Saturday, May 28, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Click here to view the Guam Council IRA May 2011 Newsletter.Saturday, May 14, 2011
Saturday, May 07, 2011
In conjunction with the District’s Summer School program, a Newcomers Center for Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 English Learners (ELs) will begin June 6 through July 15, 2011, 8:00 am –12:00 noon. Each center will be supported with two ESL-certified teachers and teacher assistants. A maximum of 30 students will be accepted.
Program Goals:
*Accelerate English language acquisition in the four domains of reading writing, listening and speaking
*Develop academic English in content areas
*Promote cross-cultural, social and behavioral skills
*Promote parent involvement
Participating Schools:
JQ San Miguel ES
Chief Brodie Memorial ES
Benavente MS
FB Leon Guerrero MS
Luis P. UntalanMS
George Washington HS
Okkodo HS
Sign up with the ESL Coordinator of your school!!
For more information, contact the ESL Program Office at #735-3501/2/3 located at Students First Center, UOG Castle Bldg.
Program Goals:
*Accelerate English language acquisition in the four domains of reading writing, listening and speaking
*Develop academic English in content areas
*Promote cross-cultural, social and behavioral skills
*Promote parent involvement
Participating Schools:
JQ San Miguel ES
Chief Brodie Memorial ES
Benavente MS
FB Leon Guerrero MS
Luis P. UntalanMS
George Washington HS
Okkodo HS
Sign up with the ESL Coordinator of your school!!
For more information, contact the ESL Program Office at #735-3501/2/3 located at Students First Center, UOG Castle Bldg.
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Welcome from the new Executive Director of AmeriCorps Alums
The answer is 1998, March 2005, and 28 days
If you guessed, "When did you: hear about AmeriCorps, engage with AmeriCorps Alums, and start serving as the new AmeriCorps Alums Executive Director," you'd be right! Hearing Harris Wofford speak about AmeriCorps for the first time as an undergrad in 1998 profoundly and significantly impacted my personal and professional trajectory. I arrived at DC Village in the fall of 1999 as a new NCCC Corps Member, next serving as a Team Leader at the San Diego NCCC campus. Adding a third year at Citizen Schools as part of their two-year Teaching Fellowship in Boston, my early career was defined by AmeriCorps and five years of direct service experience in communities in need. I went to graduate school in Baltimore to learn more about the policies and programs that impacted the neighborhoods, schools, and citizens I had been working with. While at Johns Hopkins, I was able to spend a summer and a semester as a Mayoral Fellow in the O'Malley Administration, and see innovative urban government up close in the Baltimore Planning Department. Most recently I've spend the last five years working at KaBoom!, first as the Manager of Special Projects to the CEO and then as a Senior Program Manager, supporting the organization's mission and scaling their municipal engagement strategy.
Attending the March 2005 HandsOn Network Conference in Portland was another seminal moment, because this was where AmeriCorps Alums was re-launched in the form you find it today. Serving on the AmeriCorps Alums Advisory Council in those first few years has certainly helped prepare me for my role as Executive Director, which I assumed on April 4. It's an exciting time to be at the center of a national debate on the value of AmeriCorps and national service, particularly when over seven hundred thousand Americans can identify as an AmeriCorps Alums.
In the coming weeks and months, we'll be working hard to deepen our collaborations and elevate our organizational profile to provide greater impact and connectivity to the entire field of AmeriCorps alumni. We'll also be looking for input from our robust chapter network of volunteer leaders, our partner organizations, and most importantly from YOU, the Alums in our national network. Please don't hesitate to email me at ben@americorpsalums.org or leave a comment on our blog.
I am excited to serve as the new Executive Director of AmeriCorps Alums because I believe that there are hundreds of thousands of Americans that look to their AmeriCorps experience as their most important, most impactful, most life-altering achievement. It is our collective voice and leadership potential that will be the 21st century transformational force for change in America's communities.
I look forward to working with you towards this vision, please be sure and tell your friends and fellow Alums to get connected at www.americorpsalums.org.
