Highlighted Activities and Programs
- Cosponsorship, with the Department of History, of the publication and distribution to
Long Island school districts of The Long Island Historical Journal (1990-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the Department of Technology and Society, of the Collegiate-Science
and Technology Entry Program (C-STEP), a New York State Education Department initiative
designed to increase the numbers of underrepresented minority and economically
disadvantaged college students pursuing degrees in scientific, technological, health, and
health-related fields of study, including many areas where licensure is required
(1989-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the Department of History, and The Long Island Historical Journal
of an essay contest for secondary school students of Nassau, Suffolk, Brooklyn, and Queens
(1991-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the School of Professional Development, of the Superintendents
Center at Stony Brook which features a subscription series featuring presentations by
distinguished university professors and a dialogue with school superintendents
(1990-present).
- Cosponsorship with the Reference Section of the Frank Melville, Jr. Memorial Library, of
a computerized Education Resources in Education (ERIC) CD-ROM
database workstation for the search and retrieval of educational resources (1994-present).
- Cosponsorship with the Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education (CSMTE)
and the National Science Foundation of DISCOVER LAB, A Science
Education Center that brings together elementary and secondary students, inquiry-based
learning activities and beginning and master teachers from the University's teacher
preparation programs (1994-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the Center for Italian Studies,
of the Long Island High School Student's Italian Poetry Contest (1989-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the French and Italian Department, of the Long Island High School
Student's French Language Contest (1996-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education
(CSMTE), of the School-University Outreach Programs for high ability science and
mathematics students preparing for the Westinghouse Program (1988-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education
(CSMTE), and the New York State Department of Education, of the Science Olympiad, a
one-day science competition of teams from high schools throughout Long Island
(1988-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the CSMTE, of the Student Research Support Program for high ability
students in the physical and biological sciences, mathematics and the social and
behavioral sciences (1988-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the National Science Foundation and the Center for High Pressure
Research, of the Let's Make Diamonds! Program, an enrichment
experience in a laboratory setting in which students investigate phenomena that operate in
the interior of the Earth (1994-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the Center for Italian Studies,
of an essay contest for secondary school students on the Italian-American Experience
(Spring 1995-present).
- Cosponsorship, with The India Studies Program Committee, The India Society at Stony
Brook, Inc., and Club India, of the India Outreach Program to assist a wide range of
institutions and individuals in the New York metropolitan area in meeting their needs for
authentic, balanced, and comprehensive information on India-related topics (1995-present)
- Coordination of the All the Way Program
- Cosponsorship, with the Mt. Sinai Teachers Association and SUNY Stony Brook College of
Arts and Sciences, of the Long Island Suffolk Writing
Project, a collaborative university-school staff development program designed to
improve the teaching and learning of writing in the nation's classrooms (Summer
1994-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the La Salle Center: A Global Learning Community, of "Epcot at La Salle", a day of international
educational and cultural activities.
- Cosponsorship, with the Sullivan Dance Project of, "Dance
Me a Story", a performance and workshop program for school children in which they
learn about the intersection of language skills and physical expression (Summer
1997-present).
- Support for the Federal Junior Duck Stamp contest, a
statewide environmental art competition for K-12 students, by hosting the judging at Stony
Brook.
- Cosponsorship, with Smithtown High School, of the annual Roger W. Sullivan Conference
for Advanced Placement and honors-level history students. At the conference, Smithtown
High School students present research papers at panel sessions before an audience of
peers, educators and invited commentators. Many of the panel moderators and commentators
are Stony Brook faculty and administrators (1994-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the Long Island Groundwater Research
Institute, a Water Week Poster Contest open to all elementary and secondary, public and
private schools on Long Island. During Water Week the submitted artwork is displayed at
the New York State Office Building in Hauppauge, NY. The winning entries in the four grade
categories can be seen on the Groundwater Guardian
Program web site (1998-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the Department of Music, of a Pre-College Program in
Music. During the academic year, a pre-college curriculum in music theory, aural
skills, music analysis, and chamber music is offered on Saturdays for students in grades
7-12 (1998-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the Department of Music, of the Stony Brook Summer Music
Festival. This program, focusing on chamber music, is a two-week intensive music
program for talented musicians between the ages of 13 and 23 (1998-present).
