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Octobcr 5,2005
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The Rambler
Wesleyan to add secondary education certification
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B.J. Bellard
STAFF WRITER
According to the State
Board of Educator
Certification (SBEC), the
state of Texas is facing a
major educational challenge
- a growing shortage of qual-
ified teachers. The Texas
Wesleyan school of education
hopes to narrow the gap by
fall 2006 by re-establishing
the secondary education cer-
tification program. Behind
the push is Dr. Carlos
Martinez, dean of the school
of education.
"A renewed interest from
students and faculty in the
arts and sciences and educa-
tion departments makes the
renewal of the secondary
educational program viable at
this time," he said.
Martinez first recom-
mended dismantling the pro-
gram after his arrival to the
university in 1991 when
faced with a mandatory pro-
gram revision instituted by
university administration.
Issues of low student enroll-
ment in the program and
increased concerns regarding
the number of students who
passed the SBEC examina-
tion prompted his decision.
However, an increasing
demand for educators, espe-
cially in the areas of math and
science, and expectations that
the SBEC will soon consider
reinstitution of the sixth
through 12th grade certifi-
cate, which was eliminated
from the state's docket when
the SBEC instituted the
fourth through eighth grade
certificate, has prompted
Martinez, in cooperation with
the department chair, Ann
Reed, to move forward with
plans to re-establish the sec-
ondary education program.
The school of education
faces challenges, however,
relative to the size of its stu-
that the university can main-
tain its accreditation.
"We are under constant
scrutiny by the State Board of
Educator Certification for its
accreditation. That is, the
school of education is granted
its accreditation based on the
———— scores its
dent em oil-
m e n t . "/ am confident that both
Martinez groups of faculty will succeed
said there in meeting th& challenges of
this program design."
— Dr. Carlos Martinez
are approx-
imately 400
students
Dean of School of Education
pursuing _____
teacher certification in the
department, with a graduat-
ing class slated to range from
60 to 80 students. Of these
figures, Martinez said a
required number of students
must pass the Texas
Examinations of Educator
Standards Exam (TExES) so
Christine Peirce
MANAGING EDITOR
"A Latino Conversation," this year's
; Willson Lecture Series topic, will offer a
: deeper look into Latino issues within the
Christian church on Oct. 10 and 11.
"The Latino experience in the U.S. has
shown that in many ways they have been
: 'imagined' by the dominant culture and have
been imposed a created identity that has
.served to marginalize and limit the participa-
tion of Latinos in the wider U.S. culture,"
said Dr. Gladys Childs, chaplain of the uni-
versity. "This lecture will seek to explore the
use of this historical imagery, its impact on
Latinas/Latinos in the U.S. and how
Latinas/Latinos have responded througlr«elf^M^\^ the class, we were chal-
awareness and their own self-imaging.' -' lenged to find ways in our current ministry
Lectures begin Oct. 10 with Dr. Daisy ^mg^ to' t^e what we learned in her class. I
Machado, dean of Lexington Theological
Seminary, speaking about "Being Brown in
the 21st Century: History and Imagination in
the Making of People" at 10 a.m. in the
• Science Lecture Theater in the McFadden
, Science Center.
Lunch with religion professors and stu-
. dents will commence at noon in the Bragan
Fellowship Hall of Polytechnic United
Methodist Church with Latina/Latino groups.
A panel discussion will offer a time to
learn about the realities of immigration from
different Latino voices: a priest, a city coun-
cilman and an immigration lawyer. The panel
discussion will include Rev. Stephen Jasso
from All-Saints Catholic Church in Fort
Worth, Fort Worth City Councilman Sal
Espino and Jesus Sauceda, an immigration
lawyer, at 1:30 p.m. in the Science Lecture
Theater. The audience will be allowed to ask
questions of the panel to further the educa-
tional experience.
Oct. 11 features Alberto Govea, League
of United Latin American Citizens' director
of District 21, giving a lecture on Latino cul-
ture at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Poly UMC.
The lecture will focus on the difficulties
experienced by Latino families as the
American culture is integrated into their own.
During regular chapel time beginning at
12:15 p.m., Rev. Raul Guiterrez from
Arlington Heights United Methodist Church
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students
receive
on the
TExES,"
said
Martinez.
"Thus,
for the school of education to
keep its accreditation, all of
its students, including stu-
dents in the proposed second-
ary [certification] program,
must pass the Professional
Development TExES."
According to Martinez,
the challenge for the school,
therefore, is to design and
deliver a curriculum that will
ensure that secondary educa-
tion students have the knowl-
edge and skills necessary to
pass the exam and also to be
successful in the classroom.
Additional challenges persist
in accommodating transfer
students who want to com-
plete their degrees within two
years of their transfer date.
The school of education
currently offers a bachelor of
science in secondary educa-
tion as well as several certifi-
cation programs ranging from
early childhood, bilingual
and grade four generalist, to
various grades four to eight
generalist certifications.
