Creating a Community and Continuum of Teacher Education

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Creating a Community and Continuum of Teacher
Education
SITE March 3, 2005 1115 Room 3

• Joyce L. Morris
• University of Vermont
• Jill L. Peck
• Johnson State College

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Disconnect of Teacher Preparation and P-12
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Context

• Rural
• Cows
• Skiing
• Maple Syrup
• Town Meetings
• Portfolios
• 72 Local Standards Boards

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To Improve Teacher Quality

• Four common areas were identified
• (1) the need for mentoring and colleague support
• (2) better professional development
• (3) improved recruitment and retention strategies
• (4) connection to educator preparation.

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Reinventing Education 3 (RE3)
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• COMMOM COMMUNICATION WORKING TOOLS

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Development of Teachers Workplace

• State-wide representation
• User-centered design approach
• Piloting of software and constantly providing
  feedback
• Include P-12 and HiEd representation
• New teachers using tool
• Teachers in practice using tool

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The Portfolio Connection
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From FEAT to Portfolio Connection
FEAT (PT3) 2000
Electronic Portfolios
Standards into Action
Reinventing Education 3 (RE3)
Portfolio Connection (PT3) 2003
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A Continuum of Assessment Learning
P-12 Practice
Teacher Preparation
Induction
Ongoing Professional Development Feedback
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A Continuum of Assessment Learning
P-12 Practice
Teacher Preparation
Induction
Ongoing Professional Development Feedback
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Research Focus
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Research Questions
a. Are teacher candidates more reflective in
their courses, field experiences and P-12
classrooms? b. Are they more collaborative in
their professional and classroom practices? c. Do
they use a variety of assessment strategies and
resources to understand prior knowledge? d. Are
they more apt to use technology resources and
tools in their professional and classroom
practices?
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ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS

• Program Based
• Storage of
• Artifacts multimedia
• Reflections
• Publication
• On the Web, CD, DVD

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Video Teaching Episodes
Student Performance
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WebFolio

• Suite of tools
• Storage of artifacts/searchable database
• Building artifacts
• Communication
• Sharing
• Assessment tools
• Templates and Forms
• Publication

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Teachers Workplace Pilot Model

• Proposals were elicited from educational
  organizations
• Pilots supported local adaptation of the tool
• Pilots selected based on
• alignment to goals
• support structures in place
• new resources needed

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RE3 Status and Review Pilots

• Completed Pilots
• Video Case Study
• http//www.uvm.edu/pt3/ComplexInstruction/index.ht
  ml
• Student to Student
• http//www.uvm.edu/jmorris/s2s/
• Pilots Transitioning to Partner Organization
• Content Based-Health (Phase 1 of Transition)
• VMP
• JSC Alumni Connections
• JSC Standards-Based Instruction (Added 3 New
  Professors)
• Standards Into Action
• Teachers Workplace
• Pilots Continuing w/ RE3 Full Support
• Vermont Re-licensure Project

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Current Vermont Uses of TWP

• UVM
• Secondary School Course Integration
• http//www.uvm.edu/pt3/twpstudents
• Middle School Licensure Portfolio
• Elementary Education
• Physical Education
• JSC
• Lesson Plan Child Study Templates
• Working Collections
• Licensure Portfolio

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UVM TWP Use and Integration with Pre-service
Students Spring 05
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Current VT Uses of TWP

• UVM
• Secondary School Course Integration
• Middle School Licensure Portfolio
• Elementary Education
• Physical Education
• JSC
• Lesson Plan Child Study Templates
• Working Collections
• Licensure Portfolio

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TWP Integration at Johnson State College
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Initial Observations

• Infrastructure and long-term support needs for
  TWP or any Electronically based Portfolio and
  Assessment System
• Faster adaptation of TWP where faculty were
  already familiar with electronic portfolios from
  previous grant
• At first faculty do not understand how to grade
  electronically based portfolios
• The greater the structure in a tool, the less
  individuality
• No program does everything
• Students see advantages
• Danger in building a tower of Babel with
  competing programs
• More important to connect communities

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Building Silos
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or Building Bridges?
Joyce.Morris_at_uvm.edu Jill.Peck_at_jsc.vsc.edu