June 5 - 8, 2016 / Baltimore

The National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development is designed for

all early childhood professionals, including leaders who prepare, mentor, and support

early childhood professionals, as well as program administrators, teacher educators,

trainers, teachers, preschool teachers, and researchers. At the Institute you’ll hear

new ideas and fresh insights from early childhood experts and learn how you can

make a greater impact in your program.

5 Reasons to Attend Institute:

1. Gain new skills and knowledge

2. Build your network

3. Learn from experts

4. Get inspired

5. Experience the Charm City

NAEYC’s 2016 National Institute for

Early Childhood Professional Development

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

NAEYC’s Institute 1

Tips from the ECED

GRAD Office

2

Fall and Spring

Graduates!

3

Important

Upcoming Dates

4

Summer 2016

Campus Schedule

5

Fall 2016 ON-

Campus Schedule

7

Fall 2016 OFF-

Campus Schedule

8

Child Trends Article 9

Reggio Trip! 10

A P E R I O D I C

N E W S L E T T E R F O R

S T U D E N T S A N D

A L U M N I

L A T E S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2 0 1 6 N E W S L E T T E R S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T :

Summer 2016 Schedules

See page 5-6

Fall 2016 Schedules

See page 7-8

ECED Grad Newsletter

P l e a s e v i s i t N A E Y C ’ S w e b s i t e t o r e g i s t e r f o r t h e 2 0 1 6 N a t i o n a l

I n s t i t u t e f o r E a r l y C h i l d h o o d P r o f e s s i o n a l D e v e l o p m e n t :

h t t p : / / w w w . n a e y c . o r g / i n s t i t u t e /

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Tips from the ECED GRAD Office

DID YOU KNOW THAT you can check your progress regarding how close

you are to completing your degree requirements for the M.Ed.?

Log into PeopleSoft

Go to the Main Menu

Click Self Service

Go to Degree Progress/Graduation

Click My Academic Requirements

OR

Log into PeopleSoft

Click Home

Search “My Academic Requirements”

Please note that this tool is solely used as a personal advising tool and is not the “final

authority” on whether or not you can graduate. Always check with your advisor!

Summer Office Hours and Advising:

The ECED Graduate Office will be staffed by Dr. Daniels and Mrs. Mason this summer.

Students wishing to make an appointment, please send an email to ecedgrad@towson.edu.

We will respond to your email within two business days.

Our contact information is:

ECED Graduate Office & Melinda Bellafiore, Graduate Assistant: 410-704-2460

Dr. Stephen Schroth, Acting Program Director: 410-704-4832

Mrs. Lisa Mason, Coordinator, ECED MAT & External Programs: 410-704-5271

ECED Grad Office E-mail: ecedgrad@towson.edu

Thank You!

On behalf of the ECED department, we would like to thank Dr. Steven Schroth for

serving as the Acting Program Director for the Spring 2016 semester. We appreciate

all your hard-work and dedication to our staff and students. Dr. Janese Daniels will

resume her role as the Program Director starting Summer session. Please make sure

to stop by the office to welcome Dr. Daniels back from her sabbatical!

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The Department of ECED offers congratulations and best wishes to:

Congratulations M.Ed. Graduates!

Danna Becker

Jasmine Cipko

Melanie Douglass

Shari Haddaway

Leslie Handy

Lauren Harris

Afifa Hashmi

Darien Hudak

Staci Johnson

Laura Mastroianni

Megan McGregor

Reza Mendoza

Fatima Muhammad

Phelicia Parker

Linsey Rains

Stephanie Schwartz

Brooke Shoemaker

Katherine Slonaker

Congratulations MAT

Graduates!

Leslie Conner

Meredith Cook

Rebecca Gallo

Ann Keen

Amy Knoblauch

Cheryl Kunkel

Stephanie Lopez

Victoria Medina

Ann Medley

Mary Stilling

Melanie Treephantuwat

Important Upcoming Dates!

