Program Ownership Inspires Self-Reflection Kirk Minnick, TxCETP Evaluator Kit Price Blount, TxCETP PD Teacher Prep PI Meeting Alexandria, VA March 14, 2004 DUE #
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TxCETP Goals Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation Course Reform to reflect learner-centered pedagogies Recruit more undergraduate students (especially African-American and Hispanic) to STEM teaching Support for Preservice and Novice Teachers to increase retention and quality Strengthen Systemic Reform Connections to maximize alignment and impact Course Reform
Guiding Question Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation What are science and mathematics professors’ understandings and perceptions about elements of reformed teaching in undergraduate courses?
3-day TxCETP Forum, May, participants -- gallery walk to brainstorm examples that characterize a “reformed” course (trends reflected in, e.g. NCTM, 1991; AAAS, 1990, 1993;NRC, 2000, 2001, Bransford, 2000): –Course design –Prior and new knowledge –Student work –Reflection and assessment –Instructional materials and technology –Multiple representations –Instructional strategies –Learning environment –Problem solving Collaborative Design Process
Workshop leaders clustered participants’ lists into course reform indicators with supporting evidence for each: –Course syllabus –Instructor feedback –Student feedback –Class observations –Student learning products –Assessments 5 levels of implementation identified: –Considering... Planning... Initiating...Implementing... Refining Collaborative Design Process Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation
Faculty and Student surveys administered Fall, 2002 and 2003 –Faculty receive: feedback on their course(s) aggregated Collaborative results Elements of Effective Instruction guide proposal- writing for funding on TxCETP campuses Implementation of Vision Instrument Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation
Identify strategies for: –Examining and closing gaps between what students experience and what professor intended they experience –Moving along the course reform continuum –Addressing difficult issues that are illuminated as a result of the course survey process Create environment on our campuses for critical self-reflection and evaluation for the improvement of undergraduate instruction Closing the Loop and Some Next Steps Please visit and send us your comments: