UME 9879 Annual Report - School of Education - University of Miami
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EDUCATION FOCUS 2006 – 2007<br />
A Community <strong>of</strong><br />
Educators<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Miami</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>
FOSTERING MULTICULTURAL WELL-BEING Our <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> has a clear and<br />
compelling mission to promote multicultural well-being in families, schools, and communities. Our<br />
faculty members specialize in the strengths and challenges <strong>of</strong> families from diverse backgrounds.<br />
We nurture the gifts <strong>of</strong> students with special needs and unique abilities, and make sure students<br />
from all backgrounds have a chance to thrive and excel.<br />
Message from the Dean<br />
MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO<br />
We are fortunate to have three departments<br />
that complement each other in<br />
vital aspects <strong>of</strong> well-being. Teaching and Learning fosters social and intellectual development,<br />
whereas <strong>Education</strong>al and Psychological Studies concentrates on emotional health. Exercise and<br />
Sports Science, in turn, promotes all aspects <strong>of</strong> physical wellness, fitness and sport. The Latin<br />
phrase Mens Sana in Corpore Sano, a healthy mind in a healthy body, says it all.<br />
CONNECTIONS Well-being is about connections:connections among physical,psychological and<br />
educational competencies; connections among families, institutions and communities;<br />
and connections among groups <strong>of</strong> diverse backgrounds and talents.Our school<br />
is about linking all <strong>of</strong> those crucial components <strong>of</strong> well-being.Our mission is to integrate<br />
the physical with the psychological, what goes on in families with what goes<br />
on in schools, and what goes on in the <strong>University</strong> with the community at large.<br />
YOU Last but not least is the linkage between our school and you: our students,<br />
our alumni, our partners. We look forward to working with you to make<br />
sure your voice is represented in our plans and aspirations. We are uniquely<br />
positioned to reach the next level <strong>of</strong> excellence in multicultural well-being. Our<br />
plans include a state <strong>of</strong> the art teaching and research facility, and a new research<br />
center. This is your school. Be a part <strong>of</strong> it.<br />
ME Dean Sam Yarger led the school for many years and helped to build very strong foundations. After<br />
his untimely death, the school was fortunate to have Dr. Luis Glaser as Interim Dean. I am grateful<br />
to these two great leaders for their enormous contributions to the school. As for me, I hope<br />
to continue the tradition <strong>of</strong> building excellence in research, teaching and service. I was born in<br />
Argentina and have lived for many years in Israel,<br />
Canada and Australia. I came to the United States four CONTENTS<br />
years ago to join the faculty at Peabody College <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Education</strong> and Human Development at Vanderbilt <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Prior to becoming a community psychologist, I<br />
was a school psychologist for seven years and got to<br />
know schools very well. I see incredible potential to<br />
make our <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> a leader in multicultural<br />
well-being. We have world class scholars and superb<br />
staff, and have the support <strong>of</strong> our Provost, Dr.Thomas<br />
Leblanc, and our President, Dr. Donna Shalala. Stay<br />
tuned for great developments.<br />
Isaac Prilleltensky, Dean, <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong><br />
Counseling the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
Reaching out to Children with Special Needs . . . . . . 2<br />
Enhancing Classroom Technology Skills . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Building Math Literacy Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
Improving Peru’s National <strong>Education</strong>al System. . . . . . 6<br />
Reaching out to Parents and getting RESSULTS. . . . . 7<br />
Helping New Teachers Succeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
Strengthening Ethics and Social Responsibility . . . . . . 9<br />
Helping Prevent Skin Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Tackling Childhood Obesity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
Keeping Aging Americans Fit and Flexible . . . . . . . . 12<br />
Improving Football Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Understanding the Body’s Metabolism . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
E
PS<br />
gling with depression, anger, abuse and addictions have all found<br />
Cherry Smart has seen adolescents and adults make dramatic<br />
improvements in their lives, thanks to the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>’s<br />
Institute for Individual & Family Counseling (IIFC).“People strug-<br />
help through the Institute,” says Smart, LCSW, Program Director<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Thelma Gibson Health Initiative in Coconut Grove.<br />
Operated by the <strong>School</strong>’s Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>al and<br />
Psychological Studies (EPS), the Institute provides counseling<br />
services to approximately 500 clients annually from its oncampus<br />
facilities and through local partnerships, including the<br />
Thelma Gibson Health Initiative.<br />
Smart says the IIFC’s involvement provides “a wonderful<br />
addition” to its program, helping people in the community<br />
receive help with their issues. “We’ve seen many, many positive<br />
outcomes,” she says.<br />
For instance, one adolescent girl<br />
was able to develop her assertiveness<br />
skills and avoid becoming a victim in<br />
her personal relationships. An adult<br />
male who had been in prison for<br />
many years received transitional<br />
counseling that allowed him to make<br />
a successful return to society.<br />
“We’re an ideal bridge to serve<br />
the community,” says Brian L. Lewis<br />
the IIFC Director and faculty member<br />
in the EPS Department. “It’s a<br />
mutually beneficial collaborative<br />
arrangement. Counseling clinics like<br />
the IIFC provide intensive training<br />
to graduate students while <strong>of</strong>fering<br />
affordable therapeutic counseling to<br />
community residents.”<br />
Referring to the Institute’s role<br />
with the Thelma Gibson Initiative,<br />
Lewis says it’s essential to provide<br />
counseling and support to individuals<br />
and families in the underserved<br />
minority neighborhoods in Coconut<br />
Grove and South <strong>Miami</strong>. “This is a<br />
population that is not likely to come into a clinic, but can benefit<br />
from our services,” Lewis says.“At the same time, this collaboration<br />
helps train our students to be sensitive to clients in<br />
a multicultural setting.”<br />
All EPS masters and doctoral students get a minimum <strong>of</strong> one<br />
year training in mental health counseling, marriage and family<br />
therapy, and counseling psychology at the Institute, which serves<br />
only <strong>of</strong>f-campus clients. Sessions are videotaped for training and<br />
supervision purposes.“We work as a team, and may have a number<br />
<strong>of</strong> students providing services to a single family,” Lewis says.<br />
The Institute specializes in low-cost services to underserved<br />
populations, according to Lewis. “Most <strong>of</strong> our clients<br />
don’t have insurance and can’t afford a private practice setting.<br />
Counseling the Community<br />
About 80 percent <strong>of</strong> our clients have Hispanic backgrounds, and<br />
we provide bilingual therapists whenever necessary.”<br />
Fees for all services are determined according to the<br />
client’s ability to pay.Waiting times are relatively brief – usually<br />
just two or three weeks.<br />
The Institute’s Services Include • Individual counseling<br />
• Marital counseling • Family counseling • Child and adolescent<br />
counseling • Couples counseling for heterosexual, gay and lesbian<br />
partners • Career counseling • Testing and assessment<br />
For the past two years, the institute has also been providing<br />
counseling services at <strong>Miami</strong> Dade College’s Wolfson,<br />
Kendall and North campuses.“Our clinicians see their students<br />
on campus, and we supervise them here,” Lewis says.“We serve<br />
them at the same low cost as others in the community.”<br />
Counseling clinics like the Institute for<br />
Individual & Family Counseling (IIFC) provide<br />
intensive training to graduate students while<br />
<strong>of</strong>fering affordable therapeutic counseling to<br />
community residents.<br />
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Reaching out to Children with Special Needs<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Miami</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Education</strong> and <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />
Form a Partnership to Enhance<br />
Graduate Students’ Learning<br />
A new collaboration between the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Education</strong> and the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medicine,<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Pediatrics Mailman Center for<br />
Child Development is <strong>of</strong>fering graduate students<br />
in the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>’s Master’s<br />
Program in early childhood special education<br />
a unique opportunity to enrich their knowledge<br />
and pr<strong>of</strong>essional skills.<br />
AL<br />
BACKGROUND<br />
The <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> has <strong>of</strong>fered a Master’s<br />
degree in early childhood special education<br />
since the 1980’s. Graduate students in the<br />
current Exceptional Student <strong>Education</strong>/PreK<br />
Disabilities/English for Speakers <strong>of</strong> Other Lan-<br />
guages program, which receives federal fund-<br />
ing from the U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>’s<br />
Office <strong>of</strong> Special <strong>Education</strong> Programs, focus<br />
on the developmental and instructional needs<br />
<strong>of</strong> preschool children with disabilities. These<br />
children may have sensory impairments such<br />
as hearing impairment or blindness,<br />
developmental disabilities<br />
such as autism or mental retardation,<br />
physical disabilities,<br />
or multiple disabilities that<br />
require diverse and specialized<br />
treatments.<br />
The Mailman Center for Child Development,<br />
which serves infants, children,<br />
and adolescents with developmental,<br />
behavioral, learning, and neurological<br />
disorders, provides interdisciplinary<br />
pre-service training to health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals<br />
in developmental disabilities.<br />
For over 30 years, the<br />
Mailman Center has participated in a national<br />
program called Leadership <strong>Education</strong> in Neurodevelopmental<br />
Disabilities (LEND), through which it has provided preservice<br />
interdisciplinary internship experiences to over 70<br />
interns annually.<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> graduate student Erinn Toth with students at the Mailman Center for Child<br />
Development on UM’s Medical Campus.<br />
COMMON GOALS<br />
LEAD TO A SHARED TRAINING EXPERIENCE<br />
The common focus <strong>of</strong> the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>’s ESE/PreK Disabilities/ESOL<br />
program and the Mailman Center for Child<br />
Development on developmental disabilities and pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
development sets the stage for the participation <strong>of</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Education</strong> Master’s students in the LEND program’s clinical<br />
rotations, alongside other pr<strong>of</strong>essionals. “The collaboration is<br />
valuable to our students,” comments Batya Elbaum, Director<br />
<strong>of</strong> the ESE/PreK Disabilities/ESOL program, “because they<br />
observe firsthand the steps that families <strong>of</strong> a child with a<br />
disability go through, from evaluation <strong>of</strong> their child to interdisciplinary<br />
team meetings to placement <strong>of</strong> the child in an appropriate<br />
classroom setting.” The team approach is also valuable<br />
to LEND trainees from other disciplines. “It is powerful for<br />
medical, social work, and other pr<strong>of</strong>essionals to witness the<br />
impact <strong>of</strong> educators on our clinical diagnostic and intervention
teams, says Paula Lalinde, LEND Training Director. “They<br />
<strong>of</strong>fer insights and knowledge that health care pr<strong>of</strong>essionals<br />
do not have.”<br />
DESIGN OF THE TRAINING COMPONENT<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> graduate students spend six weeks in the<br />
LEND program. They typically begin their experience with a<br />
tour <strong>of</strong> the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Holtz<br />
Children’s Hospital.There they become familiar with the medical<br />
care given to premature infants and learn how low birth<br />
weight can impact a child’s future development. They spend<br />
two weeks in the Children’s Medical Services Early Steps program,<br />
which provides services to infants and toddlers with disabilities.<br />
These services are supported by the federal<br />
government under the Individuals with Disabilities <strong>Education</strong><br />
Act. Students also visit patients in the pediatric oncology clinic<br />
where they have an opportunity to speak with children undergoing<br />
treatment and their families.They learn about the neurological<br />
effects <strong>of</strong> cancer on child development in discussions<br />
led by Ann Bessell, the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> faculty member<br />
who serves as the <strong>School</strong>’s clinical liaison. Students also have<br />
the opportunity to discuss cases with a clinical psychologist<br />
who gathers information on the needs <strong>of</strong> children with developmental<br />
disabilities and their families. The students not only<br />
gain an additional perspective on the child and family but are<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Batya Elbaum, Director <strong>of</strong> the Exceptional <strong>Education</strong> /<br />
Pre-Kindergarten Disabilities / ESOL Program.<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten able to provide input concerning the most appropriate<br />
educational services and supports for the child.<br />
As part <strong>of</strong> their training, students also spend time at the<br />
Debbie Institute, an early intervention program run by the<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Pediatrics. Working with children who have a<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>ound hearing impairment, students better understand<br />
how hearing loss impacts communication between the child<br />
and the family and affects the child’s educational progress.<br />
Going out into the community with the South Florida Children’s<br />
Health Project, a mobile clinic that goes into neighborhoods<br />
with at-risk uninsured populations, exposes education<br />
students to the health, psychological, educational and nutritional<br />
issues faced by this population.<br />
In addition to participating in these clinical experiences,<br />
students complete a number <strong>of</strong> online courses on family-centered<br />
care practices and cultural competency, and pay a home<br />
visit to a family that has a child with a disability. Students<br />
develop a final project that is <strong>of</strong>ten an outgrowth <strong>of</strong> these<br />
experiences. One recent cohort <strong>of</strong> students developed easyto-read<br />
fact sheets on different disabilities that have recently<br />
been incorporated into the Children’s Trust teachmorelovemore.org<br />
website, which <strong>of</strong>fers information and links to community<br />
services for parents <strong>of</strong> young children, including<br />
children with disabilities. Other projects have ranged from the<br />
development <strong>of</strong> a parent survey to determine the barriers that<br />
prevent families from accessing public museums to the creation<br />
<strong>of</strong> informational brochures for parents that focus on<br />
low-incidence disabilities.<br />
IMPACT OF THE COLLABORATION<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> students who have participated in the<br />
LEND training as part <strong>of</strong> their Master’s program report that<br />
as a result <strong>of</strong> this experience, they have gained insights into<br />
aspects <strong>of</strong> child development, family coping, interdisciplinary<br />
work, and service provision issues that they could not have<br />
achieved through coursework alone.The <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong><br />
intends to continue this extremely productive collaboration<br />
and to explore additional ways in which the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong><br />
and the Mailman Center for Child Development can further<br />
the common goal <strong>of</strong> improving outcomes for young<br />
children with disabilities and their families.<br />
The <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> began participating in<br />
Project LEND three years ago, thanks to a federal<br />
grant that prepares teachers to work with young<br />
children with disabilities. A six-week clinical<br />
rotation includes diverse learning experiences for<br />
future special education teachers.<br />
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When it comes to technology, many teachers find it<br />
hard to stay current with the latest classroom tools. But<br />
that’s changing at Flamingo Elementary <strong>School</strong>, thanks<br />
to a pr<strong>of</strong>essional development program with the <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>.<br />
Under the direction <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Anita Meinbach,<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Teaching and Learning, the elementary<br />
school’s associate teachers recently produced “Flamingo<br />
Goes High Tech,” an explanatory step-by-step instructional<br />
guide.<br />
“This was a perfect opportunity for our students<br />
to give back to their teachers,” says Meinbach, who<br />
serves as Pr<strong>of</strong>essor in Residence at Flamingo Elementary.<br />
“We encourage our associate teachers to make<br />
Enhancing Classroom Technology Skills<br />
Left to right, top row: Jennifer Alvarez, Chakeia Guyton, Jennifer Krawec, Cecilia Suarez.<br />
Left to right, bottom row: Danielle Romaglino, Nicole Trutanich.<br />
contributions to their schools, and this<br />
was a great example <strong>of</strong> that philosophy.”<br />
The booklet, which was developed<br />
through a grant from Project SUCCEED,<br />
covers key aspects <strong>of</strong> today’s educational<br />
technology, including: Digital<br />
Photography, Scanners,Websites and<br />
PowerPoint Presentations.<br />
In addition to the brochure, the<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor-in-Residence and Associate<br />
Teachers held in-service training sessions<br />
in which they taught faculty how<br />
to use the various technologies. Furthermore,<br />
teachers were provided<br />
with ideas and strategies to adapt<br />
technology to their individual classrooms<br />
in order to extend and enhance<br />
education.<br />
Flamingo’s school leaders and<br />
teachers are already benefiting from the<br />
inservices as well as from the studentproduced<br />
material.According to Princi-<br />
TAL<br />
pal Jennifer Andreu, “This guide is<br />
tremendous,” she said. “Teachers are<br />
learning exactly how to use a variety <strong>of</strong><br />
technologies.”<br />
The guide was developed by<br />
Flamingo’s former associate teachers<br />
Jennifer Alvarez, Chakeia Guyton, Jennifer<br />
Krawec, Danielle Romaglino,<br />
Cecelia Suarez and Nicole Trutanich.<br />
Graduate assistant Susan Massey designed<br />
and compiled the booklet.
