2012 Faculty Teaching Awards
Congratulations to Dr. David Smith, recipient of the Award for Innovative Teaching. Dr. Smith teaches IDIS 357 Secondary World-Languages Pedagogy. Also, congratulations to Education professor Dr. Clarence Joldersma, who was part of a team that has received the Award for Collaborative Change for their leadership in cultivating a culture of sustainability at Calvin.
Welcome to John Walcott
John Walcott will begin a three-year tenure-track appointment in the Education Department in August, 2012. Mr. Walcott graduated from Calvin College (MA, 1994) and currently is completing a PhD in curriculum, instruction, and teacher education at Michigan State University. He has taught and served as principal at the Potter’s House schools and served with Christian Reformed World Missions in the Dominican Republic.
- Literacy in Local Schools
- Dr. Ron Sjoerdsma's secondary education students are using games, music, art and other strategies to teach literacy in two local middle schools.
- Lament Psalms and Children
- Q&A on the Worship Institute website with Education professor Robert Keeley and his wife, Laura, who co-direct children's ministries at their church in Holland, on making lament psalms accessible to children.
- Improving Literacy Instruction
- A $200,000 Teacher Quality Grant allows Calvin's education department to enhance the teaching of reading in local schools.
- Improving Math Teaching in Grand Rapids
- Calvin math professor Jan Koop is using a $200,000 Michigan Department of Education grant to help area teachers understand and teach mathematics.
- Dr. Thomas Hoeksema Retires
- Dr. Hoeksema retired from the Education Department in 2011 after 35 years at Calvin.
- Student Teacher of the Year
- Please join us in congratulating DeDe Orlando who was recognized as the 2011 Michigan Student Teacher of the Year!
- Frederik Meijer Gardens Internship
- View a short video piece on a senior education student who had an internship at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park during Summer 2010.
- SPEC Newsletter
- Read about events and activities organized by the SPEC student organization during Spring 2010.
- Grant Supports Mathematics Education
- Congratulations to Professor Jan Koop who was awarded a $200,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Education to provide professional development in mathematics to 41 educators.
- Dr. Jim Rooks appointed as Dean for Teacher Education
- We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jim Rooks will begin his term as Dean for Teacher Education during the fall 2009 semester.
- Literacy in Sierra Leone
- Dr. Johanna Kuyvenhoven was awarded a planning grant from the Higher Education for Development program in 2009 to support her work in Sierra Leone. Jo and her collaborators will develop a teaching of reading syllabus to be used in teacher training colleges. Her book, The Crocodile's Reward, was distributed to teachers throughout the country in 2008.
- The Joys and Challenges of Urban Music Education
- Six Calvin students spent Interim teaching music in the Grand Rapids Public Schools as part of a class led by Professor Phillip Hash.
- Grants Support Partnerships with Local Schools
- Teacher Education Program faculty have been awarded over $750,000 by the Michigan Department of Education over the past four years.
- Van Lunen Center for Executive Management in Christian Schools
- This innovative new center at Calvin will bring fresh resources to Christian school administrators. The Center will provide world-class executive management education for heads of Christian schools representing a wide range of faith traditions.
