Technology

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Technology Electronic Tools

Dr. Carolyn Bishop Meredith Fellows CalStateTEACH
California State University, Fullerton
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Program Development

• California State University's innovative teacher
  preparation program
• Fall 2008 began its 10th year
• Developed by recognized curriculum faculty
  leaders in the CSU system in response to a
  shortage of elementary school teachers.

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Demographics
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CSU Systemwide Evaluation/One Year Out Study

• 23 CSU Campuses
• 22 CSU Campuses offer Teacher Preparation
  Programs (4 years)
• Participants Employed one year Teachers of
  Record and Respective Site Administrators
• Comparison between traditional CSU Teacher
  Preparation Programs and this Alt. Cert. Program
  (CalStateTEACH)

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CSU Systemwide Evaluation 2004/5

• 89 Preparing to Teach English Language Arts
  K-12
• 89 Preparing to Teach Mathematics K-12
• 87 Manage Instruction K-12
• 87 Preparing to use Good Teaching Strategies
  K-12
• 86 Preparing to Work with English Learners
• 89 Overall Quality and Value of CSU Fieldwork

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Program Components

• Alternative delivery system
• Access to the instruction
• through print, video and
• audio materials and the Internet
• Integrated curriculum not course-based

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Cal TPA Teaching Performance Assessment

• Four CalTPA tasks
• Subject-Specific Pedagogy
• Designing Instruction
• Assessing Learning
• Culminating Teaching Experience
• http//my.calstateteach.net/home.php?pstudy_guid
  e_indexcurrent1

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Academic Work Online

• http//my.calstateteach.net/home.php?pstudy_guide
  _indexcurrent1

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Online Academics
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Online Academic Submission Tool

• http//www.taskstream.com/Main/main_frame.asp

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Online Academic Submission Tool
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Online Participation

• http//www.taskstream.com/Main/main_frame.asp

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Academic Discussions
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Challenges to Alternative Certification

• Geographic Challenges of a Distance Based Model
• Academic and School Site Perceptions
• Recruitment of Faculty and Students

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Effective Integration of Technology

• Rural and Remote Students
• Distance Education Model
• Peer-to-Peer Learning Discussion Forum
• Qualitative Feedback of Teaching Performance to
  Candidate

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CalStateTEACH

• http//www.calstateteach.net/

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Contacts

• Carolyn Bishop
• cbishop_at_fullerton.edu
• Meredith Fellows
• mfellows_at_fullerton.edu