Martinez anticipates sub-
mitting a proposal for the sec-
ondary education certifica-
tion program to Wesleyan's
Academic Affairs Committee
by the end of the year. For
inclusion in his proposal,
Martinez said he has assem-
bled working groups com-
posed of faculty from the
schools of education as well
as arts and sciences who will
work to develop a curriculum
for the anticipated program.
"Regardless of the chal-
lenges," Martinez said, "I am
confident that both groups of
faculty will succeed in meet-
ing the challenges of this pro-
gram design. In fact, we
already know that students in
the secondary program will
major in their content area
and that the school of educa-
tion will offer secondary edu-
cation courses once the stu-
dents have mastered a signif-
icant portion of their content
area coursework."
i Willson Series offers Latino perspective
will speak in the chapel of Poly UMC, fol-
lowed by a complimentary lunch.
Machado is the primary speaker, setting
the tone for the rest of the series.
"I can attest that after you come and hear
her story and her perspectives, you will be
forever changed," said Childs. "In fact, sev-
eral people who know of Dr. Machado were
delighted and surprised that we were able to
get someone of her caliber to come and speak
to us when her schedule is incredibly full."
This year's theme for the Willson
Lecture Series was chosen after Childs took
the class The Church in the Midst of
Pluralism: A Hispanic Perspective from
Machado last year at Brite Theological
Seminary in Fort Worth.
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was very moved by everything I had learned
and thought the best way of sharing what I
had learned was through the Willson Lecture
Series," Childs said.
"The Latino Conversation is for every-
one regardless of race background. Students,
faculty and staff will be surprised to realize
how many myths they have bought into about
the Latino people and culture."
"Furthermore, this is a rare opportunity
to hear about Latino faith and social concerns
from so many diverse voices: theologian,
priest, councilman, lawyer, pastor and
activist," she said.
The annual Willson Lecture Series is
made possible by a gift from the late Mavis
Terry Willson and the late J.M. Willson of
Floydada, Texas. In 1946, the Willsons pro-
vided an endowment to bring outstanding
speakers to the campus, and "through the
years these speakers have delivered messages
that have challenged and inspired thousands
of Texas Wesleyan students, faculty and
staff," said Childs.
"Whether you are very interested in
learning about other cultures or you are a part
of the Latino culture or you do not have any
idea why these topics might be applicable to
your own life, come and listen and learn,"
said Childs. '"A Latino Conversation' is for
everyone and will have an impact on your
life."
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to renovate or start from
scratch?" he said. To con-
struct a new building would
probably involve raising $10-
15 million, while renovating
O.C. Hall could cut that cost
in half.
According to Jeffcoat,
plans will be considered
about how to use O.C. Hall,
which will not be re-opened
as a residence hall. Students
will help determine what is
the best use of the facility,
said Jeffcoat.
Once there is a new stu-
dent union building, the cur-
rent SUB would be trans-
formed into a fitness center,
which would benefit the
sports management pro-
grams, which need labs, stu-
dent athletes and the general
student population, which has
expressed interest in such a
facility, he said.
Jeffcoat also discussed
several of the university's
ongoing plans, including the
objective to increase the level
of occupancy in the new
dorms, Wesleyan Village, to
90 percent. This is one of the
goals established by the board
of trustees.
Another board-estab-
lished goal is to repair the
water systems in the old
dorms this year.
The president also
answered the question on the
status of revising the universi-
ty's general education cur-
riculum.
"Every so often it is
healthy for an organization to
ask themselves, 'are we doing
the best we can do?"' he said.
"Are we doing the best we
can for our students?"
Jeffcoat said that for the
last five years there has been
an ongoing assessment of the
GEC. He expects within one
month a recommendation
from the provost to address
whether the GEC is a good
mix for students and compet-
itive in the marketplace.
"We have some of the
most liberal thinkers in the
university, but they're the
most conservative when it
comes to change," he said. "I
took a lot of flack for enforc-
ing these unpopular issues,
but that's OK. Having done
that, there's an appropriate
process. Not that faculty have
veto power, but they do have
to have the chance to make
recommendations."
After the recommenda-
tion is presented to the presi-
dent from the faculty, he can
either accept, reject or submit
suggestions to the provost.
Then the proposal will be
submitted to the board of
trustees.
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the second and third floors,
moving and equipping the
humanities offices and class-
rooms and making changes
necessary for code enforce-
ment and handicapped
requirements, said Joan
Canty, associate vice presi-
dent for development.
The Hesta Stuart
Christian Charitable Trust,
held by JP Morgan, donated
$400,000, almost one third of
the total cost of the renova-
tions.
The sections in the Hesta
Stuart Christian Education
Building named in honor of
donors' contributions include
the following: Mabee Center
for the Humanities, entire
second floor; Bragan
Fellowship Hall on first
floor; Carter Dean's Suite on
second floor; Ryan
Foundation Student Meeting
Room on third floor; Stevens
Faculty Lounge on third
floor; Perkins-Prothro
Conference Room on second
floor; Burnett Foundation
Student Lounge on third
floor; Jack and JoWilla
Morton Chaplain's Office on
third floor; Smallwood
Foundation Kitchen on third
floor; Skipper MSM Office
on third floor; and Volkman-
Powell Department Chair
Office on third floor.
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