the Robberson Travel and Research Grants. If you're interested, submit the attached Request to Post TR Funding on GC Website form to the Graduate College.
• Graduate Assistantships: this page is dedicated to publicizing new GAship openings within academic departments. Note: the Graduate College will not post the actual position information on gradweb.ou.edu but will include a LINK to your the department's website or to a PDF that explains the GAship. Those departments interested in publicizing a GAship on our website must submit the attached Request to Post GA Position on the GC Website form to the Graduate College.

If you would like to include your department's information on the Travel and Research Grants page, please carefully complete the appropriate request form and submit it to the Graduate College via email (gradinfo@ou.edu).

Graduating Graduate Students need to submit Vita

The College of Education Student Tracking, Assessment and Retention Committee (CoE-STAR) is asking that all graduating graduate students submit to appropriate departmental staff a vita (resume) prior to graduation. 

Please place your vita in an envelope and send that to your Graduate Programs Officer in your department.  This process will occur every Fall and Spring semester for graduating graduate students only.

If you need additional information please contact me at hardre@ou.edu.

I appreciate your assistance!

Graduate Programs Officer

• ILAC - Lynn Hout, ECH 114 (SC Bldg 4, room 237)
• ELPS - Shatora Bryant, ECH 227 (SC Bldg4, room 211)
  
• ELPS - Geri Evans, ECH 227 (SC Bldg 4, room 211)
  
• EDPY - Rindi Ledo, ECH 321 (SC Bldg 4, room 208)