1. Collins Address NYSATE & NYACTE Conference

2. Opening Comments  Greetings from the ATE Board  ATE – A personal perspective  Annette Digby

3. Jim Collins: My Perspective  ATE President  ATE Distinguished Member  Personal comments

4. Update on ATE  Financial health  Other important issues –Website –Financial support for presidents –3 rd edition of the Handbook on Research in Teacher Education –Conference attendance –Membership –Collaborative endeavors

5. Our Profession: Challenges and Multiple Realities – A Personal Perspective  Revisit our vision of the purposes of P-12 schooling  Consider the possibility that higher education does not have a permanent place at the table of teacher preparation  Resolve the accreditation issue

6. Our Profession: Challenges and Multiple Realities – A Personal Perspective  Think critically about some potential trends –Preparation of teachers for virtual schools –Professional development for those who teach the home-schooled –Differentiated recruitment, admission, and preparation for those willing to teach in unique environments

7. Our Profession: Challenges and Multiple Realities – A Personal Perspective  Improved PR – How do we more powerfully distribute the message that quality teacher education makes a significant social and economic contribution?

8. Invitation to Participate On behalf of the Board and the two planning committees, I invite you to join us in Milwaukee and New Orleans. May we remember these immortal words Teachers affect eternity. Our role is to positively impact those who affect eternity. Let us keep our place at the teacher preparation table.