1. Tarika Sullivan-White
“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

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5. Tarika Sullivan-White
“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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8. 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)

9. 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.

10. 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:

11. 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:

12. 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:

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

17. Core Area Research Courses
Social Foundations & Psychology of Learning Core

18. 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)

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

22. 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

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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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!

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

31. 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

32. 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

33. Sounds great! How do
I join?

34. 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
We look forward to having you join AUA!

35. 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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41. 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

42. 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

43. Action Plan
Where to from here?

44. Revising a Paper

47. Tarika Sullivan-White
Thank you to
Kamania Wynter-Hoyte
Natasha Thornton
Tarika Sullivan-White
September 8, 2011

48. Please join us for our next Doctoral Web Seminar
Please join us for our next Doctoral Web Seminar
Featuring
Dru Tomlin
“Preparing for Comps/Quals”
September 22, 2011

49. Upcoming Web Seminars: Fall 2011
Designing and Writing Grants, Sept. 29;
Preparing, Writing, and Defending the Prospectus, Oct. 13,
Writing for Publication, Oct. 27,
(link forthcoming)

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