MassCoalition
Presenters Plentiful
at AACTE 2004 Annual Meeting
Ranging
from Major Forums to Symposia to Interactive Dialogues, members of
the MassCoalition were in strong evidence at this year's AACTE Annual
Meeting held in Chicago from February 7-10. University and school
faculty as well as doctoral graduate students spoke about their MassCoalition
related work.
Below
is a list of MassCoalition presenters and their sessions.
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full AACTE program is available on the AACTE Annual Conference website.
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AACTE
Annual Conference 2004
MassCoalition
Member Presentations
SATURDAY
031
W16: Assessment and Accountability in Professional
Development Schools
1:00-4:00 P.M., 4K, 4TH FLOOR
How can you develop and implement a PDS assessment
approach that is comprehensive and credible to a variety of
stakeholders? This interactive workshop is guided by the beliefs
that good impact documentation is critical to the future of PDSs;
that you need to look at the PDSA, including the use of the PDS
standards and other PDS and local accountability systems.
Workshop participants are encouraged to read The Professional
Development School Handbook: Starting, Sustaining, and
Assessing Partnerships that Improve Student Learning (2003),
available from Corwin Press at www.corwinpress.com,
prior to
the workshop. Participants should be prepared to discuss how
they are assessing (or planning to assess) the impacts of their
own PDSs.
Presenter:
Lee Teitel, University of Massachusetts-Boston
SUNDAY
076
II Using Community as a Resource for Teacher Education
8:00-9:00 A.M. LAKE ONTARIO, 8TH FLOOR
Preservice urban teacher education programs can be developed
through collaboration with community members resulting in
course content designed to take into consideration the social
context of students served.
Presenters:
Marie Koerner and Lee Teitel, University
of
Massachusetts-Boston; Najwa Abdul-Tawwab, Dudley Street
Neighborhood Initiative
152
Major Forum
Considering College Students’ Ethical Development in
Designing the Conceptual Framework
12:15-1:45 P.M., CONTINENTAL A, LOBBY LEVEL
Following a description of the conceptual underpinnings of two teacher
education programs with respect to candidate
ethical development, a respondent will use current research to raise
questions and identify issues in the ethical development
of teacher education candidates. The purpose of this session is not
to provide a blueprint for conceptual frameworks but rather to encourage
thoughtful and critical discussion of candidate dispositions in this
area. Time will be provided for audience questions and responses.
Sponsored by Teacher Education as a Moral Community (TEAMC).
Participants:
Mary Ellen Finch, Maryville University; Mary Diez, Alverno College;
Peter Murrell, Northeastern University;
Linda
Levine, Bank Street College of Education; Marilyn Watson (ret.), Child
Development Project
163
IV Portraits of Teacher Preparation
12:30-1:45 P.M., LAKE ONTARIO, 8TH FLOOR
This symposium offers participants portraits of how diverse urban
teacher education programs are redefining themselves and evolving
to meet challenges in teacher preparation and practice in a changing
America.
Presenters:
Patrick M. Jenlink and Karen Mayo, Stephen F. Austin
State University; Rudolfo Chavez Chavez, New Mexico State University;Cecelia
Traugh, Valerie Lava, Laurie Lehman, Long Island University-Brooklyn;
Kelly Donnell, Nicole Guttenberg, Andrea
Stairs, Boston College; Brad Olsen, University of California-Los
Angeles; Tom Philion, Nona Burney, Andy Carter, Elizabeth Meadows,
Roosevelt University
Session
Organizer: Patrick M. Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State
University
Discussant:
James W. Fraser, Northeastern University
256
III Building Communities of Inquiry and Practice: Maximizing
Learning in the Social Contexts of Education
5:00-6:15 P.M., LAKE ONTARIO, 8TH FLOOR
Collaborative research focused on an innovative course, Social
Context. Qualitative and quantitative data of learning gains of K-
16 students and strategies for teacher and parent engagement
will be discussed.
