Tarika Sullivan-White http://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.com “Understanding the Program of Study and The Pre-Qualifying Phase of the COE’s MSIT Program Kamania Wynter-Hoyte Natasha Thornton Tarika Sullivan-White September 8, 2011

Moderator of Conversations in Doctoral Preparation Dr. Peggy Albers, Professor, Language and Literacy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA, malbers2@gsu.edu

Website: http://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.com Online interactive and participatory web seminars with a purpose to prepare doctoral students to work in the Academy Website: http://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.com Doctoral students at all stages in their program are invited to present; Please contact Dr. Peggy Albers, malbers2@gsu.edu

Elluminate Tools The chat area: Please write comments in the chat area as you like; the presenters will address them as they discuss their work; Questions: If you have questions for the presenters and would like to ask them, there are two options: 1) click on the hand icon and you can speak your questions live; 2) ask them in the chat area

Tarika Sullivan-White http://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.com “Understanding the Program of Study and The Pre-Qualifying Phase of the COE’s MSIT Program Kamania Wynter-Hoyte Natasha Thornton Tarika Sullivan-White Kamania Tarika Natasha

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Residency Requirements The Pre-Qualifying Phase Agenda Introductions Program of Study Residency Requirements Alpha Upsilon Alpha The Pre-Qualifying Phase About Ten minutes for each portion (of course not for introduction of presenters)

Being a graduate student is like becoming all of the Seven Dwarves Being a graduate student is like becoming all of the Seven Dwarves. In the beginning you're Dopey and Bashful. In the middle, you are usually sick (Sneezy), tired (Sleepy), and irritable (Grumpy). But at the end, they call you Doc, and then you're Happy.

Tarika Sullivan White ●I am Sneezy; Began the program in Spring 2009 ●full time classroom teacher; part-time doc student ●Studied at two HBCUs before GSU ●Interests: home literacy, Reading Instruction during Recession; black women teachers’ voice/position within a white, middle class educational system ●Pre-quals packet submitted Fall 2010 ●Contact: tsullivan3@student.gsu.edu

Kamania Wynter-Hoyte ● I am Sleepy; Started program Spring 09 ● Submitted Pre-Quals Fall 2010 ● Former Classroom teacher for 6 years (K-3; EIP; ESOL) ● GRA/GTA positions ● Research Interests: Urban Education, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Scripted Reading Programs ●Contact: kwynter2@student.gsu.edu

Natasha Thornton ● I am Bashful; Began program Summer 2010 ● Taught in DeKalb County for 8 years (K and 4th grade) ● GRA/GTA positions ● Southern Regional Educational Board Doctoral Fellow ● Will submit Pre-Quals packet Fall 2011 ● Research Interests: Literacy Instruction in Urban Settings and Teacher Development ●Contact: nadams10@student.gsu.edu

Divided into 4 sections. Cognate includes the how to be a PhD student course

Core Area Research Courses Social Foundations & Psychology of Learning Core

Major Area EDCI 9660: Internships EDCI 9900: Critique of Educational Research EDCI 9850: Research Seminar EDRD 8310: Theoretical Models EDRD 9870: Writing Support Seminar Electives Internships must have both teaching and reading Critique of educational research is usually when you take your comps (write methodology section in that course) Research seminar is when you write your prospectus and the course is repeatable Theoretical Models a requirement of 2 but I recommend all 3 (reading, writing, language) Writing Support seminar is one credit and you take it 3 times throughout the program (beginning, middle, and end)

Cognate Area Example: Socio-, political, literacy Sociology of Inner-City Children Issues of Race, Class, & Gender Urban Sociology Directed Reading Course

Residency Requirements Research Conference Presentations Teaching Service Writing & Submitting Manuscripts Teaching (pre service, in service, college students) Research: Internship or GRA positions Technology Professional Memberships

Alpha Upsilon Alpha Reading, Scholarship, Leadership “Read, dare to be wise”.

