Guilford Education Dept. rated "average" mKm -mm 9Hr ;: wH '' • R T I SFCIL - BFE';/*.* I LYE ™LB| uciviu i-warem, raculty member in the Education Studies Uepartmenr, QT work in me classroom. The education program at Guilford scored 111 out of a possible 150, which is considered 4 'average'' by the state of North Carolina. Kara Price STArr WRITER Guilford College's teacher-education program scored 111 out of a possible 150 in a recent report from the state Department of In struction, but many do not feel the methods used in this evaluation were entirely fair. As part of Governor Jim Senate election tickets announced James Tatum SPORTS EDITOR Wednesday, Feb. 7 -- The 2001 spring campaign for Senate and Union executive tickets offi cially kicked off today at the close of the weekly Senate meeting. Senatorial executive candi dates are competing as tickets for control of the student Senate through the 2001-2002 academic year. This year there are two tick ets running for Senate, the Holden ticket and the Page ticket. The Holden ticket includes: Joshua Holden, President Natia Rostomashvili, vice president Michael Henderson, Treasurer Elizabeth Larson, Secretary The Page ticket features: Megan Page, President Chris Babcock, vice-president Jill Burchell, Treasurer Tamara Asad, Secretary This year only one ticket is running for control of Union: THE GUILFORDIAN Greensboro, NC Hunt's effort to improve educa tion, the Excellent Schools Act was passed in 1997. This re quired all teacher-education programs within the state of North Carolina to submit an annual written report explain ing their program's methods, as well as compiling surveys com pleted by recent graduates of the program: The surveys asked gradu ates, their employers, and col- The Leaf ticket includes: Eric Leaf, President Nate Finley, vice-president Ben Thigpen, Treasurer Amy Bashinsky, Secretary Brian Dumas, vice-president of Student Senate, announced this year's tickets at Senate's weekly meeting following the opening mo ment of silence and brief comments from Senate President Cynthia McKay. Both Senate Presidential can didates expressed hope that the campaign will be issue oriented, particularly in the area of revitaliz ing and refocusing Senate. "I hope we will focus on restructuring Sen ate," said Page, noting that many students "have lost faith in the cur rent system." Both tickets also look forward to what they hope will be a clean campaign. "After the campaign oc curs, I don't want anyone to feel alienated," said Holden. "There is a lot of talent on both tickets and I would hate to see it lost." Dumas is overseeing this year's February 9, 2001 leagues to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses in areas such as the abil ity to use technology in the classroom, incorpora tion of multi-cultural education, classroom management, satisfaction with training received from teacher-education program (graduate), satis faction with graduate (em ployer), ability to address diversity in learning styles and to structure and de liver curriculums. Programs and their graduates also submitted information on various test scores, compliance DAVE SCOTT with state and national ac creditation standards, and the program's involvement in the public schools. However, not all the crite ria evaluated were taken into account for the final score. Where Guilford lost points in areas such as technology, it scored above the state average in areas such as multi-cultural education and learning diver sities, two areas that were not included in the final tally and campaign rules and election pro cedures, along with Andrea Dodson, the current Senate secre tary. In the past, the chair of the Senate Special Projects Committee oversaw spring elections, but that changed this year with responsi bility shifting to the vice-president. "Since the vice-president already handles fall elections, it makes sense for them to do spring as well," said Dumas. Dumas recommended that future Senate secretaries likewise assist with spring elections, noting that it is a big job, and that as chair of the Communications Commit tee, "it makes sense for the secre- The Guilfordian c/o Student Activities 5800 W. Friendly Ave. Greensboro, NC 27410 m would have added an extra 10 points each. "It's a matter of what you think is important," said Mar garet Borrego, chair of the Education Studies Depart ment. Faculty member David Hildreth agreed and added, "When you try to quantify like that, you lose a lot of the rich ness." Of the nine surveys that Guilford sent out to its gradu ates, only two were completed. Both Borrego and Hildreth are new to the department. Borrego joined the Guilford faculty last year and Hildreth arrived only last semester. Borrego said that it was diffi cult for her to encourage graduates, whom she didn't know personally, to submit the surveys. One employer even refused to do the survey based on the principle that it was too harsh an evaluation to place on a new teacher. Please see Education, page 2. tary to be involved as well." Tickets for either Senate or Union had to file their petition by Tuesday, February 5 at midnight. Dodson noted that any tickets fail ing to meet the deadline could still compete on a write-in basis. Dodson led an information meeting about the campaign rules Tuesday evening in the Senate of fice. At least one member from each ticket was present. Senate verified petitions on Wednesday. Candidates must have at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA in order to run. The campaign then officially began at the close of the Senate meeting around 4:30 in the afternoon.

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