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Student Academic
Services
Student
Academic Services is the academic hub for all students in the Richard W.
Riley College of Education.
Dr.
Kelly M. Costner, Director, is assisted by
Ms. Rebecca O.
Malambri, Advisement Coordinator;
Ms. Dia Hablutzel,
Field Placement Coordinator;
and
Ms. Suzy Baldwin, Teacher Certification
Specialist.
The entire office is supported by Ms. Elaine Wild,
Administrative Specialist. This office provides services and information for all
students who want to become teachers.
Student
Academic Services is located at 144 Withers in the Richard W. Riley
College of Education. This
office is responsible for assisting students in their planning and
academic needs. Some of the
main responsibilities of Student Academic Services are to communicate
with all College of Education students by producing a calendar of
important dates at the beginning of each semester, and maintaining
all current information related to the Teacher Education Program on
bulletin boards and the video bulletin board housed in Withers.
Student Academic Services also maintains data on students in the Teacher
Education Program, works with those students seeking admission to the
Teacher Education Program, coordinates the implementation of ADEPT as
outlined by state legislation, handles all field placements for the more
than 600 students who are placed in agencies and public school
environments each semester, coordinates all advising for College of
Education students, and assists with certification paperwork for those
applying for certification in South Carolina and in other states.
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NEWS FLASH
Congratulations Dr.
Costner and Suzy Baldwin

Kelly Costner and Elke Schneider, curriculum and instruction,
for their initiative in coauthoring a three-year, $700,000 grant
that focuses on increasing local teachers’ knowledge of English
Language Learners and trains Winthrop’s teacher education faculty to
ensure English Language Learners’ best practices are integrated into
all teacher education programs
Susan
Baldwin, student academic services, for going above and beyond
day-to-day job duties to take on additional responsibilities,
including the processing of purchase requisitions, while the Richard
W. Riley College of Education’s Student Academic Services Office was
without an administrative assistant; for her vision in creating a
streamlined College of Education scholarship process; and for her
leadership in revamping the fingerprinting process needed for
background checks for approximately 200 teacher candidates,
resulting in a more manageable and efficient process.
Scholarship
Recipients will be
notified by mail around April 30th.
Please complete the online
Academic Advising Survey after meeting with your
advisor for Fall 2008 advising. Each person will
complete the survey by using their username and password which
limits each student to completing the survey only once. No
one has access to your username; therefore, the survey remains
anonymous and confidential. If you have any questions
please contact Student Academic Services. Please click on
the following link to access the Academic Advising Survey:
http://coe.winthrop.edu/sas/Advising%20Survey%202008.htm
A 3 hour course currently
costs $1278, with the summer
tuition reduction the cost of a summer course will be
$855. The savings on a 3
hour course is $423 or 33%.
Fall 2008 Field Experience Applications are now
available on this website by clicking on “Field
Experience.” The field experience is only
offered in the FALL
semester. Applications are due in
Student Academic Services,
144 Withers, by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 10,
2008.
An additional Praxis II testing
opportunity will be available on the Winthrop Campus on
Saturday, April 26, 2008 in Kinard.
Please visit
www.ets.org to register.
PRAXIS “standby” registration
(which allowed potential test-takers to show up
unannounced hoping for an empty
seat) no longer exists. Instead, potential test-takers are
required to complete the “emergency registration” process, which
begins at the close of late registration and ends on the Friday
of the week prior to the test date.
In other words, anyone who wants
to take the test MUST be registered a week and a day ahead of
the test!
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New Special
Education Programs also Provide Elementary Certification:
New Special Education
programs in the Richard W. Riley College of Education at
Winthrop University now lead to certification in two Special
Education areas AND elementary (grades 2-6) classroom
certification. For details, see
http://coe.winthrop.edu/COE/curriculum-instruction/SpecialEducationmain.htm
- Please
visit the PRAXIS section on this website for important information
about Admission to the Teacher Education Program testing
requirements.
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