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ALTERNATIVE LICENSURE PROGRAM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE Contact Information: Rose Chiovitti-Cavalcante Ph: 505-747-5463 rcavalcante@nnmc.edu. TOTAL # OF STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN ALPCLASSES = 49 TOTAL # OF STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM = 61. FROM JULY 2006 TO JUNE 2007
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ALTERNATIVE LICENSURE PROGRAM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE Contact Information: Rose Chiovitti-Cavalcante Ph: 505-747-5463 rcavalcante@nnmc.edu
TOTAL # OF STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN ALPCLASSES = 49 TOTAL # OF STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM = 61
FROM JULY 2006 TO JUNE 2007 TOTAL # NEW ALP STUDENTS = 25 TOTAL # OF GRADUATES = 31
STANDARDS FOR ENTERING THE PROGRAM • Bachelor’s degree including 30 hrs. in a particular field or • Master’s degree including 12 hrs. in a particular field or • Doctor degree in a particular field • 2) Letters of recommendation • 3) Philosophy of Education (rubric) • 4) Letter of intent (rubric) • 5) Personal interview • 6) Copy of all transcripts.
STANDARDS FOR EXITING THE PROGRAM • Have completed all coursework with at least a B in each course including the Field Experience • Portfolio • 3) Have taken and passed the tests: • NMTA Basic Skills • NMTA Competency • NMTA Content • Certificate
ELEMENTARY (K- 8) • ED 401- Foundations of education (3 crs) • ED 410 – Teaching and Diagnosis of Reading ( 3 crs) • ED 450 – Pedagogy and Learning ( 3 crs) • ED 460 – Reading and writing across the curriculum (3crs) • ED 493 – integrated Elementary classroom ( 2 crs) • ED 495 – Assessment and evaluation of student learning ( 3 crs) • ED 496 – Supervised Field Experience – Portfolio (1 cr) • ED496 L – Supervised Field experience – Lab (2 crs) • TOTAL = 20 hrs.
SECONDARY (7- 12) • 1) ED 401 – Foundations of Education (3 crs) • 2) ED 450 – Pedagogy and Learning )3 crs) • 3) ED 462 – Reading and writing across the curriculum – secondary ( 3 crs) • ED 474 – Methods and materials in secondary education – (3 crs) • ED 495 – Assessment and evaluation of student learning – (3 crs) • ED 496 – Supervised Field Experience – Portfolio (1 cr) • ED 496 L – Supervised Field Experience – Lab ( 2 crs) • TOTAL = 18 hrs.
SPECIAL EDUCATION (K- 12) • SPED 401 – Foundations of education ( 3 crs) • SPED 455 – The Special Education Program (4 crs) • SPED 465 – Reading for Special Learners (3 crs) • SPED 475 – Curriculum methods and materials for special education (3 crs) • SPED 485 – Teaching Reading in Special Education (3 crs) • SPED 497 – Supervised Field Experience – Portfolio (1 cr) • SPED 497 L – Supervised Field experience – Lab (3 crs) • TOTAL = 20 hrs.
FIELD EXPERIENCE • LAST YEAR: • ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY: 64 hrs. • 6 hrs. seminars • 58 hrs. of classroom observations • SPECIAL EDUCATION: 120 hrs. • 6 hrs. seminars • 114hrs. of classroom observations • NEXT YEAR: • ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY: 96 hrs. • 6 hrs. Seminars • 30 hrs. Classroom observations • 60 hrs. Student-teaching • SPECIAL EDUCATION: 120 hrs. • 6 hrs. seminars • 60 hrs. student-teaching • 54 hrs. classroom observations
RESULTS OF STUDENT SURVEYS FROM 2004 TO SPRING 2007 POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE ALP # STUDENTS SURVEYED = 28 2004 = 3; 2005 = 15; 2006 = 8; 2007= 2
PROGRAM: • Convenient class times • Helpful advisors • Affordable tuition • Student-centered • Allows students to progress at their own pace • Knowledgeable staff and administration • Accessible, inviting, supportive, useful • Provide portfolio guidance
CURRICULUM • Challenging • Good content (lesson plans, human development, • NM culture and history, assessment, teaching methods • and strategies, etc.) • Opportunity to observe different classrooms and schools • Prepare for NMTA tests
INSTRUCTORS • Have high expectations • Knowledgeable (high level) • Professional and enthusiastic • Use research-based materials • Caring
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES • Research-based • Promote classroom interactions • Use of hands-on approaches • Realistic amount of coursework
Efforts • CURRICULUM • Working to include a student-teaching component in their field-experience • Connecting all course-work/ assessment with portfolio • Including more classroom-management content in the curriculum.