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 The call for proposals for the 6th Annual International Symposium on Educational Reform is posted. Anyone associated with the department is welcome to propose a session and/or attend the conference (if you are planning to attend, please let Dr. Björk know).

CASTLE's and UCEA's Scott McLeod did some recording at UCEA in Anaheim this year and managed to catch a few of us from the department. So, for a rare inside glimpse at our activities during our intellectual retreats, check out the following (you can see lots of other reactions from other professors here): 

Mika Risku joined the Department of Educational Leadership Studies in the fall as our Practitioner-Scholar in Residence. Mika is currently the Associate Director of the Institute for Educational Leadership at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and before that he was a middle school principal. The Finnish Ministry of Education sponsored his visit.

Had the marvelous opportunity a couple weeks ago to sit down and chat with Professors Rika Jobert and Jean Van Rooyen, of the University of Pretoria's Department of Education Management and Policy Studies. We chatted about educational law, leadership issues, finance issues, preparation issues, etc. It was a great time and our department enjoyed hosting them in Lexington before they went on to Louisville for the ELA conference. Below is the interview and the relevant links:

The Rose at 20 event in Louisville was a smashing success. There were about 200 people in attendance and the room was past standing room only. So, thanks again to everyone that helped make it a success. The three videos (in sequential order) are below: 

Rika Jobert and Jean van Rooyen, scholars at the University of Pretoria,  will be visiting the department and the College during the week of Oct. 19. Rika and Jean work in the Department of Education Management and Policy Studies and study educational law and finance, respectively, in South African education.

The University Council for Educational Administration is going to interview Dr. Tricia Browne-Ferrigno on Oct. 9 on her work with university-district partnerships.

Current EDL student, and COE alum, Beth Randolph was named the 2009 History Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Historical Society. Beth is a teacher at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Fayette County. She is in the running for National History Teacher of the Year ... good luck Beth and thanks for being such a great teacher for Kentucky's kids.

Here is the press release from the Historical Society and here is the COE news story.