TNE Event Management System

Event Summary/Materials

Title: Teachers for a New Era Institute
Dates: 04/23/2007 - 04/24/2007
Location:

The Hilton Washington Hotel

Washington, D.C.

Sponsor: Carnegie Corporation of New York

Agenda:

Day One: April 23, 2007


8:30 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast	Monroe Room
9:00 a.m.	Welcome and Agenda Overview	Monroe Room

9:15-10:30 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions I: Improving Program and Practice In each of these sessions, site representatives will lead off the discussion with brief, substantive remarks identifying changes and/or accomplishments and challenges; remaining time will be devoted to facilitated discussion of strategies and next steps for moving forward on the issue. Session: Urban Education Discussion Leaders:Linda Post & Robert Bucker (UWM) Notes Session: Preparation of Elementary School Teachers Discussion Leaders:Ruth Ann Costanzo (Stanford) and Patrice Grimes (UVA) Notes Session: Common Course Assignments and Assessments Discussion Leader: Tom Bird (MSU) - Handout Notes Session: Recruitment, Tenure, and Promotion Policies Discussion Leaders: Kate Capshaw Smith (UConn) and Stella Theodoulou (CSUN) Notes Session: Induction Discussion Leaders: Amy Alvarado (UVA) and Jason Irizarry (UConn) Notes Session: Preparation of Social Studies Teachers Discussion Leader: Jeff Shepherd (UTEP) Notes Session: Preparation of Math Teachers Discussion Leaders: Hillary Hertzog & Joel Zeitlin (CSUN) - (Handout 1; Handout 2) ; Notes Session: Preparation of Science Teachers Discussion Leaders: Mike Barnett & Eric Strauss (BC) Notes Session: Preparation of English/Literacy Teachers Discussion Leaders: Arnetha Ball (Stanford) and Genyne Boston (FAMU) Notes
10:30 a.m.	Break Caucus Room
10:45 a.m. – Noon	Concurrent Sessions II: Collection and Use of Data/Evidence In each of these sessions, site representatives will lead off the discussion with brief, substantive remarks identifying changes and/or accomplishments and challenges; remaining time will be devoted to facilitated discussion of strategies and next steps for moving forward on the issue. Session: Observation Protocols Location: Grant Discussion Leader:Nancy Nager (Bank Street) - Handout; Notes Session: Use of Data for Program Improvement Discussion Leaders: Ira Lit (Bank Street) and Larry Ludlow (BC) - Handout 1; Handout 2 Session: Evidence of Pupil Learning Growth Discussion Leaders:Beverly Cabello (CSUN) and Linda Darling-Hammond & Xiaoxia Newton (Stanford) Notes Session: Data Access: Challenges and Strategies Discussion Leader:Mary Yakimowski-Srebnick (UConn) Notes Session: Assessment of Induction Programs Discussion Leader:Nancy Haynes (UVA) Notes, CASTL, CLASS Session: Assessment of Prospective Science Teachers Discussion Leaders: Gail Richmond & Duncan Sibley (MSU) Notes Session: Assessment of Prospective Math Teachers Discussion Leader: Matthew Winsor (UTEP) Session: Assessment of Prospective Elementary/Middle School Teachers Discussion Leaders: Scott Emmons & Marleen Pugach (UWM) Notes
12:15 p.m.	Lunch International Ballroom West
1:00 – 1:45 p.m.	Remarks International Ballroom West Dan Fallon Program Director, Higher Education Carnegie Corporation of New York Remarks Followed by Q&A
1:45 – 3:00 p.m.	TNE Graduate Student Panel I International Ballroom West Moderator: Mike Timpane, Academy for Educational Development Panelists: Marisa Bier, University of Washington, will discuss the creation of a university liaison role for building relationships between the UW teacher education program and the schools with which it partners and places student teachers, specifically in ways that develop understandings of education as an academically taught clinical practice profession. (Powerpoint) Aja LaDuke, University of Connecticut, will discuss her involvement in a variety of initiatives developed by the induction committee, including a statewide Beginning Teacher Conference, online mentoring services, and partnerships with the State Department of Education to support first- and second-year teachers in Connecticut. (Powerpoint; Handout) Eliza Spang, Stanford University, will discuss her research on the relationship between content-specific methods courses in Stanford’s teacher education program and the teaching practices of the science teacher graduates and their students’ understanding of science.
3:00 p.m.	Break Caucus Room
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions III: Dissemination of Information about TNE - Strategies and Challenges TNE institutions are attempting to share information about their accomplishments to a range of audiences, both within and outside the university. For this set of discussions, breakout groups are organized by audience and/or purpose of the dissemination effort. In each session, site representatives will lead off discussion with a brief description of a dissemination strategy or challenge. The remaining time will be devoted to facilitated discussion of strategies, challenges, resources, and next steps for moving forward with dissemination efforts. Session: Dissemination within the University Discussion Leaders:Scott Brown (UConn) and Erasmo Gamboa (UW) Notes Session: Dissemination through Scholarship Discussion Leader: Joe Pedulla (BC) Notes Session: Dissemination to Policy Audiences Discussion Leader: Joanne Bogart (UTEP) Notes Session: Dissemination to the Next Generation of Faculty Discussion Leaders:Marcia Allen Owens (FAMU) and Peter Williamson (Stanford) Notes Session: Dissemination to Other Institutions Discussion Leaders: Carol Bartell & Phil Rusche (CSUN) Notes Session: Dissemination to the Broader Teacher Education Community Discussion Leader: Jane Carter (BC) Notes Session: Community College Partnerships Discussion Leader: Wanda Brown (UW) - Handout 1; Handout 2 Notes Session: Clinical Sites/Professional Development Schools Discussion Leader: Mary Ann Wallace (UTEP) Notes Session: K-12 Partnerships Discussion Leaders: Daniel Donder & Richard Meadows (UWM) Notes

