College of Education: 2008 Year in Review -- Donna L. Wiseman is named dean of the College of Education. -- Nathan Fox is appointed a Distinguished University Professor, the highest academic honor bestowed by the University of Maryland and a first for the College. -- The College is ranked among the top 25 colleges of education by U.S. News & World Report with the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services ranking first in the nation for the ninth consecutive year. -- An anonymous donor gifts $500K for annual merit-based scholarships. -- Gregory Hancock is named chair of the Department of Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation. -- Alumna Carolyn Gurtz wins the million-dollar prize at the 2008 Pillsbury Bake-Off. -- An anonymous donor establishes the Clarence A. Newell Award for Public Education to honor individuals making outstanding contributions to public education. [More]   MIMAUE Spring Colloquium Series Begins Feb. 4 Pay-for-Performance Teacher Incentive Plans: Conceptualization and Practice 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Room 3221, Art/Sociology Building This is the first session of the spring 2009 colloquium series hosted by the College of Education's Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education (MIMAUE). This semester discussions will focus on Impacting Teacher Performance and Student Achievement through Incentive Plans. The panelists for Session I are Clara Floyd (President, Maryland State Teachers Association), Jennifer King Rice (Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies), and Betty Malen (Professor, Education Policy Studies). They will speak about the issue of reward systems for teachers, with particular attention on Prince George's County FIRST program--a pilot pay-for-performance incentive plan designed to provide teacher incentives based on student achievement. According to the founding director of MIMAUE, Professor Emeritus Martin L. Johnson, "This colloquium series will allow participants to place 'pay-for-performance' in the context of other reform efforts, to understand the many dimensions of this incentive structure, and to learn of national and local efforts to implement this structure with teachers AND students." [More (pdf)]		INSIDE: Upcoming events & Important dates Faculty/Staff/Student News Campaign Update Alumni News Council of Chairs CoE In The News CB front page CB archives College home page
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