The Educator's Voice Volume 3, Issue 1

recognitions. Dr. Purkiss also was chosen for the

Gary and Pat Rodgers Distinguished

Faculty Award.

This peer nominated award is awarded to one faculty member per year.

Dr.

Alaric Williams, Associate Professor, was named the 2014 President’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Leadership/Service . This award recognizes the one faculty member at ASU who exemplifies this area. Dr. Lesley Casarez, Assistant Professor, received the 2014 Love of Learning Award from Phi Kappa Phi.

Congratulations to the faculty and staff. Their service to students is exemplary. Keep in

touch. Send your thoughts about your experiences at ASU and what it has meant to your

success. We may feature you in a future newsletter or on our College website. Write to us

college.education@angelo.edu .

John Miazga

Dean, College of Education

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The EPI Center would like to congratulate

Christine Pruitt, College of Education

Certification Advisor, for winning the 2014 ASU

Homecoming Award for Outstanding Staff this

Fall.

The staff of the EPI Center attended several

conferences and trainings this semester. They

attended the National Academic Advising

Association’s (NACADA) National Conference,

the Council for the Accreditation of Educator

Preparation (CAEP Fall Conference), and the

Consortium of State Organizations for Texas

Teacher Education (CSOTTE) Conference.

The staff advised over 975 undergraduate and

graduate candidates. They also had 72 candidates

participate in the Mandatory Clinical Teaching

Meeting. This semester, the Center placed 227

candidates in Field Experience Placements. The

Center will have 80 candidates Student Teaching

this coming Spring 2015 Semester.

Some Tidbits of Information:

• Student Teaching is now called Clinical

Teaching in response to a TEA legislative

update.

• Starting this Fall, all candidates entering into

the EPP had to have a 2.75 GPA. Their Overall

GPA, Teaching Field GPA and Professional

Education GPA now must all have a minimum

of 2.75.

• Starting Spring 2015, it will be required that

candidates eligible to take the Core Subject

EC-6 TExES (formally EC-6 Generalist) must

pass all five domains of the revised test. The

domains are: 1) ELAR 2) Mathematics 3)

Social Studies 4) Science 5) Fine Arts, Health

and Physical Education.

• Starting Spring 2015, it will be required that

candidates eligible to take the Core Subject 4-8

TExES (formally 4-8 Generalist) will have to

pass all four domains of the test. The domains

are: 1) ELAR 2) Mathematics 3) Social

Studies 4) Science.

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