Building Math Literacy Skills<br />
When students ponder a mathematics problem in the classroom,<br />
too <strong>of</strong>ten they see only the numbers without understanding the<br />
words needed to put those symbols into the right context. And<br />
sometimes the words used in math classes – like equality – have<br />
very specific meanings which differ from everyday usage.<br />
A pair <strong>of</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essors with complementary<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional backgrounds teamed up to bridge the<br />
gap between mathematics and reading literacy. Teaching and<br />
Learning (TAL) Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Gilbert Cuevas (mathematics) and<br />
Peggy Cuevas (reading and science education) are providing<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional development workshops to teachers around the<br />
country – most recently, a two-day session for the Richardson<br />
Independent <strong>School</strong> District in suburban Dallas,Texas.<br />
“For many elementary and secondary teachers, there is a<br />
disconnect between reading and math,” says Peggy Cuevas.“But<br />
children need to be taught the meaning <strong>of</strong> the<br />
words used in mathematics, as well as the symbols.”<br />
There are also broader issues <strong>of</strong> literacy that<br />
teachers need to address, such as semantics and<br />
the overall structure <strong>of</strong> a math textbook.“Unlike a<br />
novel or history text, you don’t have to start at<br />
page 1 <strong>of</strong> a math text,” Cuevas says. “You might<br />
start with the chapter on fractions or percentages,<br />
for instance.” Students also need to know how to<br />
scan a page filled with graphics, charts and other<br />
information to find a sample problem.<br />
Another literacy-related issue is the infrequent<br />
use <strong>of</strong> a math textbook’s glossary. Cuevas<br />
says it’s rare for a teacher to tell her students to<br />
go to the back <strong>of</strong> the book for definitions <strong>of</strong> math<br />
concepts like an integer – yet the glossary may be<br />
a more efficient teaching strategy than answering<br />
question after question from puzzled students.<br />
When math teachers need to review concepts<br />
prior to a test, Cuevas suggests using a strategy<br />
found most <strong>of</strong>ten in reading classes: curriculum-based Readers<br />
Theater. “Instead <strong>of</strong> a teacher telling the students what to<br />
review, he can assign the concepts to small groups <strong>of</strong> students,<br />
who will create their own scripts and lead the class discussion,”<br />
says Cuevas.“This is a great tool to increase fluency in mathematics<br />
skills, while keeping students motivated and engaged.”<br />
This fall, the Cuevases are working on “Integrating Math<br />
and Literacy at the Secondary Level,” a book to be published<br />
by Christopher Gordon Publishers.“So much <strong>of</strong> a child’s success<br />
in math depends on his or her ability to decode the text,”<br />
says Gilbert Cuevas. “We want to encourage teachers to<br />
explore how they present math texts so their students can<br />
grasp the meaning, enabling them to improve their mathematical<br />
understanding and pr<strong>of</strong>iciency.”<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Gilbert and<br />
Peggy Cuevas<br />
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Improving Peru’s National <strong>Education</strong>al System<br />
Like many Latin American nations, Peru is striving<br />
to improve its educational system despite ongo-<br />
ing political, economic and social obstacles. From<br />
the Coral Gables campus, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Walter G.<br />
Secada, Interim Chair, Department <strong>of</strong> Teaching<br />
and Learning, is assisting that effort through a<br />
long-term international research collaboration.<br />
“<br />
We are trying to foster these types <strong>of</strong> international initiatives,”<br />
says Secada, “because education is so fundamental to<br />
Latin America’s economic growth and development.”<br />
For nearly a decade,Secada has teamed with Santiago Cueto,<br />
Ph.D., Executive Director <strong>of</strong> GRADE (Grupo de Análisis para el<br />
Desarrollo), a nongovernmental<br />
“think tank” in Lima. Cueto says<br />
GRADE’s connection with the<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> is an excellent<br />
example <strong>of</strong> an effective<br />
partnership between institutions<br />
in the Northern and Southern<br />
hemispheres.<br />
“This collaboration helps<br />
us keep our pr<strong>of</strong>essional and<br />
academic standards high,” he<br />
says. “<strong>Miami</strong> is the traditional<br />
connecting point into the<br />
worlds <strong>of</strong> culture and education,<br />
and the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Miami</strong> is a<br />
leader in the field <strong>of</strong> education.”<br />
As more children in Latin<br />
America attend school and<br />
complete their basic education,<br />
there will be an increas-<br />
ing need for high-quality<br />
university education,” says<br />
Cueto. “I believe the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Miami</strong> could play a<br />
leadership role in helping improve the quality <strong>of</strong> universities<br />
in Peru and other Latin countries.”<br />
Cueto adds that the U.S. trend <strong>of</strong> evidence-based educational<br />
policy making has not yet reached Peru and other Latin<br />
American countries.“I believe that we could use this as one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
inputs in policy making along with available resources,political stability,<br />
legal constraints and respect for local cultures,” he says.<br />
Several years ago, Secada and Cueto worked together to<br />
design a standards-based blueprint for assessing Peru’s<br />
national mathematics achievement. Subsequently, the two<br />
researchers conducted an achievement study that was funded<br />
by the World Bank <strong>of</strong> fourth-grade students who speak<br />
Aymara and Quechua in Peru’s Altiplano near Lake Titicaca.<br />
“Our collaborative work provided an empirical test <strong>of</strong> several<br />
major assumptions that underlie Peru’s national educational<br />
policies,” says Secada. For example, the researchers found that<br />
few schools had actually implemented a mathematics curriculum<br />
that had been<br />
TAL<br />
adopted on a national basis four years prior<br />
to the study. And, in spite <strong>of</strong> a 30-year old policy by which<br />
Peru has designated a number <strong>of</strong> “bilingual schools” to serve<br />
its indigenous population, Secada and Cueto found there was<br />
virtually no use <strong>of</strong> the native languages in instruction.<br />
Secada and Cueto are now seeking funding for a followup<br />
study <strong>of</strong> the fourth-grade indigenous Peruvian students<br />
who are now in high school to determine reasons for their<br />
staying in school or dropping out. “If education is to assist in<br />
developing a nation’s economic system, then educational poli-<br />
cymakers need information that will help them make decisions<br />
based on how the system actually works,” Secada says.“In this<br />
UM Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Walter G. Secada (left) and GRADE Research Associate Fernando Andrade (lower right) with<br />
children in Peru’s Altiplano.<br />
study, we propose to provide Peruvian policy makers with a<br />
comprehensive view <strong>of</strong> adolescents and young adults’ decisions<br />
to leave or to stay in school.”<br />
Another goal for Secada and Cueto is to strengthen<br />
Peru’s educational infrastructure by creating a pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
development network for elementary school teachers in<br />
mathematics and science “We would like to see a pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
development model that grows the local expertise needed to<br />
implement educational initiatives,” Secada says.“This approach<br />
could serve as a model for other developing nations.”
A <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> graduate student teaching a fifth grade<br />
exceptional student education class developed games that<br />
focused on her students’ needs. The parents and siblings<br />
became so involved that she had a hard time getting the games<br />
back from the families.<br />
Another graduate student in a high-school English as a<br />
second language (ESOL) classroom had her students write<br />
about the novel they were reading and correspond with their<br />
parents using dialogue journals. This provided a new window<br />
for her to view the relationships between her students and<br />
their parents.<br />
Through a collaborative effort with <strong>Miami</strong>-Dade County<br />
Public <strong>School</strong>s called the RESSULTS Project, the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong><br />
is helping to connect parents with their children’s classroom<br />
activities, while developing teacher’s pr<strong>of</strong>essional skills.<br />
“Families play key roles in determining the educational<br />
success <strong>of</strong> their children,” says Mary A. Avalos, Assistant<br />
Research Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong> Teaching and Learning.<br />
“But parental involvement in schools is typically viewed as a<br />
Reaching Out to Parents and Getting RESSULTS<br />
one-way street – parents are expected to go to the schools<br />
if they wish to be involved.”<br />
While family involvement might be encouraged at the<br />
school site, language barriers or unfamiliarity with the<br />
structure <strong>of</strong> the school system <strong>of</strong>ten inhibit recently<br />
arrived parents in actually becoming involved in their children’s<br />
education.<br />
As principal investigator <strong>of</strong> the Reading <strong>Education</strong> Supports<br />
Scientific Up-to-date Language Teaching Strategies<br />
(RESSULTS) Project, Avalos is helping teachers strengthen<br />
their reading instructional<br />
skills while<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Mary Avalos<br />
building stronger connections<br />
with parents<br />
– especially in homes<br />
where English is not<br />
the primary language.<br />
“We see parental involvement<br />
as a twoway<br />
street,” says Avalos,<br />
“and our students have<br />
found some creative<br />
approaches to involve<br />
parents in their child’s<br />
reading instruction.”<br />
Many RESSULTS<br />
teachers have met<br />
more frequently with<br />
their parents to discuss<br />
their students’<br />
reading needs and progress, benefiting all involved, Avalos<br />
adds. “Becoming better acquainted with their students’<br />
families helps teachers to better meet their students’ academic<br />
needs.”<br />
Funded by the U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>, the fiveyear<br />
RESSULTS Project (2002-2007) is designed to assist<br />
teachers in making changes in their classroom practice that<br />
reflect scientifically based reading instruction.<br />
Each year, schools with large ESOL populations are<br />
selected to host the project, which is administered by the<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> in collaboration with MDCPS Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Bilingual <strong>Education</strong> and World Languages. Ultimately,<br />
RESSULTS will impact a total <strong>of</strong> 125 teachers and more than<br />
3,000 ESOL students.<br />
Through a collaborative effort with <strong>Miami</strong>-Dade<br />
County Public <strong>School</strong>s called the RESSULTS Project,<br />
the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> is helping to connect<br />
parents with their children’s classroom activities,<br />
while developing teachers’ pr<strong>of</strong>essional skills.<br />
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8<br />
Helping New Teachers Succeed<br />
As a second-year English teacher at <strong>Miami</strong> Springs Senior<br />
High <strong>School</strong>, Carla Parke is benefiting in many ways from the<br />
<strong>School</strong>’s SUPPORT Network for Novice Teachers. “It does a<br />
great job in preparing us for embarking on our new career,”<br />
she says. “Specifically, I received very timely preparation for<br />
our Back To <strong>School</strong> Night. It was an excellent experience, and<br />
I received great comments from the parents, and from the students<br />
themselves.”<br />
Now in its sixth year, the donor-funded SUPPORT Network<br />
is helping new teachers succeed in the classroom<br />
through a combination <strong>of</strong> educational workshops, mentoring<br />
and networking services.<br />
“Our goal is to enhance the retention <strong>of</strong> new teachers,<br />
which is directly related to student achievement,” says program<br />
director Joyce Corces, Lecturer, Department <strong>of</strong> Teaching<br />
and Learning. A former mathematics teacher, Corces devel-<br />
South Florida teachers meet at Coral Gables High <strong>School</strong> Support<br />
Network Workshop.<br />
oped the network’s curriculum and mentoring program with a<br />
founding grant from Project SUCCEED.<br />
Since then, private individuals and organizations have kept<br />
the SUPPORT Network up and running.“The most critical aspect<br />
<strong>of</strong> student learning is the quality <strong>of</strong> the classroom teacher,” says<br />
Ann Bussel, a representative <strong>of</strong> the Shepard Broad Foundation.<br />
“This program helps beginning teachers get a better handle on<br />
the reality <strong>of</strong> teaching rather than the theory <strong>of</strong> teaching.”<br />
Another donor is the Creed Family Foundation. “As a<br />
teacher whose daughter decided to go into the same field, I saw<br />
a real need for this type <strong>of</strong> support,” says Karen Creed.“There<br />
are so many things about working in the schools that are not<br />
covered in college classes. I believe the SUPPORT Network<br />
provides a great kick-<strong>of</strong>f to a successful career in teaching.”<br />
Corces also expressed appreciation for incentives provided<br />
to new teachers by Nelson Taxell, President <strong>of</strong> Positive<br />
Promotions.“This donation demonstrates an appreciation for<br />
these new teachers who are responsible for our students’<br />
education and future,” she says. “Mr. Taxel’s support is an<br />
enthusiastic response to the future <strong>of</strong> education.”<br />
Since its founding, more than 135 South Florida teachers<br />
– primarily <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> graduates – have taken part in<br />
the SUPPORT Network’s three-day summer<br />
TAL<br />
teacher support program, according to Corces.<br />
institute held just before the start <strong>of</strong> the new<br />
school year. Participating teachers can attend<br />
four follow-up sessions during the year, and share<br />
their experiences.<br />
Along with experienced classroom teachers<br />
and national board-certified teachers, participants<br />
in the network are provided mentoring services<br />
and pr<strong>of</strong>essional development as part <strong>of</strong> the SUP-<br />
PORT Network – the nation’s only three-year<br />
“Normally, about 50 percent <strong>of</strong> new<br />
teachers quit in their first few years,” Corces<br />
says,“but we have a retention rate <strong>of</strong> 99 percent.<br />
That will provide lasting benefits to our schools<br />
and to their students.”<br />
THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION THANKS<br />
ITS MANY DONORS TO THE SUPPORT<br />
NETWORK, INCLUDING:<br />
• Mr. Morris Broad<br />
• Mrs. Natalie Z. Butlien<br />
• Mrs. Gloria Chekanow<br />
• Creed Family Foundation<br />
• Mr. & Mrs. Jay Friedrich<br />
• Mrs. Martha W. Flagg<br />
• National Board Certification Teachers<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Miami</strong>-Dade<br />
• Dr. Marta Romeu Klovekorn<br />
• Ms. Ilien Muller-Hechtman<br />
• Dr. & Mrs. Jack Norman<br />
• Ms. Mindie Norman<br />
• Osiason <strong>Education</strong>al Foundation<br />
• Positive Promotions<br />
• Roblee Foundation<br />
• Taplan, Canida & Habacht<br />
• The Shepard Broad Foundation<br />
• State <strong>of</strong> Florida Pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
Development Partnership
For nearly a decade, the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong><br />
has taken a leadership role in fostering ethical<br />
standards, academic integrity, character devel-<br />
opment and social responsibility.<br />
Today, the <strong>School</strong>’s Program for Ethics and Social Responsibility<br />
helps future teachers who are enrolled in the Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Teaching and Learning examine and discuss these fundamental<br />
issues, while reaching out to<br />
the classroom as well.<br />
“We cover current events as<br />
well as timeless questions,” says<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Susan Mullane, Depart-<br />
for a fifth-grade ethics-related poetry contest at Flamingo Elementary<br />
<strong>School</strong>. Under the supervision <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor-in-Residence<br />
Anita Meinbach, fifth-graders presented their poems on<br />
