1. FACULTY AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WESTERN AND FINGER LAKES REGION DEBRA A. COLLEY NIAGARA UNIVERSITY MARCH 12, 2013 Independent Sector: Statewide cIcu Initiative

2. Purpose of the Project To gain an understanding of the changes in teacher and school leader education certification requirements, performance assessments and learning standards. To provide information and tools to assist in the incorporation of changes in degree programs. To organize collaborative efforts for administration, teacher education, arts and sciences and school leadership faculty and relevant staff, K-12 educators.

3. cIcu Proposal to NYSED: Focus of the Statewide Project  Preparation of teacher and school building leader candidates for the new certification assessments. (edTPA, EAS, ALST)  Inclusion of Common Core Standards in teacher and school leader education programs, and arts and sciences programs.  Incorporation of the use of data and data-driven instruction into teacher and school leader preparation programs.

4. Contributed from Dr. Jane Ashdown Dean, Adelphi University

5. Guiding Principles

6. Timeline and Structure Project implementation:  January 2013 – June 30th 2014 Project organization  cIcu & Sector Advisory Panel  Regional Facilitator  Campus Designees Regional structure (5)  Western/Finger Lakes  Mid-Hudson  Central/Northern/Mohawk/Southern Tier/Capital District  NYC-I  NYC -2/LI

7. Western/Finger Lakes Region

8. Grant Funding Staff  cIcu Coordinator  Advisory Panel  Regional facilitator Project activities  Statewide and regional  Speakers fees and travel  Faculty and staff travel  Meeting logistics

9. Questions/comments

10. Developing a Regional Plan Who needs to involved? What are our goals (and specific areas of need)? Who are the “experts among us” (faculty and stakeholder involvement) and what best practices can we identify? What are the core strategies for our regional implementation plan? How will we evaluate progress and impact?

11. Brainstorming and Next Steps Brainstorming (small groups) 1. Who and identification of best practices 2. Topic: Certification exams (edTPA, EAS, ALST) 3. Topic: Common core 4. Topic: Data-driven instruction 5. Strategies for professional development 6. Evaluation of progress and impact Review of ideas (reporting)

12. Next Steps Dates  Summer workshops (intensive sessions)  Next meeting of the region Other Follow-up