TEACHER PREPARATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY The College of Education for the 21 st Century MARY LOU FULTON TEACHERS COLLEGE Sarah Beal Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference February 15, 2015
TEACHER PREPARATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Starting and Sustaining a Program PDS cohort in 1 school district PDS cohorts in 5 partner districts (partially funded by US DOE TQE Grant) PDS cohorts in 10 partner districts (partially funded by US DOE TQP Grant)
TEACHER PREPARATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Excellence at scale Praised for “raising the bar” by U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan (Nov. 2014) 28 cohorts in 22 districts Four StarsFour Stars by National Council for Teacher Quality 1
TEACHER PREPARATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY iTeachAZ Key Features Accountability For Effective Teaching and Student Growth Increased content knowledge Rigorous student teaching experience Performance- based accountability Clear professional expectations Connection between coursework and clinicals
TEACHER PREPARATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ASU Contribution Community-embedded partnerships District Contribution teacher candidates Hiring pipeline: 39% of graduates employed in placement district Full-time faculty member Professional development for mentors Participation in hiring of Site Coordinator Recruitment and compensation of mentor teachers Participation in quarterly governance meeting Dedicated ASU classroom with technology support
TEACHER PREPARATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Program specialists Site review Course observation Performance Assessment pre-conference observation Performance Assessment co-observation and co- scoring Performance Assessment post conference Mentor training Governance meeting Program fidelity
TEACHER PREPARATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Data for continual improvement Teacher candidate performance entered on laptop, tablet, or mobile device Data is immediately available to teacher candidates, mentors, and faculty Mobile data collection app
TEACHER PREPARATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Data for continual improvement Data Dashboard Individual and cohort-level data available to candidates, mentors, site coordinators, program leaders Used to provide support and inform program improvement
TEACHER PREPARATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Addressing the Challenges Starting and Sustaining a ProgramProgram Buy-In, Win-Win PartnershipEmbedding Special and Bilingual Education Features
TEACHER PREPARATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY iTeachAZ Key Features Excellence at scale Increased quality and quantity of clinical experience Rigorous coursework High performance standards Program fidelity Community-embedded partnerships Data for continual improvement