a common topic,“The Bully.”<br />
Originally, the program was a collaborative initiative<br />
between SOE and the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Law Center for Ethics and Public<br />
Service with a grant from AT&T. When the grant ended, it<br />
was necessary to seek support in the private sector.The <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> gratefully acknowledges Edward and Joanne Dauer<br />
& Family, and Lewis and Eddi-Ann Freeman & Family for their<br />
sponsorship <strong>of</strong> the Program for Ethics and Social Responsibility.<br />
Strengthening Ethics and Social Responsibility<br />
ment <strong>of</strong> Exercise and Sport Sciences.<br />
A founding member <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Miami</strong>’s Ethics Consortium<br />
in 1998, Mullane along<br />
with Associate Dean Shawn Post<br />
guide the <strong>School</strong>’s program. Mullane<br />
also serves as vice chair <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Miami</strong>-Dade County Public <strong>School</strong>s’<br />
Ethics Advisory Committee and<br />
co-authored a Code <strong>of</strong> Ethics for<br />
employees adopted by the school<br />
board.<br />
“After 9/11 we held several<br />
sessions on how teachers could<br />
Above: Associate teachers participate in a workshop on preventing bullying led by Dr. Philip Lazarus,<br />
help their students cope with the an expert in the field. Below: Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Shawn Post (third from the left) with recipients <strong>of</strong> the first<br />
aftermath,” says Mullane. “Our pro- Sam J.Yarger Associate Teacher Scholarship, a gift facilitated by Hank Langston from Gulliver <strong>School</strong>s.<br />
grams also cover topics like teaching<br />
ethics in the classroom, working with the disabled, and<br />
developing student character.”<br />
In February, the <strong>School</strong>’s graduating seniors in teacher<br />
education programs participated in a day <strong>of</strong> lectures and activities<br />
on integrating issues involving ethics and character development<br />
in their classrooms. “Our associate teachers were<br />
particularly interested in a session that covered the phenomenon<br />
<strong>of</strong> ‘cyberbullying’ over the Internet,” says Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Shawn Post, Department <strong>of</strong> Teaching and Learning, and Associate<br />
Dean, <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>.<br />
Also at the February session, the first Sam J.Yarger Associate<br />
Teacher Scholarships were presented to Amanda Brown,<br />
Andrew Cowan, Emily Ely and Jasmine Gibbs.The funding for<br />
these scholarships was initiated by the Gulliver <strong>School</strong>s in<br />
honor <strong>of</strong> the <strong>School</strong>’s late Dean Yarger.<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Miami</strong> Citizen’s Board provided funding<br />
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TAL<br />
Bessell says the program is clearly building awareness.<br />
10<br />
Helping to Prevent Skin Cancer<br />
Each year, more than one million<br />
Americans are diagnosed<br />
with skin cancer, and an estimated<br />
10,000 will die from<br />
malignant melanoma. Most skin<br />
cancers are caused by excessive<br />
exposure to ultraviolet (UV)<br />
light – and much <strong>of</strong> that exposure<br />
occurs during childhood.<br />
“Teaching sun safety tips to<br />
younger children can help to<br />
break that cycle,” says Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Ann G. Bessell, Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Teaching and Learning. “And<br />
it’s important to reach children<br />
at an early age, because many<br />
students already have a signifi-<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Ann G. Bessell<br />
cant exposure by the time they<br />
reach high school.”<br />
Bessell is a co-principal investigator<br />
in “SunSmart America,” a collaborative research and<br />
education project now underway in the Palm Beach County<br />
<strong>School</strong> District. Nearly 4,000 students in three grade levels at<br />
10 schools are learning the importance <strong>of</strong> sun safety this year.<br />
The study team has used pre and post-test questionnaires,<br />
as well as “mind mapping” techniques, to determine<br />
how much elementary-age students know about sun safety<br />
and skin cancer prevention, and how those components fit<br />
together, adds Bessell.The SunSmart program also encourages<br />
students to open up and talk about the social factors that<br />
affect behaviors, such as why a tan skin is not a sign <strong>of</strong> health<br />
or why it’s “cool” to apply sunscreen.<br />
“One fourth-grade boy stood in front <strong>of</strong> the class and said he<br />
learned there are two kinds <strong>of</strong> moles – one with fur that runs<br />
around and one kind on your body. And he knew why it was<br />
important to pay attention to the moles on his body.”<br />
Leading the collaborative SunSmart initiative is principal<br />
investigator Robert S. Kirsner, M.D., a dermatologist with the<br />
Miller <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medicine. Fangchao Ma, M.D., Ph.D. a statistician<br />
from the Department <strong>of</strong> Epidemiology and Public Health<br />
is co-investigator, and Miriam Pacheco, Ph.D. is the researcher<br />
on the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> Evaluation Team.<br />
The <strong>University</strong>’s partner in the SunSmart initiative is the<br />
Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation, led by Director<br />
Tamika J. Peay, Ph.D., which has been developing and implementing<br />
this school-based skin cancer prevention curriculum based on an<br />
international model. First used in Australia, the SunSmart program<br />
has played a role in changing sun-related behaviors, according<br />
to Australian researchers who noted an 11 percent decrease<br />
in common skin cancers in the 14-50 year old age bracket.<br />
The Foundation’s U.S. curriculum – written initially for<br />
10th grade biology students – has been used by the Centers<br />
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The SunSmart<br />
America curriculum is now available for grades K-12 to any<br />
school or district in the country free <strong>of</strong> charge.<br />
The SunSmart initiative also includes an awareness component<br />
for school administrators and teachers. “Many school<br />
campuses lack shade trees,” says Bessell,“yet children are sent<br />
outside when the sun’s rays are fiercest.We would like schools<br />
across Florida to become more aware <strong>of</strong> this issue and consider<br />
policies to limit exposure to the sun, such as encouraging<br />
students to wear hats and allowing enough time to put on<br />
sunscreen before going outdoors.”<br />
SUNSMART TIPS:<br />
The RDK Melanoma Foundation recommends the<br />
following tips to reduce the risk <strong>of</strong> skin cancer:<br />
• Minimize exposure to the sun during peak hours<br />
(10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) when UV rays are strongest<br />
• Wear sun-protective clothing<br />
• Use sunscreen that has UV-A and UV-B protection<br />
• Avoid sunlamps and tanning beds<br />
Most skin cancers are caused by<br />
excessive exposure to ultraviolet<br />
(UV) light – and much <strong>of</strong> that<br />
exposure occurs during childhood.
By any measure,<br />
childhood obesity is<br />
one <strong>of</strong> the nation’s most pressing health issues.Approximately<br />
9 million children and teens between the ages <strong>of</strong> 6 and 19 (16<br />
percent) are overweight, according to the National Health and<br />
Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2002). That rate has<br />
tripled since 1980, greatly increasing the lifelong risk <strong>of</strong> cardiovascular<br />
disease, diabetes, cancer and other health problems.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Arlette Perry, Chair, Department <strong>of</strong> Exercise &<br />
Sport Sciences (ESS), has been building partnerships with<br />
<strong>Miami</strong>-Dade County Public <strong>School</strong>s to study how obesity<br />
Tackling Childhood Obesity<br />
affects a child’s academic performance and to develop interventions<br />
to improve the health and fitness <strong>of</strong> students.<br />
“We have several research studies underway involving<br />
middle and high school adolescents,” says Perry, whose work<br />
focuses on cardiovascular physiology.“We are also striving to<br />
build teacher awareness <strong>of</strong> the importance <strong>of</strong> health and fitness<br />
on their student’s performance.”<br />
Perry, who holds a secondary appointment in the <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Medicine’s Department <strong>of</strong> Internal Medicine, is also Director<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>School</strong>’s Laboratory <strong>of</strong> Clinical & Applied Physiology,<br />
which was recently renovated and expanded to provide a<br />
broader foundation for future research.<br />
In a pilot project at Nautilus Middle <strong>School</strong> in <strong>Miami</strong><br />
Beach, Perry is directing a team <strong>of</strong> graduate student<br />
researchers who collected data from 300 seventh and eighth<br />
grade students on their eating habits, nutrition, body mass<br />
index (BMI), fitness levels and academic performance.<br />
“This spring, we are looking for relationships and correlations<br />
in the data we collected,” says ESS doctoral student Amanda<br />
Sheldon. “Those relationships will help guide us in determining<br />
what intervention programs to implement. It’s important for the<br />
<strong>School</strong> to reach out in this way. Obesity is an epidemic – we all<br />
know it’s there, but we need to find effective ways to intervene.”<br />
The primary purpose <strong>of</strong> the Nautilus project is to set up a<br />
database and tracking system that could be used throughout the<br />
school district.The database would include student gender,ethnicity<br />
and acculturation status, as well as the fitness and academic results.<br />
“We want to see if there is any relationship between<br />
physical fitness and absenteeism or the students’ academic<br />
scores,” Perry says.“The school’s principals and teachers have<br />
been very supportive <strong>of</strong> our work, and we look forward to<br />
having the preliminary results available by mid-year.”<br />
Energetic, proactive teachers can truly create a<br />
culture <strong>of</strong> physical exercise and healthy eating<br />
among their students.”<br />
ESS<br />
McDonald House Charities to move forward and provide greater<br />
Another big project involved creating a health literacy pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
development workshop for teachers and students. Last<br />
year Dr. Perry developed a health literacy pr<strong>of</strong>essional development<br />
workshop for elementary school teachers. The program<br />
was so successful that they received funding from the Ronald<br />
education not only to teachers but also to students.This year Dr.<br />
Perry developed a Health Literacy Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Development<br />
Workshop for teachers teaching in the Health Academy at <strong>Miami</strong>-<br />
Edison High <strong>School</strong>. The workshop was designed to integrate<br />
concepts in health, nutrition, and fitness into the Language Arts,<br />
Science, and Math curriculums. The workshop<br />
was then opened to freshman students entering<br />
the Health Academy at <strong>Miami</strong>-Edison High<br />
<strong>School</strong>. These students attended the Laboratory<br />
<strong>of</strong> Clinical and Applied Physiology for four weeks and<br />
received three high school credits in the Health Sciences. During<br />
that time students learned how muscles could contract and relax,<br />
how cardiovascular fitness was assessed during stress testing,<br />
how blood pressure and heart rates changed in response to exercise,<br />
and how to make wise food selections in the supermarket.<br />
Perry hopes to do more Health Literacy Pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
Development Workshops for physical education teachers,<br />
coaches and non-PE teachers who will be able to integrate<br />
more health, nutrition, and fitness concepts into their curricu-<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Arlette Perry<br />
lum. Perry will also be following up the first group <strong>of</strong> teachers<br />
from <strong>Miami</strong>-Edison to see if the workshop really made a<br />
difference in helping teachers bring health-related concepts<br />
into their classrooms.<br />
They will also be evaluating whether or not students attending<br />
the workshop perform better academically, have less absenteeism<br />
and make healthier nutrient selections both in and outside<br />
<strong>of</strong> school in comparison to sex and age-matched controls. Dr.<br />
Perry says,“We need to work harder to bridge the gap between<br />
our laboratory-based research in health and fitness and improving<br />
health and fitness lifestyles in the community.” Dr. Perry intends to<br />
involve the community in many more health-related projects to<br />
improve fitness and reduce the obesigenic environment in <strong>Miami</strong>.<br />
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12<br />
Keeping Aging Americans Fit and Flexible<br />
An 80-year-old woman<br />
who can stretch to reach<br />
a bowl in her kitchen<br />
cupboard, twist the lid <strong>of</strong>f<br />
a jar <strong>of</strong> fruit and walk up<br />
a flight <strong>of</strong> stairs enjoys a<br />
much higher quality <strong>of</strong> life<br />
and a greater degree <strong>of</strong><br />
independence than someone<br />
who lacks the muscle<br />
strength to get out <strong>of</strong> bed.<br />
Keeping aging Americans<br />
strong, fit and flexible<br />
has been one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
primary research areas for Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Joseph Signorile, Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Exercise and Sport Sciences. In the past five years, he<br />
has teamed with several community<br />
organizations to find<br />
effective intervention programs.<br />
“If you look at the demographics<br />
<strong>of</strong> the U.S. population,<br />
it’s clear that the Baby Boom<br />
generation will put an extra<br />
healthcare burden on the nation,”<br />
Signorile says. “As we<br />
explore ways <strong>of</strong> maintaining<br />
physical fitness and independence<br />
in the individual, we can<br />
also reduce health costs, keep<br />
older people in the workforce<br />
and generally make things better<br />
for our country.”<br />
In collaborative programs<br />
with the VA Medical Center,<br />
Stein Gerontological Institute at<br />
the <strong>Miami</strong> Jewish Home and<br />
Hospital for the Aged and the<br />
Aventura Jewish Community<br />
Center, Signorile has looked at<br />
how athletic training methods<br />
can be applied to older Americans<br />
to boost muscle strength<br />
and cardiovascular endurance.<br />
“We have just completed<br />
two studies on flexibility training.<br />
One study examined the<br />
If you look at the demographics <strong>of</strong> the U.S.<br />
population, it’s clear that the Baby Boom generation<br />
will put an extra healthcare burden on the nation.<br />
impact <strong>of</strong> an active-assisted stretching program on flexibility<br />
and activities <strong>of</strong> daily living in a group <strong>of</strong> seniors,” he says.<br />
“The other examined selective stretching <strong>of</strong> agonist and<br />
antagonist muscles group in the legs and arms to improve<br />
strength and fitness.”<br />
Signorile has also looked at how to assess the specific<br />
needs <strong>of</strong> individual seniors, and develop individual training<br />
“prescriptions” based on those findings. A 400-person study<br />
at the Aventura Jewish Community Center demonstrated the<br />
advantages <strong>of</strong> this approach.<br />
The <strong>School</strong>’s expanded Laboratory <strong>of</strong> Clinical & Applied<br />
Physiology will help with those studies, says Signorile, who is<br />
ESS<br />
using the lab’s new monitoring and assessment tools to study<br />
muscular and skeletal strength and power. Signorile also<br />
serves as a research health science specialist for the <strong>Miami</strong> VA<br />
Medical Center.<br />
“With our new laboratory we<br />
will be able to develop the most<br />
appropriate testing procedures<br />
to assess aging Americans,” he<br />
says. “These assessment tools<br />
will then allow us to determine<br />
the most effective training techniques<br />
to maintain independence<br />
and prevent falls in our<br />
older citizens.<br />
“The collaborative work between<br />
these three organizations<br />
should allow us to benefit the<br />
broadest cross-section <strong>of</strong> older<br />
individuals in our community.”<br />
The link between functional<br />
assessment (upper left) and training<br />
(lower right) is an essential<br />
component <strong>of</strong> exercise<br />
prescription being examined by<br />
Dr. Signorile and his students.
