Quality Matters: Our Commitment to All Learners

W1 - $50
Finding Common Ground in Conceptualizing, Nurturing, and Assessing Dispositions
Thursday, February 7, 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 p.m.
Description: What do dispositions mean in the context of your teacher preparation program? Join members of AACTE?s Task Force on Teacher Education as a Moral Community (TEAMC) and representatives from various AACTE institutions to engage in dialogue around how dispositions are conceptualized, nurtured, and assessed in teacher preparation programs. The work of TEAMC raises questions about how teacher educators might build a moral community in teaching. This session will examine how a college, school, or department of education helps to nurture both individuals and the community as a whole. Using institutional cases as concrete examples, participants will consider a set of questions that can guide decision-making in programs around how to foster dispositions. In this interactive session, participants will consider larger issues surrounding the use of dispositions in teacher education and refine work in their own institutional contexts.
Presenters: Mary Diez (TEAMC Chair), Alverno College; Jack Benninga, California State University, Fresno; Erskine Dottin, Florida International University; Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Brandeis University; Peter Murrell, Northeastern University; Hugh Sockett, George Mason University
Sponsored by the AACTE Task Force on Teacher Education as a Moral Community (TEAMC)

W2 - $50
Induction and Mentoring for Excellence
Thursday, February 7, 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 p.m.
Description: Practices and processes for induction and mentoring have promoted positive change within this district-university consortium. An introduction of the organizational structure, mentoring skills, and tools provide interactive opportunities. Student achievement data and retention data of first-year teachers will provide feedback to teacher education programs.
Presenters: Patty J. Horn and Kristin Metler, Northern Arizona University; Heidi C. Blair, East Carolina University; Mori Kemper, Agua Fria Union High School District

W3 - $50
Clinical Supervisors and Adjunct Faculty: Maintaining Program Quality Through Mentoring
Thursday, February 7, 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 p.m.
Description: Comprehensive Adjunct Mentoring Programs (AMPs) enable institutions to maintain quality as they delegate teaching responsibilities and supervision to contingent faculty. Participants in this workshop will examine mentoring principles and consider the collaborative elements as mentors share their unit?s conceptual framework and eventually include adjuncts in course enhancement. The AMP will be discussed in light of NCATE expectations.
Presenters: Carol Ziegler, Notre Dame College; Marianne M. Reiff, Lesley University

W4 - $50
Practical Tips?Preparing the NCATE Institutional Report, Logistics, Exhibits, Rejoinder, and Addressing the Proposed Streamlining Process
Thursday, February 7, 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 p.m.
Description: Practical tips for preparing for a successful NCATE initial, continuing, and focus visit are offered by experienced NCATE coordinators, BOE and UAB members, and consultants. Topics include writing the institutional report, planning the BOE pre-visit and visit, identifying/organizing exhibits, and preparing a convincing rejoinder. NCATE?s proposed streamlining process will also be discussed.
Presenters: Marilyn Feldmann, The Citadel; David Boger, North Carolina A&T University; Kay Hegler, Doane College

W5 - $50
Successful Student Teaching Programs Face Current Challenges With Proactive Strategies Relating to Placement and Supervision of Student Teachers
Thursday, February 7, 9:00 a.m. ? 12:00 p.m.
Description: Presenters will use multimedia techniques and interactive strategies to describe how successful student teaching programs face current challenges with proactive strategies relating to placement and supervision of student teachers. Participants will receive handouts and specific information related to the proactive strategies used when working with students during challenging times.
Presenters: Shirley J. Fisher and J. Robert Hendricks, University of Arizona; Carolyn Dumler, Marana Unified School District

W7 - $50
Are All of Your Graduates Highly Qualified? Multiple Models for Jointly Preparing General and Special Education Teachers
Thursday, February 7, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Description: This interactive workshop is focused on designing teacher preparation programs so that every graduate meets ?highly qualified? requirements and is prepared to teach all students, including students who have disabilities. Using concrete examples, participants will learn about different models for structuring teacher education to ensure that all teachers are highly qualified and are prepared for the collaborative roles expected of them in schools. Participants also will complete self-assessments of their own preservice programs in relationship to collaborative teacher education and will interact with deans and faculty who have successfully redesigned their preservice programs to meet ?highly qualified? mandates and to address the diversity of students in today?s classrooms. Institutions are encouraged to bring teams that include deans and faculty from general and special education, but teams are not a requirement for participation.
Presenters: Linda Blanton, Florida International University; Marleen Pugach, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Michael Hardman, University of Utah; Virginia McLaughlin, College of William and Mary; Dorene Ross, University of Florida

