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Session One | 8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
A Leap of Faith - A Cross Country Partnership
Tacoma Community College and Lesley University took a leap to new heights with their 2+2 partnership. This is an innovative collaboration because it involves a public and private institution with home campuses located at opposite ends of the country (Cambridge, MA and Tacoma, WA.). The collaboration has produced a high quality pathway for non-traditional students. The presentation will include how such successful partnerships can be developed.
Assessing Teacher Dispositions: The Iowa Model
This session will present an instrument for assessing teacher dispositions. A dispositions assessment instrument has been developed by a team of Iowa teacher educators, representing community colleges, private colleges, and state universities. The role of community colleges in assessing dispositions in introductory courses and field experiences will be explained.
Recruiting Teacher Candidates in New Orleans: A Regional Partnership
In launching a new two-year teacher education program in a region still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, Nunez Community College and Delgado Community College, in partnership with The New Teacher Project, worked together to recruit and enroll motivated and qualified students for successful start in Fall of 2007.
Washington State’s Para Pipeline: New Legislation and Partnership Help Para-educators Become Secondary Math Teachers
Learn about new Washington State legislation designed to help para-educators become secondary math teachers through a community college degree in math education and an alternative route to certification. Participants will learn about legislative process, funding, and how two community colleges and the State Professional Educator Standards Board developed the program.
Higher Education Specialist
Do you need a Higher Education Specialist? Most community college students work full time and have families--how do they have time for education? This session will explain how Cleveland County developed an innovative, non-traditional Early Childhood Instructor position to meet the needs of our students. Find out how Cleveland Community College and Smart Start collaborated to fund the position and technology to meet student needs.
Collaborative Effort of Two Campus Clubs Achieving the Goal of Assisting Schools and Students
Learn how two Indian River Community College campus clubs, The Academy for Future Teachers and Service Learning, collaborate as a team by working hand-in-hand in satisfying the needs of the surrounding communities through teaching endeavors as well as civic engagement opportunities.
Online Teacher Training Program
The Maricopa Community Colleges developed an E-Learning Professional Development Project; jointly supported by the Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction, the National Center for Teacher Education, the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs, and Educational Impact. Two professional development modules were created that full-time and part-time faculty may access 24/7 via the Web. This program will present examples from each module and provide insight into the development and utilization of e-learning for professional development. The modules focus on creating effective learning environments and engaging students in active learning.
Restructuring Field Experience: A Collaborative Process
This session demonstrates the collaborative process of creating and facilitating an innovative field experience program for education majors. Faculty from the Education Department of Brookdale Community College worked with the Coordinator of Experiential Learning to develop a comprehensive program that would seamlessly transfer to four-year programs and align with state mandates.
Jump Starting: A Student Leadership Model
Through this workshop faculty will expose participants to its unique Student Leadership Model which promotes retention, community building, and professionalism. The presenters will showcase program design with photographs of students from Education, Special Education, Early Childhood and Early Intervention departments interacting in various forums such as lecture series, mentoring, community service projects, and
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Session Two | 9:25 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
NAEYC Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation
The National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation system for associate degree early childhood programs is now two years old. This session will present an overview of growth, along with an orientation to the process and the work of program self-study. Discussion will focus on varied ways that the accreditation standards can be met while honoring each program’s mission and goals and responding to the unique characteristics of states and communities.
Starting with the Right Stuff: Promoting Scientific Inquiry Using NASA Data in Science Courses Designed for Future Teachers
Specially designed for science faculty engaged in teaching science courses that include future teachers, this workshop provides participants with classroom-ready tools to help future teachers use inquiry teaching in their own classes using authentic NASA data. Participants should bring laptop computers with CDROM drive.
Walking the Talk - Using Good Teaching to Produce Good Teachers
This session combines brain-based teaching strategies with research-proven pedagogies to provide a guide for community college teachers of education to follow. The presenter will model the strategies being taught as he takes the audience on a pedagogical tour of what educational research says works best in today's classrooms.
Praxis Assessments: More than Just Multiple Choice
This interactive presentation provides participates with information about Praxis I assessments. Participants will learn what is on the Praxis I assessments, how to analyze items, the types of problems students typically have, and strategies for student success. Participants will receive tips for taking tests and reducing anxiety to share with their colleagues and students.
Collaborative Results: The Community College and the Public School System
An exploration of the collaborative partnerships between the public school system and the community college includes preparation of teachers in critical shortage areas as well as professional development opportunities for high school teachers that are teaching articulated education courses.
Meeting the Need…..Post-baccalaureate Mathematics, Science, and Special Education Teacher Conversion Programs at a Community College in New Hampshire
Presentation will discuss the innovative post-baccalaureate teacher education conversion programs in mathematics, science, and special education at New Hampshire Technical Institute. The discussion will include the development, obstacles, and assessment of the program; e-portfolio; and student teaching/intern experience. Participants will gain specific ideas for developing and/or enhancing community college teacher preparation programs.