ENHANCING FITNESS IN THE ELDERLY<br />
Athletic trainers and therapists use a stretching technique called proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)<br />
to increase flexibility.As a doctoral student in the Department <strong>of</strong> Exercise and Sport Sciences, Damian Stanziano,<br />
Ph.D. studied the use <strong>of</strong> the same technique to increase daily performance levels in the older persons.<br />
In working with 17 subjects whose average age was 88, Stanziano found a clear improvement in their physical<br />
functioning over an eight-week period.“This technique uses the neurons to trick the muscle into a superrelaxed<br />
state; then you can get a deeper stretch with more benefits than a traditional stretch,” says Stanziano,<br />
who graduated in December 2005 and is now an instructor at Broward Community College.“This is the only<br />
study that has looked at impact <strong>of</strong> this stretching technique on functionional performance in the elderly.”<br />
Stanziano presented his findings at the American College <strong>of</strong> Sports Medicine and American Geriatrics<br />
Society <strong>Annual</strong> Conference this past spring.<br />
With age, muscles waste away at a rate <strong>of</strong> 1% each year after age 40. The power they can produce is lost<br />
at an even greater rate because it is the powerful muscle cells that are lost with age. This loss <strong>of</strong> power in<br />
the elderly is linked to loss <strong>of</strong> function and independence. For example, it is estimated that 1.5 watts/kg is necessary<br />
to ascend a single step.A frail elderly person who cannot produce adequate power may not be capable<br />
<strong>of</strong> getting out <strong>of</strong> a chair or performing other necessary activities <strong>of</strong> daily living and may then require<br />
in-home assistance or residence in an assisted-living facility.<br />
Wes Smith, a doctoral student in the Department <strong>of</strong> Exercise and Sport Sciences, has developed an equation<br />
to compute the level <strong>of</strong> muscular power in the elderly using a simple chair stand test.“As you age, your<br />
powerful muscle fibers slowly waste away,” he says.“Yet to date no one has developed a simple field test that<br />
can accurately measure muscle power in an aging individual.” Smith will present this study at the 2006 American<br />
Gerontological Society meeting.<br />
Having developed the predictive equation, Smith will continue his research validating the test and developing<br />
norms for both independently-living and frail older persons.“This research could lead to a simple clinical<br />
test that can be done in the doctor’s <strong>of</strong>fice to estimate muscle power,” Smith says. “That would be an<br />
important predictor <strong>of</strong> an elderly person’s ability to maintain independence, increase mobility and reduce the<br />
probability <strong>of</strong> falls and their related injuries.”<br />
For further information on this research, contact Dr. Signorile for copies <strong>of</strong> the review article.<br />
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Improving Football Safety<br />
Dental injuries are the most common<br />
type <strong>of</strong> or<strong>of</strong>acial injury sustained<br />
during participation in sports; the<br />
majority <strong>of</strong> these dental injuries are<br />
preventable.<br />
Before every play in a football game, high school and college<br />
athletes insert a mouthguard to protect their teeth and jaws<br />
from bone-jarring collisions. But recent research by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Gianluca Del Rossi, Department <strong>of</strong> Exercise and Sport Sciences,<br />
indicates that these mouthguards may not be doing an<br />
adequate job <strong>of</strong> protection.<br />
“We have found that these custom-fabricated mouthguards<br />
wear out during the course <strong>of</strong> the football season,” says<br />
Del Rossi, who has an extensive<br />
background in athletic training<br />
and sports medicine. “Some<br />
athletes misuse or abuse their<br />
mouthguards, further lessening<br />
their protective ability.”<br />
Del Rossi believes that certified<br />
athletic trainers need to<br />
examine their players’ mouthguards<br />
on a regular basis –<br />
especially on a high school<br />
level – to be sure the equipment<br />
remains in good condition.<br />
Otherwise, the mouthguards<br />
should be replaced.<br />
“One <strong>of</strong> the issues is that<br />
mouthguards are custom-fabri-<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Gianluca Del Rossi<br />
cated at the dentist to fit each<br />
athlete, and cost is an issue for<br />
many parents,” he says. “But<br />
mouthguards.<br />
Some players chew<br />
on their safety equipment,<br />
others wedge their<br />
mouthguards between the facemask<br />
and helmet, distorting the plastic.”<br />
Del Rossi says his work might lead to further studies on<br />
how well certified athletic trainers and coaches are disseminating<br />
safety-related information to their players. “We need<br />
to be more proactive as certified athletic trainers to be sure<br />
ES<br />
that student athletes have equipment that is effective and in<br />
good condition.”<br />
Del Rossi’s other research has focused on concerns<br />
related to management <strong>of</strong> cervical spine injuries. He has<br />
conducted studies to evaluate the effectiveness <strong>of</strong> techniques<br />
used to transfer spine injury victims from the ground<br />
to a spine-board, and most recently has focused his attention<br />
on evaluating the effectiveness <strong>of</strong> cervical spine immobilization<br />
collars.<br />
We need to be more proactive as certified athletic<br />
trainers to be sure that student athletes have<br />
equipment that is effective and in good condition.
A better understanding <strong>of</strong> the effects <strong>of</strong> exercise<br />
on the body’s metabolism can lead to new ways<br />
to improve the health and fitness <strong>of</strong> children,<br />
adolescents and adults.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Kevin Jacobs, Department <strong>of</strong> Exercise and Sport<br />
Sciences, plans to use the enhanced capabilities <strong>of</strong> the <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>’s Laboratory <strong>of</strong> Clinical and Applied Physiology<br />
to study the human metabolism in greater depth.<br />
“Our new biochemistry lab facilities will allow us to significantly<br />
expand the research and learning experiences for<br />
students,” he says. “We will be able to analyze various blood<br />
parameters to provide a more thorough pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> the effects<br />
<strong>of</strong> exercise on human metabolism. Equally importantly, our<br />
biochemistry laboratory will expose both undergraduate and<br />
graduate exercise physiology students to the various techniques<br />
used to study biochemistry.”<br />
In his exercise physiology research, Jacobs has focused<br />
on how a host <strong>of</strong> biochemical factors affect the performance<br />
<strong>of</strong> athletes – with important<br />
impli- cations for people with a<br />
more sedentary lifestyle.<br />
Jacobs examines the ways<br />
in which factors such as exercise<br />
intensity, nutritional status,<br />
training status, gender, age,<br />
environment, menstrual cycle<br />
phase, and oral contraceptives<br />
affect the body’s use <strong>of</strong> carbohydrates,<br />
fats, and proteins.<br />
“The results <strong>of</strong> my research<br />
further basic science, and can<br />
advance our understanding <strong>of</strong><br />
the development <strong>of</strong> metabolic<br />
diseases such as obesity and<br />
non-insulin-dependent diabetes,”<br />
he says. “We can also<br />
develop more effective inter- Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Kevin Jacobs<br />
ventions to prevent and treat<br />
these diseases.”<br />
Jacobs’ research has involved men and women <strong>of</strong> various<br />
ages and levels <strong>of</strong><br />
fitness in a variety<br />
<strong>of</strong> environments<br />
from sea level to a<br />
high altitude research station at Pikes Peak, Colorado<br />
(14,100 ft. elevation).<br />
In the fall 2005 semester, Jacobs assessed the maximal<br />
aerobic capacity and the blood lactate levels in a group <strong>of</strong> the<br />
university’s female rowers; he plans to do follow-up measurements<br />
<strong>of</strong> these athletes in 2007. “The information gathered<br />
from these tests will be used to better understand the athletes’<br />
rowing performance potential, develop individualized<br />
training programs, and to monitor changes in maximal aerobic<br />
capacity and blood lactate pr<strong>of</strong>ile during the course <strong>of</strong> the<br />
competitive season,” he says.<br />
Another recent study focused on the ability <strong>of</strong> a newly<br />
developed sports drink to improve 40-kilometer time trial<br />
cycling performance. A follow-up study <strong>of</strong> a newly formulated<br />
sports drink by the same manufacturer will begin in spring 2007.<br />
Also in fall 2006, Jacobs plans to supervise a study <strong>of</strong> the<br />
effects <strong>of</strong> a 17-week endurance training program on blood<br />
inflammatory markers associated with an elevated risk <strong>of</strong><br />
heart disease. “The results <strong>of</strong> this study will improve our<br />
understanding <strong>of</strong> exercise-induced improvements in the<br />
cardiovascular risk pr<strong>of</strong>ile,” he adds. “That’s an important<br />
health issue for athletes and non-athletes alike.”<br />
Understanding the Body’s Metabolism<br />
S<br />
The development <strong>of</strong> individualized<br />
training programs is greatly enhanced<br />
by physiological assessments.<br />
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List <strong>of</strong> Donors<br />
The <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> would like to<br />
thank its many donors, friends, alumni<br />
and their families for their generosity.<br />
During the fiscal year 2006 (June 2005<br />
to May 2006), the <strong>School</strong> received<br />
more than $325,000 in gifts.<br />
GAVE $5,000 TO $25,000<br />
Creed Family Foundation<br />
Dade Community Foundation<br />
Dauer Family Foundation<br />
Mr. Paul T. Dee<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Michael Dresner<br />
Florence Bayuk <strong>Education</strong>al Trust<br />
Gallagher Financial Systems<br />
Mr. Philip Charles Genet<br />
Greater <strong>Miami</strong> Jewish Federation<br />
Hecht Family Foundation<br />
Mr. Jay W. Jensen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Andrew Karger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Mooney<br />
Mr. Peter K. Moser<br />
Osiason Eduational Foundation<br />
Mrs. Mary Gilbert Peters<br />
Ronald McDonald House Charities<br />
Shepard Broad Foundation, Inc.<br />
Mr.Albert Vara, Jr.<br />
Washington Mutual<br />
Mr. J. Scott Watt<br />
Mrs. Sheryl Ann Weisinger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael D.Wohl<br />
GAVE $1,000 TO $4,999<br />
Ms. Katrina E.Anderson<br />
Mrs. Diane Carol Brandt-Lewis<br />
Mrs. Clara Burck<br />
Mrs. Kathy Jane Check-Smith<br />
Ms. Phyllis Kerper Dunmire<br />
Financial <strong>Education</strong>al System<br />
Jay Joseph Friedrich, LLC<br />
Mrs. Margret J. Friedrich<br />
Mr.Theodore D. Gelman<br />
Mr.Van Martin Golmont<br />
Gulliver <strong>School</strong>s<br />
Mrs. Patricia McBride Herbert<br />
Ms. Mary Ann Hester<br />
Scott Ingold, Ed.D.<br />
Dr. Okhee Lee-Salwen<br />
Mrs. Gloria Marie Martinez<br />
Mrs. Ida L. McMillan<br />
Melissa Institute<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Jack D. Norman<br />
Mrs. Elsie Pelton O’Dell<br />
Mr. Jules Wallace Reich<br />
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Diane Fass Sandler<br />
Dr. Donna E. Shalala<br />
Col. Nelson H. Smith, Ret.<br />
The Collision Solution, Inc.<br />
West Flagler Associates Ltd.<br />
GAVE $101 TO $999<br />
Abbott Laboratories Fund<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Acuff<br />
Mrs. Hallee N.Adelman<br />
A F Alan Custom Homes Inc<br />
Mrs.Alice Mae Humes Akins<br />
Mrs. Shari A.Alhanati<br />
Alpha Delta Kappa Chi Chapter<br />
Mr. Michael J.Archer<br />
Frances Aronovitz, R.N., Ph.D.<br />
Mr.William Otto Augustin<br />
Mr. Bill J. Bamonto<br />
Mrs. Irene Jacobs Baros<br />
Bay Colony Historical Tours<br />
Mrs. Jennifer Dawn Bello<br />
Ms. Betty Jane Bickler<br />
Bill Helbig Insurance Agency<br />
Mrs. Bunny Blattner<br />
Paul Bloomberg, Esq.<br />
Rita J. Bornstein, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Rosemary A. Brady<br />
Ms. Sara Mae Brown<br />
Mrs. Natalie Z. Butlien<br />
Mr. Eric Bertram Cash<br />
Ms. Betty Bowe Castor<br />
Ms.Alma Thompson Chase<br />
Mr. Fred Chekanow<br />
Josephine C. Chesley, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Mary Virginia Churtum<br />
Mrs. Phyllis Lederer Cohen<br />
Mrs. Joni Ellen Cohen<br />
Richard D. Conkling, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. Lawrence F. Conte<br />
Mrs. Diane M. Cook<br />
Mrs. Michal J. Cooper<br />
Mr. Richard J. Corbin<br />
Ms. Diana Mildred Craft<br />
Mrs. Elna Russell Crittenden<br />
Ms. Donna Aldine Davis<br />
Mrs.Arlene Neuman Dixon<br />
Gerald Orange Dreyfuss, Ed.D.<br />
Ms. Judith R. Eckstein<br />
Executive Resource Group Inc<br />
ExxonMobil Foundation<br />
Dr. Manuel Ferrer<br />
Mrs. Martha W. Flagg<br />
Frances S. Foster, Ph.D.<br />
Judith Gampel, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. Leonard Genet<br />
Ms. Donna F. Genet<br />
Mrs. Michele Baer Genet<br />
Mrs. Barbara Genet<br />
Mr. Bruce R. Giles<br />
Gilman Yacht Sales, Inc.<br />
Dr. Jeffrey Lynn Gilmore<br />
Mrs. Betty Gardner Grace<br />
Mr. Henry Greenberg<br />
Mr. Barney W. Grier<br />
Mrs. Rochelle Carol Grossman<br />
Henry N. Hardin, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs.Ann Louise Harris<br />
Harris D. & A. Fdn Christan Private<br />
Mrs. Mary Creekmore Hartman<br />
Mrs. Myrtice E. Hektner<br />
Ms. Sandra Angel Herman<br />
Ms. Catherine A. Hilliard<br />
Dr. Christine D.t. Hodge<br />
William Paul H<strong>of</strong>mann, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Mary Ann H<strong>of</strong>mann<br />
Mr. Peter W. Hogue<br />
Mr. Kenneth Delano Humphrey<br />
John M. Jenkins, Ed.D.<br />
Ms. Dawn P. Jenkins<br />
Mary Dalton Jenkins, Ed.S.<br />
Mrs. Sharon Zemel Karl<br />
Mr. Howard M. Katzen<br />
Mr. Raymond J. Kayal, Sr.<br />
Mrs. Lisa Nicole Kidder<br />
Dr. Marta Romeu Klovekorn<br />
Mrs. Sandra D. Kohlenberg<br />
Mrs. Cynthia Faye Korenvaes<br />
Mr. Gregory Kent Kramer<br />
Mrs. Judith Mae Kulman<br />
Mrs. Sharon K. Laird<br />
Mr.Thomas R. Lamar<br />
Mr. Norman H. Lane<br />
Mr. Michael S. Larkin<br />
Mrs. Judy Lease<br />
Ms. Stephanie Leigh<br />
Ms.Anne Marie Levy<br />
Susan K. Lindeblad, Ph.D.<br />
Anne Sprague Lockwood, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs.Althea Dianne Lombard<br />
Mrs. Faith S. Luck<br />
Mrs. Janet Stone MacCullough<br />
Ms. Leslee Gaye Magidson<br />
Mrs. Barbara Arkin Mautner<br />
Mr. Daniel M. Maxwell<br />
Mr. Richard H. McClintock<br />
Elizabeth Ann McDaniel, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs.Ann Ashworth McDonald<br />
Ms. Dolores Gonzalez Mendoza<br />
Mr. Marvin A. Mermelstein<br />
Mrs. Leticia Lauredo Milian<br />
Mrs. Helen Hilson Miller<br />
Elmo E. Moretz, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. Robert Louis Musacchio<br />
Mrs. Judith Prokop Newman<br />
Thomasina B. O’Donnell, Ed.D.<br />
Gilda Maureen Oran, Ed.D.<br />
Dr. Jeffrey Howard Orl<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Mr. Jay A. Pellegrini, Sr.<br />
Mrs. Maria V. Petersen<br />
Mr. Charles A. Pettine<br />
Ms. Elizabeth M. Plater-Zyberk<br />
Miss Shirley C. Powers<br />
Ms.Wendy Wallman Randolph<br />
Mrs. Stephanie Clark Rarick<br />
Ms. Janice Florence Reiger<br />
Mr.William R. Renuart<br />
Claudia P. Rinaldi, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs.Virginia L. Rosen<br />
Mrs. Jacqueline Rubin Sachs<br />
Ms. Ellen Monroe Sanford<br />
Mr. Ben Sauls<br />
Mrs. Betty W. Schmidt<br />
Ms. Jane Grabowski Seifert<br />
Ms. Stacy M. Sessions<br />
Kathleen A. Shea, Ph.D.<br />
Shell Oil Company Foundation<br />
Mr. Bentley M. Sherman<br />
Ms. Barbara A. Silver<br />
Miss Michelle Lauren Smith<br />
Claudia Kramer Springer, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs.Anita Iris Stark<strong>of</strong>f<br />
State Farm Companies Foundation<br />
Ms. Ruth Stern<br />
Shirley Suarez, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Elizabeth Sue Suchman<br />
Sysco Corporation<br />
Mrs. SuAnn Leiken Tescher<br />
Mrs.Amy L.Thompson<br />
Mrs. Lynne Frances Tucker<br />
Ms. Cecilia Tudela-Montero<br />
Ms. Ellen Wacher<br />
Mrs. Patricia H.Walton<br />
Adelaide L.Ware, Ph.D.<br />
Steven M.Warner, Ph.D.<br />
Wesley Ellis Warner, Ed.D.<br />
Dr. Rod Wellens<br />
Mrs. Suzanne M.Wessa-Avello<br />
Mrs. Hazel Jean White<br />
David Ernest Wiles, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Sonia Becker Woldow<br />
Mrs. Kristine P.Wood<br />
Mr. Samuel Jacob Yarger<br />
Dr. Dolores P. Zell<br />
Mr. Robert N. Zimmerman<br />
William Zimmerman, Jr., Ed.D.<br />
Dr. Ellen B. Zonn<br />
GAVE $100<br />
Ms. Faye Abdullah-Boschulte<br />
Mr. Richard Garth Adderley<br />
Miss Dee Ann Allen<br />
Mrs.Arlene A.Ambrose<br />
Ms. Rita M.Ancin<br />
Ms. Kerry J.Anderson<br />
Linda Anthony, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Blanche Tyler August<br />
Ms. Merida I.Aviles<br />
Ms. Martha J.Axiotis<br />
Mrs. Gloria Joyce Baer<br />
Mrs. Eylona Baldinger-Leifer<br />
Mr. Steven Dale Balter<br />
Mr.Thomas G. Basler<br />
Lt. Col. Irving Baum, Ret.<br />
Mrs. Sondra Satz Berlowe<br />
Janice L. Bevan, Ed.D.<br />
Jacquin D. Bierman, Esq.<br />
Mrs. Jan H. Bilthouse<br />
Billy F. Birnie, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Filene Joan Blanco<br />
Dr. Sandra Ann Bontemps<br />
David Bruce Booher, Sr., Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Eleanor Williams Booth<br />
Mrs. Barbara W. Bulbin<br />
Mrs.Tiffany Ann Cannava<br />
Mrs. Joan Brown Canner<br />
Mr. Bradley Roy Cantrell<br />
Roma J. Carlisle, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. Daniel J. Carreira, Jr.<br />
Mr. George A. Carter<br />
Mrs. Doris Nightengale Carter<br />
Reverend Robert Banks Carter<br />
Mrs. Elaine Mary Casey<br />
Mr. Clarence Edward Caulfield<br />
Ms. Crystal Rawls Chaltas<br />
Mrs. Mae K. Chewning<br />
Mr. Dwight David Clasby<br />
Ms. Cynthia M. C<strong>of</strong>fland<br />
Mrs.Terri Cohen<br />
Mrs. Betsy Zimmerman Cohen<br />
Mr. Melvin D. Cohen<br />
Mrs. Jean Steinberg Cohen<br />
Mr. Rosendo Jesus Colomar<br />
Mrs. Melva Hailman Cooper<br />
Mrs. Polly Lehman Cooper<br />
Mr. Riley Cothran<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Alonzo Cox<br />
Ms. Margaret Cox<br />
Gary R. Cox-Steiner, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. Donald Runyon Cuming<br />
Capt. Cheryl Lee DeGr<strong>of</strong>f-Berry<br />
Ms. Kathryn Miley Denham<br />
Laura L. Dennison, Ed.S.<br />
Mr.Wade L. Devlin-Scherer<br />
Ms. Laura Diaz<br />
Ms.Audrey Borok Dillaman<br />
DONATION FROM THE FLORIDA<br />
MARLINS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION<br />
President Donna E. Shalala accepts a $5,000 check<br />
from the Florida Marlins Community Foundation<br />
that will be used toward a scholarship for a UM student<br />
in the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>’s Sport Administration<br />
Program. From left to right are Sebastian the<br />
Ibis; Provost Thomas J. LeBlanc; President Shalala;<br />
David Samson, president <strong>of</strong> the Florida Marlins;<br />
Nancy Olson, executive director <strong>of</strong> the Florida<br />
Marlins Community Foundation; and Billy the Marlin.
