Highly Effective Middle School Educators: Content CLUs Online

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Highly Effective Middle School Educators
Content CLUs Online

• Northwestern State University
• Colleges of Education Liberal Arts
• NSU Space Science Group
• The Louisiana Middle School Association
• Rapides and Vernon Parish School Districts

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Presenters
Dr. Karen McFerrin, mcferrin_at_nsula.edu Dr. Bob
Gillan gillan_at_nsula.edu Dr. Ron
McBridemcbride_at_nsula.edu Dr. J. Rocky
Colavito colavito_at_nsula.edu
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No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

• States must develop plans to achieve the goal
  that all teachers of core academic subjects be
  highly qualified by the end of 2005/06.

• Experienced teachers must demonstrate competence
  in the subjects the teacher teaches.

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Louisiana Board of Regents

• Middle School Online Inititive (MSOL)
• http//education.nsula.edu/msol/home.asp
• Distance Education Initiative (DEI)
• Supporting Electronic Learning and
• Educational Transitions (SELECT)
• http//www.student.nsula.edu/sdubois001/CLU/

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How Do We Do This for Middle School Educators?

• Three 15 hour online modules for each
• Science content
• Math content
• All for Middle School

• Three 15 hour online modules
• Language Arts
• Social Studies
• Educators

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Build the modules ---

• Collaborative module development teams
• NSU Colleges of Education Liberal Arts
• NSU Space Science Group
• http//www.spacesciencegroup.org/
• Regional Middle School Math/Science/Language
• Arts/Social Studies Educators

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Each module

• is content focused
• includes hands-on field experiences.
• is based on middle school standards GLEs.
• includes facilitators manual.
• is flexible to suit a wide MS audience.

And is now located online at ---
http//www.student.nsula.edu/sdubois001/CLU
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Facilitate dissemination of modules

• to Louisiana middle school teachers statewide
• NSU College of Education
• http//www.education.nsula.edu/
• LA Middle School Association
• http//www.lmsaonline.org/
• Pilot modules in Rapides Vernon Parish School
  Systems.

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Award CLUs to Teachers

• LA Middle School
• Association
• local school districts
• work together to award
• Continual Learning Units

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Review Feedback Team

• LA Middle School Association
• Performance criteria for evaluating effectiveness
  of project
• Formative evaluation

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Acknowledgements

• Program supported by Distance Education
  Initiative and Supporting Electronic Learning and
  Educational Transitions (SELECT) grant from
  Louisiana Board of Regents.
• Partners in this initiative include Northwestern
  State University Colleges of Education Liberal
  Arts, NSU Space Science Group, the Louisiana
  Middle School Association, and Rapides Vernon
  Parish School Systems.