TPI October Update

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 29^th, 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 

       (http://www.stcloudstate.edu/tpi/events/meetingsandevents.asp)

    * 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.