David P. Dion, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Ethel Gonzalez Dunne<br />
Mr. Burton E. Eaton<br />
Mrs. Hildy J. Eby<br />
Mr. Michael G. Edison<br />
Mr. Jerrold A. Effron<br />
Mrs. Linda Anne Emm<br />
Mr. Charles M. Eppley III<br />
Mrs. Barrie A. Etling<br />
Mrs. Sonia Kristina Farrow<br />
Elizabeth B. Faust, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Diana L. Feibelman<br />
Mr. Jeffrey J. Fernandez<br />
Mr. David Mark Fireoved<br />
Mrs. Lynn S. Fiterman-Guez<br />
Ms. Sue Ellen Fledell<br />
Mrs. Barbara B. Fleming<br />
Mrs. Joy Ellen Fleming<br />
Mr. Julio Forte<br />
Mr. Jeffrey W. Frangos<br />
Mrs. Louise H. Friberg<br />
Mrs. Patricia Frigo<br />
Mrs. Lisa J. Kaye Fuld<br />
Mrs. Lynn Farber Garfinkle<br />
Mrs. Leslie Jeanne Genauer<br />
Dr. Luis Glaser<br />
Mrs.Alina Alfonso Gonzalez<br />
Mrs. Joyce Goodman<br />
Mrs. Nancy S. Green<br />
Ms. Roberta A. Green<br />
Mrs. Cathy Lynne Greenspan<br />
Ms. Maureen E. Gruel<br />
Mrs. Marjean M. Halopka<br />
Mr. Michael George Heitz<br />
Mrs. Linda Eldredge Henderson<br />
Mr. Charles L. Highbarger, Sr.<br />
Mrs. Jill R. Hinton<br />
Linda Hirsch, Esq.<br />
Ms. Katharine Walker H<strong>of</strong>fman<br />
Mr. Peter Howard<br />
Mary Ellen Hrutka, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Patricia G. Huskey<br />
Mrs. Gwenavire A. Hyndman<br />
Mrs. Nina Schlussel Indianer<br />
Mrs. Gayle R. Irmen<br />
Mrs. Rosalyn Jean Jacobson<br />
Mrs. Jane Ellen Jacobson<br />
Mrs. Diane E. Jahr<br />
Mrs. Susan T. Jones<br />
Ms. Lana M. Jones<br />
Mrs. Marlene Gorodetzer Kaplan<br />
Mrs. Marie C. Kazan-Komarek<br />
Mrs. Margarita C. Kilpatrick<br />
Mrs. Camille O. King<br />
Mr. Shane M. Kinney<br />
Miss Libby Ann Kirsch<br />
Lori I. Kleinman, Ph.D.<br />
Janette K. Klingner, Ph.D.<br />
George M. Koonce, Jr., Ed.D.<br />
Mrs.Vera Pajor Kradjel<br />
Silvia J. La Villa, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. James W. Laskoskie<br />
Ms. Carol S. Lazzeri<br />
Mrs. Barbara Kaye Lehrer<br />
Mr. Richard Leland<br />
Mrs. Merry N. Leshane<br />
Dr. Eleanor L. Levine<br />
Mr. Robert Bristol Little<br />
Carmen Betancourt Lord, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs.Audrey J. Lory<br />
Mr. Kenneth Scott Loughry<br />
Mrs. Johnnie Mae Lowery<br />
Mrs. Linda Lee Lubitz<br />
Mr. Lester Lugo<br />
Mrs. Natalie Beller Lyons<br />
Ms. Lee E. MacWilliams<br />
Mrs. Shelley Francolini Maher<br />
Mrs. Rona Cheryl Mandel<br />
Mrs. Marilyn Marcus<br />
Mrs. Shirley Marston Anderson<br />
Mrs. Susan Belle Martin<br />
Mrs. Mary G. Martyny<br />
Clarence J. Maschinot, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. Daniel Mastropierro<br />
Mrs. Myra Rosenbaum Matters<br />
Mrs. Catherine B. McMichael<br />
Ms.Anne B. McVeigh<br />
Mr. Rodolfo A. Mestre<br />
Lillian Edwina Meyer, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Lynne Karen Meyer<br />
Lloyd R. Miller, M.D.<br />
Lawrence E. Miller, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Esther L. Mirassou<br />
Mr. James Montell<br />
Mrs. Bonnie Bright Monticino<br />
Mr. Gregory L. Morgan<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Tobin Morgan<br />
Capt.Thomas Ira Morris<br />
Ms. Dorothy Ann Moss<br />
Mrs. Ilien Muller-Hechtman<br />
Pamela K. Murfin, Ph.D.<br />
Dale E. Murphy, Esq.<br />
Ms. Nancy A. Myers<br />
Mrs. Norma Jean Ober<br />
Mrs.Virginia O’Connor<br />
Mrs. Helen Sherman Olafson<br />
Ms. Eleanor Evans Olson<br />
Mrs. Jill Ann Oppenheimer<br />
Ms. Patricia J. Osterloh<br />
Ms. Joycelyn Benjamin Park<br />
Mr. Clarence J. Parker<br />
Robert Delaney Parks, Ed.D.<br />
Mr.Ted Pearce<br />
Mrs.Verna Stewart Pearson<br />
Mr. Edward J. Phelan<br />
Mrs. Barbara Stern Pomerantz<br />
Mrs. Meredith Anne Porter<br />
Mr. James Edward Purcell III<br />
Mrs.Virginia L. Randle<br />
Mr. Richard C. Reed<br />
Mrs. Daneen Regna<br />
Mrs. Marie Ruth Reitzes<br />
Mrs. Judy Wemple Riley<br />
Ms. Geri Jane Riskin<br />
Mrs. Flora A. Rodriguez<br />
Mrs. Judith C. Ronci<br />
Mr. Kolman N. Rosenberg<br />
David Alan Rosenblatt, Esq.<br />
Mrs. Norma Beverly Rosenfeld<br />
Mrs. Harriet B. Rubinstein<br />
Mrs. Bonnie Hanchett Sandell<br />
Mr.Allen A. Schiliro<br />
Mr. Harold George Sears<br />
Annis Shaver, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Betty Shklair Shkoler<br />
Mrs. Stephanie Allen Silverman<br />
Mr. Rudolph V. Slaughter<br />
Dr.Wendy Gordon Smith<br />
Mr.Thomas W. Smith<br />
Marzell Smith, Ed.D.<br />
Ms. Mildred E. Smith<br />
Ms. Ruth L. Smith<br />
Mrs. Marianne Smulin<br />
Ms. Shulamit Schickman Stock<br />
Ms. Shirlee Wills Stradley<br />
Mrs. Bonnie L. Suttin<br />
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<br />
AMBASSADOR JAY JENSEN’S<br />
BIOGRAPHICAL FILM,<br />
CLASS ACT DEBUTS<br />
A passionate and eloquent argument for<br />
the importance <strong>of</strong> arts education in the<br />
public school system, Class Act makes<br />
its case by showing instead <strong>of</strong> just<br />
telling. Director Sara Sackner travels<br />
around the country to interview teachers,<br />
students, principals, government <strong>of</strong>ficials and school board presidents about the increasingly<br />
dire funding shortage faced by music, drama, and dance departments, using specific cases (like a<br />
tax proposal in California that was defeated by voters) to reveal the peril the programs face.<br />
The facts are fascinating enough, but Class Act makes its strongest case when it<br />
focuses on Jay W. Jensen, a drama teacher at <strong>Miami</strong> Beach High <strong>School</strong> who, for more than<br />
30 years, made his students share his passion for the arts by involving and inspiring them<br />
instead <strong>of</strong> simply lecturing them.<br />
Many <strong>of</strong> Jensen’s famous alumni (including Andy Garcia, director Brett Ratner, ESPN’s<br />
Roy Firestone and songwriter Desmond Child) pay tribute to their former<br />
teacher, and their stories are pro<strong>of</strong> that a drama class, and other classes like<br />
it, are much more than just electives:They are a valid and essential part <strong>of</strong><br />
showing young people how to fulfill their potential as human beings.–R.R.<br />
Written by <strong>Miami</strong> Herald Movie Critic Rene Rodriguez,<br />
Published in the <strong>Miami</strong> Herald on March 3, 2006<br />
Mrs. Rosalee Krasne Swerdl<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Ms. Lillian R.Tankleff<br />
Mrs. Janis Marie Tarpo-Ramirez<br />
Mr. Richard L.Templeton<br />
Mrs. Robyn Kerzner Teplitzky<br />
Ms.Anthea Vasiliou Teufel<br />
Ms.Virginia F.Thompson<br />
Col. George P.Tynan, Ret.<br />
Mrs.Annette I. Underwood<br />
Ms. Jane Greer Vaughan<br />
Mrs. Sara Jane Verderber<br />
Mr.Albert L.Villar<br />
Katherine Vivenzo-Dyble, R.N.<br />
Mrs. Barbara M.Vonnegut<br />
Diane C.Wander, Ed.D.<br />
Ms. Margaret(Marge) E.Watson<br />
Reverend Marta S.Weeks<br />
Mrs. Marjorie Esau Weigel<br />
Stuart Harris Weinstein, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. Michael Weintraub<br />
Ms.Alyson Mara Weiss<br />
Mr. Frank E.Welsh<br />
Mr. Raymond F.Welty<br />
Mr. Richard N.Westlund<br />
Mr. Russell W.Wheatley<br />
Mrs. Bonnie Marcine Wheatley<br />
Ms. Jo A.Wilder<br />
Mr. George Thomas Wilhide<br />
Ms. Esther R.Withers<br />
Mr. Russell Wright<br />
Walter C.Young, Ed.D.<br />
Robert Dewey Zahner, Esq.<br />
Mrs. Carol Lynn Zook<br />
GAVE $10 TO $99<br />
Mr. James Harold Abbott<br />
Ms. Lourdes Abraham<br />
Marjorie D.Abrams, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Esther Harlene Ackerstein<br />
Mr. Johnnie C.Adams<br />
Mrs. Karen Adamson<br />
Mr. Ray Adkins<br />
Mrs. Beth Sandler Adler<br />
Dr. John F.Aguire<br />
Ms. Renee A.Ahern<br />
Mrs. Barbara Mcmullen Ahringer<br />
Ms. Clara Pallissard Akers<br />
Ms. Gemma M.Alberto<br />
Mrs. Maria L.Alemany<br />
Dr. Margarita Alonso<br />
Mrs. Ellen Stone Alvin<br />
Ms. Rosemarie Annette Ancona<br />
Mrs. Erslyn Ferguson Anders<br />
Mrs. Dede Cummings Andersen<br />
Mrs.Ann Tousley Anderson<br />
Mr.Tony Arnez Anderson<br />
Mrs. Betsy Jane Anderson<br />
Mrs. Janice Michelle Anderson<br />
Mrs. Rebecca M.Andrews<br />
Mrs. Susan Lee Andrews<br />
Ms. Danielle Margaret Annis<br />
Ms. Nancy Jeanne Antonius<br />
Mr. John M.Archibald<br />
Ms. Enid Ascher<br />
Mrs. June M.Ashton<br />
Mrs. Catherine Pieper Avallone<br />
Ms. Nicole Lynn Babiak<br />
Mrs. Karen Laraine Babula<br />
Mrs. Mary Ackerman Bahr<br />
Mrs. Elo-Ly H. Bailey<br />
Mrs. Lynn Carol Baker-Morris<br />
Ms. Siomara Savio Balmori<br />
Mr. Benedict S. Balser, Jr.<br />
Mr. Godfrey Baptiste<br />
Ms. Karen V. Bard<br />
Ms.Yvonne A. Barnett<br />
Ms. Linda M. Baron<br />
Mrs. Carmelina H. Barros<br />
Ms. Lee C. Basye<br />
Mrs. Janet Fien Batchelor<br />
Dr. Patricia A. Baumann<br />
Mrs. Patricia W. Bayer<br />
Susan Kelly Becker, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Mindy Lynn<br />
Bednowitz<br />
Mrs. Shirley L. Behrens<br />
Nancy Beights, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Ruth P. Beiler<br />
Ms. Barbara Vorzimer Bell<br />
Mr. Rene Bellmas<br />
Mrs. Cindy Lynn Benedetto<br />
Mrs. Jean Cameron Bennett<br />
Mrs. Janice Berger<br />
Ms. Karen Samole Berger<br />
Helen L. Bergovoy, Ph.D.<br />
Dr. Carole Doull Berk<br />
Mrs. Lisa Ellen Bernstein<br />
Ms. Janice P. Bernstein<br />
Mr. Robert “Red” Berry<br />
Mrs. Shari Lynn Bevans<br />
Mrs.Adrienne P. Bezzola<br />
Mrs. Jerilynn P. Bichan<br />
Mrs. Cathy Salkin Bienenstock<br />
Ms. Michelle Joy Bigenho<br />
Mr. Carl M. Bilotti<br />
Mrs. Ruth D. Bilsker-Valle<br />
Ms. Helen Pissanos Birakis<br />
Mrs. Linda F. Birnbaum<br />
Mr. Elliott I. Birnbaum<br />
Mrs. Beverly Lieff Birnholz<br />
Dr. Lewis Alan Bixon<br />
Ms. Doris K. Blanford<br />
Mr. Gordon S. Blaum<br />
Mrs. Debra Cohen Bloomfield<br />
Ms. Marilyn D. Blue<br />
Mr. Harvey K. Bodansky<br />
Ms. Linda L. Bogle<br />
Ms. Sharon Diana Borakove<br />
Joan L. Bornstein, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. Cecil J. Borum, Jr.<br />
Ms.Afifa N. Botchway<br />
Mrs. Sylvia H. Bott<br />
Mrs. Jean W. Bouvier-Rice<br />
Ms. Phyllis Ann Bowerfind<br />
Mrs. Louise Alter Bowman<br />
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IN MEMORY OF DEAN SAM J.YARGER<br />
The <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> extends a special thanks to those<br />
individuals who generously donated to the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong><br />
in the memory <strong>of</strong> Dean Sam J.Yarger.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Acuff<br />
Ms.Ava Byrne<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Terry Cicchelli<br />
Mrs. Diane M. Cook<br />
Drs.Wade and Roberta<br />
Devlin-Scherer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Eckstein<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Luis Glaser<br />
Gulliver <strong>School</strong>s<br />
Mrs. Lois M. Heffernan<br />
Dean James William Hipp<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Imig<br />
Mrs. Susan T. Jones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Karger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lou Kleinman<br />
Mr. John Krutulis<br />
Mrs. Marian Krutulis<br />
Dr. Okhee Lee-Salwen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Newman<br />
Dean Elizabeth Planter-Zyberk<br />
Mrs. Robin I. Bradley<br />
Mrs. May Dolsky Braidman<br />
Mr. Robert C. Braz<strong>of</strong>sky<br />
John M. Brennan<br />
Mr. Mike Brennan<br />
Ms. Pamela Brenner<br />
Arlene C. Brett, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. David J. Brett<br />
Ms. Princess L. Briggs<br />
Janet Bond Brill, Ph.D.<br />
Mr.Arthur William Brill<br />
Mrs. Barbara Arnold Briscoe<br />
Mary M. Brittain, Ph.D.<br />
Mr.Alex Michael Bromir<br />
Mrs. Jill D. Brookner<br />
