GRADUATE PROGRAM IN EDUCATION
FALL 2014 NEWSLETTER
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Faculty News ………………………………
GPE News...…………………………………
2014 Grads……………………………..……
Student Data……………..……………….
Upcoming Conferences…………………
Faculty news and highlights:
Maude Yacapsin, promoted to Associate Professor
of Education and had three articles accepted for
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papers is entitled, “Strategic Pedagogical Planning for Integration of Faith
and Learning in the Discipline
of Disability
Studies.”
Janet DeRosa,
Ph.D., who
teaches EDME 531
Welcome new adjuncts:
Special Education Thesis/Project Seminar
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Welcome
new adjuncts:
Welcome new
adjuncts:
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Janet
DeRosa,
Ph.D.,
who
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Emily Sentman, M.Ed., who teaches
Emily Sentman, M.Ed., who teaches
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EDME 530 Special Education Internship
and Seminar
and Seminar
MORE FACULTY NEWS:
MAUDE attended and presented at the Women in Educational Leadership Conference in Lincoln, NE, October 10-14. Her session highlighted the importance of collaboration between
institutions when evaluating competitive grant opportunities. The session also focused on how
digital technologies “keep the conversation going.“
While there, she met several women leaders with ties to Messiah College and, served on a
committee to evaluate candidates for the University of Nebraska’s doctoral program in Educational Leadership. Look for future leadership initiatives, including research, from Maude with
her WELC colleagues.
Maude shared more of her research on Instructional Technologies that facilitate teacher candidate self-efficacy within the Co-teaching model developed by St. Cloud State, MN, at PAC-TE
on October 22.
JAN was asked by TESOL International Association to write all the materials for their course
“TESOL Principles, Practices and Perspectives.”
“That was my August job! It amounted to writing 16 original essays, with accompanying preand post-reading tasks, on foundational TESOL topics.” In the future it will be both an online
course and a workbook for purchase.
ONLINE AND ENGAGED . . .
Dr. Maude Yacapsin cultivates authentic collaboration and Interconnectedness, online. Messiah
College’s graduate students notice why online courses at Messiah are distinctive: “Because of
my professors’ ability to create cooperative and thought-provoking learning opportunities with
my peers, I have grown both personally and professionally beyond what I thought was possible
from an online class.”
Dr. Yacapsin responds by saying that, “comments such as these are truly humbling and I am
very appreciative and quite honored; they indicate that students value my our commitment to
learning and that at Messiah, we care.”
Regardless of a students’ experience with technology, online learning may pose an initial
challenge. Dr. Yacapsin evokes confidence in her students through her comprehensive knowledge of tech platforms and apps that enable her to provide teachers and educational professionals with research-based practices for today’s classrooms.
Follow Maude on Twitter (@myacapsin), Pinterest (myacapsin) and Instagram (myacapsin).
Access google docs at [email protected]. Find her webmixes on Symbaloo (EDME 505,
EDME 525, EDME 551, Grad Advising)
GOING PLACES...
Going Places….
This past summer Hope Newcomer traveled
to Londrina, Brazil, with Dr. Jan Dormer
and
This past
summer Hope Newcomer traveled to
Londrina, Brazil, with Dr. Jan Dormer and
Messiah College undergraduate students
on
Messiah College undergraduate students on a
missions trip from the Agape Center.
a missions trip from the Agape Center.
The trip offered many unique opportunities!
weekend, or drinking cafezinho (co
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me to develop a special relationship with
students, and I enjoyed learning about
lives, offering input, and listening to
dreams for life after graduation. Dr. Dorme
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how much they enjoyed TESOL!
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their
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and hosts of their countries by
prepare their curridulum.
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Melissa
Landis,
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Our Messiah teachers led their students in acting as ambassadors and hosts of their countries by
practicing the language of diplomacy and developing skills in cross-cultural and linguistic learning. Through this entire process the curriculum sought to help students develop creative and
critical thinking skills. Cedarville University in Ohio hosted the four-week program that welcomed
180 students from seven countries, that included South Korea, Brazil, Peru, Italy, China, Vietnam,
and Kyrgystan.
CONGRATULATIONSTO
TO OUR
OUR CLASS
CONGRATULATIONS
CLASSOF
OF2014
2014GRADUATES!
GRADUATES!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CLASS OF 2014 GRADUATES!
