Overlapping Goals Teacher Education PK-12 Field based Experiences Preservice /Student Teachers Professional Learning Communities PK-12 Student Success.

Overlapping GoalsOverlapping Goals

Teacher Education

PK-12 Field based Experiences

Preservice/Student Teachers

Professional Learning Communities

PK-12 Student Success M entoring TeachersEmerging Teachers

Administrative Support and Guidance

Professional Development Professional Development Schools of PartnershipSchools of Partnership

2121stst Century Century

Professional Learning Professional Learning CommunitiesCommunities

Reshaping Schools & Teacher Reshaping Schools & Teacher PreparationPreparation

ReshapingReshaping

Children Can’t WaitChildren Can’t WaitTurn AroundTurn Around

Children Can’t WaitChildren Can’t Wait Turn AroundTurn Around

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSxGE83FaXQ&feature=PlayList&p=48502A7BAA6B5E37&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=2

RTT 8:20secRTT 8:20sec

PartnershipPartnership

HY Livesay~LMU PartnershipHY Livesay~LMU Partnership

Professional Development SchoolsProfessional Development Schools

Best Teaching Practices Best Teaching Practices

FREE TOOLS FOR TEACHERSFREE TOOLS FOR TEACHERS

NCATE’s NCATE’s Five PDS StandardsFive PDS Standards

1. Learning 1. Learning CommunityCommunity

2. Collaboration2. Collaboration 3. Accountability & 3. Accountability & Quality AssuranceQuality Assurance

4.Organization, 4.Organization, Roles, StructureRoles, Structure

5. Diversity 5. Diversity and Equityand Equity

P-16 CollaborationP-16 Collaboration

New leadership rolesNew leadership roles

DiversityDiversity

On site coursesOn site courses

Shared Professional Shared Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

Collaborative Teams:Collaborative Teams:

MTs, PST’s, PCT’s, MTs, PST’s, PCT’s, and MATsand MATs

Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

School & Student School & Student successessuccesses

School Improvement School Improvement PlansPlans

Standards aligned Standards aligned

Structure-cyclical Structure-cyclical GovernanceGovernance

CurriculumCurriculum

ResourcesResources

Wide range of Wide range of feedbackfeedback

Shared Shared TechnologyTechnology

Diversity Diversity trainingtraining

Long term Long term RelationshipsRelationships

SeminarsSeminars Mentoring teacher Mentoring teacher inputinput

MAT, PCT, MAT, PCT, Mentoring Mentoring Teachers, & Teachers, & AdministratorsAdministrators

DifferentiationDifferentiation

FeedbackFeedback Admissions & Exit Admissions & Exit InterviewsInterviews

Feedback-test scores, Feedback-test scores, evaluationsevaluations

New roles-Co New roles-Co teachingteaching

ReflectionReflection

Many stakeholdersMany stakeholders ContractualContractual Self studySelf study Austin & Davies Austin & Davies business modelbusiness model

CommunityCommunity

CelebrationsCelebrations

Field Experiences without Field Experiences without NCATE’s PDS Standards NCATE’s PDS Standards

• Similar to one-shot professional development, no Similar to one-shot professional development, no focused student improvementfocused student improvement

• Few collaboration effortsFew collaboration efforts• No alignment to school improvementNo alignment to school improvement• No planning or implementation processNo planning or implementation process• Infrequent opportunities for rich dialogueInfrequent opportunities for rich dialogue• Fewer opportunities for P-16 relationship buildingFewer opportunities for P-16 relationship building

1. Awareness

2. Needs Assessment

3.PotentialResources

4. Goals andObjectives

5.ProgramDesign

6.PartnershipManagement

7.ImplementProgram

8. Monitoring &Evaluation of P-12 students & teacher education students

Professional Development

SchoolCollaborative

Process

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The Pros of PDS The Pros of PDS

• Improving K-16 Improving K-16 student learning student learning

• P-16 collaborative P-16 collaborative partnerships with partnerships with higher education higher education institutionsinstitutions

• Shared goals:Shared goals:

School improvement School improvement plans used for school plans used for school improvement and improvement and

partnership designpartnership design

• Shared responsibility-Shared responsibility-blended expertise blended expertise and resourcesand resources

• On going professional On going professional development to meet development to meet needs of diverse needs of diverse groupsgroups

• Accountability to the Accountability to the university & school university & school communities they communities they serveserve

The Cons of PDSThe Cons of PDS• Lack of evidence of K-16 Lack of evidence of K-16

student achievementstudent achievement

• PDS roles, structure and PDS roles, structure and resources not recognized resources not recognized as a true collaborative as a true collaborative process between process between university and K-12 university and K-12 schools schools (to change (to change policies and practices at policies and practices at the district, state, and the district, state, and national level)national level)

• Little to no common Little to no common teacher preparation goal teacher preparation goal alignment with PDSalignment with PDS

• Separate accountability Separate accountability systemssystems

• Lack of shared problem-Lack of shared problem-solving and decision-solving and decision-makingmaking

Building New Models of Student Building New Models of Student Success & Preparation Success & Preparation

• Race to the Top is providing incentives to states to Race to the Top is providing incentives to states to develop longitudinal data systems to track P-12 student develop longitudinal data systems to track P-12 student performance from early childhood into their careers. performance from early childhood into their careers.

Our nation faces a magnitude of challenges to Our nation faces a magnitude of challenges to reshape an education system that must respond reshape an education system that must respond

to a new global order to a new global order

Teacher PreparationTeacher Preparation

• Support clinical strategies for educator Support clinical strategies for educator preparation that appear to be the most preparation that appear to be the most effective in helping to increase P-12 student effective in helping to increase P-12 student achievement. achievement.

• Institutions should be able to collect data on Institutions should be able to collect data on teacher candidate performance in relation to teacher candidate performance in relation to P-12 student learning.P-12 student learning.

Existing Research:Existing Research: Summary of the Literature Summary of the Literature

• How PDSs make a difference, How PDSs make a difference, Teitel (2004)Teitel (2004)

• Education reform in teacher Education reform in teacher preparation, Cibulka (2008)preparation, Cibulka (2008)

• Modify instruction for real world Modify instruction for real world application,application,Rubenstein (2008)Rubenstein (2008)

• Advocate for school improvement, Advocate for school improvement, parent advocacy and restructuring parent advocacy and restructuring of teacher training programs,of teacher training programs,

Sexton (2004 & 2008)Sexton (2004 & 2008)

Quality counts, report card for Quality counts, report card for assessment, slow reform by assessment, slow reform by colleges & universities Prichard colleges & universities Prichard Committee (2007-2008)Committee (2007-2008)

Ravitch (2003)Ravitch (2003)

Verbeke & Richards (2001)Verbeke & Richards (2001)

• NCATE (2007-2008)NCATE (2007-2008)