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Dear NACCTEP Members,
The future we face at our community colleges is growing more and more challenging. We all have to devise creative strategies to meet the needs of our students, especially those who are entering the field of education. States are slashing education budgets across the country in the wake of this unprecedented economic downturn, and teachers are not immune from legislators’ red pens.
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| Message From The Director |
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Dear NACCTEP Members,
I want to personally thank all of you who attended this year’s NACCTEP conference Discover the Future of Community College Teacher Education Programs. Over two-hundred attendees representing community colleges from across the country enjoyed dynamic keynote speakers, and innovative educational sessions and forums focusing on community college teacher education programs, policy, partnerships, and practice. In addition, the NASA pre-conference, Cosmic Science, and our newest addition to the conference schedule, the Regional Roundtable Session, were both well received. Conference evaluations demonstrate your continued satisfaction with the conference, and we appreciate your positive feedback. Please see the article in this newsletter highlighting evaluation results.
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NACCTEP Conference Feedback
Thank you to all 2009 NACCTEP conference attendees who completed a conference evaluation either at the conference or online. Your input is important to us as we assess what aspects of the conference were well received, and in what areas we can continue to improve. As of April 3, 2009, we received 73 evaluations from conferees. See a summary of evaluation results, as well as proposed actions based upon your input, below.
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Angel Mathis NACCTEP Student Board Member 2008-09
When asked by my advisor and professor of education, Mr. Kit Carson, if I was interested in becoming the Student Executive Board Member for NACCTEP, I knew it would be a great opportunity and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. To be quite honest, I didn’t realize just how much I would benefit from the experience. I, like most community college education students, had never heard of NACCTEP. Over the next several months, I would come to realize just how valuable this organization is to education students at community colleges across the United States.
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Discovering Google Apps for the Classroom
By Cynthia Kelley, West Virginia University at Parkersburg, Parkersburg, WV
As a part of the 2009 NACCTEP Discover the Future Conference, Jeannette Shaffer of Maricopa County Community College District presented the session Discover 10 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom. Her session revolved around the implementation of a $880,000 three-year NSF grant project titled Achieving Technological Literacy in Arizona for Students and Teachers (ATLAST). The goals of the grant include the acquisition of skills that will help teachers and future teachers prepare students for an increasingly technology driven society.
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A Science Conference: Through the Eyes of a Pre-service Science Teacher and a NACCTEP National Scholarship Recipient
By Stacy M. Daniels, Jackson Community College; Jackson, MI
What is it that teachers do at conferences and how do they take the knowledge they gain and implement it into their classrooms? This was one of the many questions I had as a pre-service teacher. Being able to attend the NASA Cosmic Science pre-conference before the 2009 NACCTEP national conference gave me great insight into what happens at a teacher conference.
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Teacher Education Program Graduate Dreams of Helping High School Dropouts
By Giny Gnadt, Milwaukee Area Technical College; Milwaukee, WI
When Vernon Wilkinson graduated from Milwaukee Area Technical College’s (MATC) Liberal Arts and Sciences’ teacher education track in 2004, he followed a different career path than that taken by most others in his program. Many go on to earn bachelor’s degrees and then teach in grade schools, middle schools or traditional high schools. But Wilkinson has another passion.
He wants to work with a special group of students who have slipped through the cracks – high school dropouts. He plans to help students who return to obtain their GEDs or enroll in adult high school programs.
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10th Anniversary Future Teachers Conference
By Marilou Christiansen, Green River Community College; Auburn, WA
Project TEACH and the Washington State Center of Excellence for Careers in Education hosted the 10th Anniversary of the Future Teachers Conference at the Green River Community College on March 7, 2009. The 2009 Future Teachers Conference was sponsored by WaMu, now backed by the strength of JP Morgan Chase, Washington Education Association, and the Kobe Foundation.
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Promotions
Pearson Introduces New, Contemporary, Computer-Based Testing Program for Certifying Educators
PowerPoint presentations are available on the NACCTEP website for Mark Milliron, NACCTEP Sunday Closing Keynote, and Joan Prival, NSF Sunday Forum presenter.
The 2008 NACCTEP Member Profile Survey Report is available here. In an effort to provide its members with comprehensive and up-to-date information about teacher preparation programs within its membership, NACCTEP is proud to publish results from the third iteration of the NACCTEP Profile Survey.
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