Proudly an AmeriCorps Alum,
Ben Duda
600 Means Street, Ste. 210 | Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: 202.729.8186 | Fax:202.729.8100
The answer is 1998, March 2005, and 28 days
If you guessed, "When did you: hear about AmeriCorps, engage with AmeriCorps Alums, and start serving as the new AmeriCorps Alums Executive Director," you'd be right! Hearing Harris Wofford speak about AmeriCorps for the first time as an undergrad in 1998 profoundly and significantly impacted my personal and professional trajectory. I arrived at DC Village in the fall of 1999 as a new NCCC Corps Member, next serving as a Team Leader at the San Diego NCCC campus. Adding a third year at Citizen Schools as part of their two-year Teaching Fellowship in Boston, my early career was defined by AmeriCorps and five years of direct service experience in communities in need. I went to graduate school in Baltimore to learn more about the policies and programs that impacted the neighborhoods, schools, and citizens I had been working with. While at Johns Hopkins, I was able to spend a summer and a semester as a Mayoral Fellow in the O'Malley Administration, and see innovative urban government up close in the Baltimore Planning Department. Most recently I've spend the last five years working at KaBoom!, first as the Manager of Special Projects to the CEO and then as a Senior Program Manager, supporting the organization's mission and scaling their municipal engagement strategy.
Attending the March 2005 HandsOn Network Conference in Portland was another seminal moment, because this was where AmeriCorps Alums was re-launched in the form you find it today. Serving on the AmeriCorps Alums Advisory Council in those first few years has certainly helped prepare me for my role as Executive Director, which I assumed on April 4. It's an exciting time to be at the center of a national debate on the value of AmeriCorps and national service, particularly when over seven hundred thousand Americans can identify as an AmeriCorps Alums.
In the coming weeks and months, we'll be working hard to deepen our collaborations and elevate our organizational profile to provide greater impact and connectivity to the entire field of AmeriCorps alumni. We'll also be looking for input from our robust chapter network of volunteer leaders, our partner organizations, and most importantly from YOU, the Alums in our national network. Please don't hesitate to email me at ben@americorpsalums.org or leave a comment on our blog.
I am excited to serve as the new Executive Director of AmeriCorps Alums because I believe that there are hundreds of thousands of Americans that look to their AmeriCorps experience as their most important, most impactful, most life-altering achievement. It is our collective voice and leadership potential that will be the 21st century transformational force for change in America's communities.
I look forward to working with you towards this vision, please be sure and tell your friends and fellow Alums to get connected at www.americorpsalums.org.
Proudly an AmeriCorps Alum,
Ben Duda
600 Means Street, Ste. 210 | Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: 202.729.8186 | Fax:202.729.8100
Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The School of Education Alumni Association was established in 1998.
The present advisor is Dr. Lourdes Klitzkie. The SOE Alumni has a very strong sense of commitment to graduates by their fundraising efforts to sell plaques according to Dr. Klitzkie. She stated that the mission of the SOE Alumni is to “Promote and develop skillful, talented, scholarly educators and professionals and also to foster a spirit of loyalty among alumni of the School of Education.”
The University of Guam Association for Childhood Education International (UOG-ACEI) is a student organization in the School of Education. The UOG-ACEI association has purchased several plaques from SOE Alumni to honor and give recognition to members who will graduate May, 2011, and have demonstrated excellence in service by performing community outreach activities and educational projects.
On March 21, 2011, the UOG-ACEI officers presented a check to Dr. Klitzkie to purchase seven plaques to honor ACEI graduating seniors.
Pictured L-R: Katrina Baza, ACEI Public Relation Officer; Heidi Cameron, ACEI President; Maria Perez, ACEI Treasurer, and Dr. Lourdes Klitzkie, SOE Alumni Advisor.
The present advisor is Dr. Lourdes Klitzkie. The SOE Alumni has a very strong sense of commitment to graduates by their fundraising efforts to sell plaques according to Dr. Klitzkie. She stated that the mission of the SOE Alumni is to “Promote and develop skillful, talented, scholarly educators and professionals and also to foster a spirit of loyalty among alumni of the School of Education.”