W8 - $100
Education Reporters, Friend or Foe?
Thursday, February 7, 1:00 p.m. ? 4:00 p.m.
Description: As the dialogue around teacher education, preparation, and accreditation varies across the country, AACTE has developed a comprehensive communication workshop on working with education media. Topics include

• Types and nature of issues most relevant to news media that cover teacher education, preparation, and quality
• Basics of good, productive media relations; increasing your college of education?s visibility
• Developing skills necessary to ensure a university?s key messages are articulated and conveyed in any media interview
• Responding to a critical report or crisis situation?satisfying the media?s needs while protecting the university?s interests

W9 - $50
Service-Learning as an Effective Strategy for Meeting NCATE Standards in Professional Education Programs
Thursday, February 7, 1:00 p.m. ? 4:00 p.m.
Description: This interactive workshop will explore specific strategies for using service-learning to meet NCATE Standards 1, 3, and 4. Participants will learn how to use service-learning pedagogy to create meaningful learning experiences for their candidates. Participants will receive sample syllabi, examples of service-learning projects, reflection activities, assessment strategies, and sample conceptual frameworks. Workbook/packet provided.
Presenters: Teresa Davis, California State University, Chico; Jane Callahan, Providence College; Deena Sue Fuller, Tennessee State University; Nancy Dunlap, Clemson University; Deborah Mercer, Fort Hays State University; Jeffrey Anderson, Seattle University; Elson Nash, Learn and Serve America

W10 - $50
Developing a Web-Based Accountability System
Thursday, February 7, 1:00 p.m. ? 4:00 p.m.
Description: Presenters will share a process for developing and implementing a web-based accountability system, including conceptualization, programming, and management. Information will include (a) important questions to ask during conceptualization; (b) programming issues related to compatibility with institutional and state computer network systems; (c) crucial steps for developing and/or utilizing current faculty and staff buy-in; (d) internal reporting for faculty, program, and unit feedback and continuous improvement; and (e) external reporting for unit accreditation.
Presenters: Tony Norman, Leroy Metz, and Tony Kirchner, Western Kentucky University

W11 - $100
Preparing Teachers to Serve: A Comprehensive Framework for Understanding How All Kids Learn
Thursday, February 7, 9:00 a.m. ? 4:00 p.m. (with a 1-hour break for lunch on your own)
Description: The primary goal of All Kinds of Minds is to educate people about differences in learning so that children who are struggling in school because of the way their brains are ?wired? are no longer misunderstood. Mel Levin and his colleagues developed these programs based on scientific research and more than 30 years of clinical experience. All Kinds of Minds enables students, their parents, and their teachers to understand why they are having difficulty in school by identifying their learning profiles, essentially ?maps? that pinpoint each child?s strengths and weaknesses in learning. Once this profile is created, All Kinds of Minds provides the language and tools to develop a concrete, practical action plan to help each child succeed. Participants will examine this groundbreaking framework for two purposes: (a) understanding why children struggle in school, providing a straightforward, practical system for recognizing variations in the way children learn, and (b) considering how teacher education can use the framework in preparing candidates who will serve P-12 learners. Please visit www.allkindsofminds.org for more information on All Kinds of Minds.
Presenter: Mel Levin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

W12 - $100 (price includes a boxed lunch)
Katrina School Tour: How to Rebuild and Recover From the Unimaginable
Thursday, February 7, 9:30 a.m. ? 4:00 p.m.
Description: Hurricane Katrina left New Orleans bruised and battered more than 2 years ago. Perhaps the most overlooked population affected by the storm was the thousands of teachers and students displaced in the K-12 schools. Join AACTE on a visit to an elementary, middle, and high school to learn firsthand how the tragedy affected them, the rebuilding process, and the recovery. A percentage of the proceeds from this tour will fund supply donations for the schools visited on the tour.
Presenters: TBD

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