[CALIBK12] Fresno Pacific University starts second online cohort

[Derek Treichelt]

I want in on this one! I'm adding a second to the second!

I drove an hour and a half from Palmdale to Bakersfield every other  
Saturday for three years to earn my credential and masters from Fresno  
Pacific. I have absolutely no regrets. Even though I never made it  
into a library as an LMT, the skills I learned each Saturday enhanced  
my instructional skills as a classroom teacher and now tech  
coordinator. The best advice I can give anyone thinking about getting  
their LMT credential is to get started, regardless of the university.  
(But I will have to say you'll be hard pressed to find instructors  
better than those mentioned in Darla's previous email.)

FPU is providing a service to with its online offerings.

Derek


Derek Treichelt
Technology Coordinator
Lafayette School District
3477 School Street
Lafayette, CA 94549
(925) 299-3518
dtreiche at lafsd.k12.ca.us




On Aug 22, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Darla Brown wrote:

> Dear Compadres: Allow me to second that! I began my [then] library  
> media teacher credentialing classes with Fresno Pacific in  
> Bakersfield in 1999, after I had already begun my job as a junior  
> high school LMT. After every Saturday class, I would literally  
> "remake" my library on Monday using the extremely practical things  
> I'd been taught. I can't speak for the online classes (personally, I  
> liked the face-to-face interaction with my peers, but perhaps I'm  
> just old school...), but the information I gleaned from each FPU  
> class, reading assignment, and writing assignment was like water to  
> a desert wanderer--not only satisfying, but an absolute necessity! I  
> was also blessed to have among my instructors JoEllen Misakian,  
> Martha Rowland, and Bakersfield's own Beth Heisey. I add my  
> unreserved endorsement of the Fresno Pacific University program.
>
> Mrs. Darla Brown, LMT, M.Ed.
> Teacher Librarian
> Garces Memorial High School
> "Home of Athletes and Scholars"
> 661-327-2578 x133
> dbrown at garces.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu [mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu 
> ] On Behalf Of Thomas Nixon
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 11:43 AM
> To: calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu
> Cc: jmisakian at fresno.edu
> Subject: [CALIBK12] Fresno Pacific University starts second online  
> cohort
>
> If you are thinking of earning your teacher librarian services  
> credential and/or a master of arts in education (school library &  
> information technology), Fresno Pacific University is starting its  
> second online cohort beginning this fall. This 100% online format  
> has been proving popular with students throughout the state.
>
> As a student in the program, I can certainly speak to the rigor and  
> quality. Overall, I have been quite pleased with my experience and I  
> expect that others would be as well. If you would like to send me  
> questions privately about my experience, please do so.
>
> If you are interested, you would need to sign up now by contacting  
> Jo Ellen Misakian at jmisakian at fresno.edu.
>
> Full disclosure: As of this past spring, I teach the first course in  
> the online program. I will do the same for this cohort.
>
>
> Tom Nixon
> --
> Tehipite Middle School
> 630 N. Augusta Street
> Fresno, CA 93701
> Web: http://www.tehipitelibrary.org
> Blog: http://notyourmotherslibrarian.blogspot.com
>
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