Presentation to Joe Smith Prepared for the Learning from Award Winning Teacher Education Programs...

Presentation to Joe Smith

Prepared for the Learning from Award Winning Teacher Education Programs Session

Professional Development School Special Interest GroupAssociation of Teacher Educators

Diane Yendol-Hoppey, Jennifer Jacobs, Danielle, Dennis, Katie Tricarico, Rebecca Burns, Jeni Davis, Sarah van Ingen

with doctoral student representation from Stephanie Branson and Wendy Baker

University of South Florida Elementary Education

Program


Defining Characteristics

• High quality, conceptually-organized coursework• Extensive, scaffolded field experiences• High quality supervision• Inclusion of Signature Pedagogies in PDSs• Guided by conceptual framework


Programmatic Conceptual Framework


Teacher Education

Partnership

Program Goals

• Strengthen teacher leadership within the partnership

• Strengthen collaboration between partners• Strengthen sustainability by appropriating

adequate resources

• Develop PSTs’ knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions needed to demonstrate inquiry, inclusion, innovation, and integration

• Foster PSTs’ ability to demonstrate professional competencies


Professional Development

Research• Create a culture that nurtures a strategically

focused research agenda• Create a culture of research dissemination

• Develop, implement, and evaluate strategies for embedded professional development

• Develop structures and relationships that support on-going discussion between stakeholders

Program Goals


USFPathways

to Certificati

on

Urban Teacher

Residency Partnership

Program (UTRPP)

Cohort Partnership

Program (CPP)


Theoretically-Sound and Research-Based Essential Elements of Both Pathways


Program Structures

Quality Coursework

Adopted signature pedagogical routines; Education of teacher educators; Scaffolded learning experiences

Teacher Research

Systematically threaded research process; Culminating in a capstone research product; Teacher Inquiry Conference

Quality Field Supervision

Shared boundary roles (PRTs); Consistency with supervision to build relationships with schools over time; Methods course instructors serve as supervisors

Quality Residency

Residency: Specifically developed innovation context for research and collaboration; clinically-centered

Cohort: Similarly developed innovation context; Clinically-rich

Opportunities for alternative summer field experiences


Comparing the two pathways

Urban Residency Partnership

Program (UTRPP)

Elementary Cohort

Partnership Pathway (CPP)

# of Students 60 300

# of Schools 6 20

# of Cohorts 2 10

# of Field Experiences

5 (2 Year-Long) 5 (Scaffolded)


Comparing the two pathways

Urban Residency Partnership

Program (UTRPP)

Elementary Cohort

Partnership Pathway (CPP)

Duration 2000 hours about1000 hours

Supervision PRT’s & Content Coaches

PRT’s, GA’s, Instructors,

Faculty

PDS Characteristics

1 Community Individual Schools


Collaborative Oversight


Research-Based Assessment Framework

Captures progress towards:

4I’s Conceptual Framework

Florida Educator Accomplished Practices (FEAPs)

2010 ESOL Endorsement Standards

2011 Florida Reading Endorsement Competencies

2011 Florida Subject Matter Competencies and Skills


The “Bucket Plan”

• Collaboration among stakeholders from college and school partners resulted in a cohesive set of:– Critical tasks– Formative and Summative Assessments– Dispositional Assessments– Coaching Tools– ePortfolio Initiative– Online Surveys


Alignment of Program Goals, Activities, and Assessment


Final Thoughts

• Responded to recent policy, research, and accountability demands by re-envisioning teacher education through clinically-rich and clinically-centered pathways• Intense collaboration• Attention to data and research• Nurturing the next generation of teacher educators• Advancing K-12 students in Florida Public Schools


Thank you!

Diane [email protected]

Rebecca West [email protected]

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