Achievements

Maria Ceprano, professor, and Nancy Chicola, associate professor, Elementary Education and Reading, presented “Teacher Candidates Engaging Families in Cross-Cultural Connections” at the 2009 Professional Development Schools National Conference in Daytona Beach, Florida, March 12-15. Their presentation described how junior practitioners in sections of their social studies methods course collaborated in producing a multicultural literacy fair at the Enterprise Charter School last spring. Chicola and Ceprano were joined in their presentation by Amanda Yard, an administrator at the school. A global literacy event involving junior practitioners in their current classes is scheduled for Thursday, April 24, at Enterprise Charter School.