Have you ever been told that your assessments are "too hard" or "too easy?" Bloom's Taxonomy provides six categories that provide an excellent opportunity to assist educators in writing effective assessments that measure a wide spectrum of learning ranging from basic knowledge comprehension to higher level critical thinking skills. The University of Georgia's College of Education created a guide to writing questions based on Bloom's taxonomy. Here is a link to that guide: http://wwild.coe.uga.edu/pptgames/resources/bloom_questions.pdf 

Read about Edudemic's 27 tips for mentoring new teachers. There are also tips for mentors and administrators. Click here.  

Keep those proposals and Adjunct of the Year award nominations coming! Our deadine to submit is June 24th. We welcome all educators to come and be a part of our conference. Attached below is our tentative conference schedule.

William Howard Taft University is offering grants to those who would like to earn a Master of Education degree. The degree may be completed for as little as $4,000. There are a limited number of grants available. If you are interested apply today!

For more information visit: http://www.taft.edu/medgrant.htm

We hope that everyone had a great spring semester. Summer break is upon us and AAAE is busy preparing for the fall conference among other items. 

Do you have a great idea that you want to share?
Have you conducted research and want to share the findings?
Is there a new initiative that your school is trying out?
Do you want to share an effective teaching practice?
*If the answer is yes to any of the above we encourage you to submit a proposal to present at our fall conference.

AAAE also wants to recognize the adjunct / part-time faculty members in a very special way. If you know of someone who fits into this category and you would like to nominate them for our Adjunct of the Year award please do so. The winner will be announced at dinner during our conference. 

Forms are found on our homepage for both proposals and nominations. The deadline to submit a proposal, and to nominate someone for the Adjunct of the Year award is June 24th. Registration is now in full swing. Join us this fall! 

Current Grants:
  

• $4800 Grant being offered to all of Capella’s Masters/MBA Alumni who enroll
    into an Ed.S or Doctorate Degree in April, May, or June


• $3000 Grant being offered to all new students starting their first course
    toward a Masters (M.S.) in Education in April, May, or June


• $2000 Grant being offered to all new students starting an Ed.S, Doctor of
    Education (Ed.D) or Ph.D in Education starting in April, May, or June.


• $3000 Grant to all new students starting an MBA with Capella on April 8th or May 20th.


• $6000 Grant to all new students starting a Bachelors (B.S.) in any field,
    starting classes in April, May, or June


• Multiple Corporate Alliance Grants for employees of Corporations that we are
    partnered with (amounts and start dates depend on the exact grant)

Contact person: Anton J. Marshall, Senior Enrollment  Counselor
Toll Free Direct Line: 1-888-655-3418
E-mail: anton.marshall@capella.edu
www.capella.edu

The 2013 conference will be held on November 2, 2013 at the Lone Star Community building located in The Woodlands, TX. If you are interested in presenting we encourage you to submit a proposal. Registration information will be anounced in the coming weeks.

Lone Star College CyFair is hosting a job fair on November 10. Click here for more information.

Capella University is offering both scholarships and grants to those who qualify. These opportunities are available for select programs. To find out more information visit their website.

Thanks to BestCollegesonline.com for sharing this useful information with us about adjunct college faculty. Here is a link to the blog: LINK