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Tues, May 10 Last Day of Classes

M.Ed. Portfolio Presentations from 5:00 - 8:00 PM in Hawkins Hall

Tues, May 17 Last Day of Examinations & End of the Semester

Tues, May 17 College of Education Reception for Spring 2016 Graduates from 6:00-7:30 PM

Wed, May 18 Graduation for the College of Education at 10:00 AM at the SECU Arena

Tue, May 23 Summer Semester Begins

Sun, June 5-8 NAEYC’s 2016 National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development

Mon, July 4 Independence Day Holiday - No Classes

Fri, Jul 29 Summer Semester Ends

Important Graduation Date!

Monday, July 4, 2016 is the last day to apply online to complete the Graduation Application for

Summer 2016.

(Thereafter, call the Graduation Office 410-704-2095).

Course Number. Section Course Name Instructor Day

Time

ECED 607.020 Learner Diversity and Inclusion in

Early Childhood Education Kirmani

June 20 - July 1

Mo/Tu/We/Th/

Fr

1:00 - 5:50 PM

ECED 608.621

MAT only

Integrated Curriculum and Authentic Learning

in Early Childhood Education Mason

June 28 - July 28

Tu/Th

5:00 - 8:50 PM

ECED 610.001*

Permission-only

course!

Learning Environments: Curriculum and

Technology Daniels

June 20- July 1

Online only

ECED 618.020*

Permission-only

course!

Thinking Through the Processes and

Acquisition of Literacy Skelley

May 23 - June 27

Mo/We

5:00-8:00 PM

ECED 619.030 Assessment, Observation, and Evaluation in

Early Childhood Education Steele

June 27 - July 21

Mo/Tu/Th

5:00-8:00 PM

ECED 665.001*

Permission-only

course!

Curriculum Theory and Development Daniels May 23 - June 17

Online only

ECED 680.030

6 credits course

Celebrating the Arts with Young Children:

Integrating the Arts in Curriculum for

Young Children

Venzen

Mason

Thompson

July 07 - July 20

Mo/Tu/Wed/Th/

Fr

8:30 AM-4:30 PM

ON-CAMPUS Class Schedule Summer 2016

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Want to get ahead this summer?

Email us today to register for ECED 618 offered this summer!

Spots are limited so act quickly!

OFF-CAMPUS: Universities at Shady Grove (Rockville, MD)

ECED 607.641

Learner Diversity and Inclusion in

Early Childhood Education Schroth

June 2-June 30

Tu/Wed/Thu

5:00-7:55PM

OFF-CAMPUS Class Schedule Summer 2016

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OFF-CAMPUS: Anne Arundel County

ECED 614

Working with Linguistically Diverse

Young Children and their Families

Mesta

May 24, 26, 31

June 2, 7, 9

Meeting Times:

5pm-9pm

Additional Required

on-line learning activities

through BlackBoard

OFF-CAMPUS: Southern Maryland Campus

ECED 773.671

Permission-only

course!

Seminar in Early Childhood Education

Mason

June 13-July1

In-Person Meeting Dates:

June 18, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30:

10am-3:30pm

July 1: 10am-3:30pm

Additional Required on-line

learning activities through

BlackBoard

OFF-CAMPUS: Howard County

ECED 773

Permission-only

course!

Seminar in Early Childhood Education Watson-

Thompson

May 24, 25, 26, 31

June 1, 3, 7, 8

Meeting Times:

4:30pm-7:55pm

Additional Required

on-line learning

activities through

BlackBoard

Course Number. Section Course Name Instructor Day

Time

ECED 612.101 Conflict, Resolution and Management

in Programs Hill

Thursdays

5:00 - 7:40 PM

ECED 604.101/621

(M.Ed. & MAT Combined)

Permission-only course!

Math/Science in the

Early Childhood Education Program Blevins

Thursdays

5:00 - 7:40 PM

ECED 609.101 Growth and Development of Young Children McDowell Tuesdays

5:00 - 7:40 PM

ECED 623.101

Permission-only course!

Strategies for Teaching and Writing:

Balanced Literacy Approaches in an

Early Childhood Classroom

Skelley Wednesdays

5:00 - 7:40 PM

ECED 665.101

Permission-only course! Curriculum, Theory, and Development Daniels Online only

ECED 773.101

Permission-only course! Seminar in Early Childhood Education Berkeley

Tuesdays

5:00 - 7:40 PM

ON-CAMPUS Class Schedule Fall 2016

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*Students who wished to enroll in ECED 604, ECED 623, ECED 665, or

ECED 773 for the Fall 2016 semester should have sent an e-mail to the

ECED Graduate Office (ecedgrad@towson.edu) before or on

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 in order to have requested permission for

enrollment in those courses. Please note that requesting permission to

enroll in certain courses does not guarantee approval for enrollment.

