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College of Education Fall 2008 What is 2020? What is 2044? Agenda • • • • • • Welcome & Introductions Career Services Rodin Awards Recap Spring 2007 meeting CoE Goals for 2008-2009 University Initiatives Welcome New Faculty & Staff • Workshop on Wheels – Pam Raffurty, Director • Missouri Center for Career Education • Midwest Clinic for Autism Spectrum Disorders • Midwest Center for Charter Schools and Urban Education • Elementary and Early Childhood Education • Educational Leadership and Human Development • Educational Foundations and Literacy • Clinical Services and Certification • Central Regional Professional Development Center • Career and Technology Education 2008 Rodin Award Excellence in Online Education • • • • • Pat Antrim (2007) Lori Cochran Joyce Downing Odin Jurkowski Dick Kahoe Recap of Spring 2008 Meeting • Identifying opportunities and challenges • Building connectedness – Concluded work of task forces, a number of the recommendations have already been acted on – Conducted SWOT analysis – Revised structure and work of TEC – Surveyed area superintendents and principals (also builds connectedness) – Implemented K-12 / Secondary S.I.G. – Created structure to support AIRE – Hired new development officer Michelle Schubert – Received notification of funding for Midwest Clinic for Autism Spectrum Disorders Recap of Spring 2008 Meeting Strategic Directions • • • • Faculty supervision of student teachers Expand PDS Implement Teacher Work Samples Implement Professional Learning Communities in the College • Hire a grant writer to support faculty through the Alliance for Innovation and Research in Education (AIRE) Recap of Spring 2008 Meeting Strategic Directions (cont.) • Innovative, experimental programs – Expand all programs into KC market at CSC – Develop meaningful field experiences with charter schools – Develop full immersion senior year – UCM candidates experience the entire school year – Develop program similar to MU’s Fellows Program CoE Goals 2008-2009 1. Accreditation – Successful NCATE/DESE review is Job #1! 2. Curriculum revisions continue: – – Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) Foundations & core courses in the Professional Education block 3. Unit Assessment – – Nicole Nickens – Coordinator of Assessment Teacher Work Sample (TWS) beginning Fall 2009 CoE Goals 2008-2009 (cont.) 4. Field experiences – Documentation and coordination of all field experiences – U-sup and D-sup training required for successful transition – Plan for PDS expansion to secondary – Faculty involvement – especially with student teaching 5. Aggressively expand programs in KC market – New student population – Urban experience for current students CoE Goals 2008-2009 (cont.) 6. Alliance for Innovation & Research in Education (AIRE) – – – Grant writer hired Fall 2008 Opportunity for faculty involvement in the field (action research and other projects) Assistance with grant writing 7. Incubator lab – – – Odin Jurkowski committee chair Partnership with Center for Teaching & Learning Spring 2009 launch 8. Continue to build relationships across the PEF – Implemented through each goal listed Incubator Lab example 150 Maryland Freshmen Pilot Mobility Initiative COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland will launch a pilot study this fall to test whether handheld devices like the iPhone loaded with advanced technology - can improve the educational experience of students. "We want to give students involved in this project an opportunity to gain experience integrating new technology into their studies," says University Provost Nariman Farvardin. "We want to know if the devices can make a difference." 150 new students have been selected to receive their choice of either an iPhone or iPod Touch device during move-in August 28 and 29. The pilot test - part of the university's Mobility Initiative - positions Maryland as a national leader in exploring the use of mobile technology for teaching and learning - with the pilot utilizing technology from Apple and ATT. "This pilot test is a wonderful opportunity for us to see how equipping students with advanced mobile devices will improve their educational experience," says Jeffrey Huskamp, University of Maryland vice president and chief information officer. "Students are increasingly tech-savvy, mobile technology is advancing rapidly and a world class research university should be prepared to exploit the educational possibilities," Huskamp adds. "If the technology will help make a large university smaller and more accessible, that's important. If it can enhance learning, then we need to find out." Food For Thought What is 2020? Today’s entering 1st graders are the class of 2020! What is 2042? The year today’s freshmen will be eligible for retirement from teaching with 30 years of service! From our Conceptual Framework • Outstanding teachers are intentional teachers • Teachers are decision-makers – How to recognize problems and issues – How to consider situations from multiple perspectives – How to use relevant professional knowledge to formulate actions – How to judge the consequences (Slavin, 2006, p.13) Announcements • • • • Early alert program ABCTE & William Woods College Assembly guidelines Network specialist i-phones @ ACU • Abilene Christian University mobile learning project: “What might a university look like with a fully deployed program of converged devices like the iPhone? Connected is one possible vision. This fictional day-inthe-life account highlights some of the potential benefits in a higher education setting when every student, faculty, and staff member is ‘connected.’ ” http://www.acu.edu/technology/mobilelearning/researchers/ video/index.html Thank you! Let’s have a great year!