Presenters:
Conceptualizing Communities of Inquire and
Practice
Dennis Shirley, Boston College
Increasing Funds of Knowledge
Through Collaboration
Afra Hersi, Boston College; Patrick Tutwiler, Boston Public Schools
Building Leadership: Increasing Teacher and Parent
Engagement
Maria T. Sanchez, Boston College; Elizabeth MacDonald, Boston Public
Schools
Session
Organizer: Mary M. Brabeck, New York University
Discussant:
Fran Peterman, Cleveland State University
274
V Beyond the Teacher Test: The Massachusetts Coalition’s Use
of Broadscale Survey Data to Extend Evaluation of Urban Teacher Preparation
Programs
5:15-6:15 P.M., 5G, 5TH FLOOR
The Massachusetts Coalition for Teacher Quality and Student
Achievement, comprised of seven higher education institutions
and three urban school districts, will present survey data that
includes multiple stakeholders in evaluating preservice urban
teacher preparation program effectiveness.
Presenters:
Mary Koerner, University of Massachusetts-Boston;
Lenore Carlisle, Mount Holyoke College; Marcie Osinsky, Young Achievers
School
MONDAY
300
III The Urban Pipeline: Recruitment, Retention, and Mentoring
7:45-9:00 A.M., LAKE MICHIGAN, 8TH FLOOR
Urban communities across the nation are facing the challenges of
how to recruit, prepare, mentor, retain, and provide professional
development for effective teachers. Four papers will highlight the
vision and realities of how recurring, focused, themes and strategies
are implemented at each level along the teacher education continuum
to insure ongoing success for teacher educators.
Presenters:
New Teachers for a New America: Preparing a Diverse Teaching Cohort
Shirley Malone-Fenner, Wheelock College
Community Collaboration Design Informed by Voices of Veteran
Teachers
Amary Ann Johnson, Wheelock College
The Pipeline: Recruitment, Preparation, Retention
Jennifer Robinson, Montclair State University
Pathways
to Excellence: Early Childhood Cohorts in Urban
Communities
Nancy Lauter, Montclair State University
Session Organizer: Nancy Lauter, Montclair State University
Discussant:
Peter C. Murrell, Northeastern University
388
Major Forum
Transforming Teacher Education to Serve Culturally and
Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Students
12:15-1:45 P.M., INTERNATIONAL NORTH,
2ND FLOOR
One in every five students in U.S. schools comes from a home where
a language other than English is spoken. Some
schools provide bilingual or ESL services. However, the majority of
these students are in mainstream classrooms. In order
to educate CLD students, teacher education faculty must rethink their
programs, their connections with the CLD communities,
and their own knowledge. This session addresses three aspects of teacher
education to serve CLD students, which will be illustrated through
projects and review of the research:
• Teacher education faculty development and curriculum change
• Mainstream and CLD teacher preparation
• Teacher education collaboration with CLD communities.
Sponsored
by the Committee on Multicultural Education.
Presenters:
Maria Estela Brisk, Boston College; Socorro
Herrera, Kansas State University; Yolanda Padrón, University
of Houston;
Ronald Rochon, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Dennis
Shirley, Boston College
MONDAY
491
VI Doing Dewey: The Practices of Deliberative Democracy for Improving
Teacher Quality and Student Achievement
5:00-6:15 P.M., GRAND TRADITION, LOBBY LEVEL
For discussion is the systemic processes of developing the critical
practices of collaborative partnership work that honors the
traditions of participatory democracy and is mindful of equity
and diversity issues. Examines specific practices in collaborative
development and organizing learning communities.
Presenters:
Building Community Among Parents
Dennis Shirley, Boston College
Field-Based Urban Teacher Preparation
Lenore Carlilse, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Rounds—Circles of Reflective Practice
Tom Del Prete, Clark University
Literacy Inquiry Groups in Schools and Communities
Mieko Kamii, Wheelock College
Immersion in the Culture of the School
Rebecca Corwin, Lesley University
Developing Local Leadership From the Inside Out
Mari Koerner, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Session
Organizer: Peter C. Murrell Jr., Northeastern
University
Discussant:
Bailey W. Jackson, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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