Monday, October 26, 2015
Breakout Session II: 1:45-2:30pm
Session 2A
Location: Indian Trail (2nd floor)
Facilitator: Wendy Storms
Facilitator: Wendy Storms
Professional Ethics: Providing a Framework for Educator Decision Making
Rick Cullors & Jessica Stern
Educational Testing Services
Rick Cullors & Jessica Stern
Educational Testing Services
Participants will explore the preparation and assessment of educators in ethical decision-making through ETS’s new ProEthica Program. Teacher candidates are well-prepared in the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to be effective educators. However, knowing how to address ethical dilemmas, as well as understanding the professional risks and vulnerabilities inherent in a highly complex profession, is imperative at the preservice level. In this interactive session, participants will explore the topic of preparing and assessing candidates in ethical decision-making, including the use of an instructional educator online ethics program for educator preparation program candidates.
Session 2B
Location: Bass-Bush
Facilitator: Patricia Alvarez McHatton
Facilitator: Patricia Alvarez McHatton
Positive Course Redesign: Survey of Exceptional Learners
Dr. Sherian L. Smith
Tarleton State University
Dr. Sherian L. Smith
Tarleton State University
This session will provide useful information when redesigning courses for today’s learners. The session provides a before and after snapshot of an original undergraduate introduction to special education course and offers strategies and tips to consider in course redesign. The redesign presentation will address Strand 2: How Do We Adjust What We’re Doing? The focus in the redesigned course is to create an interactive component for each lesson.
Session 2C
Location: Hamilton-Lebanon
Facilitator: Debby Shulsky
Facilitator: Debby Shulsky
Preparing K-6 Teachers Using Two Paradigms in Teaching Content Method Courses
Sylvia Taube & Karen McIntush
Sam Houston State University
Sylvia Taube & Karen McIntush
Sam Houston State University
An action research was conducted on the design and implementation of two different models for teaching the content methods courses (mathematics, science, social studies) for elementary teachers taught in one semester. We compared the benefits and pitfalls of two distinct models: Integrated (single instructor) and Non-integrated (multiple instructors) based on varied quantitative measures such as TExES (EC-6 Generalist, Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities), Teacher Work Sample, and evaluations by field supervisors and mentors. Preliminary analyses of data from 1,084 teacher candidates (2011-2015) showed no significant difference in the two subgroups. Implications for hiring instructors, scheduling classes, and evaluating programs will be discussed.
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Session 2D
Location: Ranger Sea Biscuit
Facilitator: Jean Kiekel
Facilitator: Jean Kiekel
Student Engagement Using Social, Digital, and Cultural Media: Strategies for Content Instruction that Integrate Students' Needs and Interests
Lisa D. Hobson, Ph.D., Prarie View A&M University
Viveca Grant, Ed.D., Texas Southern University
Marilyn Parker, Ed.D., Fort Bend Independent School District
Lisa D. Hobson, Ph.D., Prarie View A&M University
Viveca Grant, Ed.D., Texas Southern University
Marilyn Parker, Ed.D., Fort Bend Independent School District
In order for students to master the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, perform well on State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, successfully pass End-of-Course assessments, graduate, and/or become successful citizens, educators must engage them in learning experiences. In order for pre-service educators to become effective teachers and pass Texas Examination of Educator Standard assessments, we must engage them in learning. Student engagement is meaningful participation, inquiry, and immersion in learning experiences. In this interactive session, we will discuss strategies using digital media, social media, cultural artifacts to engage K-12 learners and pre-service educators through a hands-on and project based learning approach.
Session 2E
Location: Frisco I
Facilitator: Jean Hubbartt
Facilitator: Jean Hubbartt
Create a THRIVING Graduate Program: Attract, Develop, and Retain Quality Candidates
Kimberly Welsh, Ed.D. & Jeanie Gresham, Ed.D.
Stephen F.Austin State University
Kimberly Welsh, Ed.D. & Jeanie Gresham, Ed.D.