Ms. Elizabeth N. Broom<br />
Ms. Paule Donna Bros<br />
Mrs. Heather Rutland Brown<br />
Mrs. Nina Marra Brown<br />
Ms. Harriett C. Brown<br />
Diane E. Brownholtz, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Sandra Lynn Broxterman<br />
Patricia McNulty Budnik, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Karen Sheila Budowsky<br />
Mrs. Georgianne M. Bugdal<br />
Ms. Jeanne Mercier Bunten<br />
Mrs. Laura Seifert Burgess<br />
Mrs.Adrienne Renee Burnett<br />
Mr. Frederick Anthony Burnos<br />
Ms. Deborah Anne Burr<br />
Mrs. Betty Ruth Butchko<br />
Mr. Richard Allan Butler<br />
Ms. Lilia Buttari<br />
Mr. Louis J. Buttermark<br />
William Allan Byrd, Jr., Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Maria Guas Cagigal<br />
Ms. Ivette Marie Calles<br />
Mr.William Sterling Callicoat<br />
Mrs. Mary L. Cantisano<br />
Ms. Mary Margaret Capraro<br />
Mr. Luis A. Carballo<br />
Ms. Charlotte Melanie Carlin<br />
Mr. Charles F. Carlson<br />
Congresswomen Ileana<br />
Ros-Lehtinen<br />
Mrs. Sandra Spooner<br />
Ms. Marsha Talian<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Rev. Marta S.Weeks<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Weintraub<br />
Mr. Richard Westlund<br />
Wellington Management<br />
Company, LLP<br />
West Flagler Associates Ltd –<br />
Mrs. Florence Hecht<br />
Mrs. Eleanor Vivian Carmical<br />
Mrs. Diane A. Carter<br />
Mrs. Elsa M. Casas<br />
Mr. David Cash<br />
Ruth Myra Ceglia, Ed.D.<br />
Ms. Linda Celestin<br />
Mr. F. Richard Cerillo<br />
Miss Marilyn Cerniglia<br />
Ms. Susan Marie Cesarano<br />
Ms. Beverly G. Chanin<br />
Cheryl Diane Chapman, Ph.D.<br />
Herbert I. Chauser, D.D.S.<br />
Mrs. Mary Ellen Chestnut<br />
Frazier Ray Cheyney, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. Claude I. Chipley, Jr.<br />
Cynthia H. Christen, Esq.<br />
Mrs. Margaret K. Christensen<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>.Terry Cicchelli<br />
Ms. Marlyn June Clayman<br />
Ms. Cynthia G. Clayton<br />
Mrs. Phyllis Cohn Cleveland<br />
Mr. Marvin H. C<strong>of</strong>fee, Sr.<br />
Mr. Lawrence R. Cohen<br />
Mr. Julius Cohen<br />
Ms. Sheila Faber Cohn<br />
Mr.Thomas E. Colip<br />
Mrs. Barbara Fogel Colledge<br />
Mrs. Mary Gaynell Collier<br />
Ms. Hyacinth Y. Comrie<br />
Ms. Carmen S. Concepcion<br />
Ms. Eileen E. Conlon<br />
Mrs. Julia G. Conner<br />
Ms. Maria Lisa Conte<br />
Ms. Jennifer V. Contreras<br />
Mr. Michael L. Cook<br />
Mrs. Marilyn Mae Cook<br />
Mrs. Barbara First Cooper<br />
Mrs.Arlene N. Cotton<br />
Dr. Jay William Coulter, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Julia A. Crabbe<br />
Ms. Diane C. Craig<br />
Mr. Bradley Joe Cravens<br />
Ms. Nancy Carol Crawford<br />
Creative Discoveries Plus<br />
Mrs. Ruth Hibbard Czajkowski<br />
Ms. Beth A. Daigneault<br />
Dr. Stephanie Stoll Dalton<br />
Mrs. Barbara Hull Danese<br />
Mrs. Catherine M. Daniels<br />
Ms. Susan Beth Dattilo<br />
Ms. Diane M. Davis<br />
Mr.Warren E. Davis<br />
Ms. Kaye L. Davis<br />
Ms. Joyce L. Davis<br />
Mrs. Lori L. Davis-Bandi<br />
Ms. Paula J. De Dominicis<br />
Ms. Patricia Ann De Gutis<br />
Mrs. Maria Elena De Zarraga<br />
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Decker<br />
Ms. Julie Kathleen Defina<br />
Ms. Gabriela DeFrancisco<br />
Mr. Gary James Degenhardt<br />
Mrs. Ida Aileen Dekle<br />
Ms. Flora Del Cueto<br />
Mr. Michael W. Delay<br />
Mrs. Hortensia M. DelCastillo<br />
Mrs. Digna Alicia Delgado<br />
Mr. Robert A. Denk<br />
Mr. Gerald John Derbish<br />
Ms. Lyn C. Deresz<br />
Mrs. Pamela Knopf Dernis<br />
Mr. Joseph S. Di Dio<br />
Mrs. Gayle R. Diamant-Holland<br />
Ms. Beula G. Diamond<br />
Mrs.Angeles Del Pilar Diaz<br />
Nilda J. Diaz, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Iraida M. Diaz-Salinero<br />
Ms.Victoria Anne Dickman<br />
Ms. Bobi Dimond<br />
Ms. Margaret Sullivan Dinn<br />
Ms. Jennifer Sarah Diptee<br />
Mrs. Nancy M. Dixon<br />
Ms. Michelle Lopez Dolin<br />
Ms.Ann Nichols Doll<br />
Mrs. Maria Del Carmen Domingo<br />
Mr.William T. Donath, Jr.<br />
Mr. Kenneth Donner<br />
Mrs.Alexis M. Dorsey<br />
Mrs. Mary Kell Doty<br />
Mrs. Katherine C. S. Downes<br />
Martha Sanders Dozier, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Evangelina F. Draschner<br />
Louise Yvonne Driscoll, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Carol Asher Dubnik<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Mrs.Tina Beryl Duchon<br />
Reverend Charles J. Duey, Sr.<br />
Mr. Harry J. Duffy<br />
Doris F. Dunaway, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. Bruce E. Dunn<br />
Mrs. Eugenie M. Dunn<br />
Ms. Courtney Lyn Dzierzak<br />
Mrs. Dorothy J. Easley<br />
Ms. Donna Marie East<br />
Mr. Jerome Eckert<br />
Mrs. Eugenia Adams Eckert<br />
Mr. Richard H. Eisenberg<br />
Mrs. Camelia G. Eisenhart<br />
Ms. Drucilla Elliott<br />
Ms. Margaret L. Elsea<br />
Mrs. Martha Y. Embry<br />
Ms. Marla Emery<br />
Mr. Edward F. Ende, Jr.<br />
Mr. Jose Enriquez<br />
Mrs. Mary Galatis Esachenko<br />
Mr.Armando M. Escoto<br />
Mrs. Elaine Morris Eskind<br />
Ms. Mary Estephane<br />
Ms. Marina Esteva<br />
Miss Marta L. Etcheverry<br />
Mrs. Iris G. Ettelman-Sheckman<br />
Susan Venning Etter<br />
Mrs. Jayne Berg Evans<br />
Mr. Harry Darnel Everett<br />
Mr. Ronald J. Fairless<br />
Dr. Paul L. Fairley<br />
Ms. Lourdes Linan Falcon<br />
Mrs. Corinne Custis Fasinski<br />
Ms. Elizabeth Ann Favors<br />
Mrs. Marion Gordon Feingold<br />
Mrs. Barbara Kalman Feldman<br />
Ms. Joie L. Felix<br />
Mrs. Judy Horowitz Fenster<br />
Ms. Marlyn Caridad Fernandez<br />
Mr. Harry W. Fersch III<br />
Ms. Penny F. Fischer<br />
Ms. Patti Morris Fisher<br />
Mrs.Virginia Vaughn Fisher<br />
Mrs. Dora E. Fisichella<br />
Mr. Ralph A. Fistel<br />
Ms. Hilary Newell Fitzpatrick<br />
Mrs. Lelah Abel Fleischer<br />
Mrs. Maria E. Fleitas<br />
Mrs. Suzanne Howard Fleming<br />
Dr. Sanda Lina Florio Model<br />
Mrs. Patricia A. Foley-Gleason<br />
Ms.Alina M. Fonseca<br />
Ms. Rosa E. Forbes<br />
Mrs. Maryann Johnson Ford<br />
Mr. Marc Philip Foreman<br />
Dr. Harry W. Forgan, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Raela Jean Forman<br />
Mrs. Patricia Jo Foster<br />
Mrs. Caryl Susan Foster<br />
Mrs. Janet Amy Fournier<br />
Mr. Millard Leon Fowler<br />
Mr. Michael Gerard Fraina<br />
Ms. Patricia Lynch Francis<br />
Mr. Robert E. Fraser<br />
Dana Lynn Fredebaugh, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Myrtle Fredericks<br />
Ms. Roberta Freitas<br />
Mrs. Susan Freshman<br />
Mrs. Maria Antonia Friguls<br />
Mrs. Camille A. Gabris<br />
Mrs. Suzanne R. Gach<br />
Mr. Jimmie Thomas Gaines<br />
Ms. Mary A. Galeri<br />
Daisy J. Galindo-Ciocon, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. David M. Gangel<br />
Ms. Megan A. Gannon<br />
Mrs. Carmen Margarita Garcia<br />
Ms. Carmen M. Garcia<br />
Mr. Rolando Garcia Turino<br />
James Gasparino, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. Courtney M. Gee<br />
Mrs. Joan Carol Gellen<br />
Ms. Ilene Genet<br />
Mrs. Sue Anne Georgini<br />
Ms. Mary E. Giannella<br />
Mrs. Charlene Kay Gibb<br />
Mrs. Ruth Gissin<br />
Mr. Phillip Givens<br />
Ms. Petra S. Glover<br />
Ms. Becky Glucksman<br />
Mrs. Miriam Fansler Godfrey<br />
Col. Russell David Gold<br />
Mrs. Leah Shmueli Gold<br />
Sally W. Goldberg, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Phyllis F. Goldfarb<br />
Mrs. Barbara Drossner Goldin<br />
Ms.Vanina Monica Goldinger<br />
Mr. Douglas Jay Goldman<br />
Ms. Myra Goldstein<br />
Mrs. Susan C. Goldstein<br />
Mrs. Mona Lucille Goldstein<br />
Ms. Susan Burk Golinsky<br />
Ms. Jeri Greenberg Golus<br />
Ms. Elizabeth Mary Gonzalez<br />
Ms. Miriam M. Gonzalez<br />
Mrs. Kristi M. Gonzalez-Perez<br />
Mr. David Goodman<br />
Mrs. Judith A. Gorelick<br />
Mr.Thomas E. Graffte, Jr.<br />
Ms. Cynthia E. Graham<br />
Mrs. Phyllis Muravchick Grand<br />
Ms. Kristine E. Graulich<br />
Mrs. Laurie Frankel Green<br />
Mr.William Green, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Margaret Ingraham Green<br />
Ms. Linda M. Greenan<br />
Mr. Leonard A. Greenbaum<br />
Ms.Amy Sue Greenberg<br />
Shirley E. Greening, Esq.<br />
Yvette M. Greenspan, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Joan Maxeene Gregory<br />
Mrs. Linda R. Greshes<br />
Ms. Susan A. Grigsby<br />
Mrs. Janis Doreen Grossman<br />
Miss Janice Rochelle Grossman<br />
Royal David Grumbach, Ph.D.<br />
Dr. Eneida B. Guernica<br />
Mr. Miguel Guerrero<br />
Ms. Floredenis Guerrier<br />
Ms. Shirley Ann Guide-Fletcher<br />
Mrs. Marilyn Louise Gulesian<br />
Ms. Eunice A. Gumbs<br />
Mrs. June Matousek Guptill<br />
Ms. Lisette B. Gutierrez<br />
Mrs. Joann Gotlzer Haas<br />
Mrs. Charlsie Edwards Hagan<br />
Mrs. Linda Marsha Hakerem<br />
Mr. F. David Halberg<br />
Mrs. Georgette G. Halberg<br />
Mrs. Edline A. Hall<br />
Mrs. Sue Ellen Rogers Hall<br />
Mrs. Sandra Rogers Hamasaki<br />
Mr. Donald C. Hammell<br />
Mrs. Janet Gail Hampton<br />
Mrs. Lucy Hurry Hanafourde<br />
Ms. Shelleyann E. Hancock<br />
Mr. John H. Hancock<br />
Ms. Linda Beth Haniford<br />
Dr. Joan S. Hanley<br />
Mrs. Margaret Howe Hannah<br />
Mrs. Elaine R. Hansma<br />
Mrs. Frimette B. Harari<br />
Mr.Allan E. Harrigan<br />
Mrs. Jean Marsh Harrison<br />
Mr. Eugene H. Harsevoort<br />
Mr. Paul Edward Hartsel<br />
Mrs. Isobel Keathley Harwell<br />
Sherrill H. Hayes, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Kristin Elizabeth Hayes<br />
Mrs. Jeannie H. Hebert-Truax<br />
Jo Anne K. Hecker, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Elizabeth Risser Heenan<br />
Mrs. Lois M. Heffernan<br />
Mrs.Veronica V. Helsby<br />
Mr.Adam Douglas Henry<br />
Mrs. Carol West Hernet<br />
Dr. Blanca C. Herrera-Torres<br />
Mr. Stephen P. Herzfeld
List <strong>of</strong> Donors<br />
Mrs. Grace Hickey Hilkene<br />
Dr. James William Hipp, D.M.A.<br />
Mr. Gregory Michael Hlad<br />
Mrs. Barbara Lou Hobbins<br />
Mrs. Karol N. Hochman<br />
Mr. Charles C. H<strong>of</strong>fman<br />
Ms. Judy T. Hogan<br />
Mr. Floyd D. Horgen<br />
Mrs. Linda R. Hornik<br />
Mr. Carlos Rafael Hortas<br />
Roberta Paul Horton, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Charlene Houghton<br />
Rita J. Howard, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Linda Lee Howell<br />
Mrs. Sandra Rutecky Hoyle<br />
Ms. Elizabeth Winder Hubbard<br />
Mrs. Debra L. Hudnall<br />
Ms. Paula Jean Hurd<br />
Ms. Linda Mann Hutton<br />
Ms. Jasmine Ardeshir Irani<br />
Mrs. Judith N. Ivory<br />
Dennis L. Jackson, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Mary Jo Jager<br />
Mr. James C. Jamison III<br />
Mrs. Diane D. Jaynes<br />
Mrs. Margaret D. Jefferson<br />
Col.William L. Jennewine<br />
Ms. Belle Jo Johnson<br />
Ms. Stephanie Chadwick Johnson<br />
Elizabeth Johnson-Widlansky<br />
Mr. Edgar Lee Joines<br />
Mrs. Kathleen Mote Jones<br />
Ms.Anita Mercedes Jones<br />
Mrs. Nancy Huber Jones<br />
Mrs. Sandra S. Joseph<br />
Malcolm L. Kahn, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Patricia K. Kalina<br />
Mr. Steven John Kallio<br />
Ms. Daryn Michal Kalmus<br />
Mrs. Rita J. Kander<br />
Mrs. Carol Klein Kaplan<br />
Mrs. Renee B. Kaplan<br />
Miss Donna J. Kaplan<br />
Mrs. Susan Waas Kaplan<br />
Mr. Edward J. Kapushy<br />
Ms. Kathy G. Kasper<br />
Mr. L. Melvin Katz<br />
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS<br />
Mr. John H. Kaufmann<br />
Ms. Joan Elaine Kaye<br />
Mr. Patrick Joseph Keane<br />
Mrs. Karen M. Kearns<br />
Mr. Lee E. Kellerman<br />
Ketty T. Kelley, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Lauren Kellner<br />
Ms.Alisa Jill Kemnitz<br />
Mrs.Teresa D. Kennedy<br />
Dr. Hugh S. Kinard, Jr.<br />
Ms. Carmen Denise King<br />
Mrs. Elaine King<br />
Patricia E. H. Kirsch, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Lynn Weissman Klein<br />
Mrs. Harriet Lee Kleinberg<br />