- Cosponsorship, with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions of the
AP Summer Institues for High School Teachers. These
one-weekworkshopd are offered annually on the Stony Brook campus for high school teachers
nationawide. (1996-present).
- Sponsorship of the Chautauqua Short Courses for College
Teachers program. These courses, supported by NSF funding, are offered annually on the
Stony Brook campus and at sites such as Manhattan, Colorado, Washington, D.C., Costa Rica,
and Beijing, China. (1999-present).
ALL THE WAY PROGRAM
Program Overview
The All the
Way program is an exciting and unique educational program that will provide benefits to
more than three hundred students and their families. The project is the creation of Mr.
Dennis Mehiel, founder and CEO of the Four M Corporation, in collaboration with Dr.
Shirley Strum Kenny, President of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the
school district, and the school principal, Mr. Erick Irizarry.
The All the Way program establishes a supplementary educational curriculum, intensive
social services, and a caring family support system, available twelve months a year during
every step of the children's development through elementary, junior high school, and high
school. Upon high school graduation, each student participant will have the opportunity to
attend SUNY at Stony Brook tuition free, pending the successful fulfillment of the
application process.
Goal
The goal is to provide an educational enrichment program with supplemental social
services that enables students to make a college education a viable and realistic choice.
Community
The All the Way program is housed in P.S. 132, a District 6 school in the Washington
Heights section of Manhattan, an area that has always been multi- ethnic and
multi-cultural.
The program will serve 360 students over a 12-year period. Thirty students are selected
each year in the kindergarten class through teacher and parent recommendations. The
selection process stresses the need for diversity in academic performance, and therefore
draws from an equal percentage of students who are achieving at low, average, and high
levels.
Program Services
- A comprehensive multi-sensory, self-paced instructional computer program that helps
develop communication skills in early childhood.
- An enriching academic component that offers stimulating, multi-cultural experiences to
supplement the core curriculum.
- An after-school program that expands the regular school day and enables students to
excel in all academic areas, including fine arts and recreational activities.
- Free medical care provided by the Children's Health Fund.
- Ongoing social and psychological support by an on-staff M.S.W. for the children and
their families.
- Summer camp experiences that provide recreational activities in and out of N.Y.C.
- A supportive environment fostering opportunities for parents to network.
- An educational partnership with SUNY at Stony Brook, coordinated through its Professional Education Program - Outreach.
- A mentoring/tutoring program that exposes children to role models from SUNY at Stony
Brook and their community who have excelled in different areas.
- Strong parent involvement.
Advisory Board
An advisory board from SUNY at Stony Brook, comprising faculty, staff, and
administrators with expertise in education, social work, early childhood education, and
other subject areas relevant to the needs of the program, meets on a regular basis to
discuss programmatic issues.
For information, contact:
- Wanda Marquez - Director, All the Way Program
- (212) 923-0929, Fax: (212) 923-0901
- Erick Irizarry - Principal, Public School 132
- (212) 927-7857, Fax: (212) 568-8163
- Eli Seifman - Director, Professional Education Program - Outreach, SUNY at Stony
Brook
- (516) 632-7696, Fax: (516) 632-7968, E-mail: eseifman@ccmail.sunysb.edu
The Long Island Suffolk Writing Project is affiliated with the National Writing
Project, an expanding national network of over 150 sites based on these simple
but crucial principles:
- excellent professional development is an ongoing process
- universities and schools accomplish more in partnership
- teachers are key to educational reform
- teachers are the best teachers of other teachers
- effective literacy programs are inclusive - reaching all teachers in order to reach all
students
- writing deserves constant attention from kindergarten through university
- exemplary teachers of writing are themselves writers.
