Education Leaders Club
A Candidate Chapter of ASCD
(Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
Outstanding Speakers
At The Citadel, the student ASCD chapter is known as The Education Club. The club meets monthly and seeks to promote candidates' professional development. In January, the guest speaker was Dr. Alan Zwart, Principal of Carolina Springs Middle School. His topic, "What Principals Look for in New Teachers" proved to be extremely helpful to cadets in their pursuit of teaching positions. Mr. Tommy Mullins, Headmaster of Charleston Baptist School, spoke at the February meeting. He addressed "The Toughest Things about Being a First Year Teacher, "and his suggestions will be invaluable for graduates during their first year of teaching.
Additional Notable Activities of Education Club
During the 2006-2007 academic year, the ASCD Education Leaders Club was extremely active and accomplished many goals. A few of these include:
- Attending local, state and national conferences to further professional development;
- Mentoring all new freshmen education majors;
- Tutoring in local schools;
- Sponsoring a "movie night" and dinner for Citadel freshmen;
- Raising money to purchase football jerseys for the Morningside Middle School Teaching Team;
- Supporting the high school teacher cadet program; and
- Participating in the Riley Institute, a program co-coordinated by Furman University to improve public education in South Carolina.
Citadel Cadets Featured at International Conference
Cadets Brion Packett, Daryl Baldemor, Matthew Holt and Elliott Sakoda represented The Citadel's School of Education at the International Conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development on March 16-19 in Anaheim, California. These Citadel Cadets were selected to represent the 47 student chapters of ASCD at the conference assembly on Friday afternoon. Their presentation included a video and a poster presentation designed to inform educators about The ASCD Student Chapter Program. In addition, the Cadets presented "Leadership at The Citadel" and were special guests at the President's reception. They also had the opportunity to network with prominent educators from around the world. According Dr Lehr, their chapter advisor, "the cadets were outstanding ambassadors in promoting The Citadel."
