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Teachers College - Columbia University: Support TC: Ways to Make a Gift Skip Navigation MyTC & Classweb Student Info System Class Schedule TC Exchange Email CUB Mail -- TC Web People -- Advanced | People & Office Admissions Welcome Admission Info Academic Catalog Financial Aid Student Life at TC Admission Events Admitted Students About TC An Introduction Heritage Community Leadership Faculty Visiting the College Academics Departments Programs Concentrations & Other Areas of Study Computing & Technology Computing & Technology Home Technology Initiatives Email & Network Access Classroom & Labs Getting Computers & Software Media Services & Video Support & Training Telephones & Cable TV Library Lifelong Learning Continuing Studies Intensive Programs Professional Development Conferences & Lectures CEO&I TC Muses -- News Current News People & Research News Search & Publications Services for Faculty Services for Journalists Research Centers & Institutes Research Support Publications and Media Find Faculty Expertise Services Administrative Services Campus & Community Grants & Funding Human Resources & Jobs Student Services Support TC Welcome Ways to Make a Gift Scholarship Opportunities Make a Gift Online Home > Support TC >Ways to Make a Gift Support TC Welcome Ways to Make a Gift Planned Giving -- Corporations & Foundations Scholarship Opportunities Special Initiatives -- Staff Ways to Make a Gift Ways to Make a Gift Creative Ways to Give Creative Ways to Give For more information on any of these giving vehicles, contact Stephanie Straffi, Director of Major Gifts at (212) 678-3679. Bequest in a will or living trust - To provide for Teachers College through your will, living trust or charitable remainder trust, you will need Teachers College's tax identification number, legal name and mailing address. Please call David Stiles at (212) 678-3037 to obtain this information. Charitable gift annuity - When you make a gift of stock or cash to fund a Teachers College Gift Annuity, you receive a tax deduction that can be spread over 5 years after the year of the gift and payments for life of up to 11.3% based on your age. Life Insurance Policy - You may name Teachers College as beneficiary of a policy you no longer need, or you may create a new policy. Retirement accounts or U.S. savings bonds - By naming Teachers College as the beneficiary of your IRA or savings bonds, income taxes are avoided and the value of the gift qualifies as an estate tax deduction. Charitable remainder trusts - Charitable remainder trusts provide a means to receive an immediate income tax deduction, income for life, and a meaningful gift to charity at death or at the end of the term of the trust. A Timeline of Growth and Change: Arthur E. Levine's Presidency at Teachers College Teachers College has evolved in many ways under Arthur Levines leadership. The changes fall into three phases: rebuilding the broad foundation of the College; expanding for impact; and focusing on what the College believes to be the single largest problem in education today: the growing gap in opportunities and outcomes between the nations most advantaged and disadvantaged students. Published: 9/14/2005 Arthur Levine Announces This Will Be His Final Year as Teachers College President Education school leader has tripled endowment, strengthened academic departments, and focused on educational equity during 12 year run. Published: 9/14/2005 Arthur Levine: Letter to the TC Community I am writing to tell you that I plan to step down as President of Teachers College on July 1, 2006. Please know there are no scandals brewing and the colleges health and mine are just fine, though I could stand to lose about 25 pounds. Published: 9/14/2005 Levine and Rangel Call for Better Teachers in Struggling Schools Congressman Charles Rangel and Teachers College President Arthur Levine issued a joint call yesterday for the creation of greater incentives for highly qualified teachers to work in New York Citys most challenging schools. Speaking on the eve of the new school year, the two--who were joined by a panel of other speakers--aimed their message at both the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers, who are in the midst of negotiating a new contract for the citys teachers. Published: 9/7/2005 City Students Receive Laptops Thanks to TC Team Dr. Irving Hamer of the Department of Organization and Leadership and a team of TC students have worked in collaboration with private, non-profit, and public sector partners to implement the One-to-One in Ten program in New York City schools. Published: 9/6/2005 K-12 Schools Receive Top Dollar in Foundation Giving Although colleges and universities have typically received almost twice the amount of funding than that of elementary and secondary schools, a new trend finds the latter emerging as the top grant recipients in recent years. Published: 9/6/2005 More News --
