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MONDAY MORNING MAILING
March 13, 2006

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QUICK LINKS

Important Announcements for ALL Students

Announcements & Reminders

* How to submit an announcement to MMM
* Speak at University Commencement Exercises June 8 - $1000 Prize
* Dean's Diversity Innovation Fund (DDIF) Final Deadline - Mar. 16
* Call for Paper Presentation
* Share your teaching/administration experiences
* ALANA Anthology Call for Submissions - Mar. 19
* Women’s History Month

Events, Presentations, & Workshops

* Faculty Search Presentations this week
* Loan Consolidation Workshop - Mar. 13
* Special China Seminar - Mar. 13
* Learning to be a Citizen: Civic Education and Immigration in the U.S. - Mar. 14
* Globalization & Bhutan - Mar. 16
* What Happens When Courts Make Funding Plentiful for Poor School Districts? New Jersey’s Abbott Districts - Mar. 16
* How to turn your presentation into a publishable article - Mar. 16
* Understanding understanding - Mar. 16
* Do not worry - Mar. 16
* CRIOLE 2006 Speaker Series - Mar. 17 & 20
* Free Drawing Class! - Mar. 17 & 24
* Financial Planning: "Taking Charge of Your Future" - Mar. 21
* NBCTs at HGSE - Mar. 22 (note time change)
* Gretchen Elise at Katrina Relief Benefit - Mar. 22
* Educational Research in the 21st Century: Connecting the Scholar and the Classroom - Mar. 23
* HGSE Reception at AERA: Save the date - Apr. 10
* Educational Entrepreneurship: Assessment, Technology, and Business - Apr. 17
* EndNote Basics
* Advanced EndNote 9 Workshops
* Finding Articles: Education Databases (EBSCO) Workshop

Clubs, Organizations, & Committees

* Weekly Yoga Sessions!
* Language and Literacy Club - Mar. 16
* International Education Research Community - Mar. 16
* PDK - May 5
* Wanna talk about love? Join a discussion group!

Job & Volunteer Opportunities

* Data Analyst, Summer 2006
* Tutors Needed!
* Preschool Director Position

Links to archived Monday Morning Mailings

* March 6, 2006
* February 27, 2006
* February 20, 2006
* February 13, 2006
* February 6, 2006
* January 30, 2006
* January 23, 2006
* January 16, 2006
* January 9, 2006
* December 19, 2005
* December 12, 2005
* December 5, 2005
* November 28, 2005
* November 21, 2005
* November 14, 2005
* November 7, 2005
* October 31, 2005
* October 24, 2005
* October 17, 2005
* October 10, 2005
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS

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ANNOUNCEMENTS & REMINDERS

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How to submit an announcement to MMM

To submit an announcement to the Monday Morning Mailing, please e-mail the text and the title (which we will use as the e-mail link) to sga@gse.harvard.edu by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before it is to appear. Your title should be to the point and should include any pressing deadlines. We request that you make your announcement as brief as possible and direct interested students to an e-mail address, phone number, or web site through which they can obtain more detailed information.

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Speak at University Commencement Exercises June 8 - $1000 Prize

Each year three graduating students speak before an audience of over 32,000 people at the Harvard University Commencement Exercises. You can be one of those three!

Last year's graduate student address was delivered by Dorinda Carter (Ed.D. 2005) and we'd love to carry the word forward again this year.

Speeches must be no longer than 5 minutes in duration. Submissions will be judged for intelligence, wit, originality, and general significance.

For more information (1) visit the Commencement Office web page for entry forms and detailed information (www.commencementoffice.harvard.edu; choose "Commencement Orations Competition" at top of page); (2) plan to attend the Orators' Workshop on Thursday, March 16, at 5:00 PM in Boylston Auditorium; (3) just for fun, see last year's speech at http://gsevserv.harvard.edu/ramgen/commencement/d_carter.rm

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Dean's Diversity Innovation Fund (DDIF) Final Deadline - Mar. 16

The final deadline for funding for the Dean's Diversity Innovation Fund is March 16 at 5 p.m.

There is still an opportunity to have a diversity-focused project funded for the benefit of the HGSE community! Since this is the last round of funding, the funds are more limited, so please keep this in mind when writing proposals. Past funding has sponsored speakers, film festivals, discussion groups, cultural celebrations,and much more.