Mrs. Joan M. Kleinman<br />
Mr. Frederick H. Kline<br />
Ms. Janice Lee Kline<br />
Mrs. Laurie Meltzer Klinovsky<br />
Mrs. Paula Marie Kluttz<br />
Mrs.Anita M. Haeger Knowles<br />
Mr. Fredric M. Kohn<br />
Ms. Sharon Brill Kolsky<br />
Mr. Neil Stanley Komisarow<br />
Ms. Jacqueline Helen Koptowsky<br />
Ms. Mary E.B Kornahrens<br />
Elizabeth M. Kosky, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Sophie Alice Koster<br />
Kamiar Kouzekanani, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Sandra P. Kramer<br />
Ms. Faith Reinhard Krause<br />
Ms. Laura M. Krielow<br />
Mrs. Elise Helen Krigline<br />
William Paul Krupczak, Ed.D.<br />
Ms. Karen L. Kuebler<br />
Diane Kaminsky Kuker, Esq.<br />
Henry Warren Kunce, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs.Avon Estes Kunce<br />
Mr. Lawrence R. Kurland<br />
Mr.Terry E. Kurpius<br />
Carole Kurtines-Becker, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Mary Vicchi Laity<br />
Mr.Vilbrun Lalanne<br />
Ms.Therese Lambert<br />
Mrs. Ellen Jane Lambert<br />
Ms. Linda Marion Lambert<br />
Mrs. Kathryn T. Lancas<br />
The <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong><br />
thanks Nancy G.<br />
Pastr<strong>of</strong>f for establishing<br />
the Edward J. Pastr<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Endowed Scholarship<br />
in the Department <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Education</strong>al and Psychological<br />
Studies to honor the memory <strong>of</strong> her<br />
husband, Edward Pastr<strong>of</strong>f, who earned his master’s<br />
degree in education in 1955.<br />
“The opportunity to continue one’s education in<br />
a chosen field is important to the individual and to<br />
those students who will have contact with that individual<br />
in future years,” said Nancy Pastr<strong>of</strong>f, who earned<br />
her M.Ed. from the <strong>School</strong> in 1966. “Teachers are a<br />
valuable resource and they should be nourished.”<br />
The <strong>School</strong> also appreciates the endowed scholarships<br />
that were established by the generosity <strong>of</strong><br />
Edward Welch and Robert Strong; William and<br />
Philip Genet; and Scott Watt.<br />
Ms. Maria R. Landa<br />
Mr. Noel H. Landriani<br />
Mrs. Irma Chandler Langfahl<br />
Ms.Audrey Langford<br />
Edward Marvin Las<strong>of</strong>f, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Janice K. Lee<br />
Mrs. Nola B. Lee-Holton<br />
Ms. Beverly J. Lefcourt<br />
Mrs. Roberta Revitz Leff<br />
Mrs. Myra S. Lefkowitz<br />
Mrs. Merle Lemler-Brenner<br />
Ms. Gloria Lee Lemmons<br />
Ms. Suzanne D. Lenker<br />
Ms.Ada A. Lenz<br />
Mrs. Maxine Lois Leonescu<br />
Ms. Linda A. Lethenstrom<br />
Ms. Roberta Low Levene<br />
Mrs. Linda Bari Levinson<br />
Mr. Martin H. Levinstein<br />
Mr. Howard Elliott Levner<br />
Mrs. Robin Cheryl Levy<br />
Mrs. Ella May Levy<br />
Mrs. Nancy P. Lewis<br />
Elisah B. Lewis, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Jean Sara Lewis<br />
Solomon Sidney Lichter, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. David L. Lieberman<br />
Ms. Shirley Lindsay<br />
Mrs. Susan Schechter Lipsitz<br />
Ms. Laura Ann Lisowski<br />
Ms. Mary Ann Loadholtz<br />
Mrs. Florence Marie Logan<br />
Catherine “Cappy” Longstreth<br />
Mrs. Evelyn O’Neill Looney<br />
Ms. Janice R. Lorimer<br />
Ms. Monica Halle Lovett<br />
Ms. Betty Lou Lorraine Loyer<br />
Mrs. Donna W. Lozar<br />
Mrs. Julia Maria Lucena<br />
Ms. Elissa Ludwig<br />
Mr.Thomas Joseph Lynch III<br />
Mrs. June Sprouse MacDonald<br />
Mr. Sheridan W. MacFadyen<br />
Ms. Louise C. Mack<br />
Mrs. Joyce C. Madden<br />
Cmdr. Ralph Stanley Magnus<br />
Mr. Kevin J. Malady<br />
Mr. Charles R. Maler, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Lee Ann Mancini<br />
Mr. Daniel S. Mandel<br />
Ms. Sharon M. Mandich<br />
Mr. Daniel G. Manfre<br />
Louis P. Manganiello, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Harriet Faith Margolis<br />
Mrs. Betty Lynn Marks<br />
Mrs. Debra M. Marlowe<br />
Mr. Peter William Marmaros<br />
Mrs. Betty Ann Reeder Marron<br />
Mrs. Beth Ann Marshall<br />
Penny C. Martin, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Judith Shahboz Martin<br />
Mrs. Lilia R. Martinez<br />
Mr. Carlos Enrique Martinez<br />
Richard J. Martula, Ph.D.<br />
Helen L. Masin, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs.Annette Sanchez Maspons<br />
Mrs. Jacqueline K. Mastellone<br />
Mr. David A. Masters<br />
Mrs. Susan Elaine Masterson<br />
Mr. Leo G. May, Jr.<br />
Ms. Maria Josefa Maymi<br />
Mrs. Madeline B. Mays<br />
Ms. Marie Mazzara<br />
HOLOCAUST DONORS<br />
The <strong>School</strong> thanks the following individuals who<br />
made the 2006 Summer Holocaust Institute<br />
possible through their generous donations. This<br />
five-day intensive course provided <strong>Miami</strong>-Dade<br />
County Public <strong>School</strong> teachers with materials,<br />
strategies and resources to ensure that the<br />
important lessons <strong>of</strong> the Holocaust are not<br />
forgotten and will be passed on from generation<br />
to generation.<br />
Dade Paper Company<br />
Evelyn Greer<br />
Dr. Martin Karp – <strong>Miami</strong> Dade Public <strong>School</strong>s<br />
Peter Moser<br />
Jules Reich<br />
Washington Mutual<br />
Ms. Shanda A. Mazzorana<br />
Ms. Kelly Anne McConnell<br />
Mrs. Marion Landers McCool<br />
Ms. Joyce M. McEnerney<br />
Dr. Carol Kay McGaughey<br />
Dr. Philip Harvey McGee<br />
Joyce McGhee, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Lovette E. McGill<br />
Mr.Arthur R. McInturff, Jr.<br />
Ms. Judith Levenstein McKean<br />
Cortland V. McKee, Ed.D.<br />
Ms. Rozanne M. McKeever<br />
Mrs. Odalys McKinley<br />
Ms. Stephanie Fay McLean<br />
Mrs.Weathia L. McMillan<br />
Mrs.Audrey Mason McNaughton<br />
Mrs. Marlene H. McPherson<br />
Mrs. Paula A. McQuade<br />
Ms. Zulima Delatorre Medina<br />
Mrs. Gloria H. Menendez<br />
Mrs. Dinorah Garcia Menendez<br />
Mrs.Virginia Merriam<br />
Mr. Ronald Gordon Merrill<br />
Mrs. Maria Kathryn Mesaros<br />
Mr. Jeffrey T. Messinger<br />
Mrs. Janice Agid Metzger<br />
Ms. Ruth J. Metzger<br />
Ms. Kelly Ann Michael<br />
Ms. Linda L. Miller<br />
Mrs. Sharon Miller<br />
Mrs. Elinor Marilyn Miller<br />
Mrs. Sandra Helen Bossak Mintz<br />
Mr. Harold Mitchell<br />
Fay Belinda Mitchell, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Maureen Jean Mitchell<br />
Ms. Ellen G. Mittman<br />
Mr.Al P. Mizell<br />
Mrs. Mary Lou Bellar Mizell<br />
Mr. Joseph John Mlcuch, Jr.<br />
Barbara W. Moller, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs.Audrey B. Mollman<br />
Mrs. Myriam L. Monsalve-Serna<br />
Mrs. Marybeth Willard Mook<br />
Mrs. Zenaida Moore<br />
Mrs. Mary D. Moore<br />
Mrs. Robin A. Moore-Baker<br />
Mrs. Ivette de Arteaga Morgan<br />
Mrs. Donna Morgan<br />
Mrs. Patti M. Morgenstern<br />
Ms. Hilda Yarina Morillas<br />
Ms.Thomasine Morris<br />
Mr. N. John Muckenstorm<br />
Mr. Richard L. Muller<br />
Ms. Maureen Butler Mulley<br />
Mrs. Corina G. Murciano<br />
Ms. Karen Elizabeth Murphy<br />
Mrs. Joanna Parker Murray<br />
Mrs. Ellen B. Rosenblatt Nadel<br />
Mr.Terry Lee Nance<br />
Mrs. Natalie Nash<br />
Mr. Paul P. Nasuti<br />
Mrs. Joan Rose Needell<br />
Marilyn Joan Neff, Ed.D.<br />
Mr.Thomas A. Neuenfeldt<br />
Ms.Anamaria Nevares<br />
Mr. Robert Park New<br />
Mrs. Nancy Glick Newman<br />
Mr. Isadore Newman<br />
Ms.Timi Jean Nichols<br />
Mrs. Mary Warner Nichols<br />
Mrs. Deborah Ann Nicolette<br />
Mrs. Jane Franzino Noppenberg<br />
Mrs. Marcia B. Nord<br />
Norman Lesser Public Insurance<br />
Mrs. Patricia Gavin Norton<br />
Mrs. Serena H. Nuhomovic<br />
Gail O’Connell-Babcock, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. David Joseph O’Connor<br />
Mrs. Melissa A. O’Connor<br />
Dr. Mandy Offerle<br />
Mr. Glenn Allan Ogden<br />
Ms. Bazel A. Oliver<br />
Miss Kathryn Anne Olsen<br />
Miss Nancy Jane Olson<br />
Mrs. Sharon Linn Oppelt<br />
Mrs. Judith R. Oppenheim<br />
Ms. Silvia Ordonez<br />
Mrs. Libbie A. Ornstein<br />
Mr.Alfred Orsini<br />
Mr. Edward Charles Osborne<br />
Miss Dorothy Ann Otto<br />
Ms.Amelia P. Ovies<br />
Mr. Hugh A. Owen<br />
Mrs. Nancy L. Pado<br />
Mrs. Gilda G. Paez<br />
Mr. Frank P. Pallavicini, Jr.<br />
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Mr. Edmund Jos Palleria<br />
Mr. Carl M. Palmisciano, Jr.<br />
Mr. John Paoletta<br />
Ms. Maria Del Carmen Papazian<br />
Ms.Velma Papier<br />
Vicki M. Parks, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Margaret Lasher Parrott<br />
Mrs. Margaret M. Parry<br />
Ms. Barbara D. Parry-Gill<br />
Mrs.Vicky R. Pate<br />
Mr. Jack R. Pathman<br />
Ms. Brenda Kay Patterson<br />
Mrs. Simi Fox Pearlman<br />
Mrs. Karen Ann Pearson<br />
Dorothy Adams Peck, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Edith S. Pedersen<br />
Mrs. Linda V. Zapata Peirce<br />
Ms. Leonie Pender<br />
Mrs. Mary Caridad Pepper<br />
Mrs. Odalys Perez<br />
Mr. Edward Perez<br />
Mrs. Maria Villa Perez-Zarraga<br />
Ms. Irilis R. Pesi<br />
Ms. Christine E. Peters<br />
Mr. Carl A. Peterson<br />
Mrs. Margaret W. Peterson<br />
Mrs. Julia R. Pettigrew<br />
Mrs. Lorna Lucile Pettijohn<br />
Mr. George R. Phelan III<br />
Mrs. Bernadine Kavos Pickard<br />
Mrs. Rita Glaze Pickering<br />
Ms. Linda Pickett<br />
Mr.Wagner Guy Pierre<br />
Mr. James F. Pietro<br />
Mrs. Jane Anne Pincus<br />
Mindy S. Pincus-Wagman, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Judith Schwab Polak<br />
Bernice Vrabel Poll, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. Lawrence J. Polny<br />
Mrs. Judith Bernstein Pope<br />
Ms. Jessica Portell<br />
Shawn A. Post-Klauber, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Candice Alter Potter<br />
Mrs. Patricia Campbell Potts<br />
Mrs. Karen S. Powers<br />
Catherine M. Powers, Ed.D.<br />
Ms. Patricia K. Price<br />
Anna M. Price, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Maria Caridad Pubillones<br />
Mrs. Jean Haydock Pugh<br />
Ms. Jennifer Joyce Puhl<br />
Ms. Jasmine E. Puthusseril<br />
Mrs. Maureen Ellen Pybus<br />
Charles M. Quillin, Jr., Ed.D.<br />
Ms. Betsy B. Quillin<br />
Mrs. Carole A. Rabinowitz<br />
Mrs.Anouchka N. Rachelson<br />
Mrs. Elaine G. Raileanu<br />
Mrs. Padma N. Ramakrishnan<br />
Ms. Kamelia Indira Ramnarine<br />
Mrs. Sonya Dubbin Rapee<br />
Ms. Josefa Rascon<br />
Mr. Frank T. Ratchford<br />
Mrs. Roni Rathgeber<br />
Ms. Cristina Maria Reboredo<br />
Mrs. Kellie S. Reinhardt<br />
Mr. Jeffrey B. Reiter<br />
Mrs. Shari Brier Resnick<br />
Mr. Michael A. Riehl<br />
Mr.T. Glenn Rigney<br />
Mrs. Gail J. Riley<br />
Mrs. Silvia Alicia Rivas<br />
Eduardo R. Rivas, Ed.D.<br />
Miss Austin Elaine Rivers<br />
Ms.Andrea C. Rizzi<br />
Mr. Samuel O. Robbins<br />
Mrs. Rita Speisman Robbins<br />
Ms. Lagloria V. Roberts<br />
Mr. Richard Powell Robinson<br />
Ms. Mercedes Rodriguez<br />
Mr.Tomas Manuel Rodriguez<br />
Mrs. Susan Barbara R<strong>of</strong>fman<br />
Virgil Postell Rogers, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Millicent B. Rogers<br />
Mrs. Barbara Ann Rogers<br />
Mrs. Mindy Laura Rojas<br />
Mr.Anthony Wayne Rolle<br />
Ms.Talia Maria Romero<br />
Mrs. Gloria Halber Rosen<br />
Ms. Roberta S. Rosenberg<br />
Ms. Stella Ann Rosenfeld<br />
Mrs. Robyn Sue Rosenthal<br />
Mrs. Debra Rosmarin<br />
Ms. Margot Beck Ross<br />
Dr. Lourdes Carmen Rovira<br />
Mrs. Maureen Durkin Roy<br />
Mrs. Carole J. Roy<br />
Ms. Leslie Joan Rubenstein<br />
Dr. Elizabeth Block Rubin<br />
Mrs.Wendy Sandra Rudner<br />
Mrs. Norma Ruiz-Castaneda<br />
Ms. Karen Lynn Runyon<br />
Mrs. Sara M. Ruthven<br />
Mrs. Marianne Meyer Rutkin<br />
Mrs. Lynne Shar<strong>of</strong>f Saad<br />
Mr. Michael John Saban<br />
Ms. Harriet Ruth Sadel<br />
