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Outreach Projects
To extend the head-heart metaphor one final step, we note that the unit's decision to establish and fund the Office of Community Outreach shows its commitment to providing an outstretched "hand" from the College to the community.
Within its four-year history, Community Outreach has partnered in numerous community projects such as the Zoo Education Center, the Adopt a District project, YMCA volunteer activities, and the Fall Community Lecture Series on topics such as school accountability, testing, technology, and character education. The office hosts school personnel and administrators annually and coordinates the College of Education Convocation each semester to recognize graduates and outstanding alumni. It established the College of Education Alumni Association with its successful Alumni Roundtable mentoring sessions for candidates and produces Colleagues, the semi-annual publication that has grown from a small newsletter to a full newsmagazine containing thoughtful articles by faculty and staff. The office is staffed by a faculty member/Director, two professional staff, one office support staff member, and two grant assistants.
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The largest funded project administered by Community Outreach is Learning to Give, a $291,000 grant-funded program developed by the Council of Michigan Foundations to encourage young people in community involvement, volunteer service, and philanthropic activities. Learning to Give is a teacher-developed, standards-based curriculum of 600 lesson plans to be used in schools and higher education. As part of the grant's activities, the Community Outreach office held two four-day Summer Institutes for teachers, administrators, curriculum directors, and teacher educators. The curriculum developed will affect close to 8000 students during this academic year.
Grant Development
The establishment of a Grants Office in 2003 reflects the unit's commitment to the conceptual framework's principles of social responsibility. Since that time, grant funding reached over 1.6 million dollars, exceeding funding from the previous 15 years by 28%. The office is staffed by a faculty member/Coordinator, professional staff member, and graduate assistant.
These are current and recent grants, funding agencies, amounts, and other units with which the unit collaborated:
Budgetary Allocations
Despite a severely strained state budget, university funding of Education programs continued its strong foundation for preparing candidates to meet standards. The College of Education ranks second highest in funding among the professional schools. In the three academic years between 2001 and 2004, the unit received approximately 34% of the General Fund Budget allocated for the four professional schools. In 2004-05, the professional schools were reorganized into six Colleges; during that year the College received approximately 24% of the General Fund Budget:
General Fund Budget: Professional Schools
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