Transcripts of News Conferences and other Public Presentations of the
Institute
Speakers at "Celebrating Teachers,"
the program for the Institute's 25th Anniversary Gala on November 13, 2002
included:
Calvin Trillin
Peyton Patterson, President, New Haven Savings Bank
Reginald Mayo, Superintendent, New Haven Public Schools
Richard C. Levin, President, Yale University
Daniel W. Kops, Chairman, Anniversary Celebration Committee
Howard R. Lamar, Honoree, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History
and Former President of Yale University
Michele Pierce, Principal, Harriet Tubman Charter School
Bill Cosby
In December 1995 the Institute held a
Celebration to mark the completion of endowment challenge grants
awarded in 1990 by the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and in 1991 by
the National Endowment for the Humanities. Speakers included:
Richard C. Levin, President of the University
Howard R. Lamar, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History
M. Christine DeVita, President, DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Sheldon Hackney, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
Milton P. DeVane, Chairman, Special Gifts Committee
Reginald R. Mayo, Superintendent of New Haven Public Schools
John DeStefano, Jr., Mayor of the City of New Haven.
"Exploring Art and Culture in the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute"
is a paper given by Jules D. Prown at a conference on teacher programs in
art museums during the session on "Consortiums and Collaborations" at the
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., on October 22-23, 1992.
During the 1991 National Conference on School-College Collaboration
held at Yale University,
a panel discussed the Institute's new publication,Teaching in New
Haven: The Common Challenge. The panel consisted of:
Thomas R. Whitaker, Frederick W. Hilles Professor of English,
Professor of Theater Studies, Yale University
Peter P. Wegener, Harold Hodgkinson Professor Emeritus of Engineering
and Applied Science, Yale University
William J. Derry, Drama Teacher, Comprehensive Arts Program, New Haven
Lois Van Wagner, Science Teacher, East Rock School, New Haven
Hermine E. Smikle, Mathematics Teacher, Roberto Clemente Middle
School, New Haven
Sylia D. Ducach, Foreign Language Teacher, Betsy Ross Arts Magnet
School, New Haven.
"The University's Neglected Task" is an address delivered by Fred M.
Hechinger at the 1991 national conference organized by the Institute and
held at Yale.
At a
Yale Graduate School Education Department/M.A.T. program reunion in
1991, Thomas R. Whitaker, Frederick W. Hilles Professor of English; Peter
P. Wegener, Harold Hodgkinson Professor Emeritus, Engineering and Applied
Science; and Robin W. Winks, Randolph W. Townsend Jr. Professor of
History, spoke about the Teachers Institute and answered questions from
Yale alumni.
At "Excellence in Teaching: A Common Goal," a National Conference of
Chief State School Officers and College and University Presidents, held on
February 17, 1983, the
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute was presented as a case study of how
university-school collaboration can strengthen teaching and improve
learning in the nation's schools. Panelists included
A. Bartlett Giamatti, President, Yale University
Ernest L. Boyer, President, The
Carnegie Foundation for The Advancement of Teaching
James R. Vivian, Director, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Questions and statements from the floor were made by
Jack Pelatson, President,
American Council on Education
Harold T. Shapiro, President, University
of Michigan
John B. Duff, Chancellor of Higher Education,
Massachusetts Board of Regents
Leon Botstein, President, Bard College
Norman C. Francis, President, Xavier University of Louisiana
among others.
At "Excellence in Teaching: A Common Goal," A National Conference of
Chief State Officers and College and University Presidents, held at Yale
University on February 16-18, 1983, a
panel of Chiefs and Presidents was interviewed by Robert MacNeil,
Executive Editor, "The MacNeil-Lehrer Report." Panelists included:
Gordon M. Ambach, President, The University of the State of New York,
Commissioner of Education, State of New York
Norman C. Francis, President, Xavier University of Louisiana
A. Bartlett Giamatti, President, Yale University
Craig Phillips, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of
North Carolina.
Mr. MacNeil then moderated questions from the floor.
"Excellence in Teaching: A Common Goal" is the transcript of a
twenty-seven minute videotape program on the results of the National
Conference held at Yale University February 16-18, 1983. The program
features A. Bartlett Giamatti, Ernest L. Boyer, Robert MacNeil, Gordon M.
Ambach, Norman C. Francis, and Craig Phillips.