Integrate Technology into K-12 Curriculum
The Red Rocks Community College Teacher Education Department has developed a technology class for pre-service and certified teachers. This class models how to integrate technology into a K-12 curriculum to improve student achievement. This session will highlight how this hybrid class is structured to best emulate a traditional class.
WGU Teachers College – An Innovative Approach to Degree Completion and Teaching Licensure for Working Adults
The Teachers College at Western Governors University offers an online, competency based teacher education program ideal for working adults who find it difficult or impossible to attend a traditional university due to work and family situations or rural location. WGU has scholarship money for students desiring to license in math or science education in rural areas (funded by the U.S. Department of Labor). WGU is the only online teacher college that has been awarded NCATE accreditation.
Stars, Shells, Shale, and Stars, Teaching Integrated Science for Teachers at the Two-Year College
This presentation provides information about a state mandated integrated science course designed to address content deficiencies in current elementary teachers and teacher education majors. An overview of the course, student work samples, and the Georgia Standards will be outlined. Attendees will complete an inquiry-based “logic cube” activity.
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Session Three | 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
We Built It and They Didn’t Come!
Why don’t students want to teach math or science? Cerritos College moved from speculation and anecdotal information to having accurate information by surveying 1200 math and science students. Findings that have lead to new recruitment and outreach strategies will be shared.
Expanding the Role of Community Colleges in Teacher Preparation: Making the Case to Policymakers
There is ample evidence that community colleges are powerful sources of innovation in teacher preparation. Unfortunately, many policymakers are unaware of the role community colleges can play in their state. This session will explore the issues that community colleges must address, if they are to convince policymakers to support their role in teacher preparation.
What Does Reformed Elementary Science Teaching Look Like?
Get inside the head and classroom of an elementary school teacher who completed an inquiry-based teacher education program emphasizing science offered by a community college and its four-year-college partner. Session participants will take part in a reformed science lesson and learn useful data collection techniques for studying teacher quality.
Creating New Teachers: Multiple Perspectives on Collaborations to Advance Quality Para-educators to Highly Qualified Teachers
This panel session highlights successful para enhancement with emphasis on the collaboration of Colorado Springs School Districts, Pikes Peak Community College, and the PAR2A Center, University of Colorado, Denver. Panelists will share and discuss their personal experiences and how partnerships help schools “grow their own.”
Community College Teacher Certification Program Global Success
Through state grant funding of Teacher Certification Programs (TCP), Lake Sumter Community College utilized best practices toward meeting Florida’s challenge to produce more K-12 certified teachers. The process of building and implementing the TCP involved strategic internal partnerships that remarkably enhanced overall institutional quality in key areas of the college.
NASA-NACCTEP Faculty Institutes to Enhance Teacher Preparation
NASA Earth scientists, space scientists, and educators have partnered with NACCTEP to provide faculty institutes beginning in 2009 - the International Year of Astronomy. Come provide your input on session topics, and explore how NASA resources can enhance teacher preparation in science and technology. The Universe is yours to discover!
A Partnership Approach to Mentoring Students through a Title V Grant Initiative
Mentoring students has proven to increase retention and completion rates for community college students. This interactive session describes a mentoring partnership created through a Title V grant initiative that involves mentors and students from both Broward Community College and Florida Atlantic University.
Leading Students to New Heights in Teacher Preparation
Santa Ana College, an urban community college in Southern California which serves predominantly first generation low-income students, has developed a one stop resource center that provides innovative and comprehensive services to support students interested in pursuing a career in teaching.
Extending Our Reach
A proposed expansion of the EdTrAc program includes new opportunities for licensure in technical education and secondary mathematics, outreach to future educators in high schools, and plans for professional development activities for both pre- and in-service teachers. Scholarships for education pre-majors in science/mathematics are incorporated into the Math Science Academy.
Courageous Conversations: Using Theatre of the Oppressed to Address Urban Education Issues
This student-led presentation uses Theatre of the Oppressed games, exercises, and Forum Theatre to address urban teaching and learning conflicts. The presentation will culminate in a Forum Theatre play, written and performed by the student organization Courageous Conversations, that asks participants to improvise solutions to conflicts raised in the play.
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Session Four | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Reaching New Heights in Classroom Assessment: Assisting Science Teacher-Candidates in Developing Assessment Skills
Science teacher-candidates can leap to new teaching heights by understanding how formative assessment positively impacts student academic progress. Instructional strategies used in teaching assessment techniques to teacher-candidates, samples of science classroom assessments from all K-12 levels, and a web-link to two FREE assessment publications will be shared.
Leaping Ahead: Creating Opportunities for Early Classroom Experiences
MATC’s Teacher Education Program offers its students early classroom opportunities through service-learning, internships, and Americorps community-service. TEP students assist classroom teachers .... teachers mentor and evaluate students ... students reflect critically upon their experiences given coursework and guidance from faculty. Students’ increased confidence and deepened understanding of urban classroom issues are the result.
