PACT IMPLEMENTATION CONFERENCE REMEDIATION PRESENTATION Friday, November 14, 2008 Betsey Gibbs
Our Program Multiple Subject 16 Week Student Teaching in one classroom Students currently complete a Math or Literacy Teaching Event Beginning Spring 2009 all students will complete a Math Teaching Event Single Subject 20 Week Student Teaching in Credential Subject area Complete teaching Event in Credential Subject
Obstacles in Remediation Time to complete before end of student teaching (especially for Multiple Subject) Remediation in the past, sometimes difficult to find school site due to end of semester Therefore, Teaching Events are submitted at the end of: 11th week of Multiple Subject experience 12th week of Single Subject experience
What Made Remediation Successful Changed the school site, master teacher and subject Several individual sessions discussing: Good instruction Planning with the end in mind Set up a schedule for completion Shared samples of previously completed successful Teaching Events Reviewed the rubric (spent most of discussion on requirements for 1 and 2) Tech support person at University worked with logistics of video One-on-one contact throughout process