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Involvement IU School of Education at IUPUI part of newly funded regional community schools center School of Education faculty member Monica Medina works with pre-service teachers at George Washington Community High School. IUPUI established a new regional Center for University- Assisted Community Schools in Indianapolis. The project involves the IUPUI Center for Service and Learning with collaborative facilitators, including Monica Medina of the Center for Urban and Multicultural Education (CUME) in the IU School of Education and a faculty member in teacher education. The IUPUI-based center will assist universities and community schools in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois with implementation of universityassisted community schools strategies. University-assisted community schools draw upon higher education to assist them as service support centers for youth, their families and community members. Public community schools are neighborhood “hubs” where partners develop collaborative solutions to local learning and youth development barriers. As a collaborating facilitator for the new center, Medina will join Jim Grim of the Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center, the lead partner for the George Washington Community High School (GWCHS) initiative in Indianapolis, and Starla Officer of the Office of Neighborhood Partnerships in the Center for Service and Learning. CUME is a strong collaborator with George Washington Community High School. Medina oversees an early field experience for teacher education majors. As many as 60 student interns work in the schools for 14 weeks each semester. GWCHS reopened in 2000 with the help of 17 Indianapolis agencies. The Coalition for Community Schools honored GWCHS with the first National Community School Award in 2006. “Our primary philosophy at GWCHS focuses on collaboration for mutual benefit so our work focuses on developing a win-win collaboration, which I believe is the hallmark of our relationship,” Medina said. “This award represents recognition of our longstanding partnership with GW and area community centers and advances our collaborative work to develop full-service community schools,” said Pat Rogan, executive associate dean of the School of Education. 18 IU School of Education • Annual Report 2011–2012
Equity Assistance Center opens at IU School of Education at IUpUI Alumni Achievement The Indiana University School of Education at IUpUI received a $2.2 million federal grant in 2011 to develop a regional Equity Assistance Center (EAC) called “The Great Lakes Equity Center.” The center will provide schools and communities technical assistance in the areas of civil rights, equity and access, and school reform. The U.S. Department of Education awarded support for the three-year project to principal investigator Kathleen King Thorius, assistant professor of special education at the School of Education, and co-investigators Brendan Maxcy, associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies (ELpS), and Thu Suong Thi nguyen, assistant professor in ELpS. The grant is part of the department’s initiatives to support elementary and secondary education under Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The funds support civil rights training and advisory services for schools and communities addressing equity and access issues in public education. Ten regional EACs are funded across the nation to ensure all children, regardless of race, gender or national origin, have equal access to quality education and opportunities to meet high academic standards in reading, math and other core subject areas. The Region V EAC serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, ohio and Wisconsin. Like all EACs, the Great Lakes Equity Center at IUpUI serves as a resource to help prevent discrimination, exclusion or denial of opportunity on the basis of race, sex or national origin through discriminatory activities that may include inequitable opportunities to learn, harassment, segregation and denial of language services. “Schools engaged in equity work need to critique and transform normative assumptions about race, class, gender, language, national origin and ability and focus on empowering and educating all students,” King Thorius said. “This kind of work must be transformative to disrupt and eliminate systemic contributors to inequity. We are thrilled by this opportunity to partner with schools and communities seeking to ensure equitable education opportunities are available and accessible for all children.” Stacy Mccormack, BS’99 chemistry education teacher honored in state, nationally Stacy mccormack, BS’99, has received multiple top honors for her teaching at Penn high School in mishawaka. Previously named the 2011 indiana teacher of the Year, mccormack was recently named indiana’s science teaching recipient of the 2012 Presidential Award for excellence in mathematics and Science teaching, the highest recognition a K–12 mathematics or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the united States. She was also named an iu School of education Armstrong teacher educator. “it takes a special person to be a teacher, and it is not a job that just anyone can perform well,” mccormack said. “it’s important to seek ways to be exceptional in an environment where ‘standard’ is the norm.” As an Armstrong teacher educator, mccormack has shared what she’s learned in the classroom since earning her chemistry education degree at iu. to future teachers, she has a challenge. “You hold perhaps the greatest role in a child’s life. never forget the tremendous impact you make each day. Stand tall, walk proud and teach your heart out.” hear from Stacy Mccormack in this video. IU School of EdUcatIon • annUal REpoRt 2011–2012 19
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