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Fall 2007/Spring 2008 e-Bulletin Board Newsletter
Volume 18
What’s New at the Center?
Retirements
Joy Barcus Retires after 20 Years at Temple University
 Joy Barcus |
Everyone knows Joy’s smiling face. Joy was born in Niagara Falls, NY and is a graduate of Westminster College and Michigan State University. She married, Bob, a Presbyterian Minister in 1963 and has three children and seven grandchildren. Joy came to Temple in 1988 as a Field Resource Associate.
Joy assumed the role of certification advisor in 1999 and became well-known all over the eastern region of Pennsylvania for serving the CTE community in helping hundreds of VITAL/Mastery interns to achieve Vocational I and II teaching certification Joy’s most recent efforts were directed toward the establishment of an advisory system for certified, non-degreed CTE teachers to complete requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Education degree. She is looking forward to long leisurely days spent at the family camper. |
Lee Miller Retires after 27 Years at Temple University
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Dr. Lee Miller was born in New Holland, Lancaster County and attended the New Holland public school system. He was valedictorian of his high school class and received a Senatorial Scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Dr. Miller received his Master’s Degree in Educational Media in 1986 and his Doctorate in Adult Education from Temple in 1994. Dr. Miller also studied at Goethe Institute in Munich, Germany where he learned the German Language. Later, he studied Chinese at Columbia University. He also traveled to Haiti, Canada, and was co-leader of an educational excursion to the Soviet Union.
Lee is a long time member of Omicron Tau Theta. He has a lifetime membership in PA-ACTE, and ACTE and has served on many PVEC/PACTEC planning committees as chair and other offices. He is an avid photographer and reader. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife of 44 years, Delores (Dee) Miller. §§§ |
New Faces/New Roles
New Field Resource Associate Joins Temple Center Faculty
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Mr. John Evans joined the Center staff as a Field Resource Associate in Fall 2007. Mr. Evans is a retired teacher from the Luzerne County, Hazelton Area School District. His responsibilities as an FRA will cover the Carbon, Luzerne, and Schuylkill County areas.
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John Evans |
Center Hires Administrative Assistant
 Vivyaine Palmer |
Vivyaine Palmer assumed responsibilities as the Center’s new Administrative Assistant, beginning January, 2008. She replaces long-time Center office assistant, Carla Thomas, who will be taking on a new role as Office Manager for the CITE Department. Ms. Palmer has been a professional office assistant for the Center since 2004. She is a graduate of Olney High School and the Liberty Academy of Business.
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New FCS Academy Coordinator Peggy Lehnen, a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Pennsbury West High School, will be taking over the responsibilities of the Temple FCS Academy Coordinator. She has taught at Pennsbury for seven years and has served as president for the Pennsylvania Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. §§§ |
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| Graduate Extern Completes his Externship | |
| Mr. Zaheer Asif, Graduate Extern for Technology and Research, recently left the Center to concentrate on completing his doctoral studies. Mr. Asif worked for the Center from Fall 2005 until Summer 2007. | |
| Faculty Accomplishments | |
| Publications and Presentations Walker, T. J. and Walter, R. A. (August, 2007). Preparing the workforce that prepares the workforce. PSBA Bulletin, 71(4), 22 – 31. |
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 Dr. Gloria Heberley |
Gloria Heberley and Chet Wichowski presented a session at the Conference on Integrated Learning (Penn State, Nov. 6) on the Temple University Reading Project emphasizing documented student gains in career & technical education schools that implemented the strategies. The reading project was the basis of Governor’s Institutes Integrating PA Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening into Career & Technical Education Programs that were offered from 2004 to 2007. Documented student gains with a the reading project include a 12% gain on 11th grade PSSA Reading Test scores and an 8% to 20% increase in scores on teacher-made tests.
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 Dr. Chet Wichowski |
Chet Wichowski chaired the PA statewide Program of Studies Committee which developed a template to structure the articulation of secondary and post-secondary career and technical education in Pennsylvania. This template combines elements of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 and Pennsylvania Education Statutes, Chapters 4 and 339. The Perkins Legislation will provide approximately $55 million in federal funds to PA to supplement career
and technical education programs on an annual basis for the next five years.
Since the development of the PA Programs of Studies Template, Dr. Wichowski has served on several panel presentations and one teleconference broadcast between Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) sites in Harrisburg, King of Prussia, and Pittsburgh to introduce the newly developed Program of Studies Template and discuss its implications with PA educators. He now serves as a member of the Program of Studies Template Implementation Team and continues to serve on the PA Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 5-Year Planning Committee. §§§ |