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Open to all COE students.

Thursday, March 28

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Target Audience: Curriculum Directors, Building Administrators, Instructional Facilitators and Classroom Teachers

The Arkansas Department of Education is hosting a six-hour institute to help teachers and curriculum directors understand and use the PARCC Model Content Frameworks for ELA/Literacy (Grades 3-11) and the PARCC Model Content Frameworks for Mathematics (Grades 3-11). The documents were developed by PARCC to support the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and to inform the development of item specification and blueprints for the PARCC assessments. As such, the PARCC Model Content Frameworks serve as useful tools for classroom teachers and curriculum developers by providing insight into key areas of focus of the CCSS and PARCC assessments as well as the instructional shifts needed for successful implementation in the classroom.

The event will be available in the EAST Lab on the South end.

For more information visit the Arkansas Common Core Web site.

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Robinson, professor and coordinator of the graduate programs in Gifted Education in UALR’s College of Education, is immediate past president of the National Association for Gifted Children. She is also past president of Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education and the Arkansas Association for Gifted Education Administrators.

The award will be presented to Robinson at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at the group’s annual convention in Denver. Her Distinguished Scholar Address “What Can We Learn From Creative Lives?” will be presented the next day.

“Ann has a continued record of distinguished scholarship and contributions to the field,” said Dr. Bruce M. Shore, professor emeritus at McGill University in Montreal. “Concurrent with decades in university and organizational leadership, Ann remains a wonderfully productive, creative, and inspiring scholar; a successfully funded researcher, a mentor for researchers and professionals, a resourceful and original scholar, a collegial collaborator in scholarship and administration, and a gem of a person.”

Robinson is a national leader in gifted education. Her most recent empirical work focuses on the effect of school intervention on students and teachers, research resulting from multiple-year field studies funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Her work has made UALR an international university leader in gifted education. Earlier this year, she won the $5,000 UALR Faculty Excellence Award in Research, an honor sponsored by Pepsi.

An example of her work is the Jodie Mahony Center at UALR, founded by Robinson and named for the late state legislator responsible for a vast body of educational legislation and policy. The center has been the hub of the intervention research studies carried out in schools, the Advanced Placement professional development for teachers, and the services to children through the Summer Laureate/University for Youth program.

“It is immensely rewarding not only to be able to work with colleague scholars like Dr. Ann Robinson, but also to see that others in her field of scholarship research, teaching, and service, also recognize and appreciate Dr. Robinson’s talent, dedication and contribution to the field of gifted education.,” said Dr. Angela M. Sewall, dean of UALR’s College of Education.

“Robinson came to UALR in 1986. She earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from the University of Wyoming and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Purdue University in 1983.

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Logan, who also earned her master’s and doctorate degrees from UALR, teaches Advanced Placement biology at Parkview Arts/Science Magnet High School in Little Rock, where she has been since 2003.

When she was in high school, Logan elected to go to college close to home so that she could continue teaching dance class at Joel’s House of Dance, even though she received full-ride scholarships to several universities. She attended Little Rock University and got pre-dental training before getting a degree in dental hygiene from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in Memphis.

She began working at a periodontal practice in Little Rock in the late ’60s, and got her bachelor’s of science degree in biology at UAMS. She also taught a once-a-week class at the UAMS campus.

However, a disability forced her to give up her dental hygienist job mid-career. So she returned to her alma mater, by that time called the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She received a master’s in secondary education and became the first student in the new doctorate of education program.

At first, Logan said the carpal tunnel kept her from writing any more than a few minutes at a time. She recorded her classes and often took oral exams.

“UALR has always been innovative in meeting the needs of non-traditional students,” Logan said. “That pretty much describes me – started going to college while in high school, often attended while working full time and caring for two small children, and attended while seriously disabled.”

Logan was able to parlay her health career into a successful one in science education. Upon getting her degrees, Logan worked as an administrator and curriculum specialist for the Little Rock School District, then dean of academics at the Arkansas School for Math and Sciences in Hot Springs, and eventually became the superintendent of the Bryant School District.

Her emphasis on science is evident throughout, from helping to revamp the science fair at Fuller Junior High to bringing much-needed technology to the classrooms at J.A. Fair High School. As chairman of the science department at Parkview, she coordinates the science symposium and teaches AP-level biology classes.

Her leadership already has earned her several accolades, including the 2009 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement and the AGATE Award. She has been honored for her contributions to education in Arkansas by three governors: Frank White, Bill Clinton, and Mike Huckabee.

The Presidential Award is the highest honor given to teachers of mathematics and science. Honorees are selected by a panel of scientists, mathematicians, and educators. This year, 97 teachers received the award.

As a recipient of this latest honor, Logan will receive $10,000 from the National Science Foundation. She and Stephanie Muckelberg of the Bald Knob School District will attend an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.

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The Land Bank is an arm of the city that purchases vacant lots that are not being cared for and old deteriorating houses that have been abandoned with the intention of re-selling them at a low cost so they can be put back in use. It plays a key role in urban revitalization.

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