1. Department of Teacher Education
Summer – Fall 2017

2. CAEP

3. All in a day’s work Publications: 4 Publications under review: 4
Conference presentations and panel discussants: 15  Lubbock, Austin, Tucson, Denver, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Savannah, St. Luis, San Francisco, Hawaii, Toronto, Scotland, Japan
Grants: 3 (1 funded, 1 in progress, 1 under review)
Awards: 3 nominations
Reviews: 10 grants, 30 AERA proposals, 6 journal articles
Promotions: 2
Signature Courses: 5
Collaboration (Donna/Sonja, Leah/Charlene)

4. Chris Purkiss CAEP Co-Chair Standard 1 Science Education
Best paper award for:
Pathways for Inspiring, Educating, and Recruiting West Texans in the Geosciences(PIER)
Workshop (Region 15 STEM Conference):
Rethinking the 5E Model
Reviewed 6 articles for NSTA Journal
Promoted to full professor
West TX Geological Fall Symposium

5. Donna Gee Co-Chair CAEP Standard 1 Lesson Study Book Chapter:
Conference Presentations (Hawaii & Japan):
Successes and challenges of Texas USA lesson study initiative: Geographical influences
Lesson study: Teacher’s descriptions of professional growth and student learning
Under review:
Lesson Study: A structure to enhance pedagogic development
Look beyond just getting the answer:  Lesson Study to enhance mathematics teaching
Book Chapter:
The curriculum in praxis: How purpose of school is actualized in Vietnam, Mexico, and the United States. In Intercultural studies of curriculum: Theory, policy and practice.  Springer International Publishing. (with Sonja)
Award: Faculty Excellence in Service Award Finalist
Study abroad, GS curriculum committee

6. Marva Solomon Co-Chair CAEP Chair Standard 2
Digital Literacy & Story Telling
Book Chapter:
Counter-storytelling vs. deficit thinking methods around African American children and families, digital literacies, race, and the digital divide
Journal Article:
Digital play as purposeful productive literacies in African American boys
Conference (St. Louis):
Engaging Teacher Candidates with Literature Discussion: Online Book Club across Diverse Platforms
Grants:
National Writing Project (NWP) College Ready Writing Grant (in progress)
NWP – Seed Grant w/ K-12 Teacher
Pearl of the Concho Writing Camp
Scottish Learning Festival

7. Charlene Bustos CAEP Co-Chair Standard 3 Conferences:
Implementing Literature Circles to Open Windows to a World Near and Far (with Leah in Tucson)
The Traveler's Trunk:  A Never-Ending Journey (San Francisco)
Action in Assessment:  Making Time for Assessment (Panel at WTAC, Lubbock)
Faculty co-sponsor for ASU Chapter of Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TCTA)
Promoted to Associate Professor
Study abroad

8. Leah Carruth Co-Chair CAEP Standard 2 Early Childhood Literacy
ECH 3350 develops learning centers for the Tom Green Stevens Branch Library Makers’ Space
Conferences:
Sharing Their Stories: Seeing is Believing in Kindergarten (Pittsburg)
Learn, Explore, Reflect: One strategy to teach writing in diverse settings (Atlanta)
Implementing Literature Circles to Open Windows Near and Far (with Charlene in Tucson)
Award: Nominated for Gary and Pat Rogers Distinguished Faculty Award

9. Carlos Flores Distance learning for exceptional children Publication:
Conferences:
The Effectiveness of Distance Learning on Educating the Future Rural Educator (Savannah)
Distance Education and the Rural Future Educator (Austin)
Publication:
What Do New Faculty Members Want From Their University?
Award: Nasim Dil Award nominee – Council for Exception Children
President of The Arc of Texas

10. Sonja Varbelow Co-Chair CAEP Standard 3
Transformative Function of Education for the Individual & Society
Conference Presentations:
Catching Up With the Self Through Education (Toronto)
Embracing the Otherness of Others: An Approach to Assuage Social and Political Tribalism (Denver)
Book Chapter:
The curriculum in praxis: How purpose of school is actualized in Vietnam, Mexico, and the United States. In Intercultural studies of curriculum: Theory, policy and practice.  Springer International Publishing. (with Donna)
Under review:
The Test of Curriculum: A Single-Case Study of
How Early Educational Experiences Enable Agency Throughout Life
Embracing the Otherness of Others: An Approach for Teacher Educators to Assuage Social and Political Tribalism
Reviewed 10 NPD grants & 30 AERA proposals

11. Teacher Ed