Day Two: Tuesday, April 24

8:30 a.m.	Breakfast	Lincoln Room
9:00 a.m.	Announcements	Lincoln Room
9:15 – 10:45 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions IV: Sustaining and Institutionalizing TNE - Strategies and Challenges TNE institutions are attempting to institutionalize or sustain a range of activities implemented under the aegis of TNE. For this set of discussions, breakout groups are organized by a specific type of challenge or the nature of the activity to be sustained. In each session one or two site representatives will lead off discussion with a brief description of a strategy or challenge. The remaining time will be devoted to facilitated discussion of strategies, challenges, resources, and next steps for moving forward with efforts to sustain or institutionalize TNE. Session: Structures and Staffing Discussion Leader: Phil Handler (CSUN) - Handout Notes Session: Surviving Leadership Transitions Discussion Leaders: Victor Luftig (UVA) and Alfonzo Thurman & Christine Anderson (UWM) - CASTL, CLASS Notes Session: Teacher Education Standards and Curricula Discussion Leader: Serena Roberts (FAMU) Handout; Notes Session: Evidence-Gathering Activities Discussion Leaders: Bill McDiarmid (UW) (Handout 1; Handout 2) and Tom White (UVA) Notes Session: Management and Use of Data Discussion Leader: Sharif Shakrani (MSU) Notes Session: Induction Discussion Leaders: Sandy Dean & Charlotte Lum-Ku (Stanford) and Sally Lutrell-Montes (UW) Notes Session: Partnerships Discussion Leader:Jon Snyder (Bank Street) Notes Session: Sustaining University-wide Commitment to Teacher Education/TNE Discussion Leaders: Scott Jackson Dantley (FAMU) and Stephen Percy & Rita Cheng (UWM) Notes
10:45 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	TNE Graduate Student Panel II Moderator: Mike Timpane, Academy for Educational Development Panelists: Sarah Enterline, Boston College, will talk about her work with an interdisciplinary group of researchers who have developed a portfolio of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies designed to create a data-rich environment for policy and program decisions. She will focus on Boston College’s attempt to build a successful survey system, which has already had a substantial impact on groups within BC as well as outside the university and internationally. (Powerpoint; Handout) Charles Igel, University of Virginia, will highlight information about the conceptual framework for TNE research being conducted at UVA’s Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning as well as the preliminary analysis of data collected on the Curry School of Education participant pool. Brett Merritt, Michigan State University, will talk about how a research group is exploring pre-service teachers’ experiences as students in large, undergraduate science courses and seeking to explicate ways these undergraduate experiences might contribute to their understanding of science and science teaching. (Powerpoint)

For more information, contact: Eric Keller, 202-884-8140 or ekeller@aed.org

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