An Emotional Intelligence/Aesthetic Education Using The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Dr. Janet Kremenitzer, Assistant Professor of Childhood Education’s new article, An Emotional Intelligence/Aesthetic Education Using The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, is based on a four-year (ongoing) case study of the collaboration that was formed with the Anne Frank Center USA, Public School 43X in the Bronx, New York, and Lehman College of the City University of New York. The innovative program that has been developed includes multi-year, ongoing professional development for the teachers and a 10-week emotional intelligence-aesthetic education unit for the students.

The article discusses the quality indicators of a SEL program as part of a emotional intelligence/aesthetic education curriculum and its implementation within an elementary school setting. It implies the importance of school and community collaborations in attaining an emotionally intelligent school culture.

School of Education Supports Student Leaders!

The School of Education Team “Cool Cats/Hats” participated for the second year in the Turkey Trot annual fundraiser and this year brought home (to the office) two coveted awards!

The Office of Community Engagement and Student Programs once again organized a “Turkey Trot” to benefit Lehman L.I.F.E. (Leaders Involved For Everyone). All proceeds provide students with travel scholarships to help communities in need in Florida, Dominican Republic, Honduras, India and Nicaragua.

The School of Education won both the “Greatest Fundraiser” award and the “First Place Team” spirit award (with a gold turkey on top). And thanks to donations from Buildings and Grounds, we also won two frozen turkeys, which were immediately donated to the POTS community dining room.

Thanks to all the School of Education faculty and staff who contributed to this fundraising effort! We all cheer the student leaders who will go out into the world and make a difference.

Finally, special thanks to our team of hat-wearing, spirited walkers — all who followed in the speed walking footsteps of Dean Niki Fayne and Cat-in-the-Hat wearing Associate Dean Gaoyin Qian, to walk a mile around the Lehman College South Field track! While Dr. Abby McNamee inspired us with her towering purple hat. Also crossing the finish line were (in top photo from right to left): Iris, Naliza, Leslie, Barbara, Carmen, Elvani, Laura, Orlando and Serigne.

Urban Education Fall Lecture Series with Dr. Gillian Bayne

Thursday, November 13, 2014 6:30 – 8:30pm, CUNY Graduate Center Room 4202

Gillian Bayne, a proud Cohort 2 graduate from the Urban Education Department at CUNY’s Graduate Center, is an Associate Professor of Science Education and a program coordinator in the Middle and High School Education Department at CUNY’s Lehman College.  Gillian also has a faculty appointment in the GC’s Urban Education Department.  She began her Lehman College career in 2007 and has recently earned both tenure and promotion.  With over ten years of science teaching experience in both New York City public and private high schools, Gillian combines her expertise and commitment to excellence with innovative teaching philosophies and practices in order to create greater possibilities for students and teachers as they engage in the complexities of science education.  Grounding her work primarily in cultural sociology, the sociology of emotions and face-to-face interactions, Gillian’s research is interpretive and multi-method.  She uses cogenerative dialogues and coteaching as central practices in her research, employing qualitative and quantitative measures to investigate micro, meso and macro structures in relation to urban science teaching and learning at the secondary and higher education levels.

CUNY Graduate Education Fair at Lehman College!

Tuesday, November 11, 2014
With a commitment to teaching and learning, our campuses prepare a culturally diverse pool of students to be effective educators in a variety of settings. Come to this fair to learn more about CUNY’s program options in education, including Special Education, Early Childhood, Childhood, TESOL/Bilingual, Science and Math Education, Ed Leadership, and much more. Graduate Education programs experts from Lehman College, Baruch College, Brooklyn College, the City College of New York, the College of Staten Island, Queens College, and Hunter College will be available to answer all of your questions. Financial aid experts and career advisors will also be available. Details/Flyer >>

Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the needs of all students in urban classrooms

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Dr. Jessica Bacon and Leslie Lieman led a morning of professional development for over 60 teaching candidates, teachers, special education teachers and paraprofessionals that focused on the tenants of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and its applications in the K-12 classroom. UDL applies principles from neuroscience and architecture to learning with the goal of building multiple entry points into the initial design to meet the needs of all of learners. The workshop covered the three principles of the UDL framework, including: multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement. Based on the UDL framework, participants gained practical tips, strategies and resources to use in practice.

Resources for all and photos from the event >>

Dr. Jessica Bacon is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the department of Counseling, Leadership, Literacy, and Special Education. Dr. Bacon has been working with schools, faculty, and teachers on implementing UDL into k-12 and higher education classrooms. She also attended an advanced institute at Harvard University on UDL during the summer of 2014, funded by the MATH-UP program.

Leslie Lieman is the Educational Technology Coordinator for CUNY Lehman College: School of Education. She works with faculty, teacher candidates and public school mentor teachers to improve the use and integration of technology in teaching, learning and assessment. Leslie is currently focused on teacher candidates’ successful completion of NYS Teacher Certification Exams. Leslie holds a Master in Social Work from CUNY Hunter College and a Master in Educational Technology from Michigan State University. During July 2014, she attended an advanced UDL Institute at Harvard University.