TEACHER EDUCATIONTEACHER EDUCATION2004-20052004-2005

I made it through I made it through my first year!my first year!

Reminding Myself – The Start of a Reminding Myself – The Start of a School YearSchool Year

Look to my teachingLook to my teachingValue what’s creative and Value what’s creative and possible in my teachingpossible in my teaching

Try something newTry something newExamine what I’m Examine what I’m teaching about teachingteaching about teaching

Look to my individual Look to my individual professional goalsprofessional goalsDo something creative and Do something creative and revitalizing in my writing, revitalizing in my writing, researchresearch

Balance my need for autonomy Balance my need for autonomy with the necessity for the with the necessity for the collectivecollective Open office doorsOpen office doors Find peers to write with, Find peers to write with,

collaborate with, observe my collaborate with, observe my teachingteaching

Collectively problem solveCollectively problem solve

Find more colleagues in the Find more colleagues in the community and in the community and in the schoolsschools

Who are my teacher Who are my teacher collaborators? Community collaborators? Community organization collaborators?organization collaborators?

Return to last year’s questionReturn to last year’s question

What does an What does an FAU graduate FAU graduate look like?look like?

Add Provost John Pritchett’s Add Provost John Pritchett’s questions/charges to us:questions/charges to us:

1) What are you doing that perhaps 1) What are you doing that perhaps you should not be doing?you should not be doing?

2) What are you not doing that 2) What are you not doing that perhaps you should be doing?perhaps you should be doing?

3) What do you want to be known 3) What do you want to be known for?for?

So…..So…..What’s new in What’s new in Teacher Education?Teacher Education?

Eleven new faculty members with more Eleven new faculty members with more searches (senior level and CTIs) pending searches (senior level and CTIs) pending andand already already funded by the Provost funded by the Provost

A new distributed leadership structure A new distributed leadership structure in its ‘pilot’ phase this yearin its ‘pilot’ phase this year

Several new, though small, sources of Several new, though small, sources of funding support in the department for funding support in the department for faculty and program research, planning, faculty and program research, planning, adjunct professional developmentadjunct professional development

SO……….SO……….We need to have We need to have

conversations this year conversations this year about NCATE that are about NCATE that are

‘‘in Englishin English’’((Thanks, Don Ploger)Thanks, Don Ploger)

GETTING STARTED WITH GETTING STARTED WITH NCATENCATE

Look for critical assignments in all Look for critical assignments in all sections of the courses you teachsections of the courses you teach

What’s crucial? What’s crucial? What should all instructors teaching What should all instructors teaching

that course assess?that course assess?

Update syllabi, using new Update syllabi, using new format with our format with our conceptual conceptual frameworkframework (focusing on just a (focusing on just a few EAPs, NCATE standards few EAPs, NCATE standards and conceptual framework and conceptual framework indicators for each course – indicators for each course – avoid laundry lists)avoid laundry lists)

Begin to develop Begin to develop rubrics/assessments rubrics/assessments for the critical for the critical assignmentsassignments

Leadership Team of Program Leadership Team of Program Coordinators and Chair will:Coordinators and Chair will:

Work with College and NCATE Steering Work with College and NCATE Steering Committee to bring you the latestCommittee to bring you the latest

““Map” /crosswalk of critical assignments Map” /crosswalk of critical assignments and EAP’s/NCATE standards in our dept. and EAP’s/NCATE standards in our dept. coursescourses

Examine conceptual framework to begin Examine conceptual framework to begin discussion of how to assess in our programsdiscussion of how to assess in our programs

Chair will:Chair will:

Try to make sure we don’t Try to make sure we don’t reinvent the wheel – use reinvent the wheel – use assessments in more than assessments in more than one place – SACS, IPEP one place – SACS, IPEP (whew)(whew)

Write those reports with your Write those reports with your input!input!

Research Support IdeasResearch Support Ideas for 2004- for 2004-2005 from Leadership Team2005 from Leadership Team

Brown Bags on all campusesBrown Bags on all campuses

Office of Sponsored Research session for Office of Sponsored Research session for faculty – tailored to DTE – session open to faculty – tailored to DTE – session open to Graduate Students as wellGraduate Students as well

Support for publishing/writing groups Support for publishing/writing groups among facultyamong faculty

Distribution of current doctoral student list Distribution of current doctoral student list to all facultyto all faculty

Grad Assistants (GAs) and Research Grad Assistants (GAs) and Research Support Instructors (RSIs)Support Instructors (RSIs)

Involvement of grad. students in faculty-Involvement of grad. students in faculty-sponsored research resulting in sponsored research resulting in presentations at the March, 2005 presentations at the March, 2005 Graduate Research Symposium, Graduate Research Symposium, conference travel, co-publication with conference travel, co-publication with facultyfaculty

More faculty on Graduate Faculty More faculty on Graduate Faculty rosterroster

Faculty Research Sabbaticals Faculty Research Sabbaticals (proposed by Dean – in process)(proposed by Dean – in process)

Funds are available for:Funds are available for:

Program area retreats Program area retreats for grant writing for grant writing purposespurposes

It’s a new year. It’s a new year. Let’s make it Let’s make it

count.count.