Degrees Earned/Program Comple2ons MC Cer&ficate/ PDE Endorsements Master of Educa&on Program PDE Specialist Degrees Earned/Program Comple2ons
TOTAL MC ASD MC TESOL Special PDE ASD SE Cert. SE Cert. SE 7-­‐12 TESOL Cer2fica2on Cer2fica2on 7-­‐12 PreK-­‐8 Cer2ficate MC Cer2ficate Educa2on Master Cer&ficate/ PDE Endorsements
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Cer2fica2on Program 3 ASD 1 PDE 1 15 3 ASD 1 2 1 2 Specialist TOTAL MC MC 1 TESOL Special PDE SE Cert. SE Cert. SE 7-­‐12 TESOL Cer2fica2on 7-­‐12 PreK-­‐8 Cer2ficate Cer2ficate Cer2fica2on Educa2on Cer2fica2on in ESL Bower, Emily………………………………………………..PDE
ASD Certification
Brady,
3 1 1 15 3 Danielle…………………………………………….PDE
1 1 2 1 ASD2 Certification
Byers, Nelson………………………………....Messiah College ASD Certificate
Ciavarella,
Christine……...............................................PDE ASD
Bower,
Emily………………………………………………..PDE
ASDCertification
Certification
Bower,
Emily......................................................................................PDE
ASD
Certification
Faight,
College ASD
Brady, Amanda……………………..……...Messiah
Danielle…………………………………………….PDE
ASD Certificate
Certification
Brady, Danielle...................................................................................PDE
ASD Certification
Faight,
Amanda……………..………..…………….…M.Ed.
Special
Byers, Nelson………………………………....Messiah
College
ASDEducation
Certificate
Franklin,
Christine……………..………..………………M.Ed.
Special
Education
Byers,
Nelson.....................................................................
Messiah
College
ASD
Certificate
Ciavarella, Christine……...............................................PDE ASD Certification
Guerrasio,
Naomi……………………...Program Specialist
Certification
in ESL
Ciavarella,
Christine...........................................................................PDE
ASD
Certification
Faight,
Amanda……………………..……...Messiah
College
ASD
Certificate
Hullihen,
Karisa……………………...………..Messiah
CollegeCollege
ASD Certificate
Faight,
Amanda……………..………..…………….…M.Ed.
Special
Education
Faight, Amanda.
.................................................................. Messiah
ASD
Certificate
Lengle,
Jennifer………….......M.Ed.
Special
Education,
Certification
PreK-8
Franklin,
Christine……………..………..………………M.Ed.
Special
Education
Faight, Amanda.
.............................................................................. M.Ed.
Special
Education
Mowery,
Cynthia…………..………………Messiah
College TESOL
Certificate
Guerrasio,
Naomi……………………...Program
Specialist
Certification
in ESL
Franklin, Christine.........................................................................
M.Ed. Special TESOL
Education
Mowery,
Cynthia……………..………….…………………………….M.Ed.
Hullihen, Karisa……………………...………..Messiah College ASD Certificate
Guerrasio, Naomi.
...................................................
Program Specialist
Certification
in ESL
Richardson,
Bethany………..M.Ed.
Special Education,
Certification
PreK-8
Lengle, Jennifer………….......M.Ed. Special Education, Certification PreK-8
Robinson,
David………..PDE Special Education, Grades 7-12
Certification
Hullihen, Karisa.................................................................
College
Certificate
Mowery,
Cynthia…………..………………Messiah Messiah
College
TESOLASD
Certificate
Rozynski,
Michelle……M.Ed. Special Education,
Certification
Grades 7-12
Lengle, Jennifer.............................................M.Ed.
Special
Education, Certification
PreK-8
Mowery,
Cynthia……………..………….…………………………….M.Ed.
TESOL
Mowery, Cynthia.
............................................................Messiah
TESOL Certificate
Richardson,
Bethany………..M.Ed.
Special Education,College
Certification
PreK-8
Robinson,
David………..PDE
Special Education, Grades 7-12 Certification
Mowery, Cynthia.
..............................................................................................
M.Ed. TESOL
Rozynski,
Special Education,
Grades PreK-8
7-12
Richardson,Michelle……M.Ed.
Bethany.....................................M.Ed.
SpecialCertification
Education, Certification
Robinson, David..................................... PDE Special Education, Grades 7-12 Certification
Rozynski, Michelle................................M.Ed. Special Education, Certification Grades 7-12
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Florida Florida 1 1 Illinois Illinois Maryland Maryland 1 1 1 1 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Texas Texas Virginia Virginia 61 61 1 1 4 4 72 72 UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Pennsylvania Council for Exceptional Children’s 55th Annual Conference
PACEC - 2014 Convention
Thursday, November 20th and Friday, November 21st
http://community.cec.sped.org/pa/pacecconference
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN)
series of Webinar events that focuses on Family Engagement:
Engaging Families to Support Student Behavior
November 24, 2014 (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
Engaging Families in the Secondary Transition Process
January 26, 2015 (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
Engaging Families in Literacy to Support Student Learning
February 17, 2015 (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
Engaging Families in the IEP Process
March 23, 2015 (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
Keeping the Momentum Going: Summer Strategies to Keep Families and Students
Engaged in Learning May 18, 2015 (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
Register at http://www.pattan.net for each session.
Upon registering, you will receive information regarding participation
for the webinar(s) you selected to attend.
Joni and Friends present The Global Access Conference
February 17-20, 2015
Calvary Community Church in West Lake, California
http://www.joniandfriends.org/blog/global-access-conference/
TESOL International Convention
March 25-28, 2015
Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tesol.org/convention2015
Christian English Language Teachers Conference
March 25, 2015
Toronto, Ontario
http://www.celea.net/