Beyond 2+2: Community College STEM Post-baccalaureate and Professional Development Programs
This interactive session will examine the impact of community college post-baccalaureate teacher preparation and professional development programs and the outlook for their future. Focus will be on opportunities for re-careering professionals and local K-12 teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Praxis Test Preparation
ETS has developed a full-day workshop for faculty preparing students to take the Praxis I assessment. This interactive presentation will provide participants with an idea of what the full-day workshop will include, an overview of the Praxis website, free tools that faculty can use to prepare candidates for the test, and test taking strategies for test takers.
Leap to New Heights in Your Classroom: Use Student Engagement Strategies that Really Work
Participants in this session will be energized to engage their students in course content, regardless of the subject matter. By encouraging the audience to “Leap to New Heights,” the speaker will practice what she preaches, while providing participants with several classroom engagement activities and ideas.
Hybrid Teacher Education Program: An Adult Montessori Constructivist Model
The Estrella Mountain Hybrid Teacher Education program is an adaptation of Montessori’s method which promotes constructivist theory. This presentation will showcase elements of Estrella’s ‘Adult Montessori’ model such as active learning, project based assessment, and students’ perspectives. In addition, program history, faculty development, and best practices will be highlighted.
Meeting the Needs of Early Childhood Professionals in Rural Communities
Learn how a rural community college in North Central Florida is adapting to the changing demands on early childhood professionals by addressing this diverse and exceptional group of students through innovative methods, such as online learning, distance learning sites in rural communities, and forming partnerships with local community agencies.
Transfer and Articulation in the Urban University System: Integrating Student Perceptions and Perspectives into the Knowledge Base
This session invites participation in interpretive analysis of interview data from a study currently being conducted in New York City of community college teacher education students’ experience of their transfer to a four-year college. The study aims to integrate student voices into the literature on transfer and articulation.
Become an Instructional Artist in Science and Math
Communication In Science Inquiry Project (CISIP), funded by The National Science Foundation, produces professional development resources for community college, high school, and middle school English, math, science, and English as a Second Language (ESL) faculty to integrate learning principles, scientific talking and writing, and academic language acquisition approaches into their instruction. Participants will experience an overview of the NSF-CISIP professional development materials developed by English and science faculty. Learn how to use the CISIP instructional palette to create “masterpiece” lessons that enhance students’ abilities to write and talk scientifically, and how to create a classroom discourse community for your students.
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Session Five | 3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
From Learners to Facilitators: A Chemistry Experience for Future Teachers
How future teachers get experience in designing, performing, and adapting experiments for use in an elementary school setting is described. The session will include the criteria for the experiments, the results from the lessons taught at a partner elementary school, and hands-on experience for participants in developing similar activities.
Using Technology to Enhance Teacher Preparation
Imagine a teacher preparation program where class size, physical location or budget constraints were irrelevant. Attend this session to discover how online communities and electronic portfolios can enhance your program and enrich student experiences with minimal investment of time or money on your part.
Innovative Design to Strengthen State Mathematics Certification Policy
West Virginia University at Parkersburg is now offering a new experimental licensure program for a K-4 Math Specialist. In this session, the audience will be introduced to the new mathematics certification, local and state policy issues associated with such a change, and curricular needs for such a certification.
Collaboration, Communication, and Articulation: Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions Working Together to Prepare Birth-Five Educators
This presentation will share the work of the Mercer University Statewide Articulation Model in an effort to promote continued and expanded collaboration, communication, and articulation between and among all two- and four-year institutions in Georgia providing professional preparation for individuals seeking Birth through Age Five teacher certification.
Collaborative Efforts Can Elevate Your Program!
Three Hispanic Serving Institutions in Southern California (one university and two community colleges) have worked extensively to coordinate innovative services, align and articulate curriculum, and foster regional and systemic change so that community college teacher education students can soar to new heights!
Partnering for Paras: Collaboration Enables Para-professionals to Achieve Teacher Certification
A dynamic partnership between a suburban community college, an urban university, and a suburban school district enables para-professionals to complete a bachelor’s degree and teacher certification on the community college campus. The student earns an Associate of Arts in Teaching, a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, and Texas Teacher Certification.
"It's All About the Students! An Active Alliance Connecting Future Teachers from the Community College to the University"
A unique and active partnership aligning Cypress Community College Teacher Preparation Programs and the California State University, Fullerton’s Center for Careers in Teaching, with the goal of establishing individualized advisement and academic road maps to the credential programs. Along with traditional programs, integrated, math, science, and career technology are included.
Quantum Teaching: Reaching the Subconscious
Stimulating and informative, this interactive workshop about subconscious processing and information retention will introduce The Mind Model® and explore the world of multi-sensory processing. Learn how to reach the single most goal achieving agency known to man, the subconscious mind. |
