Records created or compiled by the dean of the School of Education, mostly dating from the
1960s and 1970s. The collection contains a few records from UWM's predecessor
institutions.
The majority of the collection consists of files concerning activities and programs within
the School of Education and its departments. The records document committee activities;
curriculum and program developments; conferences and workshops; staffing, equipment, and
space needs; announcements and reports; and the departmental reorganization and plans for
the future of the school. Also included are materials regarding accreditation from the
National Council for Accreditation of Teach Education (NCATE) and the Wisconsin Department
of Public Instruction.
The collection contains a large number of community education program files. These files
contain materials covering the development of a degree program in community education.
Included within these files are department minutes documenting course and curriculum
developments, staffing, committee reports, and other department announcements. The files
also contain materials regarding the adult and adolescent education programs. Among
miscellaneous other files is a report on the Action Planning Center, an instructional and
research unit within the community education program developed to help students learn
community change skills as part of the undergraduate degree in community education.
The collection also contains files on the Community Resources Workshop designed to give
participants greater knowledge and deeper understanding of life in the Milwaukee area by
focusing attention on the community's social and economic resources. Found within these
files are brochures, correspondence, newsletters, and reports detailing workshop planning,
funding support, speaker information, and events and activities.
The correspondence files contain primarily deans' correspondence concerning funding,
staffing, space needs, program developments, and other administrative matters. The bulk of
the correspondence was generated by Deans George W. Denemark and Richard H. Davis. Some
correspondence of department faculty and associate deans is also found in these files.
Files from the Cultural Foundations of Education Department include minutes which contain
announcements, document course and curriculum developments, staffing and space needs,
faculty activities, and other departmental concerns.
Early Childhood Center files contain proposals for establishing a day-care center and
reports of present and future programs. Also found in the collection are papers supporting
the development of a day-care training program and proposals for financial support of the
center. Several proposals for the formation of the Early Childhood Department as well as
minutes of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction's Early Childhood Education
Committee are included in the collection.
Faculty meeting minutes contain announcements, reports and recommendations, document
committee activities, School of Education program and course developments, and other matters
of concern. School of Education Curriculum Committee minutes are also found within this
series.
Lakeshore Curriculum Study Council files largely consist of minutes of various committees.
Other materials include annual and progress reports, copies of the constitution and by-laws,
correspondence, newsletters, and yearbooks. This council was established for the purpose of
encouraging and facilitating cooperative study and research on curriculum and instructional
problems.
The files of memoranda contain announcements of meetings, appointments, faculty activities,
budget, salary, employment and policy information, course and program developments, and
other matters of concern.
The purpose of the News Letter was to provide a medium for
the exchange of ideas, information, policies, and reports of faculty activities. It contains
department and faculty news, editorials, brief papers/reports, calendars of events,
conference notes, reports of the future of the School of Education, and miscellaneous
news.
Triple T (Training of Teacher Trainees or TTT) materials mainly consist of evaluations and
reports. Triple T and various committee meeting minutes, correspondence, memos, and
miscellaneous program information is also found within this series.
Urban education files largely consist of files regarding the doctoral program in urban
education. Materials include various committee minutes, program information, and
correspondence. Proposals for the establishment of an Urban Education Center are also
included.
