Education Renewal ZoneAdvisory Board MeetingNovember 20, 2013

Agenda Items

• ERZ Updates

• Professional development: impact of changes on school partners

• Coming changes to pre-service teacher education at UA

• Discuss opportunities to communicate with state agency officials regarding P-20 education

• UA College Access Initiative

• Utilizing Skype for instructional needs

Advisory Board Meetings

• Be present (mentally and physically)

• Be respectful with words and actions

• Give yourself permission to enjoy the learning

• Practice polite technology

• Begin and end on time

ERZ Goals• Goal 1: Professional development

• Goal 1a: Changes to pre-service teacher education

• Goal 2: Rigorous, intentionally aligned P-16 curriculum

ERZ Goals• Goal 3: Mentoring

• Goal 4: Staffing

• Goal 5: Parent & community involvement

• Goal 6: Collaboration

Adopt-A-Classroom• 73 total requests from NWA teachers• 37 UA representatives• Paired with teachers in 16 schools

and 6 districts

•Highlights:• Dr. Kevin Fitzpatrick & Suki Highers

Fayetteville HS• Dr. Tara Dryer & Amanda Coleman Elkins Middle School

Adopt-A-ClassroomElkins: Paired (Not Paired)

Elkins Primary 4 Elkins Middle 2 Elkins High 3 (1)

Farmington:

Jerry “Pop” Williams Elementary 0 (1)Randall G. Lynch Middle 3Farmington High 5 (4)

Fayetteville:Leverett Elementary 2 (2) Owl Creek 3 (4) Ramay Junior High 1 Fayetteville High 3 (6)

Gentry: Gentry Primary 1 (1) Gentry Intermediate 2 (1) Gentry High School 0 (1)

Lincoln:Lincoln Middle 1 Lincoln High School 0 (1)

Springdale:Archer Learning Center 1 (1)

Additional requests from non-ERZ partner schools: 19

Future Teacher’s Day• 85 high school juniors and seniors attended• Springdale HS, Fayetteville HS,

Siloam Springs HS• Planning additional event in spring 2014

Tutoring in Partner Schools

• Owl Creek: 5• Archer Learning Center: 4• Ramay: 3• Leverett: 1

•UA Students in engineering, education,

pre-med, finance

Goal 1: Professional Development

• Updated rules governing PD• Pending, should know more by mid-

December• For teachers:• Child maltreatment- 2 hours every fourth

year (starting this year)• Parent involvement- 2 hours every fourth

year (starting ’14-15)• Suicide prevention- 2 hours every fourth year

(starting ‘15-16)• Arkansas history- 2 hours every fourth year

(for AR history teachers, starting ‘16-17)

Goal 1: Professional Development

• Updated rules governing PD• Pending, should know more by mid-

December• Strikes Arkansas Scholarship Lottery PD for

administrators• Educator Professional Learning Plans must

be coordinated with TESS• Strikes technology requirement; can be

incorporated into other PD

• Impact of reduction professional development funding?

Goal 1a: Changes to pre-service teacher

education• Increased enrollment and expansion of school sites

• Faculty and interns being TESS trained

• Job fair this spring• April 10th, 3-7pm on UA campus

Goal 1a: Changes to pre-service teacher

education• Program changes to reflect licensure changes• Childhood/Elementary Education • K-6• Pre-K • Middle level

• Business Technology (4-12)• Foreign Language (K-12)• Drama/Speech (K-12)• Secondary Science• Special Education (initial)• School Counseling (initial)

Goal 2: Rigorous, Intentionally Aligned

P-16 Curriculum• College Summit Update

• Youth Career Connect grant opportunity• President’s high school design plan• Must include school, college/university,

employer(s), workforce investment system entity• Components:• Integrated academic and career-focused learning• Work-based learning and exposure to the world

of work• Robust employer engagement• Individualized career and academic counseling• Integration of post-secondary education and

training

Goal 2: Rigorous, Intentionally Aligned

P-16 Curriculum•NWA P-20 Task Force next meeting:

• Friday, January 24, 10am-1pm

• Special guests:• Dr. Kimbrell, ADE Commissioner• Director Broadway, ADHE• Dr. Gunter, ACE

•UA College Access Initiative

•Leslie Yingling•Bryan Hembree

CONQUERING THE ACT EXAM

IS IT AN IQ TEST OR A

CURRICULUM TEST?

LARGE GROUP PRESENTATIONS

SMALL CLASSES: EVENING, IN-SCHOOL INTENSIVE AND SUMMER CAMPS

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DecaturState

Decatur Case Study

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ALPFA ACADEMY – 2012

•Utilizing Skype for instructional needs

• Jacob Hayward, Assistant Principal•Southwest Junior High School in Springdale

Announcements

•National Science Bowl• UAFS• Saturday, January 25, 2014• Visit our website for details (under

Upcoming Events)

• Collegeology.usc.edu

Future Advisory Board Meetings

•Upcoming ERZ Advisory Board Meetings

• Wednesday, January 15• Wednesday, March 19

• All 10:30am-12:30pm• All in Arkansas Union,

Rooms 510-511

Thank you for coming!