The University of Guam Association for Childhood Education International (UOG-ACEI) is a student organization in the School of Education. The UOG-ACEI association has purchased several plaques from SOE Alumni to honor and give recognition to members who will graduate May, 2011, and have demonstrated excellence in service by performing community outreach activities and educational projects.
On March 21, 2011, the UOG-ACEI officers presented a check to Dr. Klitzkie to purchase seven plaques to honor ACEI graduating seniors.
Pictured L-R: Katrina Baza, ACEI Public Relation Officer; Heidi Cameron, ACEI President; Maria Perez, ACEI Treasurer, and Dr. Lourdes Klitzkie, SOE Alumni Advisor.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Scholz introduced six blogging activities that encourage ELLs to write freely and fluently in a low-stress, highly personalized context. The activities shared relate to specific writing forms and incorporate various creative internet-based tools. The blogging activities introduced can be modified to fit a variety of teaching situations.
She mentioned that the following activities would enhance the learning experience of ELLs:
• Activity #1: Profile Writing
• Activity #2: Report Writing
• Activity #3: Evaluation/Critique Writing
URL: www.youtube.com
• Activity #4: Creative Writing
• Activity #5: Explanatory Writing
URL: www.artic.edu
• Activity #6: Reflection Writing
URL: www.worldle.net
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Free Training for Professionals that Support Military Families - Duty to Care II
Duty to Care II: Honoring the Healers training presented by ZERO TO THREE through the generous funding of the Department of Defense. This one day event is aimed at providers in increasing their resilience and reducing compassion fatigue and burnout in an effort to continue to provide the highest level of sensitive and responsive care for infants/toddlers and their families. Online registration is now open and available. Colleagues from both the Guam National Guard/Reserves and civilian community providers who support NG families are encouraged to register.
Hyatt Regency Guam 1155 Pale San Vitores Rd. Tamuning, Guam 96913-4206
Register for this training online at www.zerotothree.org/ctamf
For registration questions, contact: Secely Smith 202-638-1144 mprojects@zerotothree.org
April 15, 2011 0800 – 1600
Click on the image below for details regarding this special training.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Sunday, April 03, 2011
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)-UOG Chapter 1203 will hold a workshop at the UOG School of Business and Public Administration (SBPA) Building, IT&E Lecture Room on April 9, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The conference theme, "Building Bridges through COLLABORATION." For more information, contact Mariana Santos at 687-7579.
TESOL Convention Highlight #2: Time Management Strategies for English Language Teaching Professionals
Presented by Christine Coombe, Dubai Men’s College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Justin Shewell, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Coombe focused on the importance of good time management strategies, tracking the use of time, scheduling and planning, and time savers.
The following are the time savers she stressed:
*Layer Activities – Multitask (Read or talk on the phone while exercising); Streamline your errands.
*Let go. Don’t be perfect. Do things just enough.
*Stock up. (With a well stocked kitchen or desk, last minute runs to the store will be minimized.)
*Limit interruptions.
*Use computers for routine, repeating lists: address/phone, passwords, family info.
*Use checklists to keep from forgetting things.
*Exercise (Essential for superior academic performance; Many say NO ‘time’ for exercise; Your brain won’t function well if you are tired.
*Floating Tasks (Things that can be done anywhere, anytime; Carry around a book you need to read, work to review, or a letter that you need to write.
*Survival (Self-sacrifice and denial are necessary at certain times; Scrap everything that’s not absolutely essential for survival.)
Shewell focused on improving time management through technology. He focused on organizing our lives with technology, technology time wasters, and technology time management methods.
He stressed the following:
*Make sure the technology you use “works” for you.
*Choose technology that is practical, portable, upgradeable, and dependable.
*Learn about ALL the features your technology provides and use them.
*Don’t let technology distract you from your goals and priorities.
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