Proposals must be dropped off in hard copy, with a cover sheet, in the Office of Student Affairs, Larsen 101. The cover sheet for proposals, sample proposals, and additional information are available on-line in the OSA web page at this URL: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/osa/ma/ddif.html. Please allow up to two weeks after the deadline to receive a response to a proposal. Accordingly, the scheduling of your event should take this timeline into consideration.

Recognizing that students have ideas for programs or activities that would enhance HGSE's attention to diversity, the Dean's Office established the Diversity Innovation Fund to support, with small grants, student-initiated ideas that are designed to broaden the conversation at HGSE and allow for more varied perspectives, experiences, and fora for exchange. This fund is available to students through a short proposal process.

For questions or additional information, please contact Laura Carmen Arena in the Office of Student Affairs at 617-495-8035.

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Call for Paper Presentation

Please consider submitting a proposal for a paper presentation at the 18th Annual Conference on Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in Education (EQRE). The proposal deadline is April 5, and details are found at the conference website: http://www.cedarville.edu/eqre/

The conference is affordable and centrally-located in Ohio, making it readily accessible to all, by flight or driving. Please circulate this announcement to peers and graduate students active in qualitative research projects. Note that conference papers are eligible for peer-reviewed publication in a bound (paper) proceedings published by Cambridge Scholars Press (UK).

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Share your teaching/administration experiences

Share your teaching/administration experiences - contribute to a body of professional development research

Have you taught or been an administrator in public schools in:
-Miami-Dade County, FL
-Reno or Las Vegas, NV
-Buffalo, NY
-Pennsylvania?
Or, do you know someone who has taught or been an administrator in these areas?

If so, please contact Nadia Pierce at khanna@gse.harvard.edu to share your valuable knowledge and experiences. I am conducting research on professional development in these areas for my internship. Your insight may help a nonprofit to better provide professional development services to K-12 districts. All I ask is for less than 15 minutes to conduct an interview.

Thanks!

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ALANA Anthology Call for Submissions - Mar. 19

Time is running out to submit to THE ALANA ANTHOLOGY 2006!

WE ARE THE RIVER - The 2006 ALANA Anthology, is accepting Poetry, Narratives, Fiction, Drama, Journal Entries, excerpts from Class Papers or Presentations – in English and all languages spoken here, Visual Art in every genre (including in colour). Bilingual entries are encouraged.

THEME: Any that encompass, stem, or flow from who we are, from issues of diversity, culture, and related experiences of HGSE students.

COVER ART: Last opportunity ! to submit before the Board selects the cover. Reminder: River or water motif (from any culture). A plus if it incorporates the subject/theme (culture and diversity). Our design concept is for a wraparound cover (front and back).

Submissions are due by Sunday, the 19th of March, 2006. Hand-deliver to the Office of Student Affairs (OSA), attention: ALANA ANTHOLOGY 2006, and email to one of the Editorial Board members below.

Specifications
Font: Please utilize minimum 12-point font,
Text spacing: Double-space for text other than poetry.
Text limits: Poems are limited to two pages; other writings are limited to 1400 words.
Format: Text submissions in WORD; Electronic images in JPEG.

CONTACT: Lolita Paiewonsky at : lp_edm2005@yahoo.com; any ALANA Anthology Board member; or the friendly OSA Staff.
We will be waiting for you. . . at The River:
The 2006 ALANA Anthology Editorial Board:
Lolita Paiewonsky, Kelly Kim, Jacqui Lopez, Kathryn Bethea.

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Women’s History Month

The SGA Diversity Committee reminds the GSE Community that MARCH is "Women’s History Month". Please consult the SGA bulletin boards and white board for various happenings, and let us know if you are planning an event or occasion on the theme!

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EVENTS, PRESENTATIONS, & WORKSHOPS

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Loan Consolidation Workshop - Mar. 13

Loan Consolidation Workshop
Monday March 13 from 5:30-6:30
Askwith Hall
Sponsored by the Financial Aid Office

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Special China Seminar - Mar. 13

Monday, March 13
Room G08
2-3:30 p.m.
Hosted by the IEP Program
Free & Open to the Public

Professor Steve Bell, Professor of Telecommunications at Ball State University, will be leading a presentation called "China Revisited."

Prof. Bell describes himself as "a fascinated observer of today's China." He served as a news correspondent for ABC News from 1967-1986. As a war correspondent in the early 1970s, he reported from Vietnam and Indo-China. In 1985 he filed the first live satellite report from Vietnam.

