SCOPE: The System for Comprehensive Ongoing Preparation of Educators

A Process of Formative Assessment Aligned with the MoSPE Standards

Stephanie Koscielski, M.Ed.Richard StantonDavid Barbero

University of Missouri - St. Louis

coe.umsl.edu/scope/macte

What is SCOPE?

• S - System for

• C - Comprehensive

• O - Ongoing

• PE - Program EnhancementPreparation of

Educators

Important Details

• a developmental candidate assessment system

• part of OPIS

– Ongoing Program Improvement System

• powered by Foliotek

• used by all programs in the College

It Is Not a Portfolio

Portfolio Developmental Assessment

Product Process

High Stakes Fosters Innovation

Summative Formative / Promotes Growth

One-Time-Only Feedback Feedback Throughout Program

Not Contextual Contextual

A Single Evaluator Who Has Never Met the Candidate

Many Evaluators Who Actually Know the Candidate

Style over Substance Valid, Reliable, Useful, High Quality Evaluation

Each Program Has a Set of Standards

Teacher Certification MoSPE

Teach for America MoSPE

Bachelor of Educational Studies Program-defined

M.Ed. in Teaching & Learning MoSPE / Program-defined

Educational Administration Mo. Leader Standards

School Counseling Mo. Counselor Standards

Educational Technology ISTE

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) CPED

The Big Picture

• National Context– NCATE Blue Ribbon Panel for Clinical Practice

– New CAEP Standards for Educator Preparation

– National Council for Teacher Quality (NCTQ)

– New Common Core and Next Gen Science Standards

– Focus on more accountability for P-12 student learning

• State and Local Context– New MoSPE standards

– Focus on outputs instead of inputs

– New Missouri assessments

– St. Louis focus on “collaborative impact”

Priorities at UMSL

• The Context of Our College

– Studio Schools

– Focus on Student Learning Outcomes as key

measure of educator effectiveness

– Closing the gap between the educator

candidates and the community

– Engaging educator candidates in varied student

learning experiences (both formal and informal

settings)

Candidates Gain Experience in Community Agencies

• Arc

• Beyond Housing

• Boys and Girls, Inc.

• Boys Hope, Girls Hope St.

Louis

• Girl Scouts of Eastern

Missouri

• Jennings Saturday School

• The Magic House

• Mathews-Dickey Boys’ &

Girls’ Club

• Missouri History Museum

• Orchestrating Diversity

• Powder Valley Science Center

• Project Succeed

• Ready Readers

• Recreation St. Louis

• Shaw Nature Reserve

• St. Louis Science Center

• Studio STL

• Youth Learning Center

Courses are Aligned to MoSPE

Practicums are Aligned to MoSPEEvidence Standard Frame of Experience

Learning Goals Content Knowledge Practice

Contextual Factors Student Learning, Growth, and Dev. Impact

Design for Instruction and Lesson Plans Curriculum Implementation Practice

Lesson plans or other evidence that shows student engagement in problem-solving, critical thinking, cooperative learning, etc.

Teaching for Critical Thinking Impact

Video I Positive Classroom Environment Practice

Video II Effective Communication Practice

Plan for Assessment;Analysis of Student Learning

Student Assessment and Data Analysis Practice / Impact

Reflection and Self-Evaluation Professionalism Commitment

Evidence of working with students, parents, colleagues, and/or community; Co-teaching a lesson plan; Evidence of Service Learning

Professional Collaboration Commitment

Five Key Facts

1. It is a process, not a product.

2. It integrates the new Missouri standards.

3. It records student learning outcomes in

candidates’ clinical experiences.

4. It is needed for accreditation and program

improvement.

5. It is not necessarily tied to grades.

Candidates are Rated on the‘Professional Continuum of

the Missouri Teacher’

Distinguished Teacher

Proficient Teacher

Developing Teacher

Emerging Teacher

Teacher Candidate

(Below Candidate Level)

Let’s Take a Look!

SCOPE for Teacher Certification

SCOPE for Teach for America

SCOPE for the Bachelor of Educational Studies

SCOPE for the M.Ed. In Teaching & Learning

SCOPE for Educational Administration

SCOPE for School Counseling

SCOPE for the Ed.D.

There Have Been Challenges

1. Getting faculty to buy in

– department meetings

– overcoming resistance

2. Rating the evidence in two ways

– giving it a grade vs. evaluating it in SCOPE

3. Spreading the message

– classroom visits and training sessions

– web site, Blackboard, e-mail blasts

– posters, flyers, and handouts

Keep in Touch with Us

• Stephanie Koscielski, M.Ed.Director of School Partnerships and Clinical Experiencekoscielskis@umsl.edu

• Rick StantonDirector of Educator Effectiveness and Accreditationstantonr@umsl.edu

• David BarberoSCOPE Coordinator / Graduate Research Assistantbarberod@umsl.edu

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