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Sharon E. Rosenkoetter Papers, 1996-2011

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Collection Overview

Title: Sharon E. Rosenkoetter Papers, 1996-2011

ID: MSS Rosenkoetter

Primary Creator: Rosenkoetter, Sharon E., 1944-

Extent: 6.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng], Spanish;Castilian [spa]

Abstract

The Sharon E. Rosenkoetter Papers document Rosenkoetter's research in early childhood development, especially transition planning between settings for children with special needs and leadership development to promote quality services across early childhood agencies and disciplines. Sharon E. Rosenkoetter was an Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University from 1999 until her retirement in 2010.

Scope and Content Notes

The Sharon E. Rosenkoetter Papers document Rosenkoetter's research in early childhood development, especially transition planning between settings for children with special needs and leadership development to promote quality services across early childhood agencies and disciplines. The materials consist primarily of completed surveys, course materials, summarized survey data, reference materials, reports, and documentation compiled for the Oregon State University Institutional Review Board (IRB). The IRB materials include correspondence, blank survey forms, status reports, project outlines, and blank consent forms. Four projects are represented in the collection: Early Childhood Leadership Directions; Rural Links: An Approach to Collaborative Teacher Recruitment, Preparation, and Placement; National Early Childhood Transition Center (NECTC); and Story Quest.

The course materials are for HDFS 410, a practicum class for student involved in the Rural Links project. Three photographs depict Rosenkoetter with the students participating in the Rural Links project. Spanish versions of the NECTC project surveys are part of the collection.

An addition to the Sharon E. Rosenkoetter Papers (Accession 2014:090) documents two research projects administered by Human Development and Family Sciences Professor Rosenkoetter and is made up of agreements, an article manuscript, budgetary materials, conference presentations, contracts, correspondence, course sylabi, grant proposals, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, a student paper, survey data, and transcripts of interviews. Most of these materials reflect a study of early childhood education on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation conducted as a partnership between the Warm Springs Tribe, OSU, and Central Oregon Community College. Data collected from this project is in form of interview transcripts and surveys with Warm Springs residents involved in the local education and human services community as well as students. The Head Start Program is referenced often thoroughout these files. These records also contain data from the National Survey of Families and Households project.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Sharon E. Rosenkoetter joined the faculty of Oregon State University in 1999 as an Associate Professor in the Human Development and Family Sciences. Rosenkoetter specialized in transition planning for children with special needs and served as director for several projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education, including Early Childhood Leadership Directions and Rural Links. Rosenkoetter retired from Oregon State in 2010.

Rosenkoetter earned a B.A. from Valparaiso University in 1966, an MA in special education and learning disabilities from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1971, and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1991. She was a faculty member at the Associated Colleges of Central Kansas from the late 1980s until she came to Oregon State University in 1999.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 3 photographs; 6 boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2013 by the College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

Related Materials: Materials documenting research and teaching in child development are available in the College of Home Economics and Education (RG 141) and the Human Development and Family Sciences Department Records (RG 085). Resources pertaining to teacher training are part of the School of Education Records (RG 184), Jean Moule Papers (MSS Moule), and the E. Wayne Courtney Papers (MSS Courtney).

Preferred Citation: Sharon E. Rosenkoetter Papers (MSS Rosenkoetter), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.

Creators

Rosenkoetter, Sharon E., 1944-

People, Places, and Topics

Child development--Research--Oregon.
Children with disabilities--Development.
Children with disabilities--Services for.
Education--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon.
Oregon State University--Research.
Oregon State University. College of Health and Human Sciences
Rosenkoetter, Sharon E., 1944-
Sociology, Rural--Oregon.
Teachers--Training of--Oregon.
United States. Department of Education
University History

Forms of Material

Photographic prints.


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