“ Understanding the Program of Study and The Pre-Qualifying Phase of the COE ’ s MSIT Program

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2. Moderator of Conversations in Doctoral Preparation • Dr. Peggy Albers, Professor, Language and Literacy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA, malbers2@gsu.edu

3. Online interactive and participatory web seminars with a purpose to prepare doctoral students to work in the Academy • Website: http://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.com • Doctoral students at all stages in their program are invited to present; Please contact Dr. Peggy Albers, malbers2@gsu.edu http://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.com

4. Elluminate Tools • The chat area: Please write comments in the chat area as you like; the presenters will address them as they discuss their work; • Questions: If you have questions for the presenters and would like to ask them, there are two options: 1) click on the hand icon and you can speak your questions live; 2) ask them in the chat area

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8. Agenda • Introductions • Program of Study • Residency Requirements • Alpha Upsilon Alpha • The Pre-Qualifying Phase

9. Being a graduate student is like becoming all of the Seven Dwarves. In the beginning you're Dopey and Bashful. In the middle, you are usually sick (Sneezy), tired (Sleepy), and irritable (Grumpy). But at the end, they call you Doc, and then you're Happy.

10. Tarika Sullivan White ●I am Sneezy; Began the program in Spring 2009 ●full time classroom teacher; part-time doc student ●Studied at two HBCUs before GSU ●Interests: home literacy, Reading Instruction during Recession; black women teachers’ voice/position within a white, middle class educational system ●Pre-quals packet submitted Fall 2010 ●Contact: tsullivan3@student.gsu.edu

11. Kamania Wynter-Hoyte ● I am Sleepy; Started program Spring 09 ● Submitted Pre-Quals Fall 2010 ● Former Classroom teacher for 6 years (K-3; EIP; ESOL) ● GRA/GTA positions ● Research Interests: Urban Education, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Scripted Reading Programs ●Contact: kwynter2@student.gsu.edu

12. Natasha Thornton ● I am Bashful; Began program Summer 2010 ● Taught in DeKalb County for 8 years (K and 4th grade) ● GRA/GTA positions ● Southern Regional Educational Board Doctoral Fellow ● Will submit Pre-Quals packet Fall 2011 ● Research Interests: Literacy Instruction in Urban Settings and Teacher Development ●Contact: nadams10@student.gsu.edu

17. Core Area • Research Courses • Social Foundations & Psychology of Learning Core

18. Major Area • EDCI 9660: Internships • EDCI 9900: Critique of Educational Research • EDCI 9850: Research Seminar • EDRD 8310: Theoretical Models • EDRD 9870: Writing Support Seminar • Electives

19. Cognate Area • Example: • Socio-, political, literacy • Sociology of Inner-City Children • Issues of Race, Class, & Gender • Urban Sociology • Directed Reading Course

22. Residency Requirements • Research • Conference • Presentations • Teaching Service • Writing & Submitting Manuscripts • Technology Professional Memberships

26. Alpha Upsilon AlphaReading, Scholarship, Leadership“Read, dare to be wise”.

27. AUA Honor Society of IRA Alpha Gamma Chapter Natasha Thornton – President David Brown – Vice President Kamania Wynter-Hoyte – Secretary/Treasurer Dr. Gertrude Tinker-Sachs – FacultyAdvisor

28. AUA Membership requirements are: • Major in the Field of Reading or Language Arts • Have completed a minimum of 9 semester hours in reading or related areas of study  • 3.5 or higher GPA in all graduate work, and particularly in the field of concentration  Excellent way to fulfill the following residency requirements: • Professional Memberships • Service • Writing and Submitting Manuscripts • Conference Presentations

29. Joining AUA = Meeting Residency Requirements Professional Memberships Writing & Submitting Manuscripts • You can only join AUA if • you are a member of IRA! • AUA will host Fall and Spring • Writing Retreats to help students • develop as writers and prepare • Manuscripts!

30. Joining AUA = Meeting Residency Requirements Service Genesis Shelter: A New Life • CLUES Conference • Hands on Atlanta

31. Joining AUA = Meeting Residency Requirements Conference Presentations • AUA plans to submit a proposal for the 2013 IRA conference. • Sponsor students to attend IRA conference based on available funds

32. Fall 2011 Calendar of Events Monday, September 12 – 1st Deadline to join AUA for Fall Semester Week of Monday, October 3 – Begin volunteering at Genesis Week of October 17/PAW Week – Brief Q & A at all Reading/Language and Literacy Sessions and take up 2nd round of applications November – 1st meeting, exact date TBD December – Fall Semester Writing Retreat, location TBD

33. Sounds great! How do I join?

34. Become a Member • Complete Application Packet • Packet should include: 1.)Application with payment, 2.) Genesis forms, and 3.) Checklist and Survey (Don’t forget Genesis Background Check!) • Give completed packet to MSIT receptionist by September 12! • For further information, contact Natasha Thornton (nadams10@student.gsu.edu) We look forward to having you join AUA!

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41. Reflections… I am a wife. I am a sister. I am a daughter. I am a student. I am an educator.

42. Reflection “ As I listened to the professor and more seasoned graduate students, I wondered, what am I doing here? Say that word again? And where is my dictionary? Many of these terms were new to me and I began to second guess my decision to pursue this degree.” -Kamania Wynter-Hoyte

43. Action Plan Where to from here?

44. Revising a Paper

46. tsullivan3@student.gsu.edu nadams10@student.gsu.edu kwynter2@student.gsu.edu

47. http://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.comhttp://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.com Thank you to KamaniaWynter-Hoyte Natasha Thornton Tarika Sullivan-White September 8, 2011

48. http://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.comhttp://globalconversationsindoctoralpreparation.wordpress.com Please join us for our next Doctoral Web Seminar Featuring Dru Tomlin “Preparing for Comps/Quals” September 22, 2011 https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&miuid=689952AFE27AC99A50EC6DC03AEC3CA8

49. Upcoming Web Seminars: Fall 2011 • Designing and Writing Grants, Sept. 29; https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&miuid=9C4DF74BF7BE77E057B0939F6DF042F9 • Preparing, Writing, and Defending the Prospectus, Oct. 13, https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&password=M.EF2FBAAAE9B729C8A9B473B37F9979 • Writing for Publication, Oct. 27, (link forthcoming)

50. Please take our CDP Survey! • After tonight’s session, please take time to complete our survey; we are always trying to make these web seminars as relevant to you and your studies as they can be