Mark J. Safferstone, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Melissa T. Sall<br />
Mrs. Rufina A. Sanchez<br />
Ms. Ines Caridad Sanchez<br />
Ms. Paula R. Sanchez<br />
Ms. Libia A. Sanchez<br />
Ms.Annette Marisse Sandin<br />
Ms. Mariana S. Santovenia<br />
Maria Esther Sarasua, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. Irwin Sasnowitz<br />
Linda E. Saumell, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Shannon Elizabeth Saumell<br />
Mrs. Christine Spinato Sauter<br />
Mr. Francis E. Savage<br />
Ms. Sandra Rytenband Saverin<br />
Mr. Larry J. Schafer<br />
Mrs. Kathleen Marie Schettler<br />
Rabbi Solomon Schiff<br />
Mrs. Mary Church Schild<br />
Mrs. Marcia L. Schmeckebier<br />
Mrs. Sylva Darlene Schnabel<br />
Mrs. Gail Rock<strong>of</strong>f Schneider<br />
Mrs. Diane Stonecipher Schramm<br />
Mrs.Virginia Clune Schroer<br />
Mrs. Jane C. Schulman<br />
Ms. Susan Angela Schulz<br />
Mrs. Evelyn Auslander Schwartz<br />
Mrs. Marie E. D. Sciabarassi<br />
Ms. Gloria A. Segura<br />
Mrs. Patricia G. Seitzman<br />
Ms. Jestina Selkridge<br />
Mr. Joseph Robert Sena<br />
Mrs. Marta O. Sewpershad<br />
Ms. Sheila Eloise Seymour<br />
Mrs. Melva Buchanan Shaheen<br />
Mrs. Janet S. Shalkop<br />
Mrs. Marian Harris Shannon<br />
Mrs. Sally Amerise Shannon<br />
Ms. Colleen Patricia Sharon<br />
Mr. Glenn Sharpe<br />
Mr.William F. Shaw, Jr.<br />
Sally Ann Shay, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Lisa Gail Sherman<br />
Ms. Jeanette Sherman<br />
Mrs. Harriet Siewiorek-Synk<br />
Mrs.Adriane Lipkin Silver<br />
Mr. Robert Alan Silver<br />
Milton M. Silverstein, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Jill Ellen Simmelink<br />
Mr.Aldo Albert Simmons<br />
Mrs. Patricia M. Sims<br />
Mr. Frank R. Slivocka<br />
Ms. Lois Vernico Smith<br />
Ms. Johnetta D. Smith<br />
Ms. Jacqueline Lee Smith<br />
Henrietta Mays Smith, Ed.D.<br />
Ms. Barbarann Smith<br />
Mrs. Sima B. Smith<br />
Ms. Cristina Tavares Smith<br />
Mrs. Patricia Martin Smith<br />
Mrs. Suzanne Smock<br />
Mr. Robert M. Snyder<br />
Ms. Grace A. Snyder<br />
Mrs. Nancy T. Sokol<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Ms. Jennifer L. Solis<br />
Mr.Alfred Jerome Solomon<br />
Mrs. Sara S. Sommers<br />
Mrs.Anne E. Randell Sopshin<br />
Ms. Sharon Marie Sotiros<br />
Miss Marsha Hope Spaner<br />
Mrs. Marguerite A. Spetrini<br />
Mrs. Miriam Gonzalez Spiegel<br />
Ms. Karen Ann Spigler<br />
Mr. Peter Irvin Spitz<br />
Ms. Sandra S. Spooner<br />
Mrs. Jamie Deland Spooner<br />
Ms. Rosalie Flack Spurlock<br />
Drucille H. Stafford, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. Gene Stage<br />
Ms. MaryLou Stambaugh<br />
Ms. Mary Alice Stanley<br />
Ms. Harriett F. Stapleton<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Stavreti<br />
Ms. Rebecca Christine Stead<br />
Mrs. Jodi Appelbaum Steinbauer<br />
James Russel Stephens, Ph.D.<br />
Lana Martha Stern, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Sheila Ludwig Stern<br />
Mrs. Marilyn Suzanne Stetz<br />
Ms. Nancy Lynn Stevens<br />
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Stevens<br />
Dr. Barbara A. Stoler<br />
Mrs.Willa Browde Stone<br />
Mrs. Sandra Green Stone<br />
Miss Gwen Marie Story<br />
Robert James Strauss, Esq.<br />
Mr.Alan Joshua Strauss<br />
Mr.Alexander Strok<br />
Ms. Sandra Abbott Stroud<br />
Ms. Cristina Suarez-Comesana<br />
Mrs. Cathi Thea Sussman<br />
Mrs.Valerie Martha Swanson<br />
Mrs. Mary K. Miller Swinderman<br />
Mr.Anthony S.Taddeo<br />
Ms. Deborah A.Taddonio<br />
Mrs. Sandra Lloyd Taft<br />
Ms. Marsha Linda Talian<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Ms. Maryann Elizabeth Tatum<br />
Ms. Sandra Fish Tavlin<br />
Mr. Grant A.Teagarden<br />
Mrs. Patricia Morrow Tegtman<br />
Ms. Luisa Dolores Tejada<br />
Mr. Billy Joe Teltsher<br />
Mrs. Jan Graham Tenney<br />
Mr. James Edward Thomas<br />
Amy J. Brett Thomas<br />
Mrs. Nelda J.Thompson<br />
Mrs. Betty W.Thompson<br />
Ms. Dorothy H.Thomson<br />
Mrs. Eleanor Badick Tierney<br />
Ms. Martha D.Timanus<br />
Mrs. Linda J.Timmons<br />
Mr. Jack E.Tingley<br />
Mrs. Sandra Cerato Tinsley<br />
Ms. Stella Tobin<br />
Ms.Yordanka Hernandez Tomas<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Marian J.Tonjes<br />
Mrs. Evangelina Torrente<br />
Ms. Elina Torres<br />
Mrs. Sarah G.Trauger<br />
Mr. Chester Edward Trost<br />
Mr. Peter Paul Trutanich<br />
Mr. Frank D.Tuggle, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Maritza M.Tuohy<br />
Ms. Janine Anne Turbe<br />
Mrs. Jeanne M.Turner<br />
Ms. Mary Anoush Tutunjian<br />
Miss Barbara R.Tyler<br />
Mrs.Amy S. Uffelman<br />
Mrs. Irene K. Uhl<br />
Mrs. Elizabeth Blevins Uhle<br />
Dr. Maria C. Unanue<br />
Ms. Rachel Mostk<strong>of</strong>f Unger<br />
Mrs. Nancy Blum Urbach<br />
Mrs. Marleen N. Urback<br />
Ms. Lydia B. Usategui<br />
Ms.Alicia M.Valdes<br />
Ms. Pilar E.Valls<br />
Ms. Barbara Van Diepen<br />
Ms.Amy Johanna Van Nederpelt<br />
Ms. Rhonda J.VanderWyden<br />
Mrs. Cynthia A.VanWingerden<br />
Ms. Maria Josefa Varela<br />
Maria Villaverde-Rodriguez<br />
Mrs. Leslie J.Vogel<br />
Gay Sherman Voss, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. Herbert Henry Vreeland<br />
Mrs. Janet Jones Wagner<br />
Mrs. Renee J.Wagner<br />
Ms. Janice Wall<br />
Mr. Fred H.Wall<br />
MAKING A GIFT<br />
Mrs. Ella E.Wallace-Rahming<br />
Donald L.Walters, Ed.D.<br />
Mr. Steven James Walvoord<br />
Mrs. Janet Barnett Weaver<br />
Mrs. Barbara Decker Weinberg<br />
Mrs. Florice Sheila Weiner<br />
Mr. Marvin H.Weiner<br />
Mrs. Lois P.Weingarden<br />
Mrs. Edith A.Weingarten<br />
Mr. Robert M.Weinstein<br />
Dawn S.Weiss, Ph.D.<br />
Mr. John V.Welch<br />
Edward William Welch, Ph.D.<br />
Mrs. Linda D.Welton<br />
Mrs. Marcy S.Werner<br />
Shirley Merlin West, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs.Anne S.Weston<br />
Valaria Wheatley, Ed.D.<br />
Mrs. Diane D.Wheeler-Busch<br />
Mrs. Elaine Kay White<br />
Ms. Lorna D.White-Thompson<br />
Dr.Alma Gaynelle Whitlock<br />
Mrs. Donna Hanson Whitten<br />
Ms.Andrea Ellen Willens<br />
Ms. Juliette A.Williams<br />
Mr. Gerald Robert Williams<br />
Mrs. Rosemary W.Williamson<br />
Mr. George S.Williston III<br />
Mrs. Edith Purpura Wilson<br />
Mrs.Annelle Wilson<br />
Mrs. Nila L.Withee<br />
Mrs. Greta Rosenberg Witt<br />
Mr. David Charles Woodworth<br />
Mrs. Barbara Yudin Wool<br />
Mrs. Sarah Yarbrough<br />
Mrs. Betty B.Yaschik<br />
Ms. Renee Sharon Yeslow<br />
Mr. Joseph J. L.Yetter, Sr.<br />
Mrs. Mirta Ana Yngerto<br />
Martha L.Young, Ph.D.<br />
Ms. Maria Zabala<br />
Ms. Laurel Lee Zandy<br />
Ms. Kristina N. Zayas-Bazan<br />
Ms. Marilyn N. Zeiger<br />
Ms. Marion Boyk<strong>of</strong>f Zen<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Dr. Richard Alan Zepel<br />
Mr. J. Robert Zinsmeister<br />
Mr. Peter G. Zizak<br />
Mrs. Marlene R. Zuckerman<br />
The support <strong>of</strong> our alumni, donors and friends<br />
has enabled us to create new scholarships, conduct<br />
breakthrough research, and enhance our<br />
facilities. With your help, we have an unmatched<br />
opportunity to strengthen our academic <strong>of</strong>ferings<br />
and to become a national model <strong>of</strong> successful<br />
teacher education.<br />
Please consider a gift or a bequest to the<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>. It is now possible to make a<br />
gift online to support the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> by<br />
visiting the website, www.education.miami.edu and<br />
clicking on the “Alumni” button. For more information,<br />
contact Marsha Talian<strong>of</strong>f, Assistant Dean<br />
<strong>of</strong> Development, <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong>,Telephone<br />
305-284-5038 or email to mtalian<strong>of</strong>f@miami.edu.
Funded Research and Training Grants<br />
PROJECT DESCRIPTION INVESTIGATOR AGENCY AMOUNT<br />
Consultant Agreement<br />
Evaluation Team<br />
Ann Bessell Junior Achievement $ 57,500.00<br />
Flamingo Sustainability Jeanne Schumm Florida Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 37,500.00<br />
Florida Exceptional Student <strong>Education</strong><br />
(ESE) Program Evaluation Project<br />
Batya Elbaum Florida Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 265,010.00<br />
Governor’s Family Literacy<br />
Initiative for Florida<br />
Jeanne Schumm Florida Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 105,000.00<br />
High Incidence Reading and<br />
Teacher Preparation<br />
Marjorie Montague U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 399,868.00<br />
Holocaust Institute Jeanne Schumm Florida Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 10,000.00<br />
Indiana <strong>University</strong> SC NSF William Blanton Indiana <strong>University</strong> $ 40,000.00<br />
Junior Achievement<br />
Worldwide GE Evaluation<br />
Ann Bessell Junior Achievement $ 54,500.00<br />
Lactate 2000 Joseph Signorile Greater Aid, Inc. $ 21,550.00<br />
Language Development in Reading James D. McKinney National Institute <strong>of</strong> Child Health $ 675,419.00<br />
in Spanish and English and Human Development<br />
Longitudinal Study <strong>of</strong> Co-Morbid<br />
Disorders in Child & Adolescence<br />
Marjorie Montague U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 691,004.00<br />
Low-Incidence Minority Diana Valle-Riestra U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 127,226.00<br />
Optimizing <strong>Education</strong>al Outcomes Maria Carlo Subcontract from $ 63,056.00<br />
for English Language Learners <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Houston<br />
PASS/CEC Statewide Evaluation Ann Bessell Council for <strong>Education</strong>al Change $ 68,100.00<br />
Preparation <strong>of</strong> Personnel Minority<br />
Institute Doctoral Preparation Program<br />
Marjorie Montague U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 365,955.00<br />
Project for Young Children<br />
with Disabilities (PYCD)<br />
Diana Valle-Riestra U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 256,781.00<br />
Project GRACIAS – Gaining Readiness & Achieving<br />
Competency for Instructing All Students<br />
Diana Valle-Riestra U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 199,860.00<br />
Project SUCCEED – Teacher Quality Partnership Sam Yarger U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 11,255.00<br />
Promoting Science among English Language Learners<br />
(P-SELL) in a High-Stakes Testing Policy Context<br />
Okhee Lee-Salwen National Science Foundation $1,132,039.00<br />
Reading <strong>Education</strong> Supports Scientific<br />
Up-to-date Language Teachings (RESSULTS)<br />
Mary Avalos U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 282,000.00<br />
Smaller Learning Communities Ann Bessell <strong>Miami</strong>-Dade Public <strong>School</strong>s MDCPS $ 40,000.00<br />
Summer Food Program Marie Grimes Davis Florida Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 7,417.00<br />
SUNSMART America –<br />
Evaluating a <strong>School</strong>-Based Curriculum<br />
Ann Bessell National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Health $ 103,949.00<br />
Support Network Loretta J. Corces Florida International <strong>University</strong> $ 15,500.00<br />
Training Curriculum for Teachers Batya Elbaum Panhandle Area <strong>Education</strong>al $ 33,000.00<br />
in Hospital/Homebound Cooperative/FLDOE<br />
Transfer <strong>of</strong> Reading Skills in Bilingual Children Maria Carlo Subcontract from Center<br />
for Applied Linguistics<br />
$ 109,799.00<br />
Upward Bound Marie Grimes Davis U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Education</strong> $ 472,399.00<br />
Wind Gain Joseph Signorile Ergonu, Inc. $ 4,310.00<br />
TOTAL $5,638,742.00
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