Transcript College of Education - University of Central Missouri

College of Education
Fall Meeting 2009
Welcome New Faculty & Staff
 Academic Departments
o Career and Technology Education
o Educational Foundations and Literacy
o Educational Leadership and Human
Development
o Elementary and Early Childhood Education
 Clinical Services and Certification
Welcome New Faculty & Staff
 Alliance for Innovation and Research in Education
(AIRE)
o Central Regional Professional Development Center
o Midwest Center for Charter Schools and Urban
Education
o Midwest Clinic for Autism Spectrum Disorders
o Missouri Center for Career Education
o Workshop on Wheels
Review CoE Goals from 2008-2009
Accreditation
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Successful NCATE/DESE review was Job #1!
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Curriculum revisions:
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Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT)
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4-yr plans completed
Foundations, field experience, & Ed Psych courses in the
Professional Education block
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Unit Assessment
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Nicole Nickens – Coordinator of TWS Assessment
Teacher Work Sample (TWS) beginning Fall 2009
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Training in the fall for U-sup’s, D-sup’s, and students
Teacher Work Sample Day – Friday April 23, 2010
CoE Goals 2008-2009 (cont.)
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Field experiences
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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
Aggressively expand programs in KC market
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New student population
Urban experience for current students
CoE Goals 2008-2009 (cont.)
Alliance for Innovation & Research in Education
(AIRE)
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Grant writer hired
Opportunity for faculty involvement in the field (action
research and other projects)
Seek partners interested in improving education
Incubator lab
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Odin Jurkowski committee chair
Partnership with Center for Teaching & Learning
Spring 2009 launch
Continue to build relationships across the PEF
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Implemented through each goal listed above
CoE Priorities for 2009-2010
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Celebrate our successes!
 NCATE/DESE accreditation
 Implement recommendations
 Progress on Task Force recommendations
 Developing coherence
 Field experiences
 Curriculum revisions
 Educational Technology Innovation Incubator Lab
CoE Priorities for 2009-2010 (cont.)
Assessment System refinements: its not rocket science, it just
requires diligence! (Job #1 this year)
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 UCM 5-year internal review Fall semester for all UG majors/minors
 Establish an assessment calendar.
 All CoE Undergraduate and Graduate Programs part of assessment
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system.
Data collection each semester at program level, reported annually.
Course syllabi collected and reviewed each semester at the program level.
Program/curriculum revisions driven by data review and best practices.
Undergraduate: Teacher Work Sample (TWS).
 Training Fall semester for PEF faculty and students
 Launched Spring semester 2010
 Teacher Work Sample Day – Friday April 23, 2010
CoE Priorities for 2009-2010 (cont.)
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Departmental faculty / Center collaboration
Professional Learning Communities
Great potential for transforming the preparation of
educational professionals.
Task Force to explore joint appointments.
Professional Learning Community activity.
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Preparing Teachers for a ChangingWorld: What Teachers Should Be Able to
Do. Darling-Hammond & Bransford,2005.
It used to be “From Theory to Practice.”
Now, its “Blend Theory and Practice.”
CoE Priorities for 2009-2010 (cont.)
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Expand the number of partner districts in Professional
Development School (PDS).
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Kingsville and Grain Valley added for 2009-2010
CoE Kansas City Initiative for Collaborative Partnerships.
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Dr. Paul James, Coordinator
College of Education
Alliance for Innovation and Research in Education
Kansas City Initiative for Collaborative Partnerships
 Purposes:
 To become KC’s “University of Choice” for educational programs.
 To increase the number of students in UCM’sCoE programs.
 Specifically, to recruit Kansas City students who have not typically attended UCM’s
Warrensburg campus.
 To establish meaningful, working partnerships with urban and suburban
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school districts.
To expand the number of partner districts in PDS.
To increase the number of quality field experience and internship sites for
CoE programs in urban and suburban settings.
To better serve non-traditional and low-income students in the KC region.
To enhance the image of UCM College of Education with various
stakeholders in the Kansas City region.
Kansas City Initiative (cont.)
 Increase student enrollment in:
o Graduate COE programs offered at CSC, school sites, and/or
online.
 Recruit public and private school personnel for COE graduate degrees.
 Recruit specifically from UCM Charter Schools.
o Undergraduate COE programs offered at CSC and/or online.
 Recruit high school students for AAT/UCM education degrees.
 Recruit specifically from UCM Charter Schools.
Kansas City Initiative (cont.)
 Promote and enhance the UCM-CoEimage with KC area school
districts.
o Support implementation/enhancement/expansion of Professional
Development Schools partnerships with KC area schools.
o Support implementation/enhancement/expansion of field
experiences in KC area schools.
o Promote collaborative joint CoE faculty, student and center staff
professional development with school district professional
development programs.
o Provide research and professional development opportunities for
CoE faculty.
Kansas City Initiative (cont.)
 Develop active partnerships with Kansas City community
colleges (MCC, JCCC, and KCCC).
 Promote and enhance the UCM-COE image with public
stakeholders.
o Participate in collaboration, formal and informal meetings
necessary to promote and expand the College of Education
(i.e., Chamber of Commerce, civic groups as appropriate,
corporations, and foundations)
Kansas City Initiative (cont.)
 Secure resources to support the KC Initiative and the College
of Education.
o Identify and secure funding necessary to continuously maintain
and grow the College of Education KC Initiative.
o Develop and maintain relationships with Kansas City
metropolitan funding agencies including corporate foundations.
Kansas City Initiative (cont.)
 A primary goal of the KC Initiative is to provide an
opportunity for the intersection of our teaching, service and
research.
 Long term goal:
Establish a College of Education building –
complete with classrooms, laboratories and
residential facilities – in Kansas City
Let’s Have A Great Year!
Remember, we’re here for our students!