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A Funny Thing
Happened on the
Way to AccreditationLiving the TI life
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Welcome and Introductions
• Dr. Diana Piccolo
• Missouri State University
• Dr. Laurie Edmondson
• Drury University
• Dr. Colleen Hardy
• Evangel University
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Transformation InitiativeTeacher Education Alliance
• The over-arching goal of the Teacher Education
Alliance (TEA) is to positively impact student
achievement in partner schools.
• A secondary goal is to identify teacher education
candidates that have a passion for working with
children of poverty and increase their preparedness
to be successful in these schools
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Transformation Initiative
Teacher Education Alliance
• The Teacher Education Alliance (TEA) is a
collaboration between
• Springfield Public Schools (SPS),
• Missouri State University,
• Drury University,
• Evangel University,
• Baptist Bible College.
The focus of the
collaboration is
on high-poverty
schools
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Partner InstitutionsInstitution Classification Total
Enrollment
(2009-2010)
Declared Majors
in Elementary
and Secondary
Education
(2009-2010)
Candidates
Admitted to
Teacher
Education
Program
(2009-2010)
Expected
Practicum
Candidates,
TEA/Total
(TEA/Total)
(2010-2011)
Baptist Bible
College
Private, church
affiliated
556 134 62 9/18
Drury University Private, liberal
arts, church
affiliated
5100 425 147 20/97
Evangel
University
Private, liberal
arts, church-
affiliated
1850 301 124 20/102
Missouri State
University
Public,
comprehensive
21688 2657 1036 32/535
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Transformation Initiative GoalsTeacher Education Alliance
• To support quality teaching and learning within the partner schools of the Teacher Education Alliance (TEA).
• To address the needs of high-poverty (Title I) schools that partner with TEA professional preparation programs.
• To contribute to the research base for effective teacher education, teaching, and student learning.
• To link prior research findings and ongoing TEA research to school practices and to the TEA professional preparation programs.
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Goals Activities Research
To support quality teaching and
learning within the partner schools
of the Teacher Education Alliance
(TEA).
*TEA professional learning provided for
candidates each semester
*Collaborative school sites
*Collaborative site candidate interviews
*Collaborative site supervisor
*Collaborative site supervisor handbook
*Student teacher survey data
*Cooperating teacher survey data
*Candidate feedback from professional
learning sessions
To address the needs of high-
poverty (Title I) schools that partner
with TEA professional preparation
programs.
*Weller Elementary Action Plan
*Bingham Elementary Action Plan
*Student Achievement Data from Weller Elem
*Student Achievement Data-Title I Schools
To contribute to the research base
for effective teacher education,
teaching, and student learning.
Presentation at AACTE ( Fall 2010)
Presentation at MACTE (Fall 2010)
Presentation at Critical Questions Symposium
(Fall 2012)
*Research Brief 1 (Piccolo and Wernli, 2012)
*Research Brief 2 (Piccolo and Chan, 2013)
To link prior research findings and
ongoing TEA research to school
practices and to the TEA
professional preparation programs.
*TEA professional learning provided for
candidates each semester
*Cultural Competence Plan-3 year cycle of
speakers addressing differentiation, poverty and
English Language Learners
*Collaborative Professional Development for
first year teachers
*Extended clinical experiences
*Strategy for the Evaluation of Teacher
Education Programs and Projects Intending to
Impact Student Achievement in Title I
Schools: The Case of Teaching Academies
(Sell, 2009)
*Learning to Teach in Title I, High Poverty
Schools: A Content Analysis of Teacher
Candidates’ and School Princp0ials’ Reflections
on the Student Teaching Experience (Sell,
2010)
*Spring 2011 TEA Online Survey: Summary
of Qualitative Data Analysis (Sell, 2009)
Transformation Initiative
Teacher Education Alliance (TEA) Goals Alignment Chart
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In the Beginning. .
• Spring 2009-Initial Collaborative meetings
• 2009-Decision made to pursue Transformation
Initiative with NCATE (CAEP)
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2009-2010
• Implementation at 11 school sites
• Secured $25,000 local community grant
• Professional learning plan developed to support
candidates
• Memorandum of Understanding signed with SPS
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2010-2011
• Research sub-committee created
• Additional school sites added to the project
• Survey given to candidates during the spring 2011
• TEA guidebook created
• Panel presentation at Fall NCATE conference
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2011-2012
• Collaborative school sites formally added to program
• Research committee developed survey for cooperating teachers in addition to continuing research with candidates
• First onsite NCATE review-MSU
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2012-2013
• First research brief published
• Created web based data storage for collaborative use
• NCATE visit for Evangel University
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2013-2014
• Second research brief
• Implement co-teaching model for secondary
candidates
• Review guidebook for necessary changes
• Conduct additional research
• NCATE visit for Drury University
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Transformation Initiative
Unexpected outcomes
• Collaboration between institutions extended beyond project
• Field experience
• Collaborative professional development for beginning teachers
• Collaboration activities led to a process for working together
• *TEA Guidebook
• *TEA Website
• *TEA Meeting Minutes
• *Data warehouse
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Learnings
• Change is constant
• Personnel changes
• Put it in writing
• Write an epic not a short story
• Lack of funding encourages creativity
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Questions
Diana Piccolo
Laurie Edmondson
Colleen Hardy