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we_news@email .wcu.edu Howard Lee, chairman of the N.C. State Board of Education, told members of Western Carolina Universitys board of trustees that they should feel proud to serve in leadership roles at what he called a cutting-edge university. Lee, a former state senator who helped champion the 2000 statewide higher education bond referendum that is bringing nearly $100 million in construction and renovation to Western, marveled at the transformation that has taken place in Cullowhee over the past few years. I remember being here in the mid-1990s in this very room, talking with your chancellor about his vision for this university, said Lee, opening the boards Wednesday, March 17, meeting. It is amazing to come here now and see that the vision is coming true and to see that the dream, in part, has been realized. And while the journey continues, oh what progress has been made en route to the destination, because Western Carolina, in my opinion, has become a cutting-edge university. Lee specifically pointed to up-and-coming programs of study in biotechnology, forensics and electrical engineering, and to state-of-the-art video and audio recording studios that feature the same models | of digital audio mixing consoles found in major recording studios and the type of digital video switcher that will be used by NBC during its coverage of the Olympics. He also singled out the new Fine and Performing Arts Center, a 122,000-square-foot facility that will provide classrooms, studios, galleries and support space for students in the arts, theatre and dance, including a 1,000-seat hall capable of hosting Broadway-quality performances. Tam here to tell you that building is second to none in this area, he said. I see all of these things that are happening here, and I can only marvel at what great success you are having and what great opportunities are yet in store for this university. Lees meeting with the trustees came during a two-day visit to campus sponsored by Westerns College of Education and Allied Professions. While at Western, he also discussed education issues with superintendents from across Western North Carolina, participated in an open forum with teacher education students and faculty, and toured nearby Fairview Elementary School. At Fairview, he observed Western student teachers in action and learned of several partnership efforts between Westerns College of Education and Allied Professions and public schools in Western North Carolina. We at the Board of Education are trying to determine what we can do to forge stronger relationships with community colleges, public schools and universities, he said. I wanted to see firsthand some of the things Western is doing in such places as Fairview School. During his visit, Lee took the opportunity to talk about many of the successes of the states public education system, including higher average SAT scores in school systems across North Carolina. No Child Left Behind .C, EDUCATION BOARD CHA. Chairman Calls WCU Cutting Edge | remember being here in the mid-1990s ... _ It is amazing to come here now and see that the vision is coming true. - Howard tcc We can take great joy in our progress, yet we are faced with even greater challenges, he said. Those challenges include an unacceptably high dropout rate, increased use of suspension for disruptive students, high teacher turnover, and a flood of new students coming into the public school system. T just dont know where all these students are coming from, he said. We build a new school, and the next year its already overcrowded and were pulling the trailers back into the schoolyard. Lee said he believes students drop out because schools are getting too big and impersonal. The classes are too big, and the teachers dont even know one another - let alone connect with the student, he said. The public school system could learn from the way Western is handling its enrollment growth and maintaining its traditions of small- class size and a low student-to-teacher ratio, he said. We need to be more like whats happening at Western Carolina - think outside the box and come up with a system that keeps classes small, that raises the bar, and that focuses on career-oriented education. WCU Granted Funds to Broaden Knowledge, Skills of Teachers CU has received a grant of $128,617 to fund the second year of a project with five Western North Carolina public school systems that is designed to broaden the knowledge and skills of teacher mentors and improve the retention rate of new teachers in North Carolina. Western is partners with the Asheville City, Cherokee County, Clay County, Madison County and Swain County school systems through the grant, awarded by the University of North Carolina Division of University-School Programs and Center for School Leadership Development under the national No Child Left Behind Act. Western is among nine UNC campuses awarded more than $1.6 million in NC QUEST (Quality Educators through Staff Development and Training across North Carolina) grants this year. The statewide program is designed to fund partnerships between education, and arts and sciences programs at UNC campuses and school systems with large populations of students in poverty. It focuses on preparing, training and recruiting highly qualified teachers, paraprofessionals and principals. Westerns partnership, Project SPACE (Supporting Pedagogical And Content Expertise), addresses several problems with current mentoring programs - including lack of resource commitment, mentoring skills, and pedagogy and content knowledge - and incorporates many of the components of successful mentoring programs, said Michael Dougherty, dean of Westerns College of Education and Allied Professions. Project SPACE uses a creative approach to more effectively support the professional development of beginning teachers and their transitions to the classroom, Dougherty said. The idea is to focus on broadening and deepening the knowledge and skills of mentor teachers so they can be more helpful to the beginning teachers they coach, thereby improving the chances beginning teachers will succeed and stay in the profession. The grant is enabling Western to work with a maximum of 30 teachers from the region, with the number of participants from each school system based on the size of the district. Asheville City and Cherokee County schools both have eight teachers participating, Madison County has seven teachers, Swain County has four and Clay County has three. This is just one more initiative by Western and its partners to ensure that the children of our region have qualified teachers who stick with teaching as a career, said Dougherty. In the programs first year, specialists at the N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching conducted a three-day seminar for mentors and beginning teachers focusing on strategies to use when working with children and adults living in poverty. A support team of faculty from WCUs College of Education and Allied Professions and College of Arts and Sciences has been providing on-going support to teacher mentors and beginning teachers. The lead mentors have made a difference, said Denise Shelton, a beginning teacher from Madison High School. Ive had a better year because of the help Im getting from them. Now I understand why beginning teachers leave the profession. Project SPACE participants from both sides of the mentoring process are giving the program rave reviews. This project is helping me as much as it is helping the new teacher. To me, that is a great side effect to note in further research, said Kathy Proctor, on leave from Swain Middle School to serve as a lead mentor for Project SPACE. It seems that the veteran teachers stands to gain as much as the novice, and that would certainly help in keeping teachers in the system who are ready to retire. It has made me anxious to return to my own classroom and put off retirement until a later date. _ The project began June 1, 2003, with an initial grant of $331,416. The grant renewal will enable Westerns project to continue through Sept. 30, 2005. Grants were awarded based on evaluations by a national review panel. We are convinced, based on the first year of NC QUEST projects, that the partnerships will have the opportunity to significantly improve teacher and principal quality in our state, said Richard Thompson, UNC system vice president for University-School Programs, For more information about Westerns Project SPACE or any of the universitys initiatives to support the profession of teaching, contact the College of Education and Allied Professions at (828) 227-7311.

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Date original: 2004-04
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