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Putting CAEP Standards 2 & 4
into Practice
Kathryn ButtonTechTeach Professional Development Facilitator
March 5, 2015
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
Who Are We? 32,440 1 of 10 507 550
Lubbock Independent School District Dallas ISDLubbock Cooper ISD Fort Worth ISDSlaton ISD Northeast ISDRoosevelt ISD Grand Prairie ISDFrendship ISD New Caney ISD
Marble Falls ISDFredericksburg ISD
Partners:
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Fall 2011 ~ a new beginning... NCATE/CAEP accredited since 1965
Arrival of new dean from ASU with a reform agenda
College was trying something new with a new dean… our reform effort, fit with Transformational Initiative (TI)
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School leaders said that they preferred to hire new teachers from other institutions because
they were more “classroom ready.”
Fall 2011 ~ A new beginning ...
Input indicators suggested quality graduates
BUT
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Talk with the school districts that we serve: Graduates who can: 1. Teach effectively 2. Engage/inspire the students that they
teach Increase K-12 student achievement/success
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OUTCOMES MEASURES
1. Teach Effectively
2. Engage/inspire K-12 students
3. Increase student achievement
• TAP Rubric
• Student Attitudinal Measure
• District Achievement Data
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What is TechTeach?
• Clinically intensive- Early placement- Full-year student teaching- Co-teaching
• Competency-based with TAP• Focused on student achievement• Dean’s two promises to partner districts
CAEP Standard Two
CAEP TechTeach Program Features
Clinical Partnerships and Practice
• Site Coordinator, a TTU faculty member, embedded in a pod of 3-5 schools within a partner district: The major professor for 20 – 27 TCs throughout blocks 1-4 for clinical on the TAP• Site Coordinators select and train Mentor Teachers – co-teaching• Mentor Teacher Meetings - 1 per 6 weeks• Year-long student teaching in the same classroom
CAEP Standard Two
CAEP TechTeach Program Features
Clinical Partnerships and Practice
• 2X POP cycles/semester (Mentor Teacher involved) using TAP & K-12 Student Attitude Survey and Achievement Data• Use of iPads & Teachscape to foster TC self-reflection in A&Es & POP cycles• Video capture on Teachscape permits faculty double-scoring to ensure scoring rigor & inter-rater reliability• Governance Meetings – SC, School Administrators, PDF – 1 per 6 weeks
CAEP Standard Four
CAEP TechTeach Program
Application of
Professional Knowledge, Skills, and
Dispositions
• Site Coordinators, research study following their TCs after graduation
• State of Texas New Educator Evaluation – T-TESS
• Teacher Evaluation & Support Rubric (1 of 4 domains – “Content Knowledge and Expertise”)
CAEP Standard Four
CAEP TechTeach Program
Employer Satisfaction with Completers
• Administrators are now fighting over our graduates
• “We’ll hire all that you have!”
• Early Contracts given in Dallas and Fort Worth ISD
• All 5th grade students in classroom with TC passed STAAR Math Test
• TEA Principal’s Survey – 2014
CAEP Standard Four
CAEP TechTeach Program
P-12 Student
Learning and Growth
• District MOU -Benchmark P-12 Test Scores-P-12 Student Attendance
• Goal: classrooms with TC classrooms without TC
“Buckets” of Data
• Coursework data – Apply & Evaluate Assignments
• Instructional competency – Performance Assessment (PA) Data
• P-12 student achievement data Benchmark
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Our three-year reform effort…
What do TC need to be prepared for 21st century schools?
A real change in our relationships with our partner schools.