Team 3 Helpful Information

Team 3 Coordinating Personnel:
On-Campus Program
Team Leaders	Sandy Wilcox	343A EH	355-1741	wilcoxs@msu.edu
	Sandra Crespo	116P EH	353-3035	crespo@msu.edu
Coordinator	Kathy Moon	353 EH	432-3671	kmoon@msu.edu
Assistant Coordinator	Nancy Rudd	346 EH	432-9620	nrudd16@msu.edu
Team Secretary	Scherrie Kilgore	347 EH	355-1741	kilgore@msu.edu
Team 3 Advisor	Amanda Idema	134 EH	353-9684	grayama1@msu.edu

The Team 3 on-campus offices are located on the third floor of Erickson Hall in bay 347.

SE Michigan Area Internship Program
Coordinator	Judy Thompson	**		**		thomps38@msu.edu
	
**MSU Birmingham Center				2436 W. Lincoln
(248) 723-9354						Suite F101
							Birmingham, MI  48009

Team 3 Website:
	For complete and up to date information on all aspects of Team 3, visit our website at http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/TE/team3/default.htm	

Student Advisory Board:
	There is a Student Advisory Board for Team 3 that is composed of representatives from each of the course sections (TE 301/401/402).  This board addresses questions and concerns from students as well as organizes special team events.  The board meets about every two or three weeks.

Student Mailboxes:
	Each student on Team 3 has an individual “mailbox” in the 347 Erickson Hall bay.  Your mailbox is actually a hanging file in a 4-drawer filing cabinet labeled TEAM THREE STUDENT MAILBOXES.  There is a drawer for each level (juniors and seniors).  Please check your folder periodically for special messages or announcements.  Some of your instructors will also return papers to you in your mailbox, especially at the end of the semester.   

Team 3 Calendar:
	Meetings and team events will be posted and updated on the web along with announcements of teaching positions, conferences, and job and volunteer opportunities, so if you forget a meeting time, place, or date, you can check the calendar.  If you want to post something, ask Scherrie to help you. 

Team Three Times:
	There is a Team 3 newsletter, the Team Three Times, that provides information about team events and happenings. The newsletter will be sent to you via electronic mail several times during the year.  Everyone is encouraged to submit articles to any Student Advisory Board member or Team Coordinator.

Electronic Mail:
	Every student at MSU is eligible to access mail.msu.edu, MSU’s student electronic mail accounts.  The service will help you communicate with other students, faculty and computer users around the world.  Instructions for opening an account can be found in any of the MSU computer labs.  For more information or to get answers to your questions, contact a consultant at the Computing Information Center located in Room 305 Computer Center or call 353-1800.
	Check your email often.  If you do not, you may be missing information on courses, scholarships, meetings, and the College of Education events of interest to you.  We are relying more and more on email rather than phone or US mail to contact students.

Advisors:
	Do you have a quick question for an Academic Advisor?  Use your MSU email account to send quick questions to the College of Education’s Advisors:
		Regular Elementary Education:		Amanda Idema – grayama1@msu.edu
		Special Education:			Jean Brown - brownj32@msu.edu
	If your question is too complicated for an email response you will be asked to schedule an appointment to resolve your issues.

Children’s Literature:
	Local public libraries are the best sources for MSU students to use to find books for children.  There is no collection of current children’s literature on campus at MSU, but the Lansing and East Lansing public libraries have strong collections of such books. The East Lansing Public Library is located at 950 Abbott Road, near the Post Office (351-2420).  The main branch of the Capital Area District Library is located in downtown Lansing at 401 S. Capitol (325-6400).
	It is also possible to find supplementary material about children’s literature by exploring sites on the World Wide Web.  Try locations such as:

	--	Children’s Literature Web Guide
		http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

	--	The Horn Book
		http://www.hbook.com

	--	Book Links
		http://www.ala.org/BookLinks/

	--	Awards for Children’s Books
		http://ils.unc.edu/award/home1.html

Professional Library:
	A variety of textbooks and other books with education themes are available for check-out from the Team 3 office in 347 Erickson.  A complete listing of the current titles can be found on the Team 3 website.	

Scholarship Information:
	If you are interested in applying for scholarships for the intern year, get started NOW looking for possible sources of scholarship money and gathering your materials.  Having your materials ready in advance will give you an advantage.  Sometimes there is very little time between the announcement and the deadline for applications for scholarships.  You will be preparing a resume for the internship placement process anyway; you can revise it for scholarship applications.  Work on general material for a personal statement now and get people to read it and give you advice and feedback about it; you can tailor it for each scholarship you apply for.  Detailed scholarship information is available on the College of Education home page (http://www.educ.msu.edu/) under Info for Students/Scholarships.