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About Piggy’s Birthday Present home | view cart | top 10 sites | faqs | about us | contact us an engaging language arts and early math program about product standards & skills newsroom request information ordering information printable order form About Piggy’s Birthday Present primary math & language arts Piggy’s Birthday Present uses the timeless activity of dot-to-dot as a format for children to answer mathematics and language arts questions at their skill level. With each click of a correct answer, a portion of a picture is drawn right before their eyes. Once the entire picture is completed, students have the opportunity to color in the picture and place it back on the mural wall. Piggy’s Birthday Present is engaging—not just because the high quality graphics draw students into a magical world...and not just because they become instant artists. Piggy’s Birthday Present is challenging—not just because there are over 50 math and language arts activities...and not just because there are so many treasures to find. Piggy’s Birthday Present is successful because its engaging dot-to-dot format, whimsical environment, and teacher-created activities make building number and language skills fun! Sequenced progression of difficulty Math and language arts materials are presented in a sequenced progression of questions that begins with the simplest of concepts, appropriate for kindergarten children, and gradually becomes more difficult, ending with questions appropriate for second grade. Students first complete the dot to dot, then they get to paint in the picture. When it’s finished, the painting becomes part of a larger mural. Piggy’s Birthday Present keeps students engaged by taking advantage of one of the most important principles in educational psychology—the principle of distributed practice. This learning principle is harnessed systematically in the dot-to-dot activity: children first connect 10 to 20 dots within a picture by answering simple content questions, and then they are given a self regulated break while coloring in a picture. This systematic alternating between content work and art work provides a learn and play , learn and play rhythm that facilitates learning. The best part about Piggy’s Birthday Present is that students set their own pace. If students are experiencing success, they can go straight through all of the exercises and skip the coloring. Or, if studnets need a little more time, they can pause to color in the pictures or even do the same dot-to-dot over again. The opportunity for students to set their own pace increases learning potential. Piggy’s Birthday Present is divided into two realms—one focuses on numbers and number sense, and the other on letters and sounds of the English language. Once children enter the upstairs playroom, they can go down the 1,2,3 slide to play in the math section, or down the A,B,C slide to play in the language arts section. In the upstairs bedroom, student choose between the A,B,C slide, or the 1,2,3 slide. Language arts If children go down the ABC slide, they will find the ABC dot-to-dots. These are language arts activities presented in a series of five large murals, each containing 5-10 dot-to-dot pictures. Within each dot-to-dot picture, children connect dots in response to questions that test their language arts skills over a broad range of concepts including letter recognition and alphabetic sequence. Students then progress through concepts such as letter/sound association, beginning and ending sounds, sight recognition of simple words, spelling, abbreviations, and contractions. Click here to view a chart showing the cognitive framework of language arts skills . Mathematics If children go down the 123 slide, they will find the 123 dot-to-dots. These are set up he same as the ABC side, just using different murals and math content. Math concepts include numeral recognition, number sequence, comparisons of numbers, simple addition, subtraction, and finding the missing addend. Click here to view a chart showing the cognitive framework of mathematical skills .In addition, the numbers in the math dot-to-dot can be heard in several languages — Spanish, French, Chinese (Mandarin), Italian, Japanese, and Indonesian! The first time students slide down the 123 slide they will see this mural. Piggy takes a trip to a farm and meets many new friends: a frog, a cow, a duck, a horse, and even another pig. The easy level teaches students number recognition from 1-10. The medium and hard levels teach students number sequence, 10-20 and 60-100, respectively. Click here to see a skills matrix for the Math Farm Mural. In all, there are more than 2,000 questions dealing with math and language arts that were taken from lesson plans of experienced teachers. When children play with Piggy’s Birthday Present , you can be sure they are practicing skills and concepts that complement your curriculum. Skills summary The Skills Summary feature gives teachers the content description for each mural at the easy, medium, or hard level. Students can work individually or in groups, and student work is always saved and recorded in the Skills Summary after every session. The creators of Piggy’s Birthday Present Piggy’s Birthday Present was developed by ThoughtMakers, a core team of cognitive psychologists, software engineers, graphic artists, and musicians. The program was produced, tested, and modified as part of a research and development effort headed by Dr. J. Arthur Woodward and Ms. Jill Gilkerson, Department of Psychology, UCLA. 2004 Learning in Motion, Inc.