Prof. Bell will present three six-minute films. (These were produced for a program he designed recently for Nightline.) The videos involve revisting several of the people he and Ted Koppel featured in ABC's first documentary in the People's Republic of China in 1973. The video contrasts the China of the late Cultural Revolution with the new China, allowing the interviewees to speak about their own experiences then and now.

Prof. Haiyan Hua of HGSE will also share about his personal experiences in China and his experiences within the education system. Following the short films and brief guest remarks, there will be an opportunity for questions

Hope you can all come!!!! It should be fascinating.

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Learning to be a Citizen: Civic Education and Immigration in the U.S. - Mar. 14

Askwith Education Forum
Learning to be a Citizen: Civic Education and Immigration in the U.S.
Tuesday, March 14
5:00-6:30 PM
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall

Please join us for a discussion of the opportunities that this fourth wave of immigration pose for the civic education of immigrant children, and for the debates about membership in American society. Participants will address questions such as: How important is political socialization of immigrant children to the expansion of their opportunities, relative to the development of cognitive skills and credentials with more immediate returns on the marketplace? Should civic education be a priority in schools with a concentration of immigrant children? And if so, what kind of civic education would be most helpful to develop effective political participation among these new Americans?

Panelists will include: Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios (D-Cambridge); Maria Carlo, Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Miami; Antonio Gonzalez, President, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project; Judith Torney-Purta, Professor of Human Development, University of Maryland; and Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education. This forum is co-sponsored with the University Committee for Human Rights Studies.

For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary, unless otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Globalization & Bhutan - Mar. 16

Join a low-key, social gathering of a small group of graduate students from SPH, FAS & GSE on Thursday, 3/16/06, at 7pm for the viewing of , the first feature length motion picture filmed in Bhutan, one of the most isolated countries in the world. Robert Lindsley, a HGSE doctoral student, will lead an informal discussion following the movie. Email Connie K. Chung (chungco1@gse.harvard.edu) for the location, more information, or to join the list-serv of the International Education Research Community, a group of mostly doctoral students based at HGSE who are interested in international education research.

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What Happens When Courts Make Funding Plentiful for Poor School Districts? New Jersey’s Abbott Districts - Mar. 16

Askwith Education Forum
What Happens When Courts Make Funding Plentiful for Poor School Districts? New Jersey’s Abbott Districts
Thursday, March 16
5:30-7:00 PM
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall

Can whole school systems be transformed to close achievement gaps? Does money matter? Thirty little-known Abbott Districts in New Jersey are the nation’s leading response. State aid resulting from thirty years of legal challenges makes average per pupil spending in Abbott districts higher now than in the state’s suburbs. The Abbott and Union City stories are not well known, but have national implications.

This forum will feature Gordon MacInnes, Assistant Commissioner for Abbott Implementation, and Fred Carrigg, Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Urban Literacy, who helped move Union City from the second lowest-performing system in New Jersey to the highest among the state’s larger systems. Ronald Ferguson, Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, will moderate.

Offered in collaboration with the Achievement Gap Initiative, this is the first in a series of three events.

For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary, unless otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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How to turn your presentation into a publishable article - Mar. 16

INTERESTED IN PUBLISHING YOUR WORK? Come to the final training session of the 2006 Annual HGSE Student Research Conference & International Forum:
---"How to turn your presentation into a publishable article"
---Professor Catherine Snow
---March 16, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
---Larsen G-06
If you can't make it, watch the video which will be posted on the SRC website: http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~src_web/srcif2006.
Questions? Email Michael: kieffermi@gse.harvard.edu

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Understanding understanding

* MBB Graduate Student Seminar Series * Thursdays * William James Hall room 1305

Free Dinner served at 6:15 * seminar begins at 6:30

March 16: Faculty Speaker, "Understanding understanding"
Prof. Catherine Elgin, Graduate School of Education

* Upcoming Talks:

April 6: "Memory: Perspectives from psychology and molecular and cellular biology"
Rachel Garoff-Eaton, GSAS, Department of Psychology
Benjamin de Bivort, GSAS, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology

April 20: "Hearing and Language: Perspectives from history of science and psychology"
Mara Mills, GSAS, Department of History of Science
Joy Geren, GSAS, Department of Psychology

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Do not worry - Mar. 16

Are you worried about finding a job next year? That paper due before spring break? Your family or your finances? Come learn what a carpenter-preacher from Bethlehem had to say about worrying and how to deal with it. Join us this Thursday at 7:30 pm at Cronhite Graduate Center (on the corner of Brattle and Ash) in the Seltzer Room (first floor across from the front desk) for fellowship and to study a passage from the Christian bible. We welcome all people. For questions or directions, email Steve at songst@gse.harvard.edu or DW at watsondy@gse.harvard.edu.

