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Future Educator's Association Annual Conference
When: February 18-20, 2011
Where: Atlanta, GA |
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NACCTEP Conference
The National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs National Conference
When: February 25-27, 2011
Where: San Diego, CA |
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| The National Center for Teacher Education (NCTE) sponsored three Teacher Education Student Success Series events for Maricopa Community Colleges students this fall. In September, students attended a technology workshop at which they received hands-on instruction and guidance in building a personal learning network. In October, students visited the Desert Botanical Gardens to learn about the many resources available to educators and ideas for how to incorporate related lessons into their curriculum. Read More |
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| On November 1st, Jonathan Kozol spoke to over 750 educators and students at the Chandler Center for the Arts, including students and faculty from the Maricopa Community Colleges. Mr. Kozol has devoted four decades to issues of education and social justice in America. His books involve firsthand accounts of his experiences and bear witness to social problems such as segregated and unequal schools, illiteracy, and homelessness. Books authored by Mr. Kozol include Savage Inequalities, The Shame of the Nation, Letters to a Young Teacher, and On Being a Teacher. Read More |
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| Melissa Rose Nelson, a former Chandler-Gilbert Community College student and National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP) Scholarship recipient, has agreed to write a series of articles for this year's NCTE Newswire documenting her experiences as a first year teacher. See previous articles in the August/September 2010 and October/November 2010 editions. Read More |
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| Jenny Rosado is an elementary education major at Mesa Community College. She is Co-President of the Future Educators Club, and a member of Phi Theta Kappa. She was one of a few students selected to attend the Maricopa Community Colleges District Leadership Retreat in the fall of 2010. She will attend Northern Arizona University East Valley in fall of 2011, majoring in the dual program Special and Elementary Education. In addition to her studies, Jenny works 40 plus hours a week.
I have wanted to be a teacher as long as I can remember. I am currently attending Mesa Community College (MCC) and I am taking the necessary coursework to receive an Associate in Arts in Elementary Education. MCC has an outstanding Education Studies Department. I have had inspiring professors who have excited me about my career path. I have completed service learning with amazing K-12 teachers who have left me in awe of their dedication to their students and their creativity in the classroom. Based on my studies and experience in the classroom, I can hardly wait until it is my turn to teach. Read More |
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| This online portal is designed for use by students planning their future at and transferring within Arizona's public institutions of higher education - community colleges, tribal colleges, and state universities - and by the advisors and faculty who assist them. This comprehensive and easy-to-use resource streamlines information from all public universities and community colleges into a central location. The High School Portal outlines steps that teens must take to attend college, begin earning college credit and figure out what careers may be best suited for them. The portal for college students has tools to help students plan for attendance and transfer, and provides accurate information about how their courses transfer, meet requirements, and apply to a degree program. Read More |
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| Governor Jan Brewer has announced the allocation of $3.1 million in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) grants to Science Foundation Arizona to support its Graduate Research Fellowship program and expand the Engineering Pathways program at rural community colleges. A total of $1.6 million was awarded to the Graduate Research Fellowship program and $1.5 million to the Engineering Pathways program. "The funds used for these programs will lay the foundation for Arizona students for years to come and will give them the skills needed to succeed in today's competitive workforce," said Governor Brewer. Read More |
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| This article by Dr. Robert Shelton, President, University of Arizona; Dr. Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University; and Dr. John Haeger, President, Northern Arizona University, promotes the importance of early childhood education. Not unlike most places in the nation, Arizona is faced with tough decisions about how to sustain vital public services while balancing an already strained budget, and still move the state forward. It is no surprise that the leaders of our state's three public universities would build a case for education as the greatest investment in Arizona's future. By ensuring children and adults have access to the highest quality education system we increase their opportunities as individuals as well as those available to our state. What may surprise many is that their case for a high quality education system is a comprehensive one that begins with the earliest years of life and continues through entry into the workforce. Read More |
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| A report by the Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation and Partnerships for Improved Student Learning, convened by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), calls for teacher education to be "turned upside down" by revamping programs to place clinical practice at the center of teacher preparation. This new vision of preparation also will require the development of partnerships with school districts in which teacher education becomes a shared responsibility between P-12 schools and higher education. The new approaches will involve significant policy and procedural changes in both the state higher education and P-12 education systems and entail revamping longstanding policies and practices that are no longer suited to today's needs. Read More |
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The National Education Technology Plan, Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology, calls for applying the advanced technologies used in our daily personal and professional lives to our entire education system to improve student learning, accelerate and scale up the adoption of effective practices, and use data and information for continuous improvement. It presents five goals with recommendations for states, districts, the federal government, and other stakeholders. Each goal addresses one of the five essential components of learning powered by technology: Learning, Assessment, Teaching, Infrastructure, and Productivity. Read More |
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| The new 15-member Committee on Measures of Student Success, chaired by Community College Research Center director Thomas Bailey, is charged with developing recommendations about how the federal government should measure graduation and completion rates among two-year colleges. This article discusses the committee's first meeting and the challenges inherent in revising the Department of Education's measures of student success. Supporters and critics of community colleges alike question the merits of the primary success metric currently produced by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System: the "federal graduation rate." Supporters say the current data don't reflect the good work the colleges do, failing to account for the many students who transfer to four-year institutions without degrees, and the many students who come to the institutions for something less than a degree -- a certificate, or even just some retraining -- and get what they wanted. Read More |
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Showcase your teacher education or early childhood program activities and accomplishments in the Newswire by submitting the following to the National Center for Teacher Education.
1. ARTICLE about your program, activity, practice, policy, partnership, resource, etc.; include contact information, photos and a web address if applicable.
2. UPCOMING EVENT title, date, time, place, target audience, cost, sponsoring campus/program(s), partners, etc. |
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