January 2012
Welcome to the new year. Here's the Div H blast for January. We're beginning to close in on AERA 2012. Remember to get your passports renewed as needed.
Publication Award Competition deadline is January 19. Please submit!
1. Div H Business Meeting and Breakfast. From the chair, Ildiko Laczko-Kerr: On behalf of AERA Division H, I would like to invite you to support this year's AERA Division H Breakfast Business meeting in Vancouver. As you know, the raffle drawing and door prizes are a much anticipated event at our breakfast business meeting. Your contribution in support of our division would be greatly appreciated!
If you are willing to make a donation, it can be sent directly to Ildiko Laczko-Kerr (contact information below), or you may bring it to Vancouver and I can arrange a pick-up before the meeting. Please have your donation sent by the end of March.
Thank you so much for your support of Division H!
Ildiko Laczko-Kerr 1825 E. Northern Ave., Ste. 275 Phoenix, AZ 85020
2. Job Announcements. We have several this month:
2a. Assistant Director, Center for Urban Education, Cleveland State University: <http://www.csuohio.edu/offices/hrd/employment.html> Direct link to the Center for Urban Education: <http://www.csuohio.edu/cehs/centers/cue.html>
2b. Director of Evaluation, UMSL. A pdf file is attached. 2c. Arlington Co, VA. A pdf file is attached.
3. AERA is currently accepting proposals for conferences in education research. Scholars seeking to plan and convene small intensive conferences that can break new ground in substantive areas of inquiry, stimulate new lines of study on issues that have been largely unexplored, or develop innovative research methods or techniques that can contribute more generally to education research are encouraged to apply. The deadline for submitting proposals for the Spring 2012 Cycle is 11:59 PM Eastern Time on February 15, 2012. The Call and Guidelines for Conference Proposals is available on the AERA website at http://www.aera.net/. For further background on the initiative, see also http://edr.sagepub.com/content/40/1/25.full.pdf. Questions can be directed to edresearchconf@aera.net.
4. The newest issue of The Washington Educational Research Association (WERA) Educational Journal is available at <http://www.wera-web.org/pages/publications.php>
5. DRE Survey. The Directors of Research and testing in school districts of 5,000 students+ asre drafting a survey. They need some people to take the survey and give feedback -- what was not clear, what should have been asked and was not, how long it took you to complete it, etc. When the survey is completed several organizations, including Div H, will send it out to membership for completion. If you can help at the drafting stage please e-mail feedback to Joe O'Reilly. The survey can be found at: <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XWQMP5D>
6. Graduate Student Heads Up. Several items of interest:
6a. Know a graduate student that would like to be our incoming Junior Rep next year? Applications will be out soon.
6b. We'll have coffee mentorships again this year at AERA. Watch for the applications.
6c. Again this year, we're going to solicit graduate student on-going research for roundtables at our graduate student orientation session at AERA. This is outside the regular proposal submission system. Be watching for the announcement.