Eastern Michigan University layoffs: Majority of full-time education lecturers get notices - Kellie Woodhouse, Mlive

Eastern Michigan University is laying off most of its full-time lecturers in the College of Education. The Ypsilanti school issued layoff notices to 10 of its 11 full-time lecturers in the college in December, according to a group of lecturers at the school. The layoffs are effective Aug. 31, 2014. In their existing roles, the lecturers are tasked with placing, supervising and teaching student teachers enrolled in EMU's education program and undergoing a practicum at a Michigan high school. "I'm concerned because the student teacher supervisors that place student teachers have relationships with the school districts. We have relationships with the teachers," said Pam Olech, a lecturer who received a layoff notice in December. Olech, a retired elementary school principal and certified teacher, has worked at EMU for 11 years, eight of them as a full-time lecturer. http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/02/eastern_michigan_university_layoffs_majority_of_full-time_education_lecturers_get_notices.html