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CRIOLE 2006 Speaker Series - Mar. 17 & 20

Caribbean Research Interests On Learning and Education (CRIOLE)

CRIOLE 2006 Speaker Series: Connecting Worlds: Identity, Culture and Education in the Caribbean

Friday March 17, 2006, 3:00 pm, Gutman Conference Center.
"Beyond the Rainforest: Amazonian Artists Enter the Classroom," by Professor Sally Price of the Department of Anthropology, The College of William and Mary

Reception: "Tastes of the Caribbean" at 5pm, Elliot Lyman Room

Monday March 20, 2006, 6:30 pm, Gutman 303.
"The Politics of Imagining the Caribbean: Diaspora and Ancestral Homeland," by Professor Silvio Torres-Saillant, Syracuse University, Director of the Latino-Latin American Studies Program and David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Visiting Scholar 05-06

Contacts: Jacqueline Mourot (mourotja@gse.harvard.edu) or Janine Martyr (martyrja@gse.harvard.edu)

Please come out and support this important event.

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Free Drawing Class! - Mar. 17 & 24

A free introductory course explores drawing as a learning strategy! Taught by Rebecca Boyd (EdM Arts in Education '06) this 2 session course will investigate a concept from Astronomy in conjunction with a visual arts lesson. Materials, instruction, coffee and pastries will be provided. Friday March 17th and Friday March 24th 5-6:30pm, location TBA via email. Enrollment is limited. To sign up, email Rebecca: boydre@gse.harvard.edu

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Financial Planning: "Taking Charge of Your Future" - Mar. 21

Tuesday March 21 2-3:30
Askwith Hall
Sponsored by the Financial Aid Office

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NBCTs at HGSE - Mar. 22 (note time change)

You are invited to come meet one another and to learn about each others' academic interests. You will not be asked to "document your accomplishments" or reflect on the "impact on student learning"... just come and meet your colleagues! Snacks will be provided. Wednesday, March 22, 4:30-6:00 in Larsen 710. Please RSVP to Su. Henry henrysu@gse.harvard.edu or Jill Harrison Berg bergji@gse.harvard.edu.

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Gretchen Elise at Katrina Relief Benefit - Mar. 22

Gretchen Elise & band will join an all-star line up of musicians performing 15-30 minute sets at Tiptina Foundation's Katrina Relief Benefit, raising money for musical instruments for children of New Orleans. Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire St. Cambridge. Info: www.musicalsolutions.org/new or email gretchen@musicalsolutions.org

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Educational Research in the 21st Century: Connecting the Scholar and the Classroom - Mar. 23

Askwith Education Forum
Educational Research in the 21st Century: Connecting the Scholar and the Classroom
Thursday, March 23
5:30-7:00 PM
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall

How is educational research evolving? How are researchers addressing changing demands of the field, developing technology and globalization, as well as increased aims to link educational theory, practice, and policy? This forum includes panelists with diverse perspectives - those involved in both qualitative and quantitative study, those who have pioneered new ways of approaching investigation, and those who combine research with practice - who will reflect on the past and future of educational research, especially its role in driving the field of education forward. Offered in collaboration with the Harvard Educational Review in celebration of HER's 75th anniversary. Speakers will include: Kevin Kumashiro, Director, Center for Anti-Oppressive Education; Richard Murnane, Academic Dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Sonia Nieto, Professor of Language, Literacy & Culture, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The discussion will be moderated by Kathleen McCartney, Acting Dean and Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development.

For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary, unless otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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HGSE Reception at AERA: Save the date - Apr. 10

HGSE Reception at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

If you are planning to attend the AERA annual meeting in San Francisco from April 7-11, please be sure to join us for the Harvard Graduate School of Education reception! Mingle and meet HGSE faculty, students, alumni, and friends. Kathleen McCartney, Acting Dean and Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development, will host.

Monday April 10, 7:00-8:30 PM
Hotel Nikko, Golden Gate Room

For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu.

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Educational Entrepreneurship: Assessment, Technology, and Business - Apr. 17

Technology, Innovation, and Education Program at HGSE
Seminar series, Spring 2006
TIE seminars are open to all members of Harvard University and to the interested public.