The Goals of the National Writing Project
All local sites focus on the three major goals of the National Writing Project:
- To improve student writing by improving the teaching of writing
- To improve university and school professional development programs for classroom
teachers
- To increase the professional power of classroom teachers.
The Model
Teachers are the key to educational change. Writing Projects throughout the country
work towards the integration of writing into the curriculum in these ways:
- Each Writing Project identifies and selects master teachers from all content areas and
level of instruction.
- Each Writing Project brings these master teachers together on a college or university
campus for an intensive summer institute in teaching and writing. At these institutes:
- Teachers demonstrate their most successful classroom practices.
- Teachers study current theory and research in the expanding role of writing as an
educational tool.
- Teachers practice writing in a variety of forms.
- Follow-up programs continue to train the Teach Consultants of the Summer Program, who
conduct in-service programs for classroom teachers from K-College.
The Long Island Summer Writing Project Summer Institute
The Long Island Suffolk Writing Project Summer Institute is an intensive four-week
program designed to improve the teaching and learning of writing in the nation's
classrooms. Teachers invited to become fellows of the Long Island Suffolk Writing Project
meet daily, Monday-Thursday, to practice and explore these and other topics of interest:
- The process of developing writing through pre-writing, composing, and revision
- Successful writing pedagogy at all grade levels
- Current trends in such areas as computers and word processing, the electronic library
and publishing
- Interdisciplinary reading/writing connections
- Designing "workshop" classrooms
- The power of humor, freedom, and voice
The Long Island Suffolk Writing Project
The Long Island Suffolk Writing Project offers participants the rare opportunity to
pursue their professional interests in a setting which fosters collaboration. In addition
to formal workshop presentations, teachers explore techniques, problems, and discoveries
in informal discussions both during the summer and throughout the year.
For more information, contact:
- Elsa Emenheiser, Ph.D., Director
- Tel: (516) 632-7303
- Ken Salbu, Co-Director/In-service Coordinator
- Tel: (516) 744-8428
"Epcot at
La Salle" was a day of international educational and cultural activities held at the
La Salle Center: A Global Learning Community in Oakdale, New York. Among the many events
of the day was a presentation of Chinese Characters and Culture by Dr. Shi Ming Hu to the
5th and 6th grade students. Dr Hu, a Distinguished Teaching Professor, is the Director of
Stony Brook University's Chinese Studies Program.
"DANCE ME A STORY"
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| Photo by Maxine Hicks |
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| Photo by Maxine Hicks |
Through an educational outreach program, "Dance Me a Story", school children
will learn about the intersection of language skills and physical expression. "Dance
Me a Story" hastwo components: one for performance and one for workshop experiences.
Through performance, children will be led through the basics of dance (i.e. time, space,
and energy), and shown how a story can be translated to powerful physical expression. The
focus of the performance will reveal how action verbs can inform our movement, and how,
once we know what our action is, our bodies become alive with energy and intelligence.
Through workshop experiences, students can then develop their own stories and bring them
into movement expressions. As children think about who they are and what their stories
are, they will discover valuable connections between thinking and moving.
"JUNIOR DUCK STAMP PROGRAM"
The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program started in Florida in
1990. Today the program includes 35 states and more than 10,000 artists. This program
helps teach wetlands and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten through high
school. This kind of art requires a knowledge of anatomy and environmental science and
provides a unique way for students to demonstrate this knowledge.
The Professional Education Program - Outreach supports the Junior Duck Stamp
program by hosting the judging of the statewide K-12 entries in this annual environmental
art competition.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT SUMMER INSTITUTES
FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
Each summer the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education cosponsors with the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions one-week teacher training institutes on campus to
prepare teachers from around the country to teach advanced placement courses in academic
subjects such as English Literature and Composition, U.S. History, U.S. Government and
Politics, Biology, Calculus and Spanish.
This page last revised by September 23, 2002 Glenn A. Richard (Glenn.Richard@sunysb.edu)
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