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Welcome to the SCUSD
BTSA Induction Colloquium
May 24, 2012
Serna Pennsylvania/Tennessee
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Colloquium Objectives
Engage in conversations with a
community of learners
 Summarize key learnings experienced
through the FACT process and BTSA
Induction participation
 Acknowledge professional growth
 A venue for celebrating completion of
this year’s work and professional growth
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Colloquium Share Purpose
Think holistically about your teaching
year
 Look at your practice
 Identify areas in which growth has
occurred
 Consider how you will continue your
professional growth beyond BTSA
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Norms
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Attend Fully
Be present in the room
 Participate and contribute
 Demonstrate mutual respect
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Set aside judgments
 Positive intentionality
 Cell phones on meeting status
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Special Thanks to:
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The BTSA Office Staff:
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Marjorie Petralli, BTSA Induction Technician
BTSA Support Providers
In Honor of Our:
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Participating Teachers (132)
 Support Providers (28)
 Site and Central Office Administrators
 University Partners
Professional Sharing Activity
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Fortune Cookie Activity
Write “Words of Wisdom” to next year’s
participants.
 Use the red and yellow papers
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Directions are on the tables
Directions for “Words of Wisdom” Fortune Cookies
1. Using the square cut-outs of yellow and red paper,
write down your words of wisdom about the school
year and advice you would share with a new
teacher just entering the profession.
2. If you’d like, sign your name, including your grade
level or subject area and school with your wise
words.
Fortune Cookies may be placed in the bucket by the
sign-ins.
Your “Words of Wisdom” fortune cookies will be
shared with next year’s participants at an event at the
beginning of the school year.
Thank you for your wise words and participation!
Kelly Dunkley
Interim BTSA Coordinator
You’ve Accomplished
55 hours (Year Two) of meeting time
with your Support Provider
 20 hours of professional development
around either your IIP, around the CSTP,
or around the Induction Standards
Pedagogy, Equity, Teaching English
Learners, and Teaching Special
Populations (new)
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Formative Assessment
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Through your work in FACT, you have
used:
PTRA Cycle: Plan-Teach-Reflect-Apply
 Professional Conversations
 Examination/Analysis of Student Work
 CSTP Through the Lens of Your Teaching
Assignment
 Reflection
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Greatest Challenge
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Consider your greatest challenge this year
 Use the index cards located in the middle of
the table to describe:
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Greatest challenge on one side
How you overcame (or are working to overcome)
that challenge on the other side
Gather the cards and designate a reader(s) to
share them with the table group and discuss.
California’s Learning to Teach System
Preliminary Credential
Preparation
Professional Clear Credential
Preparation
Blended Program
• Subject-Matter Requirements
• Professional Preparation
• Support and Supervision
• Teaching Performance
Assessment (TPA)
Post-Baccalaureate
Program
• Subject-Matter Requirements
• Professional Preparation
• Support and Supervision
• Teaching Performance
Assessment (TPA)
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Internship Program
• Subject-Matter Requirements
• Professional Preparation
• Support and Supervision
• Teaching Performance
Assessment (TPA)
Induction
Program
• Advanced
Curriculum
Preparation
• Formative
Assessment and
Support
• Frequent
Reflection on
Practice
• Individual
Induction Plan
• Application of Prior
Learning
Credential Renewal
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Professional
Growth
Program
• Individual Development
Plan
• Advanced Curriculum
Studies
• Advanced Subject
Matter
• Reflection on Practice
Based on Teacher’s
Goals
SYSTEM QUALITIES
Multiple Entry Routes to Teaching for
Teachers from Different Backgrounds
ALIGNMENT
• California Standards for the Teaching
Profession (CSTP)
• State-adopted academic content and
performance standards for students
ACCOUNTABILITY
• Candidate Assessment
• Participant Completion of Approved
Program
• Program Approval
COLLABORATION
•Schools/Universities
•State Agencies
•Practitioner Teamwork
Reflection
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Key Learnings from these past two years
About yourself as a teacher
 About your students
 What do you want to focus on next year?
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CSTP Reflection
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Year One and AIP PTs:
Complete the first column on the CSTP
document.
 Turn in today
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Year Two, ECO PTs:
Complete columns two and three.
 Save with your FACT Module D reflections
as your evidence.
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Year Two Next Steps for Clearing
Your Credential
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Make sure . . .
You’ve collected all of your evidence
 Locate the exit interview on btsasupport.com
and complete
 Submit binder and/or flash drive with exit
interview placed in the inside cover
 If only turning in a flash drive please place in
an sealed envelope
 Cover needs name, personal email, and
home or cell phone
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Year Two Next Steps for Clearing
Your Credential
Your binder and/or flash will be reviewed
as soon as possible (you will be
contacted if there are additional
requirements on your credential that
need to be submitted to the BTSA
Induction office).
 You will receive an email from Kelly or
Marjorie that your binder is ready for
pick-up.
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Year Two Next Steps for Clearing
Your Credential
You will receive an email notification
from Kelly that your application has been
submitted.
 You will receive an email from CTC with
a confirmation # and directions on how to
submit your online payment.
 Once payment has been made, you’ll
receive your credential within 50 days
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Closing
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Complete Colloquium Evaluation on
Btsasupport.com
FACT documentation may be given to Support
Providers, sent via email to [email protected], faxed to 643-9478 or mailed to
Box 770
All FACT work & Hours are due by June 8th, 2012
CSUS documents –online only, deadline is June 30,
2012
“TURN-IN” box on the back table
Thank You For:
Your Participation in the BTSA Induction
Program
 Your Dedication to the Profession
 Hard Work on Behalf of the Students in
the Sacramento City Unified School
District
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