Educational Entrepreneurship: Assessment, Technology, and Business

Larry Berger, CEO and co-founder, Wireless Generation
Monday, April 17, 2 - 4 pm in Longfellow 319

Wireless Generation markets "handheld-to-Web" technology for assessing young children's reading skills. A more complete description of the company and its products is available on the Web, at www.wirelessgeneration.com. Larry Berger will focus on entrepreneurship in new media, and on the challenge of dealing with reading standards and assessment procedures in 48 different states.

www.gse.harvard.edu/tie

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EndNote Basics

EndNote is a software program for storing and managing bibliographic references. With it, you can create your own database of references, including ones you import from library catalogs and online databases. These can include links to full text when available. Use EndNote to sort, search, and format references, and to insert them into Word documents to create in-text citations and reference lists automatically. Note: Students usually purchase EndNote to work on long-term research projects, such as a dissertation or comprehensive literature review.

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to create an EndNote library and add records to it. You’ll be able to search and sort those references and use EndNote’s Cite While You Write feature to insert them into a Word document. You’ll know how to set preferences, what EndNote filters and connection files are, how to find and install these for HOLLIS Catalog, and how to import/export references from Harvard’s e-resources into EndNote.

Both sessions are 1 1/2 hours
No sign-up necessary

March 16, Thursday
11am – 12:30pm

April 13th, Thursday
10am -11:30am

LOCATION: G302 – Third Floor Gutman Library

Scheduling Conflict? Questions? Contact the Research Services Desk (617-495-3421)

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Advanced EndNote 9 Workshops

Learn how EndNote filters, templates, and output styles work together and how to customize them when necessary so that they work well with commonly-used citation sources such as ERIC.

This session is intended for those who are comfortable with EndNote’s basic functions (formatting a paper, importing citations from Harvard’s E-resources, and working with the citation database), but would like to learn how to create fixes when EndNote doesn’t work the way you expect or want it to.

Laptops welcome. Windows users, please be sure you've installed EndNote 9.0.1 Updater for Windows available at http://www.endnote.com/support/enupdates.asp

April 6, Thursday, 1 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Gutman 302 -Third Floor, Gutman Library

Both sessions are 1 1/2 hours
No sign-up necessary
Scheduling Conflict? Questions? Contact the Research Services Desk (617-495-3421)

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Finding Articles: Education Databases (EBSCO) Workshop

Learn about and learn how to use a group of EBSCO journal article databases (ERIC, Education Abstracts, and Academic Search Premier) that are major resources for education researchers.

At the end of this workshop, you will understand the content, strengths, and weaknesses of these three databases. You will also be able to find articles by specific authors, search efficiently and effectively for topics, print, download or email yourself full text (when available), and set up your own personal folder on the EBSCO server to store citations and searches.

March 16th, Thursday
2pm – 3pm

April 14th, Friday
11am – noon

April 25th, Tuesday
11am – noon

LOCATION: G302 – Third Floor Gutman Library

Scheduling Conflict? Questions? Contact the Research Services Desk (617-495-3421)

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CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, & COMMITTEES

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Weekly Yoga sessions!

Sessions take place in Gutman Conference Center, every Tuesday from 2:00 to 2:30 pm.

Just show up! Contact gardunan@gse.harvard.edu for more information.

Sponsored by the SGA Health and Wellness Committee.

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Language and Literacy Club - Mar. 16

The Language and Literacy Club is proud to hold an informal discussion with Courtney Cazden on Thursday, March 16 at 1PM in the Literacy Lab (ground floor of Larsen). If you have any questions for Professor Cazden for the discussion, please email Johanna haasjo@gse.harvard.edu ASAP.

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International Education Research Community - Mar. 16

Thursday, 3/16/06 7pm

We are a group of students interested in international education research. Through a list-serv and meetings, we hope to network, share ideas and information, and otherwise socialize and support each other. Join us on Thursday 3/16/06 7pm as we watch a video and discuss the culture of Bhutan, one of the most isolated kingdoms in the world (click here for more information). Email Connie K. Chung (chungco1@gse.harvard.edu) for more information.

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PDK - May 5

Greetings HGSE Students and Future Kappans,

We invite you to join and become a member of Phi Delta Kappa International, an honorary association for educators. We have chapters all over the world. We are celebrating our 100th birthday this year. The Harvard Chapter was founded on May 6, 1911. We are one of the oldest chapters in Phi Delta Kappa. Come and celebrate with us by joining this honorary association. I will be your sponsor.