OFF-CAMPUS: Universities at Shady Grove (Rockville, MD)

ECED 612

Conflict, Resolution and Management

in Programs Schroth

Wednesdays

5:00 - 7:40 PM

ECED 665

Permission-only

course!

Curriculum Theory and Development Daniels Online only

OFF-CAMPUS Class Schedule Fall 2016

Section

Number

Corresponding

Location

101 102 201

301

On campus classes at

Towson University

221 222 223 Anne Arundel County Cohort

251 252 253 Howard County Cohort

601 HEAT Center Campus

615 671 674

678

Southern Maryland Campus

622 MAT

641 Shady Grove Campus

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OFF-CAMPUS: Anne Arundel County

ECED 611

Teacher as Researcher:

Research Methods in Education Dean TBA

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“Today, one in

five children in

the United

States is poor,

a proportion

that hasn’t

changed much

in the last

several years.

More than half

of three- and

four-year-olds

still do not

attend

preschool,

even though

enrollment has

increased in

recent years.”

Child Trends: Three Steps to Better Outcomes for Children

Start early, and stay the course. Across the fields of child development, neuroscience,

and economics, we hear consistently that smart investments early in life yield big payoffs.

So let’s start early, by preventing births to teens and young adults who aren’t ready to be

parents; providing high-quality care for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers; and giving par-

ents the knowledge and supports (like parental leave) to nurture their young children.

Then, don’t stop once children start school. The brain continues to develop as children

grow into adolescents, young adults—even old adults! If we want better third-grade reading scores,

eighth-grade math scores, and high school graduation rates, then we need to promote well-being at

every stage of development, and in all the important domains of life—education, health, and social-

emotional development. There’s no part of childhood and adolescence that isn’t important, and no

shortcuts on the road to adulthood.

Target the highest-risk children. This is a tough sell for many. Americans prefer uni-

versal benefits (like Social Security and Medicare) to income-based programs like Head

Start, which, after fifty years, still only serves about a third of poor three- to five-year-olds.

Nevertheless, nationally representative data suggest that most children in the US are de-

veloping well with the support of their families and communities. So let’s concentrate our

limited public funds on programs and policies that target children and youth at the greatest risk of

long-term disadvantage. The benefits of doing so will accrue to individual children, of course, but also

to the larger society, in terms of a better educated populace, stronger families, and safer communi-

ties.

Embrace evidence, use data, and demand high performance. We take for grant-

ed that drugs have been rigorously evaluated before reaching the market and that our

medical care is evidence-based. Successful businesses base decisions on carefully-studied

data. Why would we settle for less when it comes to services for our children? In the

past, good intentions might have been enough to sustain government and private agencies

that deliver services to children and youth. But today, there is a growing demand—from the federal

government, foundations, and nonprofit providers themselves—for child and youth services that are

evidence based, data driven, and focused on continuous improvement. On the supply side, nonprofits

that aspire to high performance are availing themselves of guidance, tools, and inspiration from initia-

tives like the Performance Imperative, launched by Mario Morino and others. It’s a brave new world

that holds the promise of more effective services and better outcomes for our children and youth.

Improving child and youth well-being is as complex as addressing climate change or combatting ter-

rorism. And like those challenges, the solutions are evolving in the face of new information. But we

know enough to move forward and to measure our progress as we go. Do we also have the will to

invest more wisely for greater impact? Do we have the persistence to keep at it and the integrity to

alter our course when evidence tells us that we could do better? I hope so. There’s too much at

stake to do otherwise.

ChildTrends.org

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Study Abroad in Reggio Emilia, Italy!

Friday, March 24– Friday, March 31, 2017

ECED Graduate students will be headed to

Reggio Emilia, Italy in Spring 2017!

For more information or to be added to the interest list, please contact

Melinda Bellafiore, Graduate Assistant, at ecedgrad@towson.edu.