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The future School of Education building got more good news recently when members of the Virginia General Assembly approved $5.4 million for the project to move forward with planning and design. "There are few projects as important to the long-term mission of our College as our new education building and few people as important to us - as we were reminded this session -- as our local advocates Sen. Tommy Norment and Del. Phil Hamilton," said William and Mary President Gene R. Nichol. "We are deeply grateful to them, to our full local delegation, and to Governor Kaine, none of whom have ever met an advocate the likes of Dean Virginia McLaughlin." The funding for the School of Education will allow the College to stay on schedule with planning the new facility, as well as fund any demolition work associated with constructing the academic building at the site of the former Sentara Williamsburg Community Hospital on Monticello Avenue. The College is planning to construct a new 109,000 square foot School of Education facility, to open in 2010, at the site of the former hospital. The College requested the $5.4 million as a budget amendment to the current biennial budget to fund planning and demolition costs associated with the new building. The new facility represents an investment into the next generation of educators said McLaughlin, dean of the school of education. The school currently serves more than 20,000 educators and administrators across the state through training and technical assistance activities. That number to only increase with a new facility, which will also serve roughly 90 faculty and staff, 150 undergraduate and 650 graduate students, McLaughlin said. Read more: William and Mary News article Please share with us your ideas for the new facility! Click here for a short survey. You can also read all responses to-date here. For more information on the School of Education's new facility, click here. |
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| New Horizons Celebrating 25 Years | ||||||
The New Horizons Family Counseling Center is a product of a 25-year collaboration between the Counselor Education Program at the College of William and Mary and regional school districts in Williamsburg and the surrounding area. At-risk students in the public school systems in Williamsburg-James City County, Newport News, Hampton, York, Gloucester and Poquoson are referred to the center for (no-cost) family counseling. The program is co-directed by Drs. Victoria Foster and Rip McAdams. New Horizons was honored to receive a 2006 Healthcare Heroes Award from the Williamsburg Community Health Foundation (WCHF). We are very grateful for this recognitions from the WCHF, as well as for their generous support of other School of Education intiatives, such as the School Leadership Initiative and the Historic Triangle Substance Abuse Coalition. More. |
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The Center for Gifted Education: Project Athena Report |
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This research team, led by Co-Principal Investigators Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska and Dr. Bruce A. Bracken, as well as Project Athena Grant Manager Dr. Elissa Brown, and Grant Research Director Dr. Annie Feng, had the opportunity to share with national audiences their research findings. More. | ||||||
The 2005-2006 year marked the successful completion of the third year of school system implementation of Project Athena and the fourth year of the overall grant through the U.S. Department of Education, Javits program. The purposes were to see if Title I students continued to make achievement gains on measures of reading comprehension and critical thinking as well as to consider the degree to which teachers change relative to differentiated teaching practices.|
Fund for Excellence
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Want to help? A gift of $25 will support the School of Education Awards for Excellence and help us provide three $500 scholarships at our Spring Awards Reception in May. A meritorious undergraduate, masters, and specialist/doctoral student will be elected by the dean and the faculty to receive these awards. 60 contributions of $25 ($1,500) are needed to fund these awards. Click here to visit our new online giving page and make a gift to the Fund for Excellence. |
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Lessons Learned: How to Avoid the Biggest Mistakes Made by College Resident Assistants, a new book by Assistant Professor John D. Foubert, is an easy-to-use manual for an interactive, learning-centered Resident Assistant training program. More. |
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W&M Graduate Honored
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 Margaret W. (Meg) Lumpkin, graduate of the College of William and Mary, was recognized as the Region VIII Teacher of the Year (more) ... Read more news from the Office of Teacher Education and Professional Services here. |
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Link to T/TAC Newsletter
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 The Training and Technical Assistance Center (T/TAC) at the College of William and Mary provides a variety of request-based support services and assistance to educational professionals serving school-age students with mild and moderate disabilities or transition needs in Eastern Virginia.
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