Partnership

Partnership

Josephine Scott

Sandra Stroot

Dean Fowls

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• Group Activity:

What would you like to have as a part of a partnership between your district and a local university?

What structural components would have to be in place for this to occur?



• Major Structural Components:

Exchange of Services Agreements

Office of Outreach and Engagement in the College of Education

Office of Curriculum and Staff Development



• Ensure all educators can meet highly-qualified professional development requirements.

• Ensure every educator is highly-qualified.

• Ensure all educators understand data and can use data to improve student achievement.

• Ensure all educators have knowledge and skills they need to teach to standards.



• Ensure all educators can meet highly-qualified professional development requirements.

Columbus Public Schools Professional Development Days

Scope of coursework offered through the partnership with the Office of Outreach and Engagement.



• Ensure every educator is highly-qualified

PAR (highlight PD for interns and mentors)? Special Education Gifted and Talented ESL




Peer Assistance and Review (PAR)

• PD for Consulting Teachers (PD for PAR)

• PD for Interns (PAR/OSU)




Special Education

Gifted and Talented

ESL



SPECIFIC EXAMPLE:

English as a Second Language Program



Fastest Growing Department in CPS

Two major causes:

• Increasing number of immigrant and refugee students moving into the central Ohio area.

• Unique needs of many of these students that require specialized programming.

Number of Students in ESL Programs in Columbus

770985

1450

19802250

2750

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003


Obvious impact:

• Increased Need for Licensed Teachers


• State efforts to increase licensed teachers

• Limited capacity for university coursework

Total ESL TeachersLicensed ESL Teachers

1927

49

71

96104 106

19 2227

3338 42

86

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004

*2003-2004 number (86) as of August, 2003

• Autumn, 2001 2 ESL courses

• Winter, 2002 2 ESL courses

• Spring, 2002 2 ESL courses

• Summer, 2002 2 ESL courses

• Autumn, 2002 2 ESL courses

• Winter, 2003 2 ESL courses

• Spring, 2003 3 ESL courses

• Summer, 2003 2 ESL courses

NO COST TO THE STUDENTS



Licensed Teachers in ESL Classes

100%90%

40%

81%

56%

40%47%

0%10%

20%30%

40%50%

60%70%

80%90%

100%

1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004

Information provided by Brenda Custodio; ESL Coordinator, Columbus Public Schools

What have we accomplished for ESL?

• Provided collaboratively designed option to respond to district needs for coursework to attract and retain ESL teachers in Columbus Public Schools

• Increased number/percentages of teachers licensed to teach ESL students in Columbus.

• Increased capacity of other teachers/professionals to work with children with English as a Second Language



• Ensure all educators understand data and can use data to improve student achievement.

Basic Foundation• PD Days• District-wide Video

In-depth Knowledge• Graduate Coursework• ASIT Teams• E-School Modules



• Samples of the E-School Modules for Value-Added Assessment

School Value Added Report - Review

School Diagnostic Report

Individual Student Report - Projection



• Ensure all educators have knowledge and skills they need to teach to standards.

Courses aligned to state content standards CPS Curriculum Guides eSchool Modules (Another example?)



• Broad focus of partnership:

University Teacher Education Consortium (UTEC)

Higher Education Partnership (HEP)• Teacher Quality Enhancement



Partnership

Documents

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