(01/22/09) Help Contact Accepted Applicants

Dear Students:

Brrr... it's January and the snow and weather are clear reminders.
Just around the corner, though, will be spring and the time when
applicants to whom we have offered admission will make decisions about
whether to come to Eliot-Pearson.

I write to ask for your help in the admissions process. Each year we
need current students to help recruit applicants whom we have
accepted. If you volunteer to help, we will send you the names of one
or two students in a few weeks, and ask you to contact them. We will
provide some simple suggestions of what you might discuss with them.
Essentially we ask that you call the applicant(s) to congratulate them
on the offer of admission and to answer questions s/he may have and
share information about the Department, faculty and your experience
here so that s/he can make fully informed decisions.

We have a strong graduate student community here and your involvement
in these calls can convey that to applicants.
Please let Justina and Fred know if you are willing to make some of
these calls.

Thanks,

Ellen and Fred

Fred.Rothbaum@tufts.edu phone: 617-627-2072

Justina.Clayton@tufts.edu phone: 617-627-2216

(01/20/09) 2nd Annual Eliot-Pearson Internship Forum

Mark your calendars for the....

2nd Annual Eliot-Pearson Internship Forum
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
7:00pm
Eliot-Pearson Library
Refreshments & Snacks will be provided

This event is an opportunity for graduate students (particularly MA
Applied students) to share their internship experiences in an informal
setting. The internship forum is a casual, open discussion where 2nd
yr Masters students can share their experiences and knowledge with 1st
yr students. We hope to encourage communication between 1st and 2nd yr
students in an effort to improve the internship process for all
graduate students. We hope you will be able to join us.

All 2nd yr MA students: Please join us to share your thoughts and
experiences.

All 1st yr MA students: Please join us to learn about the
opportunities that exist and the experiences of your peers.

Hope to see you there,
Sara

If you would like more information about the forum, please contact sara.yablon.smith@gmail.com

(1/16/09) Eliot-Pearson Community Workshop Series

Tufts University Eliot-Pearson Children's School Community Workshop
Series:

Behavior Management Strategies In China, Japan And The U.S.: What Can
We Learn?

Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:00-8:30 PM

LOCATION: ELIOT-PEARSON, LIBRARY

It is tempting to assume that one's own society creates the optimal
approach for managing behavior problems This study explores preschool
teachers' beliefs regarding classroom management practices and their
goals in three communities Beijing, Tokyo and Boston. Discussion will
focus on implications for practice at home and school.

Presenter: Iris Chin Ponte, PH.D, Post Doctoral Fellow at the Eliot-
Pearson Children's School

A Guide to Executive Function: Facts and Solutions

Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 7:00-8:30 pm

LOCATION: ELIOT-PEARSON, CURRICULUM LAB

Executive Function is a term used to describe a set of higher order
thinking and reasoning skills which are responsible for: Planning &
Organizing (completing and turning in assignments, juggling
schedules), Impulse Control (taking turns, interrupting others, paying
attention, running off), Cognitive Flexibility (adapting to new
situations, transitions, handling frustrations), Initiation (starting
homework, chores, and major projects), Working Memory (following
directions, note-taking, reading and retaining info), Self-monitoring
(making careless errors, staying on topic, getting into trouble but
not understanding why). This workshop will address strategies to
promote Executive Function in children struggling with this issue.

Presenter: Kalyani Krishnan, M.A., Language and Learning Specialist,

Institute for Learning and Development, Lexington, MA- Kalyani is a
Language and Learning Specialist at ILD. Kalyani specializes in
understanding the processing strengths and weaknesses of individuals
and coordinates evaluations.

Reservations are required as space is limited.

Please call the Eliot-Pearson Children's School at (617) 627-3434.

A $5.00 donation is requested and will be used to support the

Eliot-Pearson Children's School Scholarship Fund.

Location: Tufts University, Eliot-Pearson, Department of Child
Development, 105 College Avenue, Medford, MA.

PDPs (Professional Development Points)

will be awarded to all participants.

Kathy Paglierani
Staff Assistant
Eliot-Pearson Children's School
105 College Avenue
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
617 627 3434
kathleen.paglierani@tufts.edu

(1/7/09) Reminders for students

Hi All,
Just a few reminders for your students:

February Degree Candidates - Thesis/Dissertation electronic submittal
due January 9th
Foreign Language Exams - Saturday January 24, Olin 205 at 1 o'clock
sharp - students must register with me
May degree candidates - Degree sheets are due January 30th, thesis/
dissertation due April 13th
GSAS Executive Committee - Will meet on April 29th at 10:00 a.m.

I hope this is helpful.

Donna M. DePrizio

Degree Certification Administrator

Graduate Studies Office

Tufts University

Ballou Hall - First Floor

Medford, MA 02155

(12/2/08) Wine & Cheese - Mon 12/8!

GSA WINE & CHEESE PARTY
Monday December 8th
at 7 P.M.
Connector of the
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development building

All graduate students, staff, and faculty are invited to celebrate the
end of a successful semester and congratulate those who are graduating
this winter by enjoying food and drinks together.

Guests are welcome!

**Also, for those wanting to donate gifts for 'Wish Upon a Star',
please leave gifts in the bin by the student mailboxes by the end of
day Tuesday, December 9th. Thanks for participating!**

(11/10/08) SIS and Second Advisor

Hello all,

FYI - When registering for next semester you will notice in SIS that
Professor Fred Rothbaum is listed as your second advsior. The new
system that is used by the Graduate School Office lists him
automatically because he is the current Director of Graduate Studies.
There is nothing to worry about. Your original second advsior will be
listed in our department database. Prof. Rothbaum is only listed
because he is the only other faculty member (other than primary
advisor) who can access your transcript if need be. If you have
questions, let me know.

Justina

(11/10/08) Lecture Invitation

The Tufts Education Department and the Center for Engineering
Educational Outreach cordially invite you to attend a lecture entitled:

Closer and beyond 1, 2, 3... Children's developing number knowledge

Offered by Nora Scheuer, Researcher at the National Council of
Scientific and Technological Research of Argentina (CONICET), at
Universidad Nacional del Comahue in Bariloche, Patagonia, on Friday
November 21 at 10 am in the Terrace Room, Paige Hall, Tufts University.

Dr. Scheuer?s main areas of interest are children's cognitive
development in the fields of number, drawing and writing, as well as
in the field of theory of mind; specifically, the development of their
implicit learning theories. Nora Scheuer first studied Educational
Psychology at CAECE, Buenos Aires. Her research apprenticeship began
in Italy, where she collaborated in studies about very young
children's emerging explaining competence (Trieste University) and
kindergartners' early text composition strategies (La Sapienza di Roma
University). She embarked on studying how preschool and early
elementary school children appropriate the base 10 written number
system with the supervision of Anne Sinclair, at Geneva University.
On the basis of the studies she carried out in Argentina in the next
years, she earned her Doctor of Psychology degree from Geneva
University in 1996. After collaborating in research on implicit
learning theories at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid with the group
coordinated by JI Pozo and MdP Pérez Echeverría, Nora Scheuer entered
CONICET in Argentina, where she has been a researcher since 1998. Her
work deals with the ways children learn in the fields of number,
drawing, and writing.

--
Bárbara M. Brizuela
Associate Professor
Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Engineering Education Program
Department of Education
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155