The three steps for membership are: complete an application - located in the Student Affairs Office; submit a one page statement of your philosophy of education; and send a check for dues payable to Harvard PDK for $85 ($70-national) and ($15-local) to me, Roseann Stephens, Ph.D. VP Membership, P.O. Box 1367, W. Chatham, MA 02669 before or by April 2. Honor cords will be awarded to each inductee at the Initiation.

Initiation into the Harvard Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa will be held on Wednesday, May 5 in the Eliot-Lyman Room, Longfellow Hall, from 3:30-5:30. Dr. Jo Ann Fujioka, President of Phi Delta Kappa International will be our speaker. We would like you to be there to meet her, speak to her and to be initiated into this important organization. Please join us for this very special occasion. Refreshments.

If you cannot make the Initiation due to class or other constraints please let me know and I can either initiate you over the phone or before or after the ceremony. My phone number is 508-945-8752.

Please feel free call or email me at DrREStephens@cs.com if you have any questions.

Best Regards, Roseann E. Stephens, Ph.D., VP Membership

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Wanna talk about love? Join a discussion group!

Hey HGSE students! I'm putting together a discussion group on a documentary series to be broadcast on PBS next year. The films are part of an upcoming "Campaign for Love and Forgiveness" underwritten by the Fetzer Institute. Topics will include modern conceptions of love as portrayed in the media, and as an agent for community engagement and social change. If interested, please email gibasna@gse.harvard.edu for more information.

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JOB & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

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Data Analyst, Summer 2006

STUDY OF WORKING CONDITIONS AND WOMEN’S HEALTH
SECONDARY ANALYSIS of NICHD SECCYD DATA

JOB DESCRIPTION: Data Analyst for study of working conditions and women’s health, working under the supervision of the PI, Nancy Marshall, and Methodologist, Allison Tracy. Data Analyst will be responsible for constructing an analysis data set from a large, multi-wave, multi-variable, multi-respondent dataset, the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. The datasets are SAS datasets. The Data Analyst will then conduct data analyses of the NICHD SECCYD data to address the specific aims of the project (see Abstract below). Opportunity to become involved in writing papers. The position is located at Wellesley Centers for Women, at Wellesley College, located 30 minutes drive from Boston www.wellesley.edu.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Experience with datafile construction, data management, variable construction, psychometrics, and structural equation modeling. Knowledge of SAS or SPSS required (SAS preferred). Knowledge of Mplus statistical modeling package a plus, but will train appropriate candidates. Familiarity with NICHD SECCYD dataset a plus. Master’s degree in sociology, psychology, epidemiology, statistics or related field required. ABD or doctorate preferred.

START DATE: This is a summer position (2006), with possibilities of starting earlier (spring 2006) or continuing into fall 2006 – exact start date is negotiable. Possibility of continued work on this or related projects, depending on availability of funding and qualifications of candidate.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Please e-mail your resume and a cover letter to: Nancy Marshall, at nmarshall@wellesley.edu

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Tutors Needed!

Top work-study paid (16$/hr.)! Codman Academy, a public charter high school in Dorchester is looking for H.G.S.E. students to tutor two ESL students, mornings 8-12 or afternoons (negotiable), up to 8 hours a week. The students are great, just need to catch up to current classroom levels for real understanding. Please call asap! Contact: Meg Campbell, Head of School at: mcampbell@codmanacademy.org , or (617) 287-0700.

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Preschool Director Position

The Newtowne School is a non-profit parent co-operative preschool located in Harvard Square, Cambridge. Newtowne serves children ages 2-5 years old. We are in need of a director beginning September 2006. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Newtowne follows a ten month calendar, with a summer camp option for families. The core preschool program consists of three classes: 2/3 year olds, 3/4 year olds and 4/5 year olds. The preschool day runs from 9:00 until 12:00 (2/3 class) or 12:30 (3/4 class and 4/5 class). Newtowne offers an extended day option until 3pm. The director's daily hours are from 8:00-3:30.

We seek a caring , collaborating educator to work with teachers and families to provide a nurturing learning environment.

Requirements:
*minimum 3 years classroom teaching experience
*appropriate certification for both teacher and director

The ideal candidate will have:
*commitment to a parent co-operative model
*experience with collaborative decision making
*proven managerial/administrative skills
*strong written and verbal communication skills
*openness to the Reggio Emilio approach to education

Please send resume and cover letter to:
The Newtowne School Hiring Committee
11 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Questions? Email Greg at uspbaker@comcast.net

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