Stephen F.Austin State University
There has never been a more critical time than NOW to advocate for the value of advanced knowledge in the field of teaching and learning. Value of a program is drastically different than price. What value do potential and existing graduate Candidates see in your program? Learn how to attract, develop, and retain quality Candidates in a time when school districts are eliminating stipends attached to master’s degrees.
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Session 2F
Location: Frisco 3
Facilitator:
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SOS for Preservice Teachers! Managing ELPs and TELPAS While Improving ELLs' Communication Skills in Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking
Kathy E. Stephens, Ed.D. & Michele Staples, Ed.D.
LeTourneau University
Kathy E. Stephens, Ed.D. & Michele Staples, Ed.D.
LeTourneau University
Preservice teachers in Texas must be prepared to interact effectively with English Language Learners (ELLs) in their classrooms. This presentation is designed to provide a variety of fast-paced, easy-to- implement strategies, based on research related to improving the communication skills needed to be successful when reading, writing, listening, or speaking in academic or casual settings. The strategies will be inclusive of the ELPs and designed to address skills found on the TELPAS.
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Session 2G
Location: Frisco 4
Facilitator: Ron Beebe
Facilitator: Ron Beebe
Collaborative Reflection: Developing "Critical" Alignment across a Program
Katie Peterson Hernandez, Elisabeth Johnson & Arcelia Luna Hernandez
St. Edward's University
Katie Peterson Hernandez, Elisabeth Johnson & Arcelia Luna Hernandez
St. Edward's University
This presentation focuses on the ways in which three faculty members teaching in an accredited 4-year teacher preparation program are developing and designing a cohesive sequence of courses that emphasizes faculty expertise, features of a university mission that includes commitments to social justice and critical action, with clear expectations for what pre-service teachers should understand upon graduation. In our study, we situate ourselves (identities, curricula, and teaching practices) as the objects of investigation by collaboratively analyzing our own understandings of what it means to enact cohesive, critical curricula. This process raises questions with personal, collective, programmatic, institutional, and professional significance.
Session 2H
Location: Frisco 5
Facilitator: Jake Hollatz
Facilitator: Jake Hollatz
Value Added Teacher Appraisal: What is it and what are the Implications?
Russell Porterfield, Bobbie Ann White, Tracy Winkler, Dr. Randy Hendricks & Dr. Marlene Zipperlen
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Russell Porterfield, Bobbie Ann White, Tracy Winkler, Dr. Randy Hendricks & Dr. Marlene Zipperlen
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
This session will cover the history and current evidence of value added teacher evaluations as well as implementation implications on students and teachers. Both fiscal and psychological costs are evaluated as this model continues to gain traction across the nation. Additionally, the new T-TESS model is examined as it brings value added to Texas in the near future. Overall, this session will inform participants to ensure positive and appropriate expectations and decisions regarding value added evaluation.
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Session 2I
Location: Frisco 7
Facilitator: Sara Langford
Facilitator: Sara Langford
The Use of Social Media for Teacher Professional Development
Christie Bledsoe
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Christie Bledsoe
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
The affordances of the Web enable teacher collaboration and growth through learning communities within Web 2.0 environments (Greenhow, Robelia, & Hughes, 2009). Through a content analysis of education organization profiles and postings on Facebook, this study examines how organizations use social networking sites as a platform to promote trends and issues in education and to promote best practices. This presentation will include a summary of current findings as well as examples of the type of information available to educators on social media websites.
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Theme Roundtables
Location: Frisco 2
Facilitators: Darla Baggett (Table 1), Daniella Varela (Table 2), Gayle Butaud (Table 3)
Facilitators: Darla Baggett (Table 1), Daniella Varela (Table 2), Gayle Butaud (Table 3)
Consistent with our theme, "Future: The Time is NOW!", each breakout session will have a Theme Roundtable to include three tables with assigned facilitators who will guide the conversations and record the ideas shared. Come and hear the ideas and actions of others in taking more proactive roles in our profession. Share what’s happening in your work. Our specific focus will be on how to enable an effective, incentivized teacher career pathway in our schools, which consistently recruit for the profession. Instead of waiting for a top down initiative, let’s start our own from the bottom up.