It is mid-October, and TPI is in full swing! Below is a summary of recent and future TPI activities.
Three of our Working Groups will be meeting over the next
two weeks:
* Prepare will be focusing on refining their proposal
regarding the selection, support, evaluation and
compensation for University
Supervisors and Cooperating Teachers.
* Recruit will be working with the proposals that have come
from the Recruiting, Retaining,
Graduating and Supporting Teachers of Color
with Diverse Cultural Backgrounds and Growing
High Needs Focused Teams. We anticipate these proposals will come to
the Coordinating Team in
November. The
Focused Team members worked very hard and have some great ideas that we are
looking forward to exploring. In
addition, Recruit will be focused on identifying a marketing plan
based on
feedback we received from a marketing company (Haberman) that was provided by
the
Bush Foundation.
* Support is focused on the inclusion of faculty in the
support of our graduates during their first three
years of teaching. Their
proposal, “Faculty Involvement in P-12 Induction Programs,” was
supported by
the Coordinating Team and now goes to TEAC. The next proposal will focus on
utilizing technology to meet the needs of our graduates working outside of our
regions.
Our Assessment Working Group is just finishing up being populated and we anticipate they will be meeting soon.
The New Teacher Workshop, “Ready, Set, Teach: Tools
for Success” was implemented in early August and was highly rated by participants. December
2012 and May 2013 SCSU Graduates were invited along with new teachers from the
six partner school districts. On October 29th, new teachers and
recent SCSU graduates will return to campus for a half day workshop with a
focus on classroom management.
We also have several Focused Team meetings occurring:
* We had a great first meeting of the
Educational Foundation Core Focused Team that is exploring
the model proposed
by the Prepare Working Group to identify ways we could meet the goals of
that
core for all of our teacher candidates.
The proposal can be found at
* Both the Advising Undergraduates & New Teachers and
Placement-Employment Focused Teams
will be meeting and continuing their
work. We hope to have proposals from
both of these teams to
share at a November Coordinating Team meeting.
You can find out who is on each of these Collaboration
Structures on our website: (http://www.stcloudstate.edu/tpi/initiative/whosinvolved.asp).
I would encourage you
to consider adding “TPI updates” to your department/program meeting agenda so
that your colleagues can share their TPI work.
You can also find notes from recent meetings on our website:
(http://www.stcloudstate.edu/tpi/events/meetingsandevents.asp
)
This week at TEAC we will be discussing the proposal from the Support Working
Group regarding Faculty Involvement in P-12 Induction Programs. This proposal was shared via the TEU-list
last week. It is also posted on our
website: ((http://www.stcloudstate.edu/tpi/events/meetingsandevents.asp)
Finally, we have also shared a proposed model for an
institutionally recognized Teacher Education Unit with decision-making power
for all stakeholders in Teacher Education.
It has created quite a buzz and we look forward to continuing the
conversation about this important topic.
