Transcript Faculty Course Development Grant Program

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Teacher Education programs are
housed in five colleges at Illinois State
University (CAS, CAST, CFA, COB,
COE)
 The Council for Teacher Education
 Collaboration crosses programs and
colleges
 The entire university prepares
teachers and school leaders at Illinois
State
 For
many years Illinois State University
engaged in projects with the Chicago
Public Schools (CPS)
 variety of strategies have been employed
 CPS CEOs have engaged with our efforts
 In October 2004, a partnership with Little
Village was developed
 In 2005 teacher candidates began field
experiences and clinical practice in Little
Village schools
 The
American Association of Colleges of
Teacher Education (AACTE)

Best Practice Award in Support of Global
Diversity and Inclusion
 John
Goodlad’s National Network for
Educational Renewal (NNER)

Nick Michelli Award for Promoting Social
Justice
 National

Broadcasting Society (NBS)
Collaborative Classroom Management Video
Award
 Redesign
an existing course that serves preservice teachers to better prepare them for
the realities of urban and under-resourced
settings
 Infuse new content and provide relevant
clinical experiences for students (i.e.,
student visits to high need Chicago schools)
 Provided
extensive reading list
 Participates in CTLT Summer Course Redesign
Workshop
 Grantees participate in a 4-day “immersion
trip” in a high need Chicago neighborhood
 2010 grantees will also receive additional
training concerning Chicago Public School hot
topics (e.g., Response to Intervention)
 PSY
302, Adolescent Development
(enrollment = 80% pre-service teachers)
 Urban
Education Survey (assesses urban
teaching intentions; urban education beliefs;
etc.)
 Qualitative Analysis of Capstone Activities
 Pre, Post Interviews (e.g., “What comes to
mind when you consider the term
underserviced school or community?”)
 Increase
in urban teacher intentions, changes
in social justice thinking (preliminary finding)
 Some “barriers” to urban teaching seem to
be emerging (e.g., “I wouldn’t be a good
teacher because I cannot speak Spanish”)
 Assessment data will be linked to future CPS
teacher performance to gauge sustainability
of student learning in these classes
TEACHER+PLUS Project Flowchart
Teacher Education and Assessment Continuum for High-need Educators
and Resources (TEACHER) + Principal Leadership for Urban Schools
(PLUS) Project – Illinois State University
ISU Student Participants in Chicago Clinicals
Fall
Spring
Projected
900
increase of 12%
800
800
716
700
increase of 44%
600
495
500
400
increase of 150%
300
198
200
100
0
Year 1: 2006-2007
Year 2: 2007-2008
Year 3: 2008-2009
Year 4: 2009-2010
(7 redesigned courses)
(11 redesigned courses)
(8 redesigned courses)
(8 redesigned courses)
Summer Teacher Education
Partnership
for Urban Preparation
Little Village Housing
PDS
TST
Graduate Hire
Summer Students
Faculty
Total
25
23
21
# of Residents
20
15
13
12
12
12
10
8
8
5
0
Summer 2006 Year 1: 2006-07 Summer 2007 Year 2: 2007-08 Summer 2008 Year 3: 2008-09 Summer 2009 Year 4: 2009-10
Traditional Student Teacher Placements
18
16
16
Saucedo
16
Eli Whitney
14
Madero
14
Infinity
12
11
11
Cardenas
Comm. Links
10
Curie
Juarez
8
Kelly
Brooks
6
MAS
4
Social Justice
2
World
Language
0
Year 1: 2005-06
Year 2: 2006-07
Year 3: 2007-08
Year 4: 2008-09
Year 5: 2009-10
PDS Intern Placements in Little Village
22
20
19
19
18
16
15
14
12
12
10
8
7
6
4
2
0
2005-06
Eli Whitney
2006-07
Saucedo
McCormick
2007-08
Castellanos
2008-09
Corkery
Kanoon
2009-10
Whittier
Total