2. NCATE Unit Meeting November 19, 2009 It’s All Good!

3. Agenda 1.Upcoming NCATE Visit 2.NCATE Updates 3.NCATE Organization 4.SPA Submission 5.NCATE Goals 6.Portfolio Development

4. Upcoming NCATE Visit  NCATE visit scheduled for Fall 2012  Institutional Report submitted Fall 2011  SPA Reports submitted Fall 2010  Minimum of two applications of assessments  All nationally recognized programs may submit a National Continuing Recognition report

5. NCATE Revisions  Two Options for Continuing Visits  Continuous Improvement  Transformation Initiatives  Address each standard as a whole  Choose a standard in which the unit is moving toward target level  Exhibit room is entirely virtual

6. Continuing Visit Options  Continuous Improvement  Transformation Initiative

7. Continuous Improvement  Unit will self assess itself against the target level of one or more standards  Respond to each standard as a whole not each element

8. Transformation Initiative  Engagement in an initiative for self- improvement and contribution to the improvement and reform of the profession, including learning in P-12 schools  Examples: Validity studies of assessments, induction and mentoring, use of formative assessments to improve student learning  Must be reviewed by offsite BOE team to determine eligibility  Unit must clearly show that it has been engaged in continuous improvement since the last visit and continues to meet standards

9. NCATE Updates The following programs received National Recognition as of July 2009:  Health and Physical Education  Educational Leadership Building  Secondary Education Science

10. Unit Assessment Data Unit Assessments Assessment Director Lisa Brightman Conceptual Framework/ Rosemary Omniewski Conceptual Framework Reflection Dispositions/ Patti Flach Disposition Survey Instructional Assessment Plan Diversity/ Sue Curtin Diversity Survey Classroom Diversity Observation Clinical Experiences/ Mike Vettere Kathy Benson TCPP PDE 430 Scoring Form Instructional Assessment Plan Faculty Qualifications/ Laura Mil ler Vitae

11. Conceptual Framework Chair: Dr. Rosemary Omniewski Committee Members:  Dr. Kathy Dailey  Dr. Erinn Lake  Dr. Joel Erion  Dr. Martin Mitchell  Dr. Andrew Pushchak  Dr. James Roberts  Dr. Ed Snyder  Dr. Ron Spiller

12. Standard 1: Dispositions  Dr. Janet Baker  Dr. Karen Bauer  Dr. Marian Beckman  Dr. Gary Connell  Dr. Charles Cross  Dr. Karim Hossain  Dr. Jerra Jenrette  Dr. Kathleen Lipkovich  Dr. Donna Murphy  Dr. Barbara Rahal  Dr. Sandra Waite- Stupiansky Chair: Dr. Patricia Flach Committee Members:

13. Standard 2: Assessment System and Unit Evaluation Chair: Dr. Lisa Brightman Committee Members:  Dr. Linda Best  Dr. Dennis Buckwalter  Dr. Tim Cordell  Ms. Julie Kearney  Dr. Andrew Lawlor  Dr. Virginia McGinnis  Dr. Kathleen Stevens  Dr. Marc Sylvester

14. Standard 3: Field Experiences and Clinical Practice Chairs: Dr. Kathleen Benson (undergraduate) Dr. Michael Vetere (graduate) Committee Members:  Dr. Jo Holtz  Dr. Juanita Kasper  Dr. Mary Jo Melvin  Dr. Charlotte Molrine  Dr. Linda Mukina-Felker  Prof. Bonnie Scarpino  Dr. Dawn Snodgrass  All graduate program heads

15. Standard 4: Diversity Chair: Dr. Susan Curtin Committee Members:  Mr. Jim Glatch  Mr. Greg Harris  Valerie Hayes, Esq.  Dr. Elizabeth Iglesias  Dr. Robert McConnell  Dr. Kiran Misra  Dr. Denise Ohler

16. Standard 5: Faculty Qualifications, Performance, and Development Chair: Dr. Laura Miller Committee Members:  Dr. John Criswell  Dr. Jean Faieta  Dr. Jody Gallagher  Prof. Patricia Hillman  Dr. Joseph Laythe  Prof. Jacqueline Power  Prof. Bruce Skolnick  Dr. Theresa Thewes

17. Standard 6: Unit Governance and Resources Chair: Dr. James Bolton Committee Members:  Dr. Scott Baldwin  Dr. Pearl Bartelt  Dr. Lisa Brightman  Mr. Gordon Herbst  Dr. Eric Randall  Dr. Terry Smith  Dr. Michael Vetere  Mr. William Vitanyi

18. Specialized Professional Associations (SPA) Reports ProgramSPASPA Lead Writer Early ChildhoodNAEYCDr. Sandi Waite Dr. Maureen Walcavich Health and Physical Education NASPEProf. Mary McDade Dr. Ruth Stauffer Secondary EnglishNCTEDr. Jo Ann Holtz Secondary MathNCTMDr. Dennis Buckwalter Secondary Social StudiesNCSSDr. Charles Cross Secondary ScienceNSTADr. Gwen Price Special EducationCEC Educational LeadershipELCCDr. Andrew Pushchak Reading SpecialistIRADr. Denise Finazzo-Gaines School PsychologyNASPDr. Joel Erion

19. NCATE Goals for 2009-2010 Academic Year  Review SPA reports submitted for last NCATE visit  Address any areas of concern and comments made by reviewers  Review SPA and Unit assessments  Begin looking at the consistency of the data  Do all assessments address the standards providing meaningful and relevant data for the program?  Streamline data collection  Create data report cycle for Unit and SPA and assessment data

20. Proposed Program Portfolio  Addresses the standards for each program  Provides program and unit data  Eliminates the need to complete the Conceptual Framework Reflection in each course  Rubric addresses students’ ability to:  Provide appropriate evidence for each standard  Reflect upon how the evidence addresses the standard  Reflect upon how the evidence relates to the conceptual framework  Sample portfolio developed in LiveText