Honor Society of IRA AUA Alpha Gamma Chapter Natasha Thornton – President David Brown – Vice President Kamania Wynter-Hoyte – Secretary/Treasurer Dr. Gertrude Tinker-Sachs – Faculty Advisor

AUA Membership requirements are: Major in the Field of Reading or Language Arts Have completed a minimum of 9 semester hours in reading or related areas of study  3.5 or higher GPA in all graduate work, and particularly in the field of concentration  Excellent way to fulfill the following residency requirements: Professional Memberships Service Writing and Submitting Manuscripts Conference Presentations

Joining AUA = Meeting Residency Requirements Professional Memberships Writing & Submitting Manuscripts You can only join AUA if you are a member of IRA! AUA will host Fall and Spring Writing Retreats to help students develop as writers and prepare Manuscripts!

Joining AUA = Meeting Residency Requirements Service Genesis Shelter: A New Life CLUES Conference Is it CLUISS or CLUES?? Hands on Atlanta

Joining AUA = Meeting Residency Requirements Conference Presentations AUA plans to submit a proposal for the 2013 IRA conference. Sponsor students to attend IRA conference based on available funds

Fall 2011 Calendar of Events Monday, September 12 – 1st Deadline to join AUA for Fall Semester Week of Monday, October 3 – Begin volunteering at Genesis Week of October 17/PAW Week – Brief Q & A at all Reading/Language and Literacy Sessions and take up 2nd round of applications November – 1st meeting, exact date TBD December – Fall Semester Writing Retreat, location TBD

Sounds great! How do I join?

Become a Member Complete Application Packet Packet should include: 1.)Application with payment, 2.) Genesis forms, and 3.) Checklist and Survey (Don’t forget Genesis Background Check!) Give completed packet to MSIT receptionist by September 12! For further information, contact Natasha Thornton (nadams10@student.gsu.edu) We look forward to having you join AUA!

When you have reached mid-way through your program of study, you are ready for the PRE-Qualifying phase! Whoo-hoo! You will be ready to submit a organization of materials related to your course work! We will now begin discussing the components of the pre-qual packet. The pre-qual packet consists of your Reflections, an action plan, a revised manuscript, and an annotated bibliography of the key texts that you believe are central to understanding the course concepts. The thought of preparing your pre-qual packet may seem like a daunting, overwhelming task, but Have no fear. You are already working on it! NEW SLIDE Let’s begin with the annotated bibliography section of the pre-qual packet. One thing I like about GSU COE’s doc program, is the flexibility to be creative and unique. No two pre-qual packets look alike. I will show you how several of my colleagues and I have arranged our annotated bibs as well as course descriptions. First, pull out one of your syllabi and look for the texts that were required or optional. Prepare an annotated bib for the required texts. Then, select one or more of the texts that you found interesting or central to the course description. Prepare annotated bibs for those as well. Sounds like a lot? If you begin doing this during or at the end of each semester, this task will not appear so immense. Additionally, you may already have annotated bibliographies, book reviews, precis papers, etc that can be used! Reflection, Annotated Bibliography, Action Plan, Revised Manuscript Consider using a piece of your work that has publication potential.

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Reflections… I am a wife. I am a sister. I am a daughter. I am a student. I am an educator. Reflections? Who were you when you began this program? What did you expect from the program? What did you expect from yourself? How has your thinking changed as a result of your study? What/who has guided you through the process? How did/do you identify yourself? Begin thinking about who you have become and what you are passionate about. This will lead you to consider your ACTION PLAN

Reflection “ As I listened to the professor and more seasoned graduate students, I wondered, what am I doing here? Say that word again? And where is my dictionary? Many of these terms were new to me and I began to second guess my decision to pursue this degree.” -Kamania Wynter-Hoyte

Action Plan Where to from here?

Revising a Paper

tsullivan3@student.gsu.edu nadams10@student.gsu.edu kwynter2@student.gsu.edu

Tarika Sullivan-White http://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.com Thank you to Kamania Wynter-Hoyte Natasha Thornton Tarika Sullivan-White September 8, 2011

Please join us for our next Doctoral Web Seminar http://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.com Please join us for our next Doctoral Web Seminar Featuring Dru Tomlin “Preparing for Comps/Quals” September 22, 2011 https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&miuid=689952AFE27AC99A50EC6DC03AEC3CA8

Upcoming Web Seminars: Fall 2011 Designing and Writing Grants, Sept. 29; https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&miuid=9C4DF74BF7BE77E057B0939F6DF042F9 Preparing, Writing, and Defending the Prospectus, Oct. 13, https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&password=M.EF2FBAAAE9B729C8A9B473B37F9979 Writing for Publication, Oct. 27, (link forthcoming)

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