EVENTS:

2.3.10  Research Findings on Contextualized and Culturally Relevant Practices in ELL Settings; Lessons from Math educators, Counselors, and Higher Education Partners. Presented by Xae Alicia Reyes and Eliana Rojas at Annual NABE Conference in Denver, Colorado.

1.18.10  "Coalition Building" Martin Luther King Observance, Speaker, Student Union Theater University of Connecticut, Storrs

9.30.9  12.00pm, University of Connecticut, Babbidge Library, Class of 1947 Room, Storrs, Connecticut. "A Latina Teaching in Thailand: International Dialogues."  Sponsored by the Institute for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center, and the Asian American Studies Institute.

 

CONFERENCES:

2.3-6.10  Annual NABE Conference, Denver, Colorado.
(see Events for specific details)

 

TELEVISION:

Education Matters on Connecticut CTV14:

Tuesday, 4.00pm
Thursday, 6.00pm
Saturday, 10.00am

Current Broadcasts:

Family Resource Center
Guests: Elsie Maldonado (North Windham), Cathy Batista, President of the State Alliance

Career Day, Natchaug Elementary School
Guest: Samantha Sorensen, ECSU

Connecticut School Resource Officers Association
Guests: Caleb Lopez, SRO South Windsor

Interdistrict Programs  
Guest: Nancy Vitale, Interdistrict Program Developer, EASTCONN

Big Picture / Depot Campus - Presentations

UConn ECE (Early College Experience)
Guests: Gillian B. Thorne (Director), Brian A. Boecherer (Associate Director), Jennifer Griffin (Marketing and Communications Manager)

Recent Broadcasts:

Girl Scouts from North Windham    
Guest: Lissa Frank

TEAM program with EASTCONN, The Revamped BEST Program for New Teachers in CT.    
Guests: Mickey Maheu

FCCLA from Coventry High School 
Guests: Advisor Sue Clark and Students

EASTCONN and  Assistive Technology
Guests: Jim Huggins, Carol Magliocco, and Amy Norton

Windham Middle School Technology Student Association:
Guests: Jim Hutson, Advisor 
Students: Braden Lynn, Noelle King, Benjamin Duchesne, Kayla Haddad

Windham Tech High School Culinary Department
Guests: Chefs / Instructors Barbaraellen Olson and Rachel Brown; Students

Fatherhood Initiative
Guest: Gabriel Fonseca, MS

Quinebaug Valley Community College (QVCC) Tutoring
Guests: José Aponte, John Lapore and Tutors Fiorella and Kevin

Connecticut Voices for Children
Guest: Jamey Bell, Executive Director

Empty Bowl Banquet, Parish Hill High School 
Guests: Ann Williams, Student Participants

Technology Student Association Windham Middle School
Guest: Jim Hutson

Green Thumbs Club, Southeast Elementary School, Mansfield, Connecticut
Guests: Caitlyn Hardy  and Katie DeVinney: "The Good Earth" Interns, University of Connecticut; Brandon Koehler, Brooke Hawthorne, Sarah Sommer, Katie Cranmer, and Emma Powers

Magnet Schools (Arts at the Capitol Theatre and QVMCHS)
Guests: Tom Cronin and Tracy Goodell-Pelletier

Horizon
Guests: Steve Schneidermeyer and Chris McNaboe

Fashion Design at Windham High School & Schiller Sewing Circle
Guest: Diane Sandler (Sewing Machines Courtesy of Ric k Schiller)

High Hopes Therapeutic Riding
Guest: Jeanna Pellino, Program Manager

Big Picture Learning
Guests: (Students Interviewed)

Catholic Schooling
Guest: Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, Dr. John F. Shine

Windham Schools Homeless Program
Guest: Bill Stover